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Jake Tapper is host of CNN's The Lead.

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Jake Tapper
stated on January 13, 2021 in remarks in a CNN broadcast:

The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2021
Jake Tapper
stated on February 4, 2020 in comments on CNN:

“Traditionally, the Speaker says: ‘Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States.’ (Tonight) Speaker Pelosi said, ‘Members of Congress, the President of the United States.’ "

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2020
Jake Tapper
stated on August 23, 2017 in comments on Twitter:

Says the Joker's "Red Hood" origin story is "the true one."

By Joshua Gillin • August 25, 2017
Jake Tapper
stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN:

Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."

By Derek Tsang • July 31, 2014
Jake Tapper
stated on January 2, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper":

"The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined."

By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2014

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