We just learned that President Trump dictated his son’s statement about the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting, so we decided to take a look back at what else was happening around the time that the story came out in July 2017. It turns out there is a lot of evidence that Trump’s cover story came from a private conversation Trump had with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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New Yorker writer Adam Davidson has covered some of Donald Trump’s shadiest deals. In this episode, Davidson walks through the recent global financial history that paved the way for Trump to pursue business with unsavory characters.
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The Middle East thread in the Trump-Russia story was substantially fleshed out this week. This thread comes with a new cast of characters — Elliot Broidy, George Nader, Erik Prince, and Israeli social media strategist Joel Zamel — and raises a new set of questions about the Trump administration’s dealings with Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iran, and Russia. As the scope of the Trump-Russia story gets bigger and bigger, Josh lays out the facts we know and some theories on where this particular thread might be leading us.
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Typically one felony charge would be enough to sink a politician, but Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) has been hit with two. Then suddenly on Monday, the prosecution dismissed one of the charges against him. What’s going on in the Show Me State? TPM reporter Allegra Kirkland takes us inside the story. Later, we discuss the latest aggressive moves by Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti.
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A lot has happened on the Michael Cohen front in the past 24 hours, so we brought on author Seth Hettena to help us run through the backstory on President Trump’s personal attorney. Hettena’s new book, “Trump/Russia: A Definitive History,” digs into the history of Trump’s relationship with Cohen and explains how Russian money became such a big part of their business deals.
For years, Donald Trump boasted of being the “king of debt,” and his real estate business operated as such. But then in 2006, the Trump Organization started spending hundreds of millions of dollars in cash. What’s behind that sudden about-face? Well, that’s when Michael Cohen comes into Trump’s orbit.
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Trump’s new lawyer Rudy Giuliani swings by Sean Hannity’s set to blow up the President’s legal strategy. What’s going on here? We break it down in a special episode to catch up on today’s news.
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The widening rift between President Trump and his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen is becoming more clear, as evidenced by the latest issue of the National Enquirer. We go deeper on the history between Trump and Cohen and where things seem to be going next.
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Rep. Ruben Gallego, who represents Arizona’s 7th District, talks about Democrats’ strategy for the midterm elections. He gives his take on the fissures within the Democratic Party and how voters can get involved in 2018.
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Investigative journalist Ronan Farrow discusses his new book, “War on Peace,” which chronicles how the U.S. has whittled down its investment in diplomacy. Farrow also discusses his stories that helped spark the #MeToo movement, for which he recently won a Pulitzer Prize.
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