We’re back with an extra episode to fill you in on everything we’ve learned about Michael Cohen since our last episode came out. It turns out a key figure in the story is Michael Cohen’s father in law, who has his own history with the taxi business. We break it all down for you in this special extra episode.
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There’s been so much Michael Cohen news over the last week, we thought it was time to round it all up in one place. We take you through Cohen’s background and how he ended up in Trump’s orbit. Hint: It’s about the money.
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Foreign policy journalist Steve Clemons talks about John Bolton taking over as national security adviser. Clemons was involved in an earlier effort to prevent Bolton from becoming United Nations ambassador under President Bush. Stick around to the end, when Clemons reveals a bizarre story about how he was surreptitiously inducted into a “Friends of John Bolton” group.
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Nell Scovell discusses her new book “Just the Funny Parts,” about being a woman in the male-dominated world of comedy. She discusses what it was like to collaborate with Sheryl Sandberg on “Lean In” and reveals that she was behind one of President Obama’s most legendary funny moments.
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Legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin discusses the Trump-Russia probe, and how his experience working on a previous independent counsel investigation gives him perspective on the Mueller probe. We also discuss the case against Paul Manafort and his connections to some shady associates.
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Josh is back from vacation to face the mountain of news that occurred last week. We’re learning more about Cambridge Analytica, Trump’s top outside lawyer called it quits and Stormy Daniels’ much-anticipated ’60 Minutes’ interview finally aired. All that and more on this week’s episode.
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Josh talks to Asha Rangappa, a former FBI special agent and current lecturer at Yale. Josh and Asha talk about counter-intelligence investigations, Paul Manafort’s role in the Trump campaign and the Stormy Daniels case.
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Josh sits down with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, to discuss the physical threats Daniels has allegedly received to stay quiet, Stormy’s former lawyer, the “Trump surrogates” allegedly spreading rumors and threatening her and much more.
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TPM reporter Allegra Kirkland and Josh discuss Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels and the bizarre convergence of the Russia and pornstar pay-off stories. Then, The Nation magazine’s national affairs correspondent Joan Walsh joins Josh and Allegra to discuss the Stormy/Trump romance, Stormymat, #MeToo movement, the ongoing intra-Democratic Party fights, and Joan’s reporting on the activists driving political change.
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What’s behind President Trump’s public outbursts and behind-the-scenes outrage? Well, a number of news reports suggest that Mueller’s sweeping investigation is putting the squeeze on the President’s inner circle. Josh breaks down what we know.
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