180: A Tale Of Two Documents with Andrew Weissmann

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

James and Al look at the weaknesses of the GOP caucus and the difficulty they will have in taking congressional action. Then, they welcome legal expert Andrew Weissmann to discuss the process that goes into investigations of our politicians with a particular focus on the differences between the recent finds of classified documents at the homes of Trump and President Biden.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville and Am Al Hunt.
0:15.2	This week our guest is an expert on organized crime, the FBI and the Mueller investigation
0:21.0	of Donald Trump and many other high-profile legal cases, Andrew Weissman.
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0:57.3	James, we're going to talk to Andrew Weissman.
1:00.0	He couldn't have a better guest about the legal considerations and implications of the
1:04.8	special councils on Biden and Trump on classified documents and he'll spell out the differences.
1:10.4	But let's just talk about just the politics of it.
1:13.1	Does it affect either one as far as 2024 is concerned?
1:16.9	No.
1:18.4	But all the Democrats need to do, listen very closely because the Mercedes repeatedly.
1:25.0	Simply say the present and his entire administration is cooperating with the independent council.
1:31.2	That's it.
1:32.2	Nothing.
1:33.2	Okay.
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