4/4/25 Matt Taibbi on Government Censorship, Russiagate and Why he’s Suing a Congresswoman

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Matt Taibbi returns to the show to discuss his recent testimony in front of Congress. They start by quickly going over the false claim one Democratic Congresswoman leveled at Taibbi before he testified and why he’s now suing her for $10 million. They then get into the meat of his testimony, which leads them onto a discussion of government censorship, what we know now about Russiagate and more. Discussed on the show: “A Response to a Member of Congress” (Racket News) “Exclusive: Clinton Plans Long In The Making” (Sleuth News) Racket Library Matt Taibbi is a journalist, author and political commentator. Subscribe to his Substack publication: Racket News and follow him on Twitter @mtaibbi. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, you, welcome to the Scott Horton Show.
0:11.6	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of anti-war.com,
0:16.4	and author of Provote, how Washington started the new Cold War with Russia and the catastrophe in Ukraine.
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0:27.6	I've got more than 6,000 interviews in the archive for you there going back to 2003.
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0:36.9	All right, you guys, once again, I got on the line the great Matthew Taiibi from
0:40.6	Rackett News, racket.
0:42.1	And, of course, he wrote a bunch of great books, including Hate, Inc., which I
0:47.1	think you'll really like.
0:48.2	And he does a podcast with Walter Kern called America This Week.
0:53.4	And he's suing a Congress lady.
0:57.5	And I think it's hilarious.
0:59.1	Welcome back to the show.
0:59.9	How you doing, Matt?
1:01.0	I'm doing great, Scott.
1:02.0	How are you doing?
1:02.7	I'm doing good.
1:03.5	Really happy to have you here, man.
1:04.5	So why would you sue some lady who's elected to the Congress by somebody?
1:10.5	Well, I mean, I don't want to go on too much about it because, you know, it's litigation.
1:16.6	But I testified in a hearing earlier this week about the Global Engagement Center and censorship.
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