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1 big thing

A dramatic day at the DOJ

1 big thing

Axios

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4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Yesterday, three major pieces of news came out from the Department of Justice and Attorney General Bill Barr. And it all involves the Trump administration. Plus, President-elect Biden’s economic team will write a new crisis playbook. And, the broken pipeline for Latino executives. Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev, Felix Salmon and Erica Pandey Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Barr says DOJ has not seen evidence of fraud that would change election results Biden economic team will write a new crisis playbook The broken pipeline for Latino executives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

David Mitchell, six comedians, one grueling contest of survival.

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I thought it was quite a pleasant week.

0:07.0

Deadly weapons.

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Do scissors count? There was a lot of arts and craft.

0:11.0

Death-defying stunts. If that's a reference to me

0:14.3

tripping over I've been assured by the producers they've cut it.

0:16.9

Dangerous obstacles. There are a lot more nettles than I would have like.

0:20.3

It's survival of the funniest.

0:22.6

I see what we've done there.

0:23.6

David Mitchell's Outsiders.

0:26.1

Wednesday at 10 on Dave and UK TV Play.

0:29.7

Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. We've made it to Wednesday. It's December 2nd.

0:38.0

I'm Nila Boodoo. Here's how we're making you smarter today.

0:41.0

President-elect Biden's economic team will be writing a new crisis playbook and the broken pipeline for

0:47.4

Latino executives. But first a dramatic day at the Department of Justice

0:51.6

is today's one big thing.

0:58.4

Yesterday, three major pieces of news came out of the Department of Justice

1:02.4

and Attorney General Bill Barr.

1:04.6

Number one, a declaration by bar there's been no meaningful election fraud.

1:10.0

Number two, special protections for the one prosecutor looking at the origins of the Russian interference probe,

1:17.0

and three, allegations about bribes for presidential pardons.

1:21.0

That's a lot of news for one day, and it all involves a Trump administration, which is why

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