“A steady stream of purges”

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace on the tug of war over the rule of law, a new discovery in the Epstein case, and a judge order to keep SNAP benefits alive during the government shutdown.

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0:00.0	Hi there, everyone.
0:09.3	Happy Friday.
0:10.0	Happy Halloween.
0:10.8	It's 4 o'clock in New York.
0:12.4	So think of it as a tug of war over the rule of law.
0:16.6	As Donald Trump and his allies try to pull in one direction, purging everyone and anyone,
0:22.3	even dedicated lifelong public servants who have worked in both Democratic and Republican
0:27.6	administrations, who have years and years, decades of expertise and experience in national
0:36.2	security and law enforcement matters and the things that
0:38.8	keep the country safe, they are now the targets of Donald Trump's retribution campaign.
0:44.7	And they're starting to push back slowly but surely, creating that tug-of-war.
0:49.4	We'll begin with news that a veteran FBI official was pushed out for investigating Donald
0:53.6	Trump's efforts to
0:54.5	overturn his 2020 election defeat.
0:57.5	MSNBC's Ken Delanyan and Carol Lennox report this, quote, FBI director Cash Patel is forcing
1:03.2	out the special agent in charge whose name appeared in documents recently released by Senate
1:08.9	Republicans detailing the investigation into Donald Trump's
1:12.8	efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The agent, Aaron Tapp, had been named to the post in
1:19.3	San Antonio last year. He's a 22-year FBI veteran. He specialized in fraud and financial and
1:26.3	cyber crimes, according to his LinkedIn profile.
1:29.4	Tapp was kicked out, ousted, after being singled out by a right-wing account on X as being
1:35.9	somehow related to the 2020 election probe.
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