“A vehicle for something far more sinister”

Deadline: White House

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News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – is joined by Tom Winter, Andrew Weissmann, Tim Miller, Lisa Rubin, Andrew Weissmann, Dr. Mamie McLean, Harry Litman, David Jolly, Rick Stengel, Dahlia Lithwick, and Ambassador Michael McFaul.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone it is 4 o'clock here in New York I'm Elisa Menendez in
0:09.8	for Nicole Wallace what we on this program like to call Earth 2, that is the world
0:14.8	that today's Republican Party lives in, is meeting the cold hard reality of Earth 1 today.
0:20.9	One of the few things House Republicans have done in the last year is being exposed as not just
0:25.4	a bunch of lies, but potentially a vehicle for something far more sinister.
0:30.2	Questions are swirling today about the fate of House Republicans impeachment inquiry into
0:34.0	President Joe Biden.
0:35.8	The Justice Department now says that an FBI informant that made up corruption allegations
0:40.4	about Joe Biden and his son Hunter was actually fed information by Russian
0:45.1	intelligence. That shocking revelation came in a court filing in which special
0:49.5	counsel David Weiss asked a judge to keep former FBI informant Alexander Smyrnov detained
0:55.9	pending trial.
0:57.6	DOJ said, quote, during his custodial interview on February 14th, Smyrnave admitted that officials associated with Russian intelligence
1:05.8	were involved in passing a story about Business Person 1, who is reportedly Hunter Biden.
1:12.0	Prosecutors say that Smyrnave sits at the who is reportedly Hunter Biden.
1:12.5	Prosecutors say that Smyrunov sits at the heart of a Russian disinformation campaign.
1:17.4	This contacts with Russian intelligence, quote,
1:19.9	extensive and extremely recent.
1:22.4	More from the filing quote. Smyrionov's efforts extensive and extremely recent.
1:22.6	More from the filing quote.
1:24.0	Samarinov's efforts to spread misinformation
1:26.3	about a candidate of one of the two major parties
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