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This year we witness This year we witness history being made

as indictments and guilty pleas continue to mount, the

president was implicated in a crime, and a Supreme Court justice was confirmed

admits great controversy.

We've discussed all of these topics and more with you as they happen.

Today, MSMBC legal analyst Joyce Vance and I will look back at the past year, talk about what we

see coming in 2019, and answer as many of your questions as possible.

So let's get on topic. Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's news. My name is Renato

Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a CNN legal analyst.

And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez, a WGN radio host who will join us regularly on this podcast.

So Patty, before I get to what we're talking about, you know, ordinarily we get right to the point. I know people's time is valuable, so we like to do that and we have a lot of analysis and a lot of questions we're going to be answering today.

But you know, we just, this is our first episode since the holiday and our last one of 2018.

And so I just, I think it's important for us to recognize all of our

listeners because really all of you have made this a success and it's been

amazing to see the reception that we've gotten in just what has it been

four or five months that we've been doing this?

It has been remarkable and I and I do appreciate how many people really want

it's so much to happen, right?

And I think what's hard for many of us

who don't have law degrees

and obviously have not participated that much

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