Bonus Episode: The Return of Bill Barr

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this special bonus episode of Skullduggery, co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman discuss the recently released Mueller Filings in regards to Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort. Then the two are joined by Tim Flanigan, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel when Bill Barr was the Attorney General. He weighs in on the matter having worked with both newly appointed Attorney General Bill Barr and current head of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

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0:00.0	In the summer of 2017, President Trump was looking for a top gun lawyer to spearhead his
0:07.0	defense in the sprawling Russia investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert
0:12.5	Mueller.
0:13.5	And so he and his advisors reached out to one of the heaviest hitters they could find.
0:18.6	William Barr, former Attorney General of the United States, under President George H.W. Bush.
0:25.7	At one point, sources tell Yahoo News, Barr was even ushered into the White House to meet
0:30.9	with the President.
0:32.5	Would he be interested, Trump asked him.
0:34.7	Barr demurred.
0:35.7	He had other obligations he told the President.
0:38.5	He'd have to think about it.
0:40.5	To talk among Trump and his top advisors about hiring Barr as chief defense lawyer didn't
0:45.3	stop there, it continued for months until as late as this spring, when the President found
0:50.9	another candidate far more eager for the job Rudy Giuliani.
0:55.4	But now in a twist few could have anticipated Trump has tapped Barr for an even more important
1:01.0	position to be his new Attorney General in charge of the Mueller investigation.
1:06.5	What does that mean for the future of the Russia Pro?
1:09.3	And what can be learned about the direction of the investigation from the eye-popping
1:13.3	new menos filed by prosecutors this week in the cases of Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort,
1:19.4	and Michael Flynn?
1:21.3	Those are our subjects on this special edition of Skull Duggery.
1:25.6	There is absolutely no collusion.
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