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Skullduggery

Bossie is back

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

4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Former Deputy Campaign Manager to Donald Trump in 2016 and the President of Citizens United Dave Bossie joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discuss the Trump campaign strategy, night two of the Republican National Convention, and where the 2020 presidential race currently stands, specifically in the hard fought battle ground states that could decide the election.

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0:00.0

Dave Bossy was Donald Trump's deputy campaign manager in 2016, serving under Steve Bannon

0:08.5

in a race that arguably resulted in the biggest political upset in American history.

0:13.8

Well, he has no formal title this time around, and for a while was briefly banished from

0:19.0

Trump world.

0:20.0

Bossy is still very much back in the president's orbit, providing strategic advice to top

0:25.2

campaign officials while continuing his role as president of Citizens United, the conservative

0:30.8

advocacy group that backs the president to the Hilt.

0:34.2

As the Republican National Convention enters day two, we'll discuss the Trump campaign

0:38.4

strategy with Bossy, and we'll get his take on where the race stands on this episode

0:43.9

of Skull Duggery.

0:45.9

Because people have got to know whether or not they're presidents of Trump, well, I'm

0:55.0

not a crook.

0:56.0

I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage.

0:59.1

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence

1:03.8

tell me it is not.

1:04.8

I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

1:09.2

There will be no lies.

1:12.0

We will honor the American people with the truth and nothing else.

1:23.2

I'm Michael Isgov, Chief Investigator of Correspondent for Yahoo News.

1:26.2

And I'm Dan Clyde, Manager and Chief of Yahoo News.

1:29.4

Well, it'll be interesting to talk to Dave Bossy.

1:33.0

I don't know that we're going to get much nuance from Dave about the race and the Republican

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