DOJ Investigates FBI, Trump Meets Kim, Supreme Court Upholds Ohio Voter Purge, China vs U.S. on Tariffs

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Trey and Ken open the show by discussing the 500 page Justice Department finding on the FBI. They both largely agree the report shows former FBI Director James Comey was insubordinate, but they differ on who it helps most rhetorically. Trey thinks that the FBI agents didn’t express their political positions in a responsible way while Ken thinks that the report understates the amount the FBI helped Trump. Then it’s a discussion of Trump’s meeting with Kim Jung-Un in Singapore. The Guys generally agree that the outcome didn’t amount to much. They agree that the more discussion is better, but they’re pessimistic on the long-term benefits of the meeting. Next, Trey plays devil’s advocate and asks Ken what he liked or didn’t like about the Supreme Court decision upholding Ohio’s method of purging non-voters. Ken thinks it pointlessly culls the rolls of voters without netting much of a benefit to the state. Finally Trey and Ken talk free trade and the increasingly angry trade war emerging between the U.S. and China, spearheaded by Trump. The two spar a bit about the benefits of free trade and when trade barriers might be a good thing. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:06.4	I'm Trey Orndorf, a political scientist, currently at Daytona State College, but soon to be Oklahoma Christian University.
0:12.1	I'm joined this week by Ken Katkin as we tackle a busy week in politics.
0:17.2	How's your week been, Ken?
0:18.7	Oh, it's been pretty good. I had a vacation week, which is always nice.
0:21.8	Oh, I wish I could say the same thing.
0:23.2	I'm in the midst of packing a house and packing children, which that's not as much fun.
0:30.6	So, Ken, are you ready to hit our big stories this week?
0:33.3	I sure am.
0:34.1	Well, I think what we're going to start with listeners this week is we're going to take a look at the conduct report on the FBI.
0:41.0	So on Thursday, the Justice Department Inspector General issued a report on the FBI's actions during the 2016 election.
0:49.5	There is a lot to this report and there is a lot of commentary on this report. And I think we're really
0:55.4	going to try to separate those two things. So let me start by just outlining the report itself
1:00.6	and then we can kind of move on to the responses to it. The inspector general argued that
1:07.2	James Comey was, quote, insubordinate, end quote.
1:11.2	He did not follow FBI procedures when he held a July 2016 news conference about the Clinton investigation.
1:17.7	And further, he did not follow procedure again when he told Congress about days before the election about new Clinton emails.
1:25.4	Further, he failed to inform the Attorney General at the time,
1:29.3	Loretta Lynch, about his recommendations not to pursue charges.
1:34.3	In a moment that CNN rightfully calls ironic for Clinton supporters,
1:39.3	Comey also used his personal Gmail account for FBI business. So, in short, Comey was insubordinate. The FBI
1:48.0	acted in a slow and inexcusable way. Several investigators showed some real bias, including some
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