FBI seizes Trump’s files. Trump wins 2024 GOP nomination?
Left, Right & Center
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🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week, the FBI executed a search warrant at Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, breaking into his safe, and seizing several boxes of presumed classified documents that he allegedly took from the White House when his presidency ended.
Then, a federal appeals court ruled that the House Ways and Means Committee is allowed to look at Trump’s tax returns from 2015 to 2020 — something Democrats tried doing for years.
New York Attorney General Letitia James also deposed Trump under oath — in regards to a civil case about his business dealings. During the hours-long testimony, Trump pleaded the Fifth Amendment, invoking his rights against self incrimination. But in the past, he said, “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
Still, Trump’s base seems to be more energized than ever, and some are even calling for a civil war. Meanwhile, some Republican campaign staffers are saying this week sealed the deal on Trump’s GOP 2024 presidential nomination.
Host David Greene discusses with Elizabeth Bruenig, staff writer at The Atlantic, on the left; Tara Setmayer, senior advisor at the Lincoln Project, on the right; and special guest Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor.
Plus, gas and plane tickets are slightly down from the sky-high prices from earlier this summer, but inflation is still affecting many Americans. Democrats are set to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Will that combat inflation? Probably not anytime soon. But the IRA is set to be the most groundbreaking climate change legislation Congress has ever passed.
And what was the actual cost to get Senator Joe Manchin to sign onto the IRA? For Manchin’s vote, Democrats agreed to support the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which spans more than 300 miles, and will carry natural gas through the Appalachian Mountains, furthering fossil fuel dependency. Special guest Alexa Beyer, environmental and energy reporter at Mountain State Spotlight, weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | This is David Green. I'm the co-founder of Fearless Media and I am your host here on |
| 0:05.4 | Left Right and Center. This is the show where we are taking on all the issues, even those |
| 0:11.1 | tough divisive ones that you're afraid to talk about with your own family. |
| 0:14.8 | Alright, so the quote of this week to me, they even broke into my safe. That is what former |
| 0:20.5 | President Trump said, whining about the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home. The safe? |
| 0:25.5 | Yeah, I mean assuming the FBI as reported was looking for classified documents, the |
| 0:29.1 | Trump may have snuck out of Washington. Yeah, the safe would be the first place I would |
| 0:32.6 | check. They'll like also hope they check the toilets at Mar-a-Lago as well. It does seem |
| 0:37.2 | like a pretty bad week for the former president, right? I mean, a federal appeals court also |
| 0:41.2 | ruled that the Houseways and Means Committee can see his taxes from 2015 to 2020. This is |
| 0:46.3 | something Democrats have been trying to get a look at for years. And Trump was deposed |
| 0:50.8 | by New York's Attorney General. He was required to testify under oath about his business |
| 0:55.3 | practices. Instead, Trump took the fifth and voking his right against self-incrimination. |
| 1:00.6 | This from a man who once said, if you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment? Bad |
| 1:05.5 | week for him? Or not. Trump's hardcore supporters get more energized whenever they see developments |
| 1:12.5 | like this because they believe Trump is the victim of a witch hunt, a narrative that he |
| 1:16.6 | is, of course, backed up. And this feeds the narrative. Trump is already fundraising |
| 1:20.9 | off this week. And some Republican campaign operatives are saying that the events this |
| 1:25.0 | week have all but sealed the GOP nomination for Trump in 2024 if he wants it. |
| 1:30.7 | So let's bring in our crew. I am your host and your center on the left. We're joined |
| 1:34.1 | by Elizabeth Brunig, staff writer at the Atlantic on the right. Tara Setmeyer, she's senior advisor |
| 1:39.3 | at the Lincoln Project, former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill and resident scholar |
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