How I Will Stop Trump’s Brazen Grift: Jamie Raskin

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks to Sarah Ewall-Wice about what he calls a “completely lawless situation” inside Donald Trump’s second term, laying out allegations of political slush funds, crypto corruption, pardons for allies, and the weaponization of government power for personal profit. Raskin argues that Trump has transformed the presidency into a machine for enriching himself and rewarding loyalists, comparing the administration to “The Sopranos” as he details billion-dollar deals tied to foreign governments, January 6 pardons, and what Democrats see as an unprecedented assault on democratic norms. The conversation also turns toward Trump’s mental fitness, the 25th Amendment, fears surrounding presidential war powers, and the growing push among Democrats to investigate the White House if they regain control of Congress, with Raskin warning that the country is now facing what he describes as a full-scale civic emergency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.3	In the first term, it was like ma-and-paw brick-and-mortar-style corruption.
0:48.3	But in the new term, they are into the digital age.
0:51.3	So now if corrupt foreign governments want to channel money to Donald Trump, it's through
0:56.3	crypto, and he's increased his net worth by more than $6 billion.
1:01.0	Now, I think it was our failure to stop him in the first administration to have a unanimous,
1:07.1	bipartisan blockade of his efforts to turn the presidency into an instrument of private
1:14.6	profit that set the stage for him to do this now.
1:18.7	And they consider all bets are off.
1:20.6	It's a completely lawless situation.
1:22.1	We've never seen abuse like the kind of abuse that has taken place under Donald Trump.
1:29.6	This is the Daily Beast podcast. I'm Sarah Ewal Weiss in for Joanna Coles. Our guest today is
1:36.2	Congressman Jamie Raskin, the Democratic Maryland Congress member and ranking member of the House
1:41.9	Judiciary Committee. He's also a longtime constitutional
1:45.7	professor. Today's topics include Raskins pushed for massive reforms in the face of what he
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