I Know What Trump's Cover-Up Is Really About

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joins Joanna Coles to discuss the high-stakes chaos gripping Washington and the threats facing members of Congress. From MAGA loyalty and the Epstein files to redistricting battles in Texas, Crockett lays out the unprecedented pressures on lawmakers navigating a government where fear, intimidation, and partisanship are the new normal. She also opens up about her Senate bid, the strategies behind expanding the electorate, and the mentors guiding her path, offering a rare, candid look at power, courage, and conscience in a fraught political moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you are close enough to the president, it doesn't matter if you are a drug trafficker.
0:06.0	It doesn't matter if you're a child rapist.
0:08.0	It doesn't matter if you're a dictator.
0:10.0	If you're close to him, then you don't have anything to worry about.
0:14.0	But if you are on the opposite side of him, that's when you become a bad person,
0:18.0	and you may not even be a criminal.
0:19.0	It is crazy to have such a brazen
0:22.7	criminal running the United States. And that's exactly who he is. He's a brazen criminal.
0:30.9	I'm Joanna Coles. This is the Daily Beast podcast. And today we're going to share a conversation
0:36.6	with Jasmine Crockett the
0:38.9	congresswoman from Texas who is now running for a Senate seat because she
0:43.5	believes she can get so much more done in the Senate I'm not sure you can get
0:46.7	anything done in either Congress or Senate because we appear to have a
0:50.2	government of one but whatever Jasmine is going to try. And we really got into it
0:54.8	about the Epstein files because she's on the oversight committee about Donald Trump's
0:59.2	health, his physical health and his mental health, what Republicans are saying
1:04.8	behind Donald Trump's back and just well the enormity of the crazy that's going on right now.
1:16.1	Congresswoman Crocket, thank you very much for joining us. We've got a lot to discuss,
1:22.1	not the least. Greenland, Venezuela, your Senate run, everything. But I wanted you to explain to us what it's like being in Congress right now,
1:33.7	where the president seems to be operating a government of one.
1:38.4	When you talk to Republicans, what are they saying?
1:43.8	What do they say behind closed doors about his behavior?
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