Keeping Them Honest: Deconstruction Project

Anderson Cooper 360

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4.1 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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A new lawsuit attempts to stop President Trump and Elon Musk from being able to shut off any federal payments they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want, including you. CNN Anchor and Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, has the latest developments from the Trump administration and Illinois Democratic congresswoman Tammy Duckworth gives her reaction to the scope and pace of changes the President and DOGE leader Elon Musk are making. Plus, two key deadlines that could potentially lead to thousands at the FBI being forced out over their role in investigating the January 6 riots. Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe and CNN chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller give their thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.0	Tonight on 360, breaking news, a new lawsuit trying to stop the president and Elon Musk from being
0:36.5	able to shut off any federal
0:37.7	payments they want whenever they want to whomever they want, including you. Also tonight,
0:42.8	what do you do with a guy you fired for hanging out with white nationalists and once said, quote,
0:47.4	competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work? Well, tonight we learned he's
0:52.3	been hired back. And the latest on that purge of the FBI
0:55.8	deadline tomorrow that could impact anyone who had anything to do with investigating January 6th.
1:01.7	Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight with breaking news. The first legal pushback to
1:05.9	President Trump and Elon Musk's effort to seize control of the federal government's checkbook.
1:10.8	Late today, three union and advocacy group sued the Treasury Department and Treasury Secretary's
1:14.9	God Besant over the decision giving Musk and his staffers access to the federal payment system.
1:20.8	That's the up until now nonpartisan arm of the Treasury that writes and sends out
1:25.3	trillions of dollars a year that the federal government
1:27.8	spends on everything from mine safety to Medicare.
1:32.2	I just want to be clear about what's going on here. The system that makes sure that your granddad
1:38.3	gets his social security check, the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets
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