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Skullduggery

Lies and Flies

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Olivia Troye, Mike Pence's top advisor on the Coronavirus Task Force, and Yahoo News Political Correspondent Andrew Romano join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Troye talks about what she witnessed from the inside on the Coronavirus Task Force. Then, Romano talks about where the 2020 Presidential Election race stands after the aftermath of Trump's own Covid problems.

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0:00.0

And our nation has gone through a very challenging time this year.

0:06.9

But I want the American people to know that from the very first day, President Donald Trump

0:12.7

has put the health of America first.

0:16.1

That was Vice President Mike Pence during Tuesday night's debate, defending President Trump's

0:21.1

handling of the COVID epidemic.

0:23.6

A tough sell when the national death toll exceeds 210,000, and the number of new cases continue

0:30.6

to rise in nearly half the states, not to mention the White House itself.

0:36.0

But Olivia Troy, who served as Pence's top adviser in the coronavirus task force, has

0:41.3

a very different perspective than our former boss.

0:44.9

She resigned in late July, fed up with the president's consistent downplaying of a virus

0:50.1

she and others had known was every bit as deadly as the scientists predicted.

0:54.8

We'll talk to Troy about what she witnessed from the inside on the coronavirus task force.

1:00.4

And we'll talk to Yahoo News political correspondent Andrew Romano about where the race stands in

1:05.0

the aftermath of the president's own COVID problems on this episode of Skull Duggery.

1:11.2

Because people have got to know whether or not they're president of the crop, well I'm not a crop.

1:21.5

I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage.

1:25.0

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence

1:29.8

tell me it is not.

1:31.0

I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

1:35.1

There will be no lies.

1:38.0

We will honor the American people with the truth and nothing else.

1:49.0

I'm Michael Isigov, Chief Investigator correspondent for Yahoo News.

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