McCarthy downplays Trump hush money probe as ‘personal money’ case

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🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Guests: Jennifer Rubin, Paul Butler, Brendan Buck, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Jamelle Bouie, David Jolly, Donna Edwards Republican officials miss another chance to do the right thing. What does the possible indictment of Donald Trump reveal about the Republican Party? Then, the party of small government tries to investigate elected state officials for doing their jobs. And a swing and a miss for Florida governor Ron DeSantis—Why Donald Trump's potential indictment hasn't loosened his hold on the Republican Party presidential primary. Plus, Mike Pence sacrificed nearly everything to be Donald Trump's vice president. So why is there no place for him in the current GOP?

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0:00.0	Good evening from Washington, D.C. on Michael Steele, Infra-Chris Hayes.
0:09.7	So Donald Trump was not arrested today.
0:12.7	And while an indictment by the Manhattan D.A.'s looms, right, it's still out there, the executive
0:18.0	of the ex-president announced that he would be taken into custody today.
0:23.0	That hasn't happened.
0:24.5	But we really shouldn't be surprised now, should we?
0:27.4	This is what Trump does.
0:29.6	He punks everybody and he gets them all fired up and the juice is flowing, right?
0:35.8	Just to get them going and all they have to do is just take a step back for a second.
0:42.2	And if they did and asked themselves, wait a minute, time out, that's not right.
0:47.5	Well, it's a well-worn play in the Trump Playbook.
0:51.9	Just ask Michael Cohen.
0:54.5	It's a typical Donald J. Trump play out of the playbook.
0:59.5	Figure out how you get a money, the water is best as you possibly can.
1:03.0	Denigrate the person, disparage them.
1:05.5	They did the same thing to Cassidy.
1:06.9	Hutchinson, they did the same thing to anyone and everyone that is for the truth.
1:15.8	MONEY IN THE WATER'S MIGHT BE THE THING THE DOLLOW TUNK DOES BEST.
1:20.7	He did it back during his presidency when he had then Attorney General Bill Barr spin
1:25.5	the results of the Mueller report before it became public.
1:28.9	And when he released the incomplete transcript from the so-called perfect phone call where
1:33.0	he tried to pressure Ukrainian President Zelensky into digging up dirt on the Biden's ahead
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