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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Mehdi Hasan | Trump's Witness Tampering; Wisconsin GOP's Power Grab: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

NBC

Politics, Seth Myers, Seth Meyers, News, News Commentary, Authors, Books, Political Comedy, A Closer Look, Comedy, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at the how Donald Trump along with Republicans in Michigan and Wisconsin pose a threat to democracy.

Then, journalist Mehdi Hasan talks about his unique advantage in interviewing Trump's proxies and the main difference between the British and American press.

After that, Hasan takes a few more questions backstage from Late Night producer Henry Melcher.


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0:43.9

install a new 24-7 emergency contraceptive vending machine on campus. Said Harvard students,

0:50.4

wasn't Yale already planned to be? From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City,

0:58.9

please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show,

1:02.7

Seth Chats with Journalist Mette Hosson. Plus just for this podcast, Mette continues the

1:06.5

conversation backstage at Studio 8G. But first, a closer look.

1:14.1

President Trump is a threat to democracy, but as Republicans and Wisconsin and Michigan

1:18.8

and may clear this week, he's not alone. For more on this, it's time for a closer look.

1:27.6

We know Trump thinks he's above the law. That much is clear in the Russian investigation. Trump

1:32.6

keeps interfering in that investigation by dangling the possibility of pardons for his aides or

1:38.3

praising associates who refuse to cooperate like his ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort,

1:42.9

or his former advisor Roger Stone. I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family.

1:48.2

Justice took a 12-year-old tax case and, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him.

1:53.7

An unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break and make up stories in order to get a deal,

1:58.7

such respect for a brave man. I will never testify against Trump. This statement was recently made

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