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MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 04-04-2024-235915

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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Nbc, Election, News & Politics, Madow, President, Issues, Washington, Congress, Government, Campaign, Public, Policy, Politics

4.412.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts thoughtful interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today in Vanity Fair, reporter Gabe Sherman published a feature story detailing the terrifyingly competent Trump 2024 campaign, and there is a lot in the piece that is alarming.

0:12.0

But what jumped out as potentially the in the

0:15.0

person who's name is alarming detail was that within the actual Trump campaign

0:18.0

the person whose name is being floated to be Trump's attorney general of

0:22.0

the United States to run the justice department is this guy.

0:29.0

We will go out and find the conspirators, just in government but in the media.

0:33.6

Yes, we're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens,

0:38.3

who helped Joe Biden rigged presidential elections.

0:40.4

We're going to come after you.

0:41.6

Whether it's criminal or civilly, we'll figure that out. But yeah, we're putting you all on notice.

0:45.4

That is Cash Patel, the former chief of staff to Trump's Secretary of Defense, a man who is apparently on the short list for attorney general, if Donald Trump retakes office.

0:56.3

Now Trump has not been shy about his desire to weaponize the DOJ and use it to go after his enemies,

1:01.9

and we should probably take him at his word

1:04.3

about that I do think he is serious but don't just take it from me. Last month

1:10.4

Trump announced that all of the January 6th committee members should go to jail.

1:15.7

And today the LA Times interviewed some of those members to ask how seriously they were taking

1:20.8

those threats.

1:22.7

Congresswoman Zow Lofgren said,

1:24.6

one thing I learned on the committee

1:26.2

is to pay attention and listen to what Trump says

1:29.4

because he means it.

1:32.4

If he intends to eliminate our constitutional system and

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