MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 12-11-2024-223318

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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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.

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0:00.0	Today we got the gigantic news that FBI director Chris Ray plans to resign.
0:06.0	Now, to avoid the impact of partisan politics, FBI directors are appointed to 10-year terms.
0:11.6	Ray was appointed back in 2017 by President Trump after Trump infamously fired the previous FBI director James Comey.
0:20.1	Ray's decision today to step down,
0:22.6	rather than wait for Donald Trump to fire him,
0:25.6	is definitely worth chewing over,
0:27.6	and we're going to discuss that with a member
0:29.6	of the Senate Judiciary Committee in just a moment.
0:32.6	But now that Christopher Ray has made his decision,
0:35.6	now that he has announced that he will vacate his office
0:38.7	on January 20th, the more pressing matter is who Donald Trump plans to nominate in Ray's place.
0:47.0	We look forward to a very smooth transition and I'll be ready to go on day one.
0:50.3	Are you going to be seeking retribution against Donald Trump's political opponents, sir?
0:56.0	We look forward to a very smooth transition at the FBI, and I'll be ready to go on day one.
1:01.0	That was Trump's pick for director of the FBI, Cash Patel, on the Hill today, speaking with senators and shoring up votes for his confirmation.
1:10.0	If you aren't particularly familiar with
1:11.4	Mr. Patel, you cannot be blamed. He was sort of a tertiary character in the first Trump
1:16.1	administration. But since the last Trump administration ended, Cash Patel has been loud and
1:21.6	very proud about exactly what he would do if he were put in charge of an agency like the FBI
1:27.3	in a second Trump term.
1:30.4	Do you believe that you can deliver the goods on this in a pretty short order of the first
1:34.8	couple of months so we can get rolling on prosecutions?
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