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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

New reporting on alleged nexus of Brett Kavanaugh and dark money millionaires in Alabama legislative maps controversy

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut with what might apparently be one of the hardest jobs in America--being one of Donald Trump’s lawyers. Trump's attorney just last month said that Trump cannot be held responsible for his alleged crimes, because he was only listening to the advice of lawyers and learned constitutional scholars. Yet, this past weekend, Trump himself said it was all his idea. Our legal experts have more. Also in this episode, we bring you new reporting on the alleged nexus of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and dark money millionaires in Alabama's open defiance of rulings on unfairly drawn legislative maps. Plus, Joy's former Republican guest answers the question: Does the GOP have no shame? Lauren Boebert's musical theater viewing scandal is just the latest in a string of bad behaviour by prominent members of the party that many say preaches often about family values. Listen now!

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0:00.0

Tonight on The Readout, you're entitled to believe and trust advice of counsel.

0:11.9

You have one of the leading constitutional scholars in the United States, John Eastman,

0:15.6

say to President Trump, this is a protocol that you can follow, it's legal.

0:20.2

That eliminates criminal intent.

0:22.8

Trump's attorney just last month saying that Trump cannot be held responsible for his

0:26.3

alleged crimes because he was only listening to the advice of lawyers and learning

0:29.9

its constitutional scholars.

0:32.0

This weekend, Trump himself blew that argument out of the water, saying it was all his idea.

0:37.6

Also tonight, new reporting on the alleged annexes of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and dark money

0:42.6

millionaires in Alabama's open defiance of court rulings on unfairly drawn legislative

0:48.5

maps.

0:49.5

Plus, have Republicans no shame?

0:52.4

Lauren Boebert's public growth being is just the latest in a string of bad behavior by

0:57.0

the party that pretends to care about family values.

1:04.5

But we begin tonight with what appears to be one of the hardest jobs in America, being

1:08.3

one of Donald Trump's lawyers.

1:09.5

First, you have to worry about whether you will ever be paid by the man notoriously

1:13.0

known to skip out on paying his bills, including to his very own lawyers, just ask Rudy Giuliani.

1:18.8

And speaking of Giuliani, there is the second worry, which is that working for Trump could

1:23.4

put you in legal and professional jeopardy, or at a minimum could make you a witness,

1:28.3

like another Trump lawyer, Evan Corcoran.

1:31.0

And then there was the third worry, how to mount a winning defense for the twice impeached,

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