Obeying in advance? FBI Dir. Wray steps down ahead of incoming Trump presidency

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Joy Reid leads this episode of the ReidOut with the breaking news of FBI Director Christopher Wray stepping down ahead of the incoming Trump presidency. Joy and her guests discuss whether Wray’s resignation is an example of compliance in advance of an incoming autocrat Trump. Plus, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins Joy to discuss how House Democrats are preparing for the incoming Trump presidency. Also in this episode, a look into the fall of Assad. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout.
0:05.6	Well, I can't say I'm thrilled with him.
0:08.5	He invaded my home.
0:10.9	I'm suing the country over it.
0:12.8	He invaded Mar-a-Lago.
0:16.4	I'm very unhappy with the things he's done.
0:19.9	Donald Trump gets his wish.
0:22.2	Chris Ray, who Trump himself made FBI director, is stepping down,
0:25.7	clearing the way for Maga Loyalist Cash Patel to move in and burn the agency to the ground.
0:30.6	Yay.
0:30.7	Also tonight, police say new evidence directly ties suspect Luigi Mangione to the murder of the United Healthcare CEO.
0:39.3	And we're learning more about his background. And House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries
0:44.6	joins me on the Republican's very narrow House majority and how Democrats are preparing
0:50.3	for the upcoming Trump administration.
0:57.1	But we begin tonight with the little civics.
1:01.8	The Constitution enumerates three separate and co-equal branches of government,
1:04.1	the legislative, executive, and judicial.
1:07.8	The idea was to prevent any one branch for becoming too powerful.
1:11.5	People inside each branch would fight to defend their own power.
1:17.0	That's how you get the checks and balances. Well, those checks and balances are collapsing daily.
1:23.2	Under Republicans, all three branches are simply bowing down to the incoming president.
1:27.8	Case in point. Late today, FBI director Christopher Ray announced he will be stepping down.
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