Skullduggery Trailer: 2021
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2021
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump may be out of office, but we're going to keep digging into the latest in political trickery, underhandedness, and all manner of unscrupulous behavior, as well as analyzing the news of the day, and hearing from high-ranking members of Congress, journalists, and experts on domestic and foreign policy.
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HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Mike Lysigov, Chief Investigator of Correspondent for Yahoo News. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Dan Clydeman, Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo News. |
| 0:08.2 | We've been co-hosts of the podcast Skullbuggery since 2018, doing spirit interviews with |
| 0:14.4 | some of the most important and relevant figures working in American politics today. |
| 0:18.8 | And now we're adding a new member to our team. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm Victoria Bessetti, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School and |
| 0:25.7 | a former Senate Stafford. |
| 0:27.6 | In this episode, I'm going to try to add a different perspective from a lawyer and from |
| 0:31.2 | someone who worked inside the belly of the political machine. |
| 0:34.4 | Plus, I've known these guys for years. |
| 0:37.0 | You have indeed Victoria, that may be a blessing and a curse. |
| 0:40.3 | When was it that we met again? |
| 0:41.4 | Was it Waco or Ruby Ridge? |
| 0:43.2 | No, actually it was in the middle of a real live mafia trial in the early 90s. |
| 0:48.7 | Oh my God, that's right. |
| 0:50.0 | Tomaso Bouchetta, a Sicilian mafia turncoat who was testifying in the US under extraordinary |
| 0:55.8 | secrecy against Toto Arena, the boss of all bosses in Sicily. |
| 0:59.9 | Talk about Skullbuggery. |
| 1:00.9 | Let's not forget the Clinton scandals and 9-11. |
| 1:04.6 | Victoria, you were up at Senate Judiciary back then, right in the middle of things. |
| 1:08.8 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 1:09.8 | And I used to actually like to both of you guys, though it was pretty clear. |
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