Special counsel closes in on Trump in two criminal probes

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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MSNBC’s Katie Phang hosts “The Beat” on Wednesday, May 31, and reports on Trump’s special counsel, the debt limit, and the 2024 presidential race. Denver Riggleman, Fernand Amandi, Juanita Tolliver, Alencia Johnson, Maya Wiley, and Paul Butler join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the beat I am Katie Fang in for Ari Melber.
0:03.3	We start tonight with breaking news.
0:05.7	Trump reportedly caught on tape.
0:08.8	Damaging new evidence in the Trump classified documents
0:11.9	criminal investigation, CNN is reporting.
0:14.8	Prosecutors have obtained an audio recording
0:17.2	of a summer 2021 meeting in which former president,
0:20.5	Donald Trump, acknowledges that he held on
0:23.1	to a classified Pentagon document
0:26.0	about a potential attack on Iran.
0:28.6	The recording indicating Trump understood
0:30.8	that he had retained classified materials
0:33.0	after leaving the White House.
0:34.9	The report adds on the recording,
0:37.0	Trump's comments suggest he would like to share the information,
0:40.3	but he's aware of limitations on his ability post presidency
0:44.4	to declassify records.
0:46.6	This directly undercuts one of Trump's defenses
0:48.8	that he could and that he did declassify everything.
0:52.5	CNN has not listened to the recording,
0:54.2	but multiple sources have described it.
0:56.3	And NBC News has not confirmed this reporting.
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