Special Episode: Re-examining James Comey, Donald Trump, and the Clinton and Russia investigations as depicted in “The Comey Rule” (with Billy Ray, Shane Salerno, Frank Figliuzzi, Barb McQuade, Asha Rangappa, and Mimi Rocah)

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Renato discussed the hit Showtime series “The Comey Rule” with Writer/Director Billy Ray and Executive Producer Shane Salerno. They discussed the Clinton and Russia investigations with special guests Frank Figliuzzi (former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence), Barb McQuade (former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan), Asha Rangappa (former FBI counterintelligence agent) and Mimi Rocah (former federal prosecutor). On Topic Website Watch this episode on YouTube Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Its.Complicated/ Follow Asha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_ Asha's Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Follow Renato on Twitter: https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/Follow Renato on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@renato.mariotti Opening Theme and Bumper music provided by eitanepsteinmusic / Pond5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	M-S-S-W Media
0:08.3	Welcome to On Topic A
0:08.8	to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look
0:12.4	at a topic that helps us understand the week's news.
0:15.4	I'm Renato Mariati, a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer,
0:20.7	and a legal analyst. And today we have a special episode with the writer
0:26.2	director as well as executive producer of the Comi Rule, the hit Showtime
0:31.2	miniseries chronicling the life of James Comi and his decisions in the
0:37.1	Clinton email investigation as well as his confrontation with Trump early on in the Russia investigation.
0:45.0	And we have a panel of some of your favorite on topic guests,
0:50.0	prominent DOJ and FBI alumni, here to talk through some of the legal issues that are presented by that
0:56.7	many series. So if you're new to on topic, you should consider subscribing on your favorite podcast app because you'll hear more in-depth conversations like this one in the weeks to come and if you're an on topic regular
1:11.5	buckle in for a really interesting discussion with a whole
1:15.1	slew of panelists. Welcome to a very special episode of on topic and with us
1:21.8	today are the writer and director of the Comi Rule
1:28.0	miniseries on Showtime, which many of you have watched, as have I. Billy Ray, thank you for joining us, Billy.
1:35.5	Thanks for having me.
1:36.2	It's a privilege.
1:37.0	We also have executive producer Shane Slerno,
1:40.0	who's joining us via phone. Thank you very much.
1:43.5	God to be here.
1:44.5	And then we have a very distinguished panel of prominent FBI and DOJ alumni,
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