The Firing of James Comey (UPDATED)

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Updated at 6:00PM (EST) --- Jacob Weisberg chats with Lawfare's Editor-in-Chief (and friend of James Comey's), Benjamin Wittes, about how the Russia investigation proceeds from here and ponder what Comey's response will be. Plus, Virginia Heffernan talks to Tom Nichols about why Democrats and Republicans alike shouldn't be hysterical following yesterday's events. Trumpcast is brought to you by Blinkist, the app that transforms best-selling non-fiction books into powerful packs you can read or listen to in just 15 minutes. Go to Blinkist.com/trumpcast right now to start your free trial or get three months off your yearly plan when you join today. Trumpcast is brought to you by Policy Genius. Shop and compare all the top rated life insurance companies in one place. Go to PolicyGenius.com today to save over 40 percent off other prices for life insurance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.8	If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset not a liability.
0:09.2	The facts are stubborn things. They did hack into this campaign.
0:13.8	That shows that we have a deeply insecure president who understands that the
0:18.0	news is tightening because of this Russia investigation.
0:21.4	And that's why I believe he has let Jim Comey go.
0:24.0	Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. I am Virginia Heffernin.
0:31.2	Trumpcast is the show about Hillary Clinton's white knight,
0:34.4	the man who gallantly fired his FBI director for offending the honor of Clinton
0:39.3	during the presidential campaign.
0:40.8	Wait, what? What?
0:44.2	Okay, Jacob Weissberg, you're here. Maybe you can make sense of this.
0:47.6	We got a big day ahead of us on Trumpcast.
0:49.5	Do we do? Good morning, Virginia.
0:51.1	Good morning.
0:52.1	Did you see the political TikTok story that I think went up this morning
0:56.4	about the background of how it happened?
0:58.1	How do they do it? I mean, they just get their White House sources so quickly.
1:01.5	Yeah, what was... I didn't read it all the way through. I have to admit.
1:04.3	But tell me what happened.
1:05.7	I mean, the way this White House leaks, you know,
1:07.7	it does make you think that people are thinking about the post-Nuremberg,
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