The Governor Trump’s obsessed with

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Whitmer addresses the coronavirus situation in her state as well as the rumors of potentially being Joe Biden's running mate in 2020. Then, Schiff discusses Trump's firing of the Inspector General overseeing the 2 trillion dollar relief package in addition to his new bill to set up a commission in order to review the coronavirus response.

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0:00.0	I'm Michael Isgoth, Chief Investigative Correspondent for Yahoo News.
0:03.0	And I'm Dan Clyde, Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo News.
0:05.3	And a quick reminder that you can follow us at SkullDuggeryPod.
0:09.9	And by the way, if you've got any questions, thoughts, ideas you want to share,
0:14.1	tweet right at us. Now let's get on with the show.
0:20.7	No governor has gotten more incoming from President Trump than Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer.
0:26.2	Trump was referred to her in a tweet as half Whitmer, and said she was in over her head
0:31.2	dealing with the coronavirus. He also instructed Vice President Pence not to call her.
0:36.5	Perhaps all this is not surprising, given that Whitmer is widely considered to be a leading candidate
0:41.7	to be Joe Biden's Vice Presidential running mate. But just a few days ago,
0:46.2	Whitmer, out of the blue, got a phone call from President Trump himself.
0:51.0	We'll talk to the governor about that call. And the alarming and disproportionate impact
0:56.2	COVID-19 is having on minorities in her state. And we'll talk to House Intelligence Committee
1:01.5	Chairman Adam Schiff about the president sacking of independent inspector generals,
1:06.8	as well as what the intelligence community was warning about the pandemic threat on this episode
1:12.4	of SkullDuggery.
1:20.5	Because people have got to know whether or not they're President Sarkroff.
1:23.4	Well, I'm not a croff.
1:24.3	I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage.
1:27.7	My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true,
1:30.8	but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.
1:33.8	I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
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