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Velshi

The “Why” Behind all the Book Bans

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Politics, News, Versant Media, Weekend News, News Commentary, Ms Now, Ali Velshi, Versant, Government

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

A gutting update in Ukraine, a bad day to be Trump, and Fiona makes landfall

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0:00.0

Today on Velshi, the walls are closing in on Donald Trump.

0:04.3

The adults have entered the courtroom.

0:05.8

They're dealing blow after blow to Trump's increasingly ludicrous explanations for all those classified

0:11.5

documents the Fed seized from his Florida golf club.

0:14.3

The latest ruling clears the path for the Justice Department to continue its criminal

0:18.9

investigation without delay.

0:22.3

And no matter how earnestly, the former president claims to have declassified all those documents with his mind.

0:28.4

Plus, the January 6th Committee is back. Congressional investigators ramping up what promises

0:33.1

to be a blockbuster final hearing just four days away. And while we wait for the big event,

0:37.4

they're releasing video evidence every day. And right to the middle of that legal peril walks New York

0:43.4

Attorney General Letitia James with a lawsuit that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says could end

0:48.8

Trump's businesses. And he should know he's the one to blew the whistle that got this whole

0:52.9

investigation going. I'm going to talk to Michael Cohen himself this morning.

0:56.3

Plus, Senator Tim Cain is here to talk about the highest stakes midterms in recent memory,

1:01.8

the danger of a nuclear arms saber-rattling Vladimir Putin, and more.

1:06.1

Also, it's banned book week.

1:08.0

So we're convening a special edition of the Velshi Band Book Club today

1:10.9

with someone who works squarely at the center of human rights, democracy, and literature.

1:16.3

Velshi starts now.

1:23.7

Good morning. I'm Ali Velshi. It is Saturday, September the 24th. It's day 213 of Russia's

1:29.0

brutal and barbaric war in Ukraine, which remember, Vladimir Putin planned would take all

1:33.4

of three days to capture the Capitol, something that never happened. Now, if you need more

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