The "Witch Hunt" Edition

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, News, Government

4.6 • 242 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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David Plotz and Emily Bazelon are joined by Jacob Weisberg to discuss the maelstrom around Trump’s presidency, Roger Ailes impact on the conservative movement and Attorney General Sessions’s war on drugs. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.2	Hello and welcome to the Slate political gapfest for May 18, 2017, the Witch Hunt edition.
0:16.8	I'm David Plots about this.
0:17.8	This is your Emily Bazlon, the New York Times magazine.
0:21.0	It joins me from New Haven.
0:22.3	Hello, Emily.
0:23.3	Hello.
0:24.3	John Dickerson teams to have been the first person jailed under Trump's new policy of
0:27.4	jailing journalists.
0:28.4	And that's why he's not with us today.
0:29.9	I don't know where he is, but I hope he hasn't been jailed.
0:32.1	He's not in jail.
0:33.1	He's not in jail.
0:34.1	I feel sure.
0:35.1	If we said that he was in jail, would you believe it?
0:36.5	I might believe it.
0:37.5	I might believe it.
0:38.5	But that's okay, because visiting from Trump cast, we have Jacob Weisberg, the chairman
0:43.3	of the Slate group, hello, Jacob.
0:45.3	Hey, David.
0:46.3	John picked a nice quiet week to take off.
0:48.6	Yeah, it's crazy.
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