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Trouble in Trumpworld

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

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

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Seeing his CFO walked into court in handcuffs might just be the tip of the iceberg for Donald Trump's legal troubles, Republicans have found an even bigger lie to push than Trump's Big Election Lie, and how Democrats and voting rights advocates are fighting back against voter suppression even as the Supreme Court opens the door for it

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0:00.0

Today on Velshi, legal experts say this may be the tip of the iceberg if watching his CFO get

0:06.9

perp walked into court in handcuffs is only the beginning. What could be in store next for Donald Trump?

0:12.9

Plus, Republican leaders are crossing over from simply denying the insurrection ever took place

0:17.4

to actively participating in an effort to cover it up. And state-level Republicans across the country were already lining up their voter suppression

0:26.0

packages and Cyber Ninja-style sham audits when the Supreme Court basically decided to hold

0:32.2

the door open for them.

0:33.5

What the new landscape looks like for democracy, for your ability to cast a ballot, and for

0:37.9

Democrats trying to push through voting rights reforms. Velshi starts now.

0:48.6

Good morning. It is Saturday, July the 3rd. I'm Ali Velshi, and there's a big plate of

0:52.4

news this morning as we start the holiday weekend,

0:54.7

including positive new jobs numbers. But with some big caveats, the United States is saying

1:00.2

goodbye to Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base after two decades, and a live report from Surfside, Florida,

1:05.7

which is now bracing for the first hurricane of the season set to make landfall within the next

1:10.6

couple of days in

1:11.5

Florida. Later today, about 225 miles northwest of Surfside, the former president is set to deliver

1:18.7

remarks at a rally in Sarasota at the Sarasota Fairgrounds. NBC's local affiliate WFLA,

1:25.6

even reports that people have been camping out since yesterday

1:28.3

in anticipation of seeing their dear Donald, either that or the free fireworks show, which

1:33.3

follows. And this comes just days after the twice impeached former president traveled to Texas

1:38.6

for a propaganda stunt, which was billed as being about immigration, but which quickly turned

1:43.3

into a typical grandstanding

1:45.1

Trump tirade about anything and everything. But he does have something new to rail against tonight.

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