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The Rachel Maddow Show

Trump cabinet picks point to continuation of scandals and disgrace

The Rachel Maddow Show

MSNBC

Madow, Washington, Rachel Maddow, Congress, Campaign, Policy, Election, President, Nbc, Public, News, Government, Maddow, Politics, Issues

4.534K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump is assembling his cabinet with the same disregard for ethics and integrity that marked his first term, and early signs that Trump is following the authoritarian playbook of subjugating the legislature to consolidate power in himself.

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0:00.0

Thanks, Joan Holmes for joining us this hour.

0:02.2

Really happy to have you here.

0:03.8

So the last time that Donald Trump was president of the United States, his secretary of the

0:08.5

interior got embroiled in a corruption scandal and was referred to the U.S. Department

0:14.3

of Justice for potential criminal prosecution.

0:18.2

The last time Donald Trump was president, his secretary of transportation also got embroiled in a

0:24.1

corruption scandal and was referred to the Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecution.

0:30.0

The last time Donald Trump was president, his secretary of labor got embroiled in a disgusting

0:35.9

scandal involving convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

0:39.9

A federal judge ruled that Trump's labor secretary had broken the law in that scandal,

0:44.9

and so the labor secretary was referred to the Office of Professional Responsibility at the

0:49.5

Justice Department. He ended up resigning in disgraced.

0:57.6

Donald Trump's Secretary of Energy resigned in a corruption and ethics scandal. Donald Trump's

1:03.4

head of the EPA resigned in a corruption and ethics scandal. Donald Trump's Health and Human

1:08.8

Services Secretary resigned in a corruption and ethics

1:12.3

scandal. And I mean, any one of these cases is like a teapot dome-sized scandal, right?

1:21.0

Used to be if you had one cabinet official involved in a big ethics and or corruption scandal

1:25.9

that forced them out of the job or led them to,

1:29.3

you know, to being referred for criminal prosecution.

1:32.8

Even if he just had one, that would be enough to brand your whole presidency a disgraced

1:38.6

and scandal-ridden mistake.

1:43.2

I mean, Warren G. Harding, what is remembered about the Warren G. Harding presidency?

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