Trump, The NRA, And More Illegal Activity

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🗓️ 15 December 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

León Krauze talks to Mike Spies, a reporter for nonprofit news outlet The Trace, which covers the U.S. gun violence crisis. Mike broke a story about how the NRA and the Trump campaign coordinated their advertising strategies during the 2016 presidential campaign. Also covered: The NRA’s $30 million contribution in support of Trump in 2016 -- which is an exceptional amount of money for the association -- Marina Butina, and what it will take to turn around the U.S. gun crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	He directed me to make the payments.
0:02.3	He directed me to become involved in these matters,
0:06.0	including the one with McDougal,
0:08.0	which was really between him and David Pecker.
0:11.1	And then David Pecker's counsel,
0:13.2	I just reviewed the documents in order to protect him.
0:19.7	I may not agree with any of his policies or positions.
0:22.4	You can say Mick Mulvaney had that.
0:24.3	And he's been there.
0:25.6	He's right up front.
0:26.5	He can see what's happening in that oval office.
0:28.6	I don't think we should have a debate in front of the press on this.
0:31.7	But the fact is the House Republicans could bring up this bill
0:35.8	if they had the votes immediately and set the tone for what you want.
0:43.9	Hello, I'm Leon Krause from Los Angeles, California.
0:47.1	Welcome to Trumpcast once again.
0:49.3	Just the other day, I was playing Fortnite with my 10-year-old son
0:53.4	when I thought of Donald Trump.
0:55.2	I know that sounds unfortunate because no one,
0:58.7	not even an obsessive journalist who sometimes hosts podcasts focused solely
1:04.4	on Donald Trump should think about Trump when playing anything with his kids.
1:08.4	But I honestly could not help it.
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