Whistle-blower: Trump Officials Pushed Intel Staff To Downplay Russian Interference

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🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Homeland Security official says in his complaint that he was ordered to halt reports that made the president "look bad." DHS and the White House deny the allegation.

This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, election security editor Phil Ewing, and congressional correspondent Susan Davis.

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0:00.0	This is Sean Smith, former National Park Ranger, calling from the shadow of Washington's
0:04.8	snow cap Mount Rainier.
0:06.7	I'm using this time in quarantine to write my fourth National Park Thriller.
0:10.9	I just blew through 30,000 words in my latest manuscript.
0:14.5	This MPR politics podcast was recorded at...
0:17.5	It's a 206 Eastern on Thursday, September 10th.
0:21.3	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but my love for a good National Park
0:25.2	Thriller will remain the same.
0:27.4	Enjoy the show.
0:31.4	Admit National Park Thriller is not a genre I was aware of prior to this timestamp.
0:36.2	Oh, I am going to the library right after this.
0:40.0	I like National Park 10, I like thrillers.
0:42.2	I'm very curious.
0:43.2	Yeah, what's not to love?
0:44.2	Is it like bears going into your food?
0:46.0	Because that to me is a National Park Thriller?
0:48.0	Like, a lot of questions.
0:49.6	A lot of questions.
0:50.6	Hey there, it's the MPR politics podcast.
0:52.6	I'm Scott Detro.
0:53.6	I cover the presidential campaign.
0:54.9	I'm Susan Davis.
	...

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