White House Envoy In Moscow, MAGA Split On Gaza, Redefining The Attorney General Role

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White House envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin, days before President Trump's deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face sanctions. Some of the President's core supporters are expressing disagreement with President Trump on issues from Gaza to Jeffrey Epstein, and the Justice Department has reportedly set up a grand jury investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the 2016 Presidential election.

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0:21.9	I have a drinking problem, guys.
0:25.6	White House envoy Steve Whitkoff is in Moscow.
0:29.1	His assignment is to meet again with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
0:33.0	President Trump demanded that Russia and the war in Ukraine this week, what are the chances of that?
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0:44.3	Some of the president's core supporters are expressing opinions independent of Trump on issues from Gaza to Jeffrey Epstein.
0:53.3	There is a fight brewing within the party about what a post-Trump Republican Party looks like.
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