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The News Agents - USA

Why is Trump purging the FBI?

The News Agents - USA

Global

News, Government, Politics

4.3719 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In a week that’s seen a trade war come and go, an entire US government department frozen, and thousands of justice officials fired from their jobs at the FBI and DOJ, we start by asking if anyone is still prepared to stop Donald Trump amassing inordinate amounts of personal power? Why has any resistance left the Senate Republicans? Have the Democrats recovered their voice? We speak to Chris Cillizza about how to separate the lunacy and the noise from the down right dangerous.

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0:00.0

The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.2

This is a global player original podcast.

0:12.9

I've assessed it as I would assess a patient as a physician.

0:20.1

Ultimately restoring trust in our public health institution is too

0:23.5

important. And I think Mr. Kennedy can help get that done. As chairman of the Senate Committee

0:29.9

with oversight authority of his position, I will do my best to make sure that that is what we

0:35.7

accomplish. You might not recognize that voice.

0:39.1

It is Bill Cassidy. He's the Louisiana Senator and as you heard, he's the chair of the Health

0:46.0

Select Committee. And their job was to decide whether RFK Jr., the vaccine skeptic and bear killer, be confirmed as the next Secretary of Health.

1:00.1

And it was Bill Cassidy's vote that clinched it. Not a single Republican voted against Donald Trump's wishes.

1:20.6

And that tells you something very important about America, the Senate, the legal system, and everything right now. That if Donald Trump wants it, Donald Trump gets it, and no one dares say anything different apparently.

1:30.6

Welcome to the newsagents USA.

1:37.9

It's John.

1:39.0

It's Emily.

1:39.7

And you are starting to hear, starting to see the resistance collapsing. Bill Cassidy came to the

1:46.8

floor to explain why he had voted to confirm a man that everyone thinks he would naturally

1:53.1

have stopped becoming the Secretary of Health. And he said he did a deal with him. He's got oversight.

1:59.0

He's got guard rails up. He's promised this. He's promised

2:01.7

that. It's better if he's on top of things. He can let the deal go through because of everything

2:06.7

he's promised. And if you believe that? Yeah. Well, Bill Cassidy was a physician himself in his earlier life

2:13.5

before he became a senator. And so here is a doctor who has been practicing, who has heard

2:19.1

some of what RFK has said and some of the outlandish theories about vaccines and about autism and about

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