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[{"audio_id": "T9Qnuof8q1o", "text": {"T9Qnuof8q1o-00000-00000571-00001623": "US President Donald Trump announced plans Monday to end special trade treatment for India, accusing it of unfairly shutting out American businesses", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00001-00001623-00002650": "In a letter to Congress, Trump signaled his intent to remove India from a program that gives developing countries easier access to US markets", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00002-00002650-00003583": "The Indian government \"has not assured the United States that it will provide equitable and reasonable access to the markets of India,\" the letter said", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00003-00003583-00004293": "The notice comes just weeks before before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a general election", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00004-00004293-00005307": "Trump has repeatedly slammed Indian duties on US goods. In January, he took aim at India's 150% tariff on imported whiskey", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00005-00005307-00006686": "Over the weekend, he blasted India as a \"high-tariff\" country.US President Donald Trump announced plans Monday to end special trade treatment for India, accusing it of unfairly shutting out American businesses", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00006-00006686-00008112": "Now, he's moving to take India out of the preferential trade program, known as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which lowers US duties on exports from 121 developing countries", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00007-00008112-00009112": "India was the biggest beneficiary of the program in 2017, according to US data, with exemptions on goods worth $5", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00008-00009112-00010575": "6 billion.Indian Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said Tuesday that the total benefit to India from the exemptions amounted to only about $190 million a year, describing them as \"minimal and moderate", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00009-00010575-00011931": "\".Last April, the US government said it would review India's eligibility in the program after some American companies said their dairy and medical device shipments to India were being hurt by non-tariff barriers", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00010-00011931-00012926": "Wadhawan said India had proposed a \"reasonable and meaningful\" trade package to the United States, but that the two sides were unable to reach an agreement", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00011-00012926-00013720": "\"There were some additional requests beyond that, which could not be accepted at this time,\" he told reporters", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00012-00013720-00014799": "Trump's letter to Congress starts a 60-day clock before he can take action, according to a statement from the Office of the US Trade Representative", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00013-00014799-00016272": "The United States also plans to remove Turkey from the GSP program, the statement said, after finding that the country is \"sufficiently economically developed\" and no longer requires special access to the US market", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00014-00016272-00017375": "Trump's move to end the preferential treatment of Indian goods comes just a few weeks after US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross pulled out of a trip to the country at the last minute", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00015-00017375-00018051": "The Commerce Department said bad weather at the time led to his flight being canceled", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00016-00018051-00019070": "The GSP isn't the only source of tension in the two countries' trading relationship, which was worth $126 billion in 2017", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00017-00019070-00020167": "Tensions between New Delhi and Washington have increased in recent years as Trump's \"Buy American, Hire American\" strategy has clashed with Modi's campaign to \"Make in India''", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00018-00020167-00021726": "India was one of many countries hit by US steel and aluminum tariffs last year. In retaliation, the Indian government announced its own tariffs on US goods worth $240 million, but it has yet to actually put them into effect", "T9Qnuof8q1o-00019-00021726-00022690": "Wadhawan said Tuesday that India would keep the possible retaliatory tariffs out of its continued trade discussions with the United States"}}, {"audio_id": "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4", "text": {"Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00000-00000513-00001733": "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday if President Donald Trump vetoes the resolution blocking his national emergency declaration, Democrats will respond in Congress and in court", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00001-00001733-00002712": "\"We'll fight him in the Congress, we'll fight him in the courts and we'll fight him in the court of public opinion,\" Pelosi told reporters at an event in Texas", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00002-00002712-00003976": "\"What he's doing is wrong and the Republicans know it.\".The Senate likely has enough votes to pass a measure blocking Trump's efforts to build a wall on the US southern border through emergency powers", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00003-00003976-00004977": "With Republicans controlling 53 seats in the chamber, Senate Democrats need four GOP votes for the measure to pass, and Republican Sens", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00004-00004977-00006158": "Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have indicated they will vote in favor of the resolution", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00005-00006158-00007221": "Trump has vowed to veto the measure, which was introduced in the House and passed the chamber last week, with 13 Republicans voting with Democrats", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00006-00007221-00008579": "Pelosi's comments show Democrats have no plans to back down from the fight against allocating billions of dollars for the border wall, which Trump has pursued in fervor as his top domestic priority", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00007-00008579-00010010": "\"Hopefully the President won't veto it -- or maybe he'll just withdraw it, as some of his Republican, the Republican senators are asking him to do because they know that it undermines the Constitution of the United States,\" Pelosi said", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00008-00010010-00010946": "Pelosi said Trump is \"asking us to ignore the oath of office that we take to protect and defend the Constitution by this declaration", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00009-00010946-00012280": "\" She said she anticipates the resolution will pass the Senate.If the President vetoes the measure, Congress would need two-thirds of its members in both chambers to overrule the veto, which is unlikely", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00010-00012280-00013678": "\"I think it's very hard to have a veto,\" Pelosi said.The President signed a spending bill in January that ended the longest government shutdown in US history in January, which did not include the $5", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00011-00013678-00014558": "7 billion he had been demanding for his border wall. It did include $1.375 billion for a wall", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00012-00014558-00015522": "The President then quickly declared a national emergency, bypassing Congress, to unlock billions in federal funds to build his wall", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00013-00015522-00016486": "Pelosi said Trump's declaration is \"undermining our system of checks and balances,\" which she described as the \"wisdom of our Constitution", "Tv3TJ9AHZJ4-00014-00016486-00016586": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "TxiqID29l_M", "text": {"TxiqID29l_M-00000-00000571-00002553": "The Trump administration pressured the Department of Homeland Security to release immigrants detained at the southern border into so-called sanctuary cities in part to retaliate against Democrats who oppose President Donald Trump's plans for a border wall, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN on Thursday", "TxiqID29l_M-00001-00002553-00003415": "Trump personally pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to follow through on the plan, the source said", "TxiqID29l_M-00002-00003415-00004505": "Nielsen resisted and the DHS legal team eventually produced an analysis that killed the plan, which was first reported by The Washington Post", "TxiqID29l_M-00003-00004505-00005662": "The proposal is another example of Trump's willingness to enact hardline immigration policies to deliver on border security, a key issue for his political base", "TxiqID29l_M-00004-00005662-00006874": "Thursday's reports come as the President has amplified his rhetoric on illegal immigration in recent weeks, even threatening to close the southern border if Congress and Mexico don't take action", "TxiqID29l_M-00005-00006874-00007702": "White House senior adviser Stephen Miller urged senior DHS officials to make the plan a reality, the source said", "TxiqID29l_M-00006-00007702-00008480": "The plan finally died after Miller and other White House officials pushed it in February, according to the source", "TxiqID29l_M-00007-00008480-00009538": "Miller was angered that DHS lawyers refused to produce legal guidance that would make the plan viable, saying the proposal would likely be illegal", "TxiqID29l_M-00008-00009538-00010766": "DHS officials believe that the legal standoff is one reason why Miller has pushed for the firing of John Mitnick, the general counsel for DHS, who is still with the department", "TxiqID29l_M-00009-00010766-00011724": "A separate DHS official confirmed there was such a proposal. \"These are human beings, not game pieces,\" the official said", "TxiqID29l_M-00010-00011724-00012725": "Asked to comment, a DHS spokesperson said, \"This was a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion", "TxiqID29l_M-00011-00012725-00013373": "\" Another DHS official briefed on the matter disputed that the proposal reached Nielsen", "TxiqID29l_M-00012-00013373-00014948": "Nielsen left DHS this week after she was forced to resign.\"Sanctuary city\" is a broad term applied to jurisdictions that have policies in place designed to limit cooperation with or involvement in federal immigration enforcement actions", "TxiqID29l_M-00013-00014948-00015885": "Cities, counties and some states have a range of informal policies as well as laws that qualify as \"sanctuary\" positions", "TxiqID29l_M-00014-00015885-00016622": "Most of the policies center on not cooperating with federal law enforcement on immigration policies", "TxiqID29l_M-00015-00016622-00017659": "Many of the largest cities in the country have forms of such policies.A spokeswoman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped Trump over the Thursday night reports", "TxiqID29l_M-00016-00017659-00018401": "\"The extent of this administration's cynicism and cruelty cannot be overstated,\" Ashley Etienne said in a statement", "TxiqID29l_M-00017-00018401-00019537": "\"Using human beings — including little children — as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable, and in some cases, criminal", "TxiqID29l_M-00018-00019537-00020890": "The American people have resoundingly rejected this Administration's toxic anti-immigrant policies, and Democrats will continue to advance immigration policies that keep us safe and honor our values", "TxiqID29l_M-00019-00020890-00020990": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "TBkQir93OyI", "text": {"TBkQir93OyI-00000-00000571-00001540": "President Donald Trump dismissed the news that House Democrats asked the Internal Revenue Service for six years of tax returns on Wednesday", "TBkQir93OyI-00001-00001540-00002530": "“Is that all? Oh. Usually, it’s ten so I guess they’re giving up,” Trump replied when asked about the news by reporters at the White House", "TBkQir93OyI-00002-00002530-00003700": ".House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) requested six years of Trump’s taxes, thwarting the president’s decision not to release them during his run for office", "TBkQir93OyI-00003-00003700-00004512": "Trump used the same excuse he used during the election, noting that he would not release his returns because he was being audited", "TBkQir93OyI-00004-00004512-00005926": "“We are under audit, despite what people said, and we’re working that out, I’m always under audit, it seems, but I’ve been under audit for many years because the numbers are big, and I guess when you have a name, you’re audited,” he said", "TBkQir93OyI-00005-00005926-00006709": "But Neal insisted that the IRS prove that they were conducting proper oversight over Trump’s taxes", "TBkQir93OyI-00006-00006709-00007482": ".“It is critical to ensure the accountability of our government and elected officials,” he said in a statement", "TBkQir93OyI-00007-00007482-00008420": "“To maintain trust in our democracy, the American people must be assured that their government is operating properly, as laws intend", "TBkQir93OyI-00008-00008420-00009394": "”.The IRS falls under the purview of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, setting up a fight between the executive and the legislative branch"}}, {"audio_id": "TNX6vmQO944", "text": {"TNX6vmQO944-00000-00000571-00001883": "While the House Oversight and Reform Committee is trying to get to the bottom of things, the White House is trying to stop them from investigating Donald Trump by keeping them away from key witnesses that worked under the president", "TNX6vmQO944-00001-00001883-00003504": "According to The Hill, the White House rejected a request from Congressional Democrats to interview Trump’s former deputy assistant and deputy counsel Stefan Passantino about hush money payments that were allegedly made by Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen", "TNX6vmQO944-00002-00003504-00004416": "According to the report, White House counsel Pat Cipollone told House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md", "TNX6vmQO944-00003-00004416-00005229": ") in a letter that the White House has been “cooperative and responsive” but that it wouldn’t grant him the wish of interviewing Passantino", "TNX6vmQO944-00004-00005229-00007149": "“In response to your request, given longstanding law and practice, we are not inclined to make the former Deputy Counsel to the President available for a transcribed interview inquiring into his conversations and advice he provided while serving as Deputy Counsel to the President,” Cipollone wrote to Cummings"}}, {"audio_id": "TQuXngeNa48", "text": {"TQuXngeNa48-00000-00000513-00002007": "President Donald Trump attacked special counsel Robert Mueller's credibility Saturday, disparaging former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former FBI Director James Comey as Washington waits for Mueller's report in the coming weeks", "TQuXngeNa48-00001-00002007-00004219": "In a largely unscripted, wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference lasting more than two hours, Trump hit on several key issues in a characteristic fashion -- mocking proponents of the Green New Deal, vowing to protect free speech on college campuses with an executive order and taking shots at his longtime rival and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren", "TQuXngeNa48-00002-00004219-00005204": "But he made a point to take on Mueller, commenting extensively on key parts of the investigation, as the probe appears to be winding down", "TQuXngeNa48-00003-00005204-00005868": "\"So now we're waiting for a report, and we'll find out . who we're dealing with,\" Trump said", "TQuXngeNa48-00004-00005868-00007391": "\"We're waiting for a report by people that weren't elected.\".\"You put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there, and all of a sudden, they're trying to take you out with bullshit, OK,\" he added", "TQuXngeNa48-00005-00007391-00008454": "The President lambasted Mueller as an unelected prosecutor running unchecked and accused the special counsel's team of investigators of being stacked against him", "TQuXngeNa48-00006-00008454-00009906": "\"Robert Mueller never received a vote and neither did the person that appointed him,\" Trump said in an apparent reference to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who was appointed by Trump and named Mueller as special counsel in May 2017", "TQuXngeNa48-00007-00009906-00011108": "\"Robert Mueller put 13 of the angriest Democrats in the history of our country on the commission,\" Trump said, adding, \"One of them was involved with the Hillary Clinton Foundation, running it", "TQuXngeNa48-00008-00011108-00011722": "Another one has perhaps the worst reputation of any human being I've ever seen -- all killers", "TQuXngeNa48-00009-00011722-00012644": "In fact, it would have been actually better for them if they put half and half and Mueller can do whatever he wants anyway, which he'll probably do", "TQuXngeNa48-00010-00012644-00013997": "\".No one on Mueller's team ever ran the Clinton Foundation. Trump may have been referencing one of the Mueller team's lawyers, Jeannie Rhee, who previously represented the Clinton Foundation in a racketeering lawsuit", "TQuXngeNa48-00011-00013997-00015049": "While several of the lawyers have made personal donations to Democrats in the past, the majority of them have been longstanding Department of Justice employees", "TQuXngeNa48-00012-00015049-00016418": "Trump also argued that Mueller was compromised due to his prior interest in being FBI director after Trump fired James Comey, and repeated a favorite allegation that Mueller and Comey are \"best friends", "TQuXngeNa48-00013-00016418-00018030": "\" Comey has said in the past that he and Mueller are not best friends.He also bashed Sessions' decision to recuse himself from the Mueller investigation and delegate overseeing Mueller to Rosenstein, impersonating Sessions with a thick Southern accent", "TQuXngeNa48-00014-00018030-00018989": "\"The attorney general says, 'I'm going to recuse myself,' and I said, why the hell didn't he tell me that before I put him in?\" Trump said", "TQuXngeNa48-00015-00018989-00020441": "\"How do you recuse yourself?\".He also attacked Sessions as useless, lamenting that using his powers to hire and fire cabinet members under Article 2 would have been seen as obstruction -- a standard that he alleged was \"only for Trump", "TQuXngeNa48-00016-00020441-00021230": "\".\"The Attorney General recuses himself, and I don't fire him, no obstruction,\" Trump said", "TQuXngeNa48-00017-00021230-00022303": "\"That's the other thing -- if you use your rights, if you use your power, if you use Article 2, it's called obstruction, but only for Trump, for nobody else", "TQuXngeNa48-00018-00022303-00022935": "So the attorney general is weak and ineffective and he doesn't do what he should have done", "TQuXngeNa48-00019-00022935-00023816": "\".Trump fired Sessions in November following an increasingly strained relationship and months of personal attacks by the President", "TQuXngeNa48-00020-00023816-00025469": "He also recounted Comey's firing as being due to the former FBI director being \"a bad, bad guy,\" saying that he had discussed it at the time with first lady Melania Trump, and that he had anticipated bipartisan support after Democrats voiced criticism of Comey", "TQuXngeNa48-00021-00025469-00026190": "\"I said Melania, I'm doing something today, I'm doing it because it really has to be done", "TQuXngeNa48-00022-00026190-00027885": "he's a bad, bad guy, that's been proven now with all of the emails,\" Trump said. \"I said to the first lady, I said, 'but you know the good news, the good news is that this is going to be so bipartisan, everyone's going to love it' -- so we fired Comey", "TQuXngeNa48-00023-00027885-00028896": "\".\"I fire a bad cop, I fire a dirty cop, and all of a sudden, the Democrats say, 'how dare he fire him, how dare he do this,'\" Trump added", "TQuXngeNa48-00024-00028896-00030417": "Trump told NBC in May 2017 that he was thinking of \"this Russia thing\" when he decided to fire Comey, adding that he was irked by the investigation, which he saw as motivated by Democratic anger over his 2016 win", "TQuXngeNa48-00025-00030417-00032203": "Here were some other key elements of Trump's speech:.North Korea.Trump said the US had learned a lot since the sudden conclusion of his summit with Kim Jong Un and repeated his previous explanation for not reaching a deal -- \"I had to walk, because every once in a while, you have to walk", "TQuXngeNa48-00026-00032203-00032841": "\".He added that North Korea had said it was \"willing to do much less on the sanction front", "TQuXngeNa48-00027-00032841-00033609": "But you see, that's not what happened there. So, already I think we're negotiating", "TQuXngeNa48-00028-00033609-00035163": "\".Trump, who has faced backlash for saying he took Kim's word that the North Korean leader was unaware of former prisoner Otto Warmbier's capture, said Saturday that he was torn between his obligation to negotiate and his support for the Warmbiers", "TQuXngeNa48-00029-00035163-00035826": "\"I'm in such a horrible position,\" Trump said. \"Because in one way I have to negotiate", "TQuXngeNa48-00030-00035826-00036678": "In the other way, I love Mr. and Mrs. Warmbier. And I love Otto. And it's a very, very delicate balance", "TQuXngeNa48-00031-00036678-00037879": "\".Democrats and socialism.Trump also accused congressional Democrats of accepting socialism and trying to \"replace individual rights with total government domination\" during the speech", "TQuXngeNa48-00032-00037879-00039206": "\"Just this week more than 100 Democrats in Congress signed up for a socialist takeover of American health care,\" he said, apparently referencing the Medicare For All bill currently supported by many House Democrats", "TQuXngeNa48-00033-00039206-00041011": "Trump said that the plan \"would lead to colossal tax increases\" and \"take away private coverage from over 180 million Americans,\" as opposed to the private plans and new cooperative plan backed by his administration \"where you get better insurance than Obamacare for a fraction of the cost", "TQuXngeNa48-00034-00041011-00041839": "\".After discussing the Green New Deal, Trump urged those considering socialism to look to Venezuela to see its failures", "TQuXngeNa48-00035-00041839-00042571": "\"Socialism is not about the environment, it's not about justice, it's not about virtue,\" he said", "TQuXngeNa48-00036-00042571-00043208": "\"Socialism is about only one thing -- it's called power for the ruling class, that's what it is", "TQuXngeNa48-00037-00043208-00045269": "Look at what's happening in Venezuela and so many other places.\".Green New Deal.Trump came out swinging against the Green New Deal, calling the progressive climate plan an attempt by Democrats to \"completely take over American energy and completely destroy America's economy through their new $100 trillion Green New Deal", "TQuXngeNa48-00038-00045269-00045880": "which somebody described as a high school term paper written by a poor student.\"", "TQuXngeNa48-00039-00045880-00046975": "He said that the plan would destroy the natural gas, nuclear power and auto industries as \"their plan would remove every gas-powered car from American roads", "TQuXngeNa48-00040-00046975-00048524": "\".The plan actually calls for \"overhauling transportation systems in the United States to eliminate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector as much as is technologically feasible\" and does not call for taking away cars", "TQuXngeNa48-00041-00048524-00049934": "\"You just have to cross 95% of the world and it would force the destruction or renovation of virtually every existing structure in the United States,\" he said of the plan, which aims to maximizing buildings' energy efficiency", "TQuXngeNa48-00042-00049934-00050619": "\"New York City would have to rip down buildings and rebuild them again, I don't think so", "TQuXngeNa48-00043-00050619-00051308": "This is the craziest plan.\".He also bashed Green New Deal sponsor Democratic Rep", "TQuXngeNa48-00044-00051308-00052931": "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, saying, \"I see the white-haired, long-time senators standing behind this young woman and she's ranting and raving like a lunatic and the senators, these senators -- 'yes, I agree with this, yes, I agree", "TQuXngeNa48-00045-00052931-00053667": "'\".2020.Trump specifically targeted 2020 presidential candidate and Democratic Sen", "TQuXngeNa48-00046-00053667-00054527": "Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, saying that he should have saved Saturday's speech for a real opponent closer to election season", "TQuXngeNa48-00047-00054527-00055475": "\"I just want to be the Republican that runs against them,\" he said of Democrats endorsing progressive projects such as the Green New Deal", "TQuXngeNa48-00048-00055475-00056248": "\"I'm going to regret this speech, this speech should have been delivered one year from now and not now, dammit", "TQuXngeNa48-00049-00056248-00057369": "\".He also reused his \"Pocahontas\" nickname for Warren, claiming that he's destroyed her career such that she won't be the Democratic nominee he'll face in 2020", "TQuXngeNa48-00050-00057369-00058481": "\"I should have saved the Pocahontas thing for another year because I've destroyed her political career and now I won't get a chance to run against her and i would have loved it,\" he said", "TQuXngeNa48-00051-00058481-00059241": "\"I don't want to knock out all of the good stuff and end up with somebody that's actually got talent, that would be bad", "TQuXngeNa48-00052-00059241-00060832": "\".ISIS.Trump also referenced his efforts to eradicate ISIS' presence in Iraq, telling the CPAC audience that different generals told him on his trip to Iraq that they could defeat the group in one week as opposed to two years", "TQuXngeNa48-00053-00060832-00062000": "\"What I was told by a general who I had to fire, I said, 'General, how long before we get 100% of the caliphate?' He said, 'sir, two years", "TQuXngeNa48-00054-00062000-00063233": "' I said, 'I can't take it two years.' And then I flew to Iraq,\" Trump said. It was unclear to whom Trump was specifically referencing but former Defense Secretary Gen", "TQuXngeNa48-00055-00063233-00063985": "James Mattis resigned in December over disagreements with Trump over how to pull troops out of Syria", "TQuXngeNa48-00056-00063985-00064980": "Trump said that while in Iraq, he asked generals there why it would take two years to \"knock off two or three or four percent, which is what we had left", "TQuXngeNa48-00057-00064980-00065976": "\" He said that a general he called \"Raisin' Cain\" then told him, \"'It won't, sir, if we attack them in a different manner, we can do it much faster", "TQuXngeNa48-00058-00065976-00067227": "we can have it totally finished in one week.'\".The general then added that his superiors coming in from Washington had not conferred with him, and that \"you're the first one to ask us our opinion,\" Trump said"}}, {"audio_id": "TlGyW2ptJRy", "text": {"TlGyW2ptJRy-00000-00000513-00002012": "President Donald Trump has claimed that he loves Otto Warmbier and thinks “of him often” after he was slammed for accepting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s claim he was unaware of the deceased student’s mistreatment by the regime", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00001-00002012-00003326": "Following a meeting with Kim in Vietnam on Thursday, Trump commented of the North Korean leader’s knowledge of the mistreatment of 22-year-old student Warmbier: “He tells me he didn't know about it, and I take him at his word", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00002-00003326-00004120": "I don't believe he would have allowed that to happen…It just wasn't to his advantage to allow that to happen", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00003-00004120-00005442": "”.But Trump’s comments were widely panned by commentators, while Warmbier’s family said no “excuses or lavish praise” could change the fact that Kim and the regime were responsible for their son’s death", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00004-00005442-00006790": "Taking to Twitter on Friday night to defend the comments he made, Trump urged people to remember that Warmbier was returned to the US under his watch, adding that the Obama administration “did nothing” for the student", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00005-00006790-00007537": "“I never like being misinterpreted, but especially when it comes to Otto Warmbier and his great family", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00006-00007537-00008391": "Remember, I got Otto out along with three others. The previous Administration did nothing, and he was taken on their watch", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00007-00008391-00009169": "Of course I hold North Korea responsible for Otto’s mistreatment and death,” Trump wrote late on Friday evening", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00008-00009169-00010400": "“Most important, Otto Warmbier will not have died in vain. Otto and his family have become a tremendous symbol of strong passion and strength, which will last for many years into the future", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00009-00010400-00011883": "I love Otto and think of him often!” he added.College student Warmbier was returned to the US in a vegetative state in June 2017 after being imprisoned there in 2016, and died less than a week after his return", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00010-00011883-00013338": ".Warmbier’s parents, Fred and Cindy, who in 2018 sued the North Korean government over its treatment of their son, on Friday added their voices to the chorus of people criticizing President Trump over his comments", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00011-00013338-00014352": ".\"We have been respectful during this summit process. Now we must speak out. Kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son Otto", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00012-00014352-00015337": "Kim and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. No excuses or lavish praise can change that", "TlGyW2ptJRy-00013-00015337-00015904": "Thank you,\" Warmbier’s parents said in a statement, CNN reported"}}, {"audio_id": "Tn_4b7i-QZ0", "text": {"Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00000-00000571-00001514": "It was hiding right there in plain sight all along, really, but it didn’t become clear until another piece was added to the puzzle today", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00001-00001514-00002478": "The House Judiciary Committee has Donald Trump nailed on multiple felonies. I don’t just mean that in the “we all know he’s guilty” sense", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00002-00002478-00004377": "We’re talking about conviction-level evidence. Bear with me here.The House Judiciary Committee publicly informed Matt Whitaker a few weeks ago that because he’d committed perjury, he needed to come back and tell the truth about Donald Trump, or the implication was that he’d be criminally charged for it", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00003-00004377-00005108": "Right after this, Donald Trump gave Whitaker a nice new DOJ job in an attempt to keep him loyal", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00004-00005108-00006182": "But last week Whitaker abruptly resigned that new job, and today he testified to the committee that Trump instructed him to commit several obstruction of justice felonies", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00005-00006182-00006970": "This was private testimony, but Chairman Jerry Nadler quickly made Whitaker’s confession public", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00006-00006970-00009026": "Here’s the thing.You see, this isn’t just Whitaker’s word against Trump’s word. And while I explained earlier the importance of the fact that other witnesses have also testified that they saw Trump commit other similar obstruction crimes, the reality is that no one has to take Whitaker’s word for it when it comes to these specific crimes", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00007-00009026-00009716": "Ask yourself how the House Judiciary Committee knew that Matt Whitaker was lying to begin with", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00008-00009716-00010539": "The committee must have had reliable witnesses, or hard evidence, or both, just to make that accusation against Whitaker", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00009-00010539-00011359": "He didn’t cave today because he grew a conscience; he caved because he’s seen that they have enough to convict him", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00010-00011359-00011986": "And whatever that evidence is against Whitaker, it’s also evidence against Trump", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00011-00011986-00012887": "So no one has to take Whitaker’s word for it; the committee already has proof that Trump instructed Whitaker to obstruct justice", "Tn_4b7i-QZ0-00012-00012887-00013488": "Whitaker’s testimony is just icing on the cake. They have Trump nailed"}}, {"audio_id": "UwdX3pNDx-Q", "text": {"UwdX3pNDx-Q-00000-00000571-00002433": "During a press conference on Wednesday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) stated that Attorney General William Barr “appears to be waging a media campaign on behalf of President Trump,” and expressed concern that Barr “is trying to bake in the narrative about the report to the benefit of the White House", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00001-00002433-00003611": "”.Nadler said, “The attorney general appears to be waging a media campaign on behalf of President Trump, the very subject of the investigation at the heart of the Mueller report", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00002-00003611-00004648": "Rather than letting the facts of the report speak for themselves, the attorney general has taken unprecedented steps to spin Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00003-00004648-00005427": "One, he summarized the report and cherry-picked findings in his March 24th letter to Congress", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00004-00005427-00006216": "Two, he withheld summaries written by the special counsel that were intended for public consumption", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00005-00006216-00007169": "Three, he has briefed the White House on the report before providing Congress a copy, which has helped them prepare a rebuttal response for the president", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00006-00007169-00008211": "And now, the evening before the report’s scheduled release, the Department of Justice has informed the committee that it will receive a copy between 11:00 a", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00007-00008211-00010016": "m. and noon, well after the attorney general’s 9:30 a.m. press conference.”. .He added, “The central concern here is that the Attorney General, Barr is not allowing the facts of the Mueller report to speak for themselves, but is trying to bake in the narrative about the report to the benefit of the White House", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00008-00010016-00010826": "And of course, he’s doing this just before the holiday weekend so it’s extraordinarily difficult for anybody to react", "UwdX3pNDx-Q-00009-00010826-00011361": "This is wrong. It is not the proper role of the attorney general.”"}}, {"audio_id": "UKLS5HwS62A", "text": {"UKLS5HwS62A-00000-00000513-00001401": "Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., delivered a fiery speech on Sunday to a crowd gathered inside a Selma, Ala", "UKLS5HwS62A-00001-00001401-00002566": "church to commemorate the civil rights march that came to be known as \"Bloody Sunday,\" telling the hundreds gathered that it was a time to recommit to the fight for justice in America", "UKLS5HwS62A-00002-00002566-00003464": "\"It's time for us to defend the dream,\" the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said at the Brown Chapel AME Church", "UKLS5HwS62A-00003-00003464-00004159": "\"It's time that we dare to dream again in America. That is what it takes to make America great", "UKLS5HwS62A-00004-00004159-00005946": "It is up to us to do the work that makes the dream real.\".Booker, who delivered the keynote remarks at the church that was the starting point of the 1965 march, was one of a number of Democratic presidential hopefuls in Selma to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the march", "UKLS5HwS62A-00005-00005946-00006790": "This year's commemoration comes in the early days of a Democratic primary that has focused heavily on issues of race", "UKLS5HwS62A-00006-00006790-00007863": "Several candidates have called President Donald Trump a racist while others have voiced support for the idea of reparations for the descendants of enslaved black Americans", "UKLS5HwS62A-00007-00007863-00008757": "Booker has spoken of himself as a direct beneficiary of the civil rights era after his family was denied housing in a white neighborhood", "UKLS5HwS62A-00008-00008757-00009885": "In January, Booker traveled through Georgia with Georgia Rep. John Lewis, an Alabama native and civil rights leader who was nearly killed in Selma 54 years ago", "UKLS5HwS62A-00009-00009885-00010953": "On March 7, 1965, peaceful demonstrators were beaten back by Alabama state troopers as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge", "UKLS5HwS62A-00010-00010953-00011659": "It was a moment that galvanized support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act later that year", "UKLS5HwS62A-00011-00011659-00012643": "Also in Selma was Sen. Bernie Sanders, who attended the 1963 March on Washington where Lewis spoke and the Rev", "UKLS5HwS62A-00012-00012643-00014678": "Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous \"I Have A Dream\" speech. Sanders has highlighted his civil rights and activist background as a young man at the University of Chicago, while working to reset his relationship with black voters, with whom he struggled to connect in the 2016 Democratic primary that Hillary Clinton won", "UKLS5HwS62A-00013-00014678-00015684": "Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is mulling a White House run, also went through Selma as part of a \"Dignity of Work\" tour inspired by King", "UKLS5HwS62A-00014-00015684-00016627": "It’s the fifth time the Democratic senator has come to Selma and he frequently draws connections between civil rights and workers' rights", "UKLS5HwS62A-00015-00016627-00017473": "A former secretary of state in Ohio, Brown also has a reputation as a leader on expanding voter participation", "UKLS5HwS62A-00016-00017473-00019054": "The backdrop of Selma provides a spotlight on voting rights. Advocates say the gains achieved as a result of \"Bloody Sunday\" have been threatened in recent years, particularly by the 2013 Supreme Court decision gutting the landmark Voting Rights Act", "UKLS5HwS62A-00017-00019054-00020428": "Voter suppression emerged as a key issue in the 2018 midterm elections in states such as Georgia and North Carolina, where a Republican congressional candidate was accused of rigging the contest there through absentee ballots", "UKLS5HwS62A-00018-00020428-00021608": "House Democrats signaled they plan to make ballot access a priority in the new Congress, introducing legislation aimed at protecting voting rights in 2020 and beyond"}}, {"audio_id": "Up_hjXYvjY4", "text": {"Up_hjXYvjY4-00000-00000571-00001501": "Hundreds slipped through our border – but Donald gave the swift order.Every day we see more evidence that there is a crisis on our border", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00001-00001501-00002478": "The media ignores it, but we won’t.What’s really concerning is the fact that stories of groups forcing their way over the border grow", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00002-00002478-00003266": "That’s just what happened—again—the other night. So Trump and his Border Patrol took strong measures", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00003-00003266-00004437": "From Fox News.Federal border agents patrolling the southern border in New Mexico apprehended 180 illegal immigrants early Tuesday as the group was trying to cross into the U", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00004-00004437-00005709": "S. from Mexico.US Customs and Border Protection said the group – like many they have seen in recent months – was comprised primarily of Central American families and unaccompanied minors", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00005-00005709-00006461": "Border Patrol and our military followed the President’s orders to catch these border jumpers – and not release them", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00006-00006461-00007224": "These are people who dragged their children across numerous countries, just to barge their way into the U", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00007-00007224-00008154": "S.This time, Border Patrol captured 180 “undocumenteds.” Last time it was 90. Before that 30", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00008-00008154-00009512": "The numbers are only increasing. And how many slip through unnoticed?.These events are only happening because Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats want our border weak, unprotected, and open", "Up_hjXYvjY4-00009-00009512-00010102": "It’s time we had a wall. Are you ready to see the wall completed?"}}, {"audio_id": "UOIfu_6snXu", "text": {"UOIfu_6snXu-00000-00000513-00001636": "During this speech at CPAC, President Trump announced he would punish colleges that banned conservative speakers and did not allow free speech by cutting federal funding to them", "UOIfu_6snXu-00001-00001636-00003104": "The announcement was met with rousing applause.President Trump announced Saturday he intends to sign an executive order mandating colleges and universities take steps to guarantee free speech to attain federal research grants", "UOIfu_6snXu-00002-00003104-00004282": "“We reject oppressive speech codes, censorship, political correctness and every other attempt by the hard left to stop people from challenging ridiculous and dangerous ideas", "UOIfu_6snXu-00003-00004282-00005178": "These ideas are dangerous,” Trump said. “Instead we believe in free speech, including online and including on campus", "UOIfu_6snXu-00004-00005178-00006380": "”.“Today I’m proud to announce that I will be very soon signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research grants", "UOIfu_6snXu-00005-00006380-00007195": "”.The announcement came after he brought Hayden Williams on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference", "UOIfu_6snXu-00006-00007195-00008467": "Williams is a conservative activist who was punched in the face at the University of California at Berkeley last month while assisting the university’s chapter of the right-wing group Turning Point USA", "UOIfu_6snXu-00007-00008467-00009266": "Trump threatened that refusing to abide by the executive order would impose a heavy cost on their budgets", "UOIfu_6snXu-00008-00009266-00010308": "“If they want our dollars, and we give it to them by the billions, they’ve got to allow people like Hayden and many other great young people and old people to speak", "UOIfu_6snXu-00009-00010308-00011630": "Free speech. If they don’t, it will be very costly,” he warned.The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill seeking additional guidance on the executive order", "UOIfu_6snXu-00010-00011630-00013210": "Free speech has emerged as a chief motivator for conservatives in recent years, particularly after several prominent conservative speakers, such as right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, had events canceled at campuses across the country", "UOIfu_6snXu-00011-00013210-00015081": "“If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” Trump tweeted in February 2017 after an event with Yiannopoulos was canceled following clashes resulting from his invitation"}}, {"audio_id": "UP0BPBvuEEQ", "text": {"UP0BPBvuEEQ-00000-00000513-00001965": "Multiple investigations by House Democrats into President Donald Trump are pushing beyond the bounds of the “legitimate function of Congress,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz told Fox News host Sean Hannity on his show Tuesday", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00001-00001965-00003227": "Democrats, who control the House, have opened up several wide-ranging investigations into Trump, his family, allies, campaign, finances, and conduct in office", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00002-00003227-00003974": "Committees are demanding to see documents and witnesses, threatening to use subpoenas to get what they want", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00003-00003974-00004726": "“Congress has a legitimate oversight function to perform,” Dershowitz, a prominent attorney, told Hannity", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00004-00004726-00006440": "“But it has to make sure it doesn’t go too far. It can’t use that oversight function, which is really designed to help get legislation, in order to really prevent a president from finishing out his terms and acting, and they’re interfering with the executive branch if they do so", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00005-00006440-00007268": "“The framers didn’t intend for Congress to become yet another prosecutorial branch, yet another investigative branch", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00006-00007268-00007986": "They’re supposed to pass laws. And so it seems to me these investigations look like they’re going too far", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00007-00007986-00009028": "”.On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it is opening another investigation into President Trump, probing alleged corruption and abuses of power", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00008-00009028-00010123": "The committee sent document requests—a precursor to potential subpoenas if the targets do not comply—to 81 individuals and entities linked to Trump", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00009-00010123-00011403": "Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, said in a statement that Trump had “evaded accountability for his near-daily attacks on our basic legal, ethical and constitutional rules and norms", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00010-00011403-00012231": "Investigating these threats to the rule of law is an obligation of Congress and a core function of the House Judiciary Committee", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00011-00012231-00013106": "”.Nadler said his committee had requested documents that were already shared with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00012-00013106-00014234": "This is in order to “begin building the public record” amid concerns that Justice Department officials “may conceal the work of the special counsel’s investigation,” Nadler said", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00013-00014234-00015230": "Dershowitz told Hannity that there is “legal recourse” for targets of document requests and subpoenas if they do not wish to comply", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00014-00015230-00016653": "“If you go back to the cases in the 1950s, the courts sometimes did say, look Congress you’ve gone too far, this is not within your legitimate function,” Dershowitz said, referring back to the anti-communist McCarthy era", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00015-00016653-00017842": "“And so if I were one of the people who got a letter or a subpoena, I would at least think about the possibility of bringing a lawsuit and suggesting that Congress is abusing its oversight function", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00016-00017842-00019137": "”.During the discussion, Trump ally Hannity spoke of “criminalizing political differences” and said the current situation is “worse than I’ve ever seen it” thanks of the Democrats’ investigations into Trump", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00017-00019137-00020365": "“It’s not worse than I’ve ever seen it,” Dershowitz replied. “I lived through the McCarthy period when Congress misused its oversight function to go after people, some innocent, some guilty", "UP0BPBvuEEQ-00018-00020365-00020465": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "UXg3C-QAn4Y", "text": {"UXg3C-QAn4Y-00000-00000513-00002252": "New reports indicate that the 2020 budget is set to be released by the White House next week, which is said to include $750 billion dollars in defense funding, including around $6 billion for his proposed physical barrier at the US-Mexico border", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00001-00002252-00003274": "President Trump’s 2020 budget request is also reportedly geared towards balancing the country’s budget at the federal level over the next 15 years", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00002-00003274-00004789": "The issue of border security has remained a major point of contention for both Republicans and Democrats, leaving DC fractured along partisan lines as the president and his administration continue their efforts at bolstering border security", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00003-00004789-00006236": "On Saturday, President Trump took to Twitter, where he discussed the Border Patrol and other law enforcement agencies’ attempts to combat the ongoing issue of illegal immigration, and touted the importance of his border wall", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00004-00006236-00007200": "From The Washington Examiner:.President Trump plans to include a significant request for border wall funding in his budget, according to a new report", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00005-00007200-00009021": "The Associated Press reported that the White House budget that will be released next week will include the request, along with $750 billion in defense spending and cuts to non-defense discretionary spending by 5 percent that will keep the budget under strict statutory spending caps", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00006-00009021-00010368": "Trump had said in October that he would request $700 billion for defense, $16 billion less than his previous budget, and asked Cabinet members to cut their budgets by 5 percent", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00007-00010368-00011769": "However, a showdown with congressional Democrats in December over more than $5 billion in appropriations for border security, including a wall, led to the longest partial government shutdown in U", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00008-00011769-00013046": "S. history.The president declared a national emergency over border security in February, which will allow him to divert $8 billion of previously appropriated money for the wall", "UXg3C-QAn4Y-00009-00013046-00013921": "Approximately $6 billion of that would come from military construction and the Defense Department’s drug interdiction program"}}, {"audio_id": "V19F-bI9eUo", "text": {"V19F-bI9eUo-00000-00000571-00002159": "A triumphant President Donald Trump emerged Sunday to claim \"complete and total exoneration\" after special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation found no evidence Trump or his campaign associates conspired with Russia to win the presidential election", "V19F-bI9eUo-00001-00002159-00003470": "The report itself was more circumspect: in a letter to Congress, Attorney General William Barr said Mueller did not have enough evidence to prosecute Trump on obstruction charges, but did not exonerate him", "V19F-bI9eUo-00002-00003470-00004398": "But the absence of clear evidence of wrongdoing was enough for Trump to boast of vindication after the nearly two-year cloud of the probe has lifted", "V19F-bI9eUo-00003-00004398-00005398": "His remarks foreshadow what advisers say will be an unsparing effort to cast the entire Mueller probe as a pointless and expensive folly", "V19F-bI9eUo-00004-00005398-00006041": "\"It was just announced there was no collusion with Russia, the most ridiculous thing I ever heard", "V19F-bI9eUo-00005-00006041-00007078": "There was no collusion with Russia. There was no obstruction, none whatsoever,\" Trump said, calling Mueller's investigation \"an illegal takedown that failed", "V19F-bI9eUo-00006-00007078-00007950": "\".Speaking to reporters on a tarmac before boarding Air Force One in Florida, Trump declared outright victory", "V19F-bI9eUo-00007-00007950-00008982": "\"It's a shame that our country had to go through this. To be honest, it's a shame your President had to go through since before I was even elected,\" he said", "V19F-bI9eUo-00008-00008982-00010319": "Instead of calling for the country to move forward, Trump insisted investigators now turn their attention to alleged misdeeds committed by Democrats, though he did not specify any particular targets", "V19F-bI9eUo-00009-00010319-00011388": "\"It began illegally, and hopefully somebody's going to look at the other side,\" he said implying the formation of Mueller's special investigation could now be subject to scrutiny", "V19F-bI9eUo-00010-00011388-00012694": "People close to the President told CNN he has remained singularly fixated in the last several weeks — that he and his allies were harassed by investigators and that nothing similar should ever happen to another president", "V19F-bI9eUo-00011-00012694-00013571": "These people believe Trump could potentially push for an investigation into how the Russia investigation began now that it has ended", "V19F-bI9eUo-00012-00013571-00014713": "Whether that happens or not remains an open question; a spokesman said Sunday there aren't currently any plans for Trump to ask the attorney general to investigate Democrats", "V19F-bI9eUo-00013-00014713-00015703": "But for now, the President appears content to use Mueller's conclusion that neither he nor his aides cooperated with Russia as a political bludgeon", "V19F-bI9eUo-00014-00015703-00016740": "Until a tweet moments before his planeside comments, Trump had remained entirely silent this weekend -- at least in public -- about the conclusion of Mueller's report", "V19F-bI9eUo-00015-00016740-00017910": "While he was cheered by news on Friday that Mueller would not issue any further indictments, he spent the weekend expressing cautious optimism while surrounded by his attorneys", "V19F-bI9eUo-00016-00017910-00018621": "He tweeted only twice, and privately told people he did not know what Barr's next move was", "V19F-bI9eUo-00017-00018621-00020298": "His caution turned to cheerfulness after he was briefed by his legal team Sunday that the attorney general was set to release findings from the special counsel's investigation, which said it did not find that his campaign colluded with Russia, sources told CNN", "V19F-bI9eUo-00018-00020298-00021241": "When Barr's chief-of-staff phoned Trump lawyer Emmet Flood to provide a readout of the report, the mood at Mar-a-Lago improved immediately", "V19F-bI9eUo-00019-00021241-00021946": "\"This is very good,\" Trump said upon hearing the news inside his private quarters, according to a spokesman", "V19F-bI9eUo-00020-00021946-00022706": "He was in high spirits at his Florida club the rest of Sunday afternoon, people familiar with the matter said", "V19F-bI9eUo-00021-00022706-00023858": "\"Everyone was -- is -- thrilled,\" a senior administration official said.The White House has not yet seen Mueller's full confidential report, the White House said Sunday evening", "V19F-bI9eUo-00022-00023858-00024921": "Much of Trump's legal team -- including Flood and White House counsel Pat Cipollone -- traveled with the President to Florida, as did a large coterie of senior aides", "V19F-bI9eUo-00023-00024921-00026141": "A person familiar with the matter said the group hoped to help shape Trump's response to the investigation's conclusion, conscious the moment would become an inflection point of Trump's presidency", "V19F-bI9eUo-00024-00026141-00027241": "That is part of the reason Trump avoided any mention of the report on Twitter for much of the weekend, sending only two tweets between Friday afternoon and Sunday evening", "V19F-bI9eUo-00025-00027241-00028740": "One wished his followers: \"Have a great day!\".That was in contrast to the more-than 50 tweets he issued last weekend, a stream of anger and vitriol that some aides speculated was pent-up frustration at the then-ongoing Mueller probe", "V19F-bI9eUo-00026-00028740-00030051": "The mood on Air Force One back to Washington was jovial, one person told CNN. The President spent the flight watching television, making telephone calls and conversing with staff members", "V19F-bI9eUo-00027-00030051-00030866": "\"I just want to tell you that America is the greatest place on Earth,\" he told reporters as he walked inside the White House", "V19F-bI9eUo-00028-00030866-00032266": "Still, even as Trump's rode high on perceived victory, some of his associates who were ensnared in the investigation fumed Sunday as they reflected on how much they spent on legal fees, two people told CNN", "V19F-bI9eUo-00029-00032266-00033262": "Several current and former Trump officials from his campaign and administration retained personal lawyers to help them respond to questions throughout the probe", "V19F-bI9eUo-00030-00033262-00034367": "It is those expenses, along with the tarnished reputations of several one-time Trump allies, which the President has cast as the unintended victims of the Mueller investigation", "V19F-bI9eUo-00031-00034367-00036553": "\"So many people have been so badly hurt,\" Trump said Sunday.As the messaging wars over the special counsel investigation begin, some of Trump's advisers have expressed private concerns the President could overreach during the upcoming victory lap, making an extreme case when, for now, simply pointing to the no collusion finding would suffice", "V19F-bI9eUo-00032-00036553-00038381": "But those concerns were minor Sunday as Trump's associates celebrated.\"This is like Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's vault all over again,\" one said, a reference to Rivera's ill-fated live television event unveiling the discovery of the notorious gangster's vault -- which ended up being empty"}}, {"audio_id": "VwZohAJYSK4", "text": {"VwZohAJYSK4-00000-00000571-00001778": "President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Attorney General William Barr’s statement that his presidential campaign was spied on was correct, despite Democrats’ criticism of the accusation", "VwZohAJYSK4-00001-00001778-00002713": "“I think what he said was absolutely true,” Trump said of the controversy during a meeting at the White House with South Korean President Moon Jae-in", "VwZohAJYSK4-00002-00002713-00003823": "“There was absolutely spying into my campaign.”. .Barr said Wednesday that he did have concerns about the previous administration’s actions to spy on the campaign", "VwZohAJYSK4-00003-00003823-00004669": "“I think spying did occur,” Barr said during a congressional hearing about the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s presidential campaign", "VwZohAJYSK4-00004-00004669-00005617": "He added that it was important to investigate “both the genesis and the conduct” of the surveillance of Trump’s campaign to make sure it was illegal", "VwZohAJYSK4-00005-00005617-00006357": "“I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal,” he said. “It’s a big deal", "VwZohAJYSK4-00006-00006357-00007046": "”.Trump said that, in his opinion, the surveillance of his campaign was “illegal.”", "VwZohAJYSK4-00007-00007046-00008290": ".“I’ll go a step further. In my opinion, there was illegal spying, unprecedented spying,” he said, “and something that should never be allowed to happen in our country again”"}}, {"audio_id": "VxdnXTkH4XI", "text": {"VxdnXTkH4XI-00000-00000571-00001571": "The President reacted with characteristic defiance to Congress' repudiation of the national emergency declared in the cause of funding his border wall", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00001-00001571-00003128": "\"VETO!\" 16 minutes that explain the Trump presidencytweeted, promising to crush the insubordination of lawmakers who had tried, where many others had failed, to rein in his quest for power and contempt for constitutional norms", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00002-00003128-00004672": "Trump's crisis management reveals defining attributes of this most unique of political careers: The irrepressible energy of a force of nature personality, a refusal to accept a loss and an instinctive reflex to seek a new opening", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00003-00004672-00006247": "But it also showcases less positive traits, including his willingness to trample the truth for his own benefit, a selfish streak for which friendly foreign leaders sometimes pay the price and even a shockingly casual way of talking about political violence", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00004-00006247-00007242": "His full political arsenal was on display in a Trumpian masterclass of a photo-op in the Oval Office Thursday with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00005-00007242-00008169": "A historian 100 years hence could pull the tape of the 16-minute tour de force and learn everything they needed to know about the Trump presidency", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00006-00008169-00009491": "Trump's behavior on Thursday offered pointers to how he will attempt to ride out political crosswinds using the unique political tools that made his late-in-life transition from business to Washington so successful", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00007-00009491-00010956": "Thursday's rebuke from Congress came amid a spell that would have been disastrous for any conventional politician, as legal and congressional probes suggest tough challenges ahead as special counsel Robert Mueller's final report looms", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00008-00010956-00011879": "Unusually, it also included a slap from some Republicans who have been loath to challenge their leader in the first two years of his presidency", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00009-00011879-00013031": "Trump's refusal to show weakness or humility in defeat allied with a brazen, relentless temperament and an indifference to shame helps explain why he is so hard to bring down", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00010-00013031-00013877": "Showing off sometimes diabolical but compelling political skills, Trump was audacious, provocative and spiteful", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00011-00013877-00014971": "He made outrageous boasts about his own success and hinted at his acute sense of human nature and feral appreciation of weakness and discomfort in a political opponent", "VxdnXTkH4XI-00012-00014971-00016314": "Trump also showed his indifference, or rude disregard for the political plights of allied leaders, indulged his willingness to trade in falsehoods, and betrayed his obsessions with his predecessor President Barack Obama"}}, {"audio_id": "VpN4mtNfqYQ", "text": {"VpN4mtNfqYQ-00000-00000000-00031700": "Для таго, каб зрабіць аўтаматызіраваны ліхтар, трэба мець толькі дзьва фундаментальных кампанента: ліхтар і датчыкх дзённага святла..."}}, {"audio_id": "VQGgP4WIbZo", "text": {"VQGgP4WIbZo-00000-00000513-00001524": "This week, twelve Republican Senators voted against Donald Trump. They didn’t just vote against him on something easy, or on something unimportant", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00001-00001524-00002566": "No, twelve Republican Senators voted against Donald Trump on his signature campaign promise – the border wall that is still so popular with his base", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00002-00002566-00004039": "This is significant because this is a clear sign that at least twelve GOP Senators are sick of Donald Trump and will vote against him if they think they can get away with it politically, and they clearly do think they can get away with it", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00003-00004039-00004799": "It just takes eight more Republican Senators willing to vote against Trump to get to the magic impeachment number", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00004-00004799-00006513": "Eight may sound like a lot of additional Republican Senators to get to vote against Trump, and it is, but there are surely more than eight who are secretly sick of Donald Trump and would love to get his toxic and sloppy criminal family out of the White House and out of the Republican Party", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00005-00006513-00007618": "That means now is the time to release the Mueller Report, or, to release enough solid evidence that Trump and his family are guilty of high crimes, and begin impeachment", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00006-00007618-00009070": "With nearly two years still left before the 2020 elections, Republican Senators could vote to oust Trump now, and in their mind they will have time to change the narrative of the 2020 elections and make it about something other than Trump", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00007-00009070-00010776": "If the impeachment process does not begin within the next five months, Republicans will argue that the process is a political stunt to hurt their chances in the upcoming elections, and they will be less likely to vote against Donald Trump, if he is still popular with the Republican base", "VQGgP4WIbZo-00008-00010776-00011771": "If impeachment has any chance of succeeding, the vote needs to take place before Republican Senators begin campaigning for their own re-election"}}, {"audio_id": "VUyhLEJlpuu", "text": {"VUyhLEJlpuu-00000-00000571-00001213": "In a recent conversation with the Congressional Black Caucus about welfare reform, Mr", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00001-00001213-00002125": "Trump gave us a prime example when he seemed legitimately surprised to learn that not all welfare beneficiaries are black", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00002-00002125-00003384": ".During the discussion, after one member noted that welfare reform would harm her constituents, “not all of whom are black”, an astonished Trump reportedly replied, “Really? Then what are they?”", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00003-00003384-00005124": ".It was also at this meeting where Trump asked the elected officials if they personally knew Ben Carson (the only black member of his Cabinet) and found it surprising when he learned that they did not, even though Carson had NEVER served in Congress and spent his career as a surgeon", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00004-00005124-00006192": "President Trump has spent a significant portion of his life in the public eye which means we’ve had plenty of opportunities to hear his ‘thoughts’ on… well, nearly everything", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00005-00006192-00007519": "The topic of race and racism has come up on more than several occasions and Mr. Trump even has a standard go-to response when asked about his questionable views: “I am the least racist person you’ve ever encountered", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00006-00007519-00008436": "” Beyond the unfortunate meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus, there are many MORE times that this sentiment fails to seem sincere", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00007-00008436-00010131": "From the 1970s and his refusal to rent properties in NYC based on race and ethnicity to the 1980s and ’90s with his frequent off the wall and very public disparaging comments about blacks and Latinos, Trump set the tone for his current behavior", "VUyhLEJlpuu-00008-00010131-00012425": "Since he has been in the political arena, there are no shortage of abhorrent racial slurs here either; he openly called Haiti and other African countries as “shithole countries”, he has often referred to Mexicans as “rapists” and “bad hombres”, he has frequently denigrated Native Americans, he has publicly befriended white nationalists, and unfortunately this list could go on and on"}}, {"audio_id": "VVITAKeGS4A", "text": {"VVITAKeGS4A-00000-00000000-00000200": "1"}}, {"audio_id": "VXSFEnzHb4E", "text": {"VXSFEnzHb4E-00000-00000571-00001482": "The US president boasts of being a deal maker. But his summit with Kim Jong-un in Hanoi has ended in failure and recrimination", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00001-00001482-00002271": "Only a year ago, many feared that Donald Trump’s dealings with Kim Jong-un might end with a bang", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00002-00002271-00003209": "Then came the Singapore summit. Mr Trump boasted that they “fell in love” and that North Korea was no longer a nuclear threat", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00003-00003209-00004319": "The bromance did not look sustainable. Now a follow-up in Hanoi has ended in a whimper, collapsing without the heralded signing of at least a limited deal", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00004-00004319-00005377": "North Korea needs an easing of sanctions and wants to pursue economic development; Mr Trump wants a diplomatic triumph with his name emblazoned on it", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00005-00005377-00006850": "But these powerful drivers are not enough to bridge the gulf between the sides. While North Korea speaks of denuclearisation on the peninsula, it has no intention of unilateral disarmament – as US intelligence officials note", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00006-00006850-00008198": "Gestures such as halting missile tests have some value, in real terms as well as in building the relationship, and disabling the Yongbyon nuclear plant would have more; the question is how much they are worth", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00007-00008198-00009358": "Many had feared Mr Trump might pay too highly, as he did in Singapore.Hours before their talks in Hanoi, he predicted a “fantastic success” in their long-term dealings", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00008-00009358-00010230": "His hunger for a personal triumph was spurred by the excoriating testimony from his former lawyer Michael Cohen back home", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00009-00010230-00011231": "When it all went wrong, he said the US had walked because Mr Kim wanted all sanctions lifted – a huge step, not in his gift", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00010-00011231-00012558": "North Korea insists it sought only partial (though substantial) sanction relief. It had also made it clear prior to talks that it wanted to see sanctions lifted before it put Yongbyon out of action", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00011-00012558-00013558": "The reported sidelining of Steve Biegun, the US special representative, cannot have helped – but may have been effect as much as cause", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00012-00013558-00014360": "Many already suspected John Bolton was key to the talks’ collapse.The question is where they go from here", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00013-00014360-00015956": "In his post-summit press conference Mr Trump boasted of progress, described their dealings as “very friendly”, and even exculpated Mr Kim over the treatment of Otto Warmbier, the US student who died after being held in North Korea for 17 months", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00014-00015956-00017045": "North Korea struck a harsher tone, saying Mr Kim “got the feeling that he didn’t understand the way Americans calculate” and may have “lost the will” for further talks", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00015-00017045-00017693": "The risks of another summit are now much greater for both sides, and its appeal diminished", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00016-00017693-00018921": "Mr Kim has already been boosted at home and abroad by two presidential meetings. His train home runs through China, and it now seems even likelier that he will stop off in Beijing", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00017-00018921-00019806": "Mr Trump’s warm embrace pushed China into hugging the North close, despite its previous distaste for Mr Kim", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00018-00019806-00020475": "South Korea got talks back on track after Washington and Pyongyang hit problems before", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00019-00020475-00021590": "But it will find it harder going this time, and until those relationships improve, it cannot get much further with the inter-Korean economic initiatives it wants to pursue", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00020-00021590-00022411": "It may be that talks simply peter out, with the US essentially returning to Barack Obama’s “strategic patience”", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00021-00022411-00023129": "It was a poor idea the first time round, and Pyongyang’s weapons programme is now much further advanced", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00022-00023129-00023923": "But the fractious response North Korea gave last night suggests that worse outcomes are possible", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00023-00023923-00025002": "Yes, the world is safer than when Mr Trump and Mr Kim were trading insults. But Mr Trump’s vanity diplomacy has strengthened the North Korean leader", "VXSFEnzHb4E-00024-00025002-00026060": "A humbler, more careful and more pragmatic approach, seeking to freeze rather than eradicate the weapons programme, would have been a far wiser course"}}, {"audio_id": "VdnHzgO7cVI", "text": {"VdnHzgO7cVI-00000-00000513-00002670": "Now that Donald Trump has passed the 7,500-lie mark, according to the Washington Post Fact Checker that’s been keeping track, it’s easy to forget that there was a time when we were surprised by all of this, perhaps even horrified to find out that a President would openly lie at all, let alone at a pace of more than 10 lies a day on average", "VdnHzgO7cVI-00001-00002670-00004810": ".But America is now at the point where Trump is actually shouting his lies at us, angry that they’re no longer automatically accepted, and we here at DC Tribune think the past is prologue as to why he might be melting down over losing his magic powers: He didn’t realize he’d have to convince more people than just the ones predisposed to vote for him", "VdnHzgO7cVI-00002-00004810-00005936": "Take the conversation that Jared Kushner, who at one point was the publisher of the New York Observer, had with the woman who was his lead editor at the paper, Elizabeth Spiers", "VdnHzgO7cVI-00003-00005936-00007388": "A right-wing blogger had taken exception to Ms. Spiers calling Donald Trump a liar, and on social media, she gave an anecdote from her time at the Observer as an example for him as to why she might use the word “liar” for the President", "VdnHzgO7cVI-00004-00007388-00009109": "To recap there, that’s Spiers telling Kushner that she was “appalled” by Trump’s racist birtherism, which you’ll recall was the rampant speculation among racists who hated Barack Obama that his birth certificate was forged and that he was not actually born in the United States", "VdnHzgO7cVI-00005-00009109-00010361": "The President’s own son-in-law then admits to his former editor that Trump doesn’t actually believe the things he himself is saying, but that he says them because he knows the people he’s trying to fool will be fooled", "VdnHzgO7cVI-00006-00010361-00011792": "\"He just knows Republicans are stupid and they’ll buy it.”.Unfortunately, Republicans are so committed at this point that if Trump did lie about the time of day, they would tear apart anyone who tried to get them to look at a clock"}}, {"audio_id": "Vg5jOuk07sI", "text": {"Vg5jOuk07sI-00000-00000571-00001561": "Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” commentator Donny Deutsch criticized President Donald Trump by reading the traits of a sociopath", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00001-00001561-00002689": "Deutch said, “I said to myself today, how could anybody, how could a president behave this way when we’re talking about children… The only explanation is he’s a sociopath", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00002-00002689-00003737": "”. .He continued, “These are the traits of as sociopath; they never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00003-00003737-00004392": "The victim is merely an instrument to be used. There is no remorse, shame or guilt", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00004-00004392-00005455": "They don’t see others around them as people only targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00005-00005455-00006539": "They’re callous and have no lack of empathy. They’re unable to feel the pain of their victims having only contempt for other distress and readily taking advantage of them", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00006-00006539-00007218": "They believe they’re all powerful, all knowing. No concern for their impact on others", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00007-00007218-00008135": "”.He added, “We have to be frightened and outraged. This president is showing the behavior of every autocratic despot in the history of the world", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00008-00008135-00009065": "”.Host Nicolle Wallace said, “I have to just give the disclaimer that we can’t diagnose him here, but I appreciate your thoughts", "Vg5jOuk07sI-00009-00009065-00009452": "I share your fear and your outrage.”"}}, {"audio_id": "VivH2Uk50XQ", "text": {"VivH2Uk50XQ-00000-00000513-00002134": "On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” host Laura Ingraham told President Trump that he has undercut his own message and “given needless fodder” to his enemies by talking about George Conway and the late Senator John McCain", "VivH2Uk50XQ-00001-00002134-00003346": "Ingraham said that the economy is doing well, but told the president, “you’ve stepped on your own message, and given needless fodder to your enemies by talking about John McCain and George Conway\"", "VivH2Uk50XQ-00002-00003346-00004158": "She continued, “On key issues, I disagree substantively with both of them as well, I get it", "VivH2Uk50XQ-00003-00004158-00005071": "But there’s just too much left to be done to waste a moment on score-settling. You’re the leader of the free world\"", "VivH2Uk50XQ-00004-00005071-00005675": "Ingraham further urged the president, “[K]eep your eye on the prize.”"}}, {"audio_id": "W1xxm8-3kY0", "text": {"W1xxm8-3kY0-00000-00000571-00001861": "If you thought you’d have to wait for the public release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report to discover details pertaining to Donald Trump’s financial relationship with Deutsche Bank, then you thought wrong", "W1xxm8-3kY0-00001-00001861-00002984": "As it turns out, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has revealed that, per her request, the bank has begun providing Trump’s banking records to her", "W1xxm8-3kY0-00002-00002984-00004544": "According to The Hill:.“Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that Deutsche Bank has begun cooperating with an investigation into its extensive history with Trump, who borrowed millions of dollars from the bank over several decades", "W1xxm8-3kY0-00003-00004544-00005623": "When asked Tuesday at the Capitol if Deutsche Bank had started to hand over records of it financial relationship with Trump, Waters replied, “Yes", "W1xxm8-3kY0-00004-00005623-00006848": "”.The chairwoman also said she was satisfied with Deutsche Bank’s cooperation with the probe and that the Financial Services panel is looking into “everything” regarding Trump’s dealings with the bank", "W1xxm8-3kY0-00005-00006848-00009013": "”.Considering Deutsche Bank was once busted by the Feds for having laundered billions of dollars of money between its Moscow and New York City branches, and the fact that it also spent several years loaning large sums of money to Donald Trump around the same timeframe despite his high credit risk, you know there’s bound to be some juicy details in their records", "W1xxm8-3kY0-00006-00009013-00010050": "And given the Democrats are now in control of the House, Waters has been able to successfully establish the subpoena power to obtain exactly what she wants", "W1xxm8-3kY0-00007-00010050-00010910": "And now that some of those records are officially in her hands, the upcoming congressional hearings promise to be very entertaining"}}, {"audio_id": "WqkloXd-vpQ", "text": {"WqkloXd-vpQ-00000-00000513-00002469": "Michael Cohen on Wednesday provided the House Intelligence Committee with new documents showing edits to the false written statement he delivered to Congress in 2017 about the Trump Organization's pursuit of the Trump Tower Moscow project into the 2016 campaign season, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00001-00002469-00004919": "The documents Cohen provided are intended to further explain his public testimony last week, in which Cohen said that President Donald Trump's then-personal lawyer Jay Sekulow made changes to his statement to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and that it was reviewed ahead of time by lawyers like Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the President's daughter and son-in-law who are both White House advisers", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00002-00004919-00005596": "It's unclear what Cohen's documents show was specifically changed in the statement", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00003-00005596-00006218": "Cohen testified Wednesday behind closed doors at the House Intelligence Committee", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00004-00006218-00006850": "\"There were changes made, additions -- Jay Sekulow, for one,\" Cohen said last week", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00005-00006850-00008145": "\"There were several changes that were made including how we were going to handle that message, which was -- the message of course being -- the length of time that the Trump Tower Moscow project stayed and remained alive", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00006-00008145-00009948": "\".Sekulow pushed back on Cohen's allegations in a statement last week, saying that the \"testimony by Michael Cohen that attorneys for the President edited or changed his statement to Congress to alter the duration of the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations is completely false", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00007-00009948-00011930": "\".As CNN previously reported, according to two of the sources familiar with the preparation, including one close to the Trump Organization and one close to the President's legal team, the lawyers had no indication that any of the information in the testimony of Trump's now-former longtime attorney and fixer was inaccurate", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00008-00011930-00013221": "Lanny Davis, Cohen's attorney, told CNN that Cohen himself authored the false line in his 2017 testimony to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project timeline", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00009-00013221-00015245": "Cohen wrote the initial draft of the testimony himself and then his attorney Stephen Ryan edited it, sharing it with other attorneys who were part of the joint defense agreement, to review for accuracy and potential privilege issues and those attorneys provided some suggested changes, a source familiar with the drafting of Cohen's testimony said", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00010-00015245-00016614": "Cohen and his attorney approved all changes, according to the source.The source said the claim that the Trump Tower Moscow deal was over in January was in the draft from Cohen's initial writing and remained", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00011-00016614-00018939": "That timeline was consistent with documents that had been seen by the attorneys.Cohen pleaded guilty late last year to lying to Congress on three different issues, according to Justice Department court filings: the project's timeline and his discussions about it with Trump, that Cohen never agreed to travel to Russia in connection with the project, and that Cohen did not recall any Russian government response", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00012-00018939-00020138": "Cohen also accused Trump in his public testimony of encouraging him to lie about the Trump Tower Moscow discussions, though he said Trump did not tell him to do so directly", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00013-00020138-00021170": "\"He doesn't tell you what he wants. What he does is again, 'Michael, there's no Russia, there's no collusion, there's no involvement, there's no interference", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00014-00021170-00021833": "' I know what he means because I've been around him for so long,\" Cohen testified", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00015-00021833-00023126": "\"That's the message that he wanted to reinforce.\".Cohen was supposed to report to prison Wednesday to begin serving a three-year sentence for tax crimes, tax evasion and lying to Congress", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00016-00023126-00023993": "Instead, Trump's former lawyer was on Capitol Hill talking about the crimes he is now accusing Trump of committing", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00017-00023993-00025770": "Cohen, who is now slated to begin his prison term on May 6, was back on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a final eight-hour session — his fourth appearance in the last nine days — concluding his closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee that began last week", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00018-00025770-00026386": "He spent roughly 30 hours in total with three different congressional committees", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00019-00026386-00027321": "\"It's been a long day, it's been a long couple of days but again I believe they are happy,\" Cohen said as he left the committee's spaces", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00020-00027321-00028243": "\"I have given them my assurance that any additional information that they need I'm here to cooperate and will continue to cooperate", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00021-00028243-00029439": "\".House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff wouldn't discuss Cohen's testimony, but acknowledged the panel had received new documents and said they expected further cooperation from Cohen", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00022-00029439-00031158": "\"Mr. Cohen cooperated fully with the Committee, answered every question we asked of him during both interview sessions, and provided important testimony and materials relevant to the core of our probe and that will allow us to advance our investigation substantially,\" Schiff said", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00023-00031158-00031822": "\"We look forward to his continued cooperation with Congress and law enforcement.\"", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00024-00031822-00033212": "In the first round of testimony last week, Cohen was asked about a range of topics, with lawmakers seeking additional details on the drafting of Cohen's statement as well as any discussions about a possible pardon", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00025-00033212-00034384": "The session also included some of the partisan fighting that plagued the committee during its Russia investigation in the last Congress, according to sources familiar with his testimony", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00026-00034384-00035910": "Republicans on the committee objected to what they felt were untoward Democratic tactics in the run-up to the interview, noting that Democratic committee staff met with Cohen several times before the hearing without telling the Republicans, according to the sources", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00027-00035910-00037051": "They also asked Cohen about his comments in last week's public hearing that he had discussed \"topics\" with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff before the hearing, the sources said", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00028-00037051-00038428": "Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican, sent Cohen's attorney a letter on Thursday asking for details about his contact with Schiff and his committee staff, suggesting the staff may have \"coached\" Cohen", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00029-00038428-00040314": "Patrick Boland, a spokesman for Schiff, said that the committee was running \"a professional investigation in search of the facts, and we welcome the opportunity to meet with potential witnesses in advance of any testimony to determine relevant topics to cover in order to make productive use of their time before the committee", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00030-00040314-00042281": "\".\"Despite this professed outrage by Republicans, it's completely appropriate to conduct proffer sessions and allow witnesses to review their prior testimony before the Committee interviews them — such sessions are a routine part of every serious investigation around the country, including congressional investigations,\" Boland said", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00031-00042281-00043049": "Consultation with witnesses ahead of a hearing or interview isn't necessarily out of the ordinary", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00032-00043049-00044028": "For instance, Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, also spoke to Republicans on the House Oversight Committee ahead of their hearing last week", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00033-00044028-00045186": "But the questions about Schiff's consultation from Intelligence Committee Republicans underscores the divisions between the two parties on that panel when it comes to the Russia investigation", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00034-00045186-00046617": "Cohen's final day of Capitol Hill testimony, notably, comes in an even more heated environment than last week, after House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler announced Monday the start of a sweeping investigation into the President", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00035-00046617-00047581": "House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings signaled after Cohen's public testimony that he wanted to interview Trump's eldest son Donald Trump Jr", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00036-00047581-00049611": "and Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, among others.And the House Intelligence Committee has signaled interest in Weisselberg, while Schiff said the committee would hold a public hearing next week with Felix Sater, the Russian-born Trump business associate who worked with Cohen on the Trump Tower Moscow project", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00037-00049611-00050734": "Trump has aggressively pushed back on the House investigations following Cohen's testimony, charging that \"the witch hunt continues\" and Democrats have effectively \"started the campaign", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00038-00050734-00051541": "\".\"The witch hunt continues. The fact is that -- I guess we got 81 letters. There was no collusion", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00039-00051541-00053281": "It's a hoax,\" Trump told reporters Tuesday when asked about the investigations.In his public testimony last week, Cohen accused Trump of directing him to make hush-money payments to women alleging affairs, and then displayed a reimbursement check he was paid with Trump's signature", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00040-00053281-00054349": "He also accused Trump of telling him to publicly lie about Trump's knowledge of the payments in February 2018, along with committing financial fraud", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00041-00054349-00055666": "He followed up that public House Oversight appearance with the first part of his closed-door House Intelligence interview the following day, where Schiff said the committee was able to \"drill down\" certain issues in even more detail", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00042-00055666-00057076": "\"We are in communication with, obviously, Mr. Cohen and his counsel about further document requests following our interview today that we'll be able to discuss at our next session,\" Schiff said after Cohen had finished for the day", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00043-00057076-00057857": "\"We also went through documents in our possession, dozens of documents in our possession with Mr", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00044-00057857-00058542": "Cohen, but we have additional document requests that we will be in discussion with him about", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00045-00058542-00060762": "\".There are a host of topics that lawmakers are interested in hearing from Cohen about, including his public testimony about overhearing a conversation between Trump and longtime confidante Roger Stone involving a WikiLeaks' email dump, presidential pardons, and Cohen's public testimony that the Southern District of New York could be investigating his conversations with Trump", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00046-00060762-00061998": "The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Cohen's former lawyer, Stephen Ryan, discussed the possibility of a pardon for Cohen with Trump's attorneys after the FBI's raid on Cohen", "WqkloXd-vpQ-00047-00061998-00063620": "The House Judiciary Committee is also asking questions about pardons, as they asked a number of Trump officials related to possible pardons for Cohen, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn"}}, {"audio_id": "WsNpnOYpQYy", "text": {"WsNpnOYpQYy-00000-00000571-00001994": "In a turn of events that should surprise absolutely no one, President Trump’s much-hyped summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in Vietnam this week ended up being an utterly humiliating diplomatic debacle for the United States", "WsNpnOYpQYy-00001-00001994-00004003": "While the Republican Party initially tried to tout it as some historic event to move the world towards a safer, more peaceful place, it was clear from the beginning that it would likely turn out to be nothing more than a series of photo-ops and a chance for the president to sell his supporters on the idea of himself as some master statesman", "WsNpnOYpQYy-00002-00004003-00005239": "In the end, no deal was struck, and Trump succeeded only in giving Kim Jong-un an international platform that he will in turn use as propaganda to increase his standing at home", "WsNpnOYpQYy-00003-00005239-00006754": "The United States got nothing.And that wasn’t even the worst of it.Today, Trump addressed the tragic death of Otto Warmbier, an American who was captured by the North Koreans and died shortly after his release in 2017", "WsNpnOYpQYy-00004-00006754-00008298": "The president betrayed Warmbier’s memory by saying that while he accepts that “something very bad happened to him” he doesn’t believe the “top leadership knew about it,” whitewashing Kim Jong-un’s role in Warmbier’s imprisonment and subsequent passing", "WsNpnOYpQYy-00005-00008298-00009763": "Trump added that Kim Jong-un — the brutal totalitarian who in the past has had his own government officials torn apart by anti-aircraft guns — claims to feel “very badly” about Warmbier’s treatment and insists he didn’t know about it", "WsNpnOYpQYy-00006-00009763-00011380": "Stunningly, Trump says he is taking the murderous dictator at his word. Either the president is being incredibly naive, or he simply doesn’t care about Warmbier’s death and has decided he’d rather ingratiate himself with Kim than stand up for a dead American"}}, {"audio_id": "Wv6ztUKlc34", "text": {"Wv6ztUKlc34-00000-00000571-00001422": "Democrats started this Russian probe, but it looks like Barr is going to end it.They tried to use the FBI to take down Trump", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00001-00001422-00002517": "All they’ve done is expose themselves.And it’s all backfiring now. For a second day, AG Barr testified, and he revealed their greatest nightmare", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00002-00002517-00004324": "From Fox News:.Attorney General Bill Barr testified Wednesday that he believes “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016, as he vowed to review the conduct of the FBI’s original Russia probe — and the focus of a related internal review shifted to the role of a key FBI informant", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00003-00004324-00005688": "Boom! It’s all backfiring now.This isn’t going to end well for the left. While testifying before Congress, Barr said he believes spying occurred on the Trump campaign, and it’s serious", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00004-00005688-00006618": "He’s vowed to review the way the FBI conducted their original Russian probe and expose how they “monitored” the innocent Trump campaign", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00005-00006618-00007456": "We have learned that the FISA warrant used to spy on Trump campaign staff was acquired using the fake dossier", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00006-00007456-00008313": "The FBI allegedly used false information to wrongfully acquire a warrant to spy on a US citizen", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00007-00008313-00009415": "But perhaps Barr has even more reason to go after Obama’s FBI. An FBI informant contacted members of the Trump campaign during the election", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00008-00009415-00010332": "Just what was he up to? Was he merely looking into possible Russian connections or was he digging for dirt in an effort to help Hillary win?", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00009-00010332-00011137": "We know agents within the FBI were pulling for Clinton. They even shut down her email investigation to help her", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00010-00011137-00011805": "Could Obama’s people have abused their power to influence the election? It’s very possible", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00011-00011805-00013127": "Our last Attorney General refused to investigate all this. A huge mistake.Now Barr is going after the culprits of real election tampering, and it looks like we’ll get some real results", "Wv6ztUKlc34-00012-00013127-00013811": "As long as the American people keep up the pressure, we may finally get some results"}}, {"audio_id": "WCyLj-6F2c0", "text": {"WCyLj-6F2c0-00000-00000513-00001986": "As the evidence against Donald Trump continues to pile up in his criminal scandals, and the nation increasingly demands his ouster, Palmer Report has consistently pointed out that it’s going to come down to math", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00001-00001986-00003005": "At some point twenty Republican Senators will selfishly decide that their own odds of reelection are better if they kick Trump out, and that’ll be the end of him", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00002-00003005-00004483": "Over the past two weeks, Senate Republicans have been increasingly voting against Donald Trump on legislation he cares about, in the clearest sign yet that they think he’s going down, and that they’re trying to avoid going down with him", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00003-00004483-00005445": "Perhaps in retaliation, Trump has decided that his number one goal in life is to attack John McCain as often and as offensively as possible", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00004-00005445-00006181": "This is finally resulting in GOP Senators pushing back, or at least one of them in particular", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00005-00006181-00006996": "Republican Senator Johnny Isakson said last year that if anyone attacked John McCain, they deserved a “whipping” for it", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00006-00006996-00008046": "Sure enough, after Donald Trump spent the past few days attacking McCain, Isakson said today that “I want to do what I said that day on the floor of the Senate", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00007-00008046-00009572": "” In other words, he wants to deliver a “whipping” against Trump. We’re assuming he means the metaphorical kind, and that he’s not actually talking about physically beating Trump up, but this is nonetheless quickly dissolving into a food fight", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00008-00009572-00010967": "We’ll see what happens next. Donald Trump will surely hear about Isakson’s remarks and fire back on Twitter, which will only serve to give more exposure to what Isakson said about Trump", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00009-00010967-00012492": "Interestingly, it appears that Isakson made his remarks today before he was aware that Trump had just unleashed on McCain yet again, this time criticizing McCain for not having come back from the dead to thank Trump for throwing him a big funeral", "WCyLj-6F2c0-00010-00012492-00012910": "This will only get uglier for Trump an the GOP"}}, {"audio_id": "WCMLWfSkxTQ", "text": {"WCMLWfSkxTQ-00000-00000571-00002094": "Given the multitude of names associated with the Trump Administration and involved in all of its scandals, when you stop and think about it, it’s actually quite perplexing how Mike Pence has managed to avoid having his name dragged into the thick of things", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00001-00002094-00003410": "Under normal circumstances, I would say this should be considered a good thing. However, normal circumstances are a rarity these days, so on the contrary, this generates a ton of suspicion", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00002-00003410-00004400": "Perhaps history is to blame for some of the skepticism, but quite frankly, there’s enough of it out there to draw a very concerning parallel", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00003-00004400-00005889": "Don’t believe me? Well, then I suggest you listen to the podcast Bag Man podcast created by Rachel Maddow and her former producer Mike Yarvitz in which they revisit the story of former Vice President Spiro Agnew", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00004-00005889-00006973": "Although his resignation was officially linked to tax evasion, Maddow notes in the podcast that it is a big misconception to believe it was the sole focus", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00005-00006973-00007937": "“When I tried to sort of thumbnail in my mind what happened in the Agnew resignation, everything I thought about it was wrong,” she says", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00006-00007937-00009047": "“I had assumed that it was a Watergate-adjacent scandal, that the FBI was looking into Watergate-related crimes and they stumbled upon something in Spiro Agnew’s taxes", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00007-00009047-00010664": "… All of those things were completely wrong''.While serving as a Baltimore County executive in the early 1960s, Agnew had allegedly engaged in acts of bribery by demanding kickbacks in exchange for local engineering or architecture contracts", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00008-00010664-00011816": "According to Yarvitz’ account, he continued the practice while serving as governor of Maryland in 1967 and while serving as vice president in 1969", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00009-00011816-00012623": "“He … started that scheme in local politics and then he carried it right into the White House,” Yarvitz says", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00010-00012623-00013833": "“The men who were sort of streaming into his office at the White House were paying him money for contracts they had gotten in Maryland, and in some cases, he was trying to influence the awarding of federal contracts", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00011-00013833-00015327": "”.Pretty alarming, right? Well, luckily, around the time all of this bribery and extortion information was coming to light and under investigation, the infamous Watergate investigation was also taking place and nearing its peak", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00012-00015327-00016852": "While Agnew tried to do everything within his power to get the limelight off himself and shut things down, Prosecutors in Agnew’s case were terrified by the prospect of a Nixon resignation as it would mean Agnew would take over the Oval Office", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00013-00016852-00017719": "Fortunately, they pressed on with the investigation and were able to successfully force Agnew into resignation", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00014-00017719-00018521": "The Democrats then used the leverage of Nixon’s failing presidency to bring Gerald Ford in as Agnew’s successor", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00015-00018521-00019318": "With that history lesson now established, we can all draw the parallel lines and see where this is going", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00016-00019318-00020911": "However, as far as we know, Mike Pence is no Spiro Agnew, though. Or is he? I mean, although his name has not been among those connected to the Trump Administration, Transition, and Campaign scandals to date, surely it’s in the mix somehow", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00017-00020911-00022121": "If it is, then there’s no time better than the present to find out. If Special Counsel Robert Mueller is prepared to drop the hammer on Trump and he’s ousted, Mike Pence would be poised to take over", "WCMLWfSkxTQ-00018-00022121-00022481": "Is that really what we want?"}}, {"audio_id": "WJsyd0o2vIy", "text": {"WJsyd0o2vIy-00000-00000571-00001725": "While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, President Trump said he doesn’t mind the public seeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, and stated, “Let people see it''", "WJsyd0o2vIy-00001-00001725-00002446": "Trump responded to a question on whether the public has the right to see the report by saying, “I don’t mind", "WJsyd0o2vIy-00002-00002446-00003324": "I mean, frankly, I told the House, if you want, let them see it''.He later added, “[L]et it come out", "WJsyd0o2vIy-00003-00003324-00004084": "Let people see it. That’s up to the attorney general. We have a very good attorney general''"}}, {"audio_id": "WOEYrByucb8", "text": {"WOEYrByucb8-00000-00000571-00001655": "“President” Donald Trump’s little world is crashing down upon him by the moment. Sometimes, karma works as it should, and it’s leaving Trump up Schitt Creek", "WOEYrByucb8-00001-00001655-00002483": "According to various media outlets including CNN, Michael Cohen has turned over evidence of an offered pardon from Trump", "WOEYrByucb8-00002-00002483-00003468": "Even as attorney Robert Costello claims the emails reference a Garth Brooks song and Trump tries to change the narrative, the emails are damning", "WOEYrByucb8-00003-00003468-00004384": "I doubt very seriously that Cohen merely thought Trump was “mad at him.” That sounds like some type of high school nonsense", "WOEYrByucb8-00004-00004384-00005547": "Cohen worked with Trump for ten-plus years. Surely, Trump knew about Cohen’s penchant for recording conversations and keeping paperwork (which all lawyers do)", "WOEYrByucb8-00005-00005547-00006670": "It makes perfect sense that Trump was trying to buy his silence.The real fireworks from Trump’s scandals involve Matthew Whitaker, who now appears to have “dropped a dime” on Trump", "WOEYrByucb8-00006-00006670-00007406": "While Republican Congressman Doug Collins claims that Whitaker said “he did not talk to the President about Mr", "WOEYrByucb8-00007-00007406-00008308": "Cohen at all,” Democratic Chairman Jerry Nadler, appearing on MSNBC, stated: “Unlike in the hearing room, Mr", "WOEYrByucb8-00008-00008308-00009293": "Whitaker did not deny that the President called him to discuss Michael Cohen—the Michael Cohen case and personnel decisions in the Southern District", "WOEYrByucb8-00009-00009293-00010288": "Two, while he was acting attorney general, Mr. Whitaker was directly involved in conversations about whether to fire one or more of the U", "WOEYrByucb8-00010-00010288-00011348": "S. Attorneys, and three, while he was acting attorney general Mr. Whitaker was involved in conversations about the scope of the Southern District of New York U", "WOEYrByucb8-00011-00011348-00012469": "S. Attorney Berman’s recusal and whether the Southern District went too far in pursuing the campaign finance case in which the President was listed as Individual No", "WOEYrByucb8-00012-00012469-00014577": "1''.Nadler was followed by Adam Schiff, who pointed out that Jeff Sessions was fired because he recused himself on the advice of ethics lawyers at the Justice Department and that “Matthew Whitaker was hired because he talked about how he could privately cripple the Mueller investigation and because I’m sure the President was confident he would not recuse himself", "WOEYrByucb8-00013-00014577-00015635": "The ethics lawyers urged him to do so. He refused.” I think we can safely expect more explosions involving Whitaker in very short order", "WOEYrByucb8-00014-00015635-00016630": "Finally, Trump has been handed the first veto situation of his “presidency” with the passage of the resolution to stop his “emergency” declaration", "WOEYrByucb8-00015-00016630-00018542": "While the Democrats needed only four Republican Senators to vote with them, they ended up with twelve: Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Toomey, Roger Wicker, Marco Rubio, Jerry Moran, Rob Portman, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blount, and Mitt Romney"}}, {"audio_id": "WZyEQG0Kks8", "text": {"WZyEQG0Kks8-00000-00000571-00002303": "Donald Trump’s latest pipe dream for saving himself from prison apparently involves stealing the Mueller report from Robert Mueller, putting a big red X through the parts that incriminate him, and waving a magic wand, all while hurling some more insults at the late John McCain", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00001-00002303-00003457": "Back in the real world, Trump’s latest pipe dream just got shattered.Trump told reporters today that he thinks the public should get to see Robert Mueller’s full report", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00002-00003457-00004283": "But along the way, Trump slipped in one rather absurd detail: he should get to see the report before Congress does", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00003-00004283-00005764": "We all know why. Trump is hoping to find a way to prevent Congress from seeing the ugliest parts of the report, or at least get the opportunity to lie about these things before Congress can reveal it all to the public", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00004-00005764-00006623": "But nothing works that way, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler just reminded everyone of as much", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00005-00006623-00007932": "He tweeted “The law here is very clear. When he finishes his work, Special Counsel Mueller is required to report to the Attorney General, who is required to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees''", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00006-00007932-00009000": "In other words, Attorney General William Barr would be committing a crime by letting Donald Trump see the Mueller report before he gives it to Congress", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00007-00009000-00009677": "Trump would run his big mouth about it, Barr would get caught in the act, and he’d end up in prison", "WZyEQG0Kks8-00008-00009677-00010724": "We don’t think Barr is that reckless or stupid – and Nadler just reminded Barr that he would face consequences if he were tempted to do something that stupid"}}, {"audio_id": "WfrG4iXPvIA", "text": {"WfrG4iXPvIA-00000-00000571-00001736": "Already under investigation for numerous alleged crimes, “President” Donald Trump either doesn’t fully grasp the gravity of these investigations or he figures he has nothing to lose", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00001-00001736-00002467": "As reported by Forbes, Trump is once again making questionable use of campaign donations", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00002-00002467-00003645": "Forbes analyzed Trump’s campaign filings and found that $1.3 million of these funds have been spent on rent, food, lodging and “other expenses” at Trump properties", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00003-00003645-00004497": "If these expenses are not legitimate, it means Trump has managed to convert $1.3 million into his own pocket", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00004-00004497-00006576": "On its face, this conversion could be lawful. The Federal Election Commission allows campaigns to pay rent for facilities utilized for campaign activities, as well as travel and meals, but Forbes was apparently suspicious — especially because all funds have been expended at Trump properties — and started their own research project", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00005-00006576-00007587": "One expenditure of $54,000 was paid to Trump Plaza, LLC, which controls two brownstone buildings in New York", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00006-00007587-00008556": "Forbes staked out the property to try to determine whether Trump’s campaign in fact occupied space in one or both of the buildings, to no avail", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00007-00008556-00009687": "They went inside and spoke to the person working the front desk, who told them: “If there was any kind of office rented out for campaigning or whatever, I would know about it", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00008-00009687-00010998": "” Let’s take this to mean there is not a campaign office in either brownstone.In addition to the $54,000 paid for “rent” on the brownstones, $60,000 has gone to Trump Restaurants LLC", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00009-00010998-00012046": "How much food have these people eaten? This organization runs several Trump-branded restaurants, all of which are contained in buildings it manages", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00010-00012046-00013229": "Forbes reporters gained access to the building and found what they believe to be the recipient of these funds: A kiosk selling t-shirts, hats, and miscellaneous campaign memorabilia", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00011-00013229-00014608": "Failing to get responses to a list of questions they sent to the Trump Organization regarding the square footage of the kiosk, Forbes had a reporter “walk” the kiosk to estimate its size: approximately 60 square feet", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00012-00014608-00015583": "Forbes determined that Trump’s campaign is paying $600 per square foot (annually) or $3,000 per month for a kiosk", "WfrG4iXPvIA-00013-00015583-00016301": "Comparing the cost of this kiosk to Gucci’s space on Fifth Avenue, Forbes believes something is amiss"}}, {"audio_id": "X6anizp3aFo", "text": {"X6anizp3aFo-00000-00000571-00002271": "When it was announced that Michael Cohen would be testifying against Donald Trump for three congressional committees this week, one of them in public, Palmer Report pointed out that there had to be unknown evidence involved, and it would have to surface by the time of Cohen’s testimony", "X6anizp3aFo-00001-00002271-00003925": "Now we’re getting answers on how that’s going to happen.Our concern was that because Michael Cohen is a frequent liar who has already pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, his testimony this week won’t be given much credibility unless there’s evidence to support what he’s saying", "X6anizp3aFo-00002-00003925-00005502": "We pointed out that there was no possible way Robert Mueller and/or SDNY would feed Cohen to the wolves by having him walk into his testimony empty handed; we just didn’t know how they’d supply the evidence to make his testimony credible", "X6anizp3aFo-00003-00005502-00006688": "Now we do.Ken Dilanian reported on MSNBC this morning that Michael Cohen will be bringing documents with him to the hearings that will support his testimony", "X6anizp3aFo-00004-00006688-00007616": "These documents are apparently going to provide evidence of the sordid and “chilling” stories that Cohen is going to tell about Donald Trump’s life of crime", "X6anizp3aFo-00005-00007616-00008854": "Here’s what stands out.We can’t imagine a scenario in which Michael Cohen is playing lone ranger here by printing out a few documents from his laptop at random, which wouldn’t help him much", "X6anizp3aFo-00006-00008854-00009922": "It sounds like Mueller and/or SDNY is coordinating with him on this, and has provided him with the kind of official documents that’ll prove what he’s saying", "X6anizp3aFo-00007-00009922-00010601": "In other words, we’re in for some real fireworks – and Cohen is bringing the receipts"}}, {"audio_id": "X9zmarhPU8u", "text": {"X9zmarhPU8u-00000-00000571-00001388": "The tale of Donald Trump, Deutsche Bank, the Kremlin, and the Buffalo Bills football team continues to grow stranger", "X9zmarhPU8u-00001-00001388-00002436": "Weeks ago, Michael Cohen publicly accused Trump of lying to the bank about his financial situation, in the hope of convincing it to loan him the money to buy the team", "X9zmarhPU8u-00002-00002436-00003131": "Now it turns out the bank knew Trump was lying, but was willing to loan him the money anyway", "X9zmarhPU8u-00003-00003131-00004209": "Wait, what?.This isn’t something that banks do, period. Even corrupt banks don’t do this kind of thing, because there’s nothing to be gained here", "X9zmarhPU8u-00004-00004209-00005252": "If Donald Trump had managed to buy the Buffalo Bills, his crippled financial situation would have prevented him from being able to keep the team operational", "X9zmarhPU8u-00005-00005252-00005949": "So he would have had to either dump the team in a fire sale or declare yet another bankruptcy", "X9zmarhPU8u-00006-00005949-00006866": "Either way, Deutsche Bank would have lost its shirt on the deal.This leads us back to the central question of Donald Trump and Deutsche Bank", "X9zmarhPU8u-00007-00006866-00008496": "Why would a major bank keep putting itself in financial peril by continuing to make bad loans to a broke criminal who wasn’t paying the money back? The answer keeps coming back to Deutsche Bank’s status during this same timeframe as a massive launderer of Russian money", "X9zmarhPU8u-00008-00008496-00009407": "It’s not difficult to surmise that Vladimir Putin has been using Deutsche Bank to funnel money to Donald Trump, as a way of controlling him", "X9zmarhPU8u-00009-00009407-00010988": "The “loans” were never intended to be paid back. So when Deutsche Bank agreed to put itself in a bad financial situation by knowingly loaning Trump the money to buy a Buffalo Bills team he couldn’t afford to keep afloat, it had to have been at Putin’s behest", "X9zmarhPU8u-00010-00010988-00011693": "On some direct or indirect level, Putin was trying to use Trump to buy an NFL football team"}}, {"audio_id": "XuhfBoW4Ny8", "text": {"XuhfBoW4Ny8-00000-00000571-00002384": "Even as he autocratically spent the past few days ousting everyone from his Homeland Security Director to his Secret Service Director to his own nominee for ICE Director in an effort to consolidate his own executive power, Donald Trump somehow found enough time to whine about how he’s the real victim in all this", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00001-00002384-00003820": "In the process, he may have given something away.Here’s what Donald Trump had to say about his current predicament: “The Democrats will never be satisfied, no matter what they get, how much they get, or how many pages they get", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00002-00003820-00005565": "It will never end, but that’s the way life goes!” He was presumably referring to the Mueller report, his tax returns, his Capital One banking records, and the other potentially incriminating documents that House Democrats are seeking as part of their constitutional oversight process", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00003-00005565-00007480": ".Trump is correct in that whatever he decides to turn over won’t be enough. He tried having his handpicked Attorney General William Barr release four pages of nonsense in place of the Mueller report, but it was such an inaccurate representation of what was in the still-secret report, Mueller’s own team sounded the alarm", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00004-00007480-00008553": "Now that the first round of BS has failed, Barr will try releasing a version of the report that’s strategically redacted to remove all the bad stuff about Trump", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00005-00008553-00009525": "When that fails, Trump and Barr will cook up some other dishonest stunt while the court battle plays out over the subpoena for the full report", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00006-00009525-00010761": ".Similarly, we can already guess that Donald Trump will instruct his Treasury Secretary to initially release a “summary” of his tax returns, or a heavily redacted version of them", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00007-00010761-00011623": "Trump is 100% full of crap, always has been, and so of course he’ll try to BS his way through this", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00008-00011623-00013415": "It won’t work, but he’ll try anyway. So yeah, the Democrats will indeed “never be satisfied, no matter what they get, how much they get, or how many pages they get,” because whatever Trump gives them, it’ll be a bunch of horse crap aimed at avoiding having to give them the real thing", "XuhfBoW4Ny8-00009-00013415-00013911": "Trump can run from these probes, but he can’t hide"}}, {"audio_id": "XcprDWAmLf4", "text": {"XcprDWAmLf4-00000-00000513-00001482": "Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report tonight, bringing an end to his role in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump", "XcprDWAmLf4-00001-00001482-00002299": "This is being widely spun by pundits as some kind of defeat, because Mueller isn’t (directly) indicting anyone else", "XcprDWAmLf4-00002-00002299-00003052": "But in actuality, Mueller just pulled off a victory in plain sight and no one noticed", "XcprDWAmLf4-00003-00003052-00004154": "For the past year we’ve been hearing from these same pundits about how Donald Trump was going to find a way to fire Robert Mueller before he could complete his work and file his report", "XcprDWAmLf4-00004-00004154-00004896": "Guess what? That didn’t happen. Instead, Mueller managed to make it all the way to the finish line", "XcprDWAmLf4-00005-00004896-00005638": "He got to finish the job and file his report, after so much hype about how he would never get to this point", "XcprDWAmLf4-00006-00005638-00006643": "Now these same pundits are spinning a doomsday tale about how the Attorney General is going to run it through a shredder and then everyone is just going to give up and move on", "XcprDWAmLf4-00007-00006643-00008096": "But that’s not remotely realistic at this point. The public has an overwhelming appetite to see the report, and House Democrats have a number of ways to force it to become public if the AG does try to play any games", "XcprDWAmLf4-00008-00008096-00008843": "Robert Mueller completed his work, and now we’re all about to at least get to see the bullet points of it", "XcprDWAmLf4-00009-00008843-00009880": "Then we’ll find out what the various U.S. Attorneys’ offices that have been working with Mueller have up their sleeves as far as corresponding indictments", "XcprDWAmLf4-00010-00009880-00010682": "But the big story tonight is that Mueller made it to the finish line – which so many of the pundits said would never happen"}}]