On the announcement that Attorney General Bill Barr will leave office before Christmas, Rachel Maddow looks at some of the lowlights of his tenure with […]
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As Electoral College Certifies Biden’s Win, Trump Announces AG Barr Plans To Resign
Trump’s famously loyal Attorney General Bill Barr plans to resign, sending a letter to the president saying his last day will be before Christmas next […]
Continue readingJon Meacham: Trump Is The ‘Most Fundamentally Transactional President We Have Ever Had’ | Deadline
Jon Meacham, Rogers Chair at Vanderbilt University, analyzes Attorney General Bill Barr’s departure from the DOJ and explains what it shows about Trump and his […]
Continue readingAttorney General Barr To Step Down On Dec. 23, President Trump Announces In Tweet | Deadline | MSNBC
President Donald Trump said in a tweet that Attorney General William Barr is resigning. Trump said Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen would become Acting AG […]
Continue reading‘We See An Administration That Is Hell-Bent On Killing People’ | MSNBC
This year President Trump has resumed federal executions after a hiatus of over a decade. And after two federal executions this week, his Justice Department […]
Continue readingFBI Serves Subpoena In Corruption Probe Of Leader Of Trump SCOTUS Election Ploy | Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow shares reporting from the Austin American-Statesman that federal agents served at least one subpoena on the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton […]
Continue readingDOJ Reportedly Probing Hunter Biden After Trump Called For Biden Probe | The Beat With Ari Melber
In a significant legal development, President-elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has revealed he's been told the DOJ is investigating his taxes. MSNBC's Chief Legal […]
Continue reading‘Depressed’ Trump Ghosting Friends Who Admit He’s The 2020 Loser | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
As Trump ignores the raging coronavirus pandemic and his other official responsibilities, new reporting reveals Trump has been depressed since losing the election to Joe […]
Continue readingRachel Maddow’s New Book, ‘Bag Man,’ And The Downfall Of Spiro Agnew | The Last Word | MSNBC
Overshadowed by the Watergate scandal, the resignation of Nixon V.P. Spiro Agnew in 1973 over corruption and tax evasion is almost forgotten history. Rachel Maddow […]
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