President Trump is mulling an unprecedented self-pardon, raising questions about what federal crime he would pardon himself for. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports […]
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As Trump’s Exit Stokes Racial Reckoning, Prof. Dyson On Policing, Biden And Jay-Z
Professor Michael Eric Dyson joins MSNBC's Ari Melber to discuss his new book "Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America." Dyson reflects on how […]
Continue readingTribe: Any Argument That Trump Can Pardon Himself Would Be ‘Incompatible’ With The Constitution
Laurence Tribe tells Lawrence O’Donnell that if Trump tried to pardon himself, his argument would not hold up in court because it goes against the […]
Continue readingTrump Claims Barr And Justice Department ‘Haven’t Looked Very Hard’ For Election Fraud | MSNBC
President Trump claimed that the Justice Department and Attorney General William Barr "haven't looked very hard" at fraud in the 2020 election. The attorney general […]
Continue readingAs Investigations Mount, Trump Reportedly Discusses Family Pardons | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Rachel Maddow looks at the variety of investigations directed at Donald Trump and his family and associates, from questions about his inauguration funds to new […]
Continue reading‘A Fool’: MAGA Fans Turn On Barr After Debunking Trump’s Fraud | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
Attorney General Bill Barr notably breaks with Pres. Trump to debunk his false voter fraud claims, drawing swift backlash from MAGA fans, top Republicans and […]
Continue readingWeissmann: Trump Abandoned ‘All Of The Process That Exists In The DOJ About How Pardons Are Given’
Former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann, New York Times Washington correspondent Michael Schmidt, and White House Correspondent for PBS NewsHour Yamiche Alcindor discuss what could […]
Continue readingDOJ Probing Potential ‘Bribes-For-Pardons’ Scheme In ‘Broad Investigation’ | MTP Daily | MSNBC
NBC's Julia Ainsley reports that the Depart of Justice "seized terabytes of information off of 50 different digital devices. This is a large seizure. Which […]
Continue readingDOJ Investigating ‘Bribery-For-Pardon’ Scheme | The Last Word | MSNBC
Fmr. U.S. attorney Chuck Rosenberg joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss a potential “bribery-for-pardon” scheme involving presidential pardons and why prosecutors wanted to keep the documents […]
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