Rachel Maddow shares that outgoing members of the Obama administration told her that their biggest concern was Donald Trump weaponizing the criminal justice system for his own personal and political advantage, and wonders who can stop that now that reporting suggests that even SDNY has been compromised by Bill Barr enacting Trump's bidding. Aired on 02/18/20.
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Trump Weaponizing DOJ Is Worst Case Scenario Envisioned By Obama Officials | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
A serious consideration needs to be given to the scenario
when trump looses the election and refuses to go.
@Ash Roskell what have you been smoking? I want some
@My Goddess Shasta Drink you milk and go to bed, sweetie – staying up late may damage your fragile mind.
This is likely to happen, unless his defeat is overwhelming.
@Ilia Smirnoff
“Drink you milk”
Uh….okay lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@My Goddess Shasta Now have a cookie and lol your little self to sleep.
If we get lucky enough to have an election in November, vote true blue. It will be your last chance.
@ruthdepew Democrats are trying to rig the elections.
Oh no Rachel!!! You mean INVESTIGATE a candidate like they did to………………..TRUMP in 2016????? PLease STFU…….you are pathetic, and every liberal like you is pathetic………
Another Blue Collar Wave coming. There will be others.
What is disgusting is that everyone can see what’s happening and no one is doing the right things to end this from progressing any further. Wake up America and stop the clear erosion of your country government before its too late!!!
@lima leaf frog somebody needs a safe space, from other ppls opinions 😂
LOL, America is awake, thing is they see the truth while idiots like you just keep on listening to the lies being spoon fed to you! How about YOU WAKE UP MORON!
Another non-US citizen flapping his gums
Democrats get nothing. Learn to love it.
@Raven X the Left is degenerate matter. Pure scum of the Earth. They get nothing.
Let me help you out Rachel. There is a term for using the Justice Dept in the cause of political power in the manner Trump is doing.
It is called setting up a Police State. It’s a well known term, I suggest you start using it.
MORON!
You mean like Obama did? Everything you blame on Trump, Obama or Biden did first and you where awful quite! It’s funny that it’s ok if a democrat does it but if anyone else does it, it’s wrong! Your party motto should be “Ok for me, not for thee”!
1st step to police state is letting big government control everything. Freedoms over fears, dont let the Trump Derangement Syndrome get u.
It’s called normalization of political affairs. Democrats get checked. Democrats get stomped. Democrats get destroyed as a party. They can just F off.
Brilliant.
“Charge Godzilla Up” 2020!
Scorch this “Orange Hedorah” off the face of the Earth!
Before it turns America into a barren toxic wasteland through his second term.
Love the advert! 👏👏👏💙💙💙
You want to win Democrats, bring 10 friends and their 10 friends to the voting booth, drown trump in blue votes! 💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
😂😂😂😂😂
America needs an enema ?
From democunts.
Yes
This is scary! Get him 0OUT! Blue 2020 VOTE! BLUE
“… for my enemies the law” comes to mind. That’s a method Donnie learned from his boss Vladimir.
“If we can keep it”.
Cry my country.
Freudian slip.
It’s what the “insurance policy” was.
Once again, Thank you Rachel, for bringing the TRUTH TO LIGHT! Thankyou!
The Democrats did it in 2016 till today – weaponized the DOJ, FBI, etc. Rachel has you believing exactly what she wants you to believe. But this is entirely hypocritical.
The truth?? WTF do you think obama ACTUALLY did in 2016???? ILLEGALLY spied on the TRUMP campaign.
Was the Russia Hoax, which “she” peddled for 2+ years, “TRUTH”?
The guy acts as dumb as a post, but his actions are criminal genius… including making up the term ‘fake news’ as his fist line of cover
No frisco, dumb is believing the losers at MSNBC while they lie through their teeth and idiots like you just lap it up like a dog laps up anti-freeze!
Modern news is propaganda. It is literally ‘fake news’ by omission and dramatization, polarization and slander.
If you take a unbiased look at NBC, CNN, ABC, and MSNBC; You would spot inconsistencies in their reporting! How come the networks reported that Trump could do nothing right (black unemployment is down, middle class is doing better, etc…) and the democrats can’t do anything wrong ( AOC committed campaign fraud, Omar committed immigration fraud (married brother) and bigamy, Biden stopped the investigation into Hunters employer, etc…)?
@A. Mathis The problem for them goes way beyond taking an unbiased look. The fact that they are so easily duped is proof they are clueless on how to do any fact finding of their own. Which suggests they are simply too stupid to be capable of such things!
@Kevin Morrison No Kev. Actually the idiots are the people that dismiss everything as fake news (sheep) instead of assimilating the reporting and filtering the bias to form their own opinions.
RACH MY FATHER USED TO ALWAYS SAY GIVE A CROOK OR CROOKS ENOUGH ROPE AND THEY WILL HANG THEM SELVES EVENTUALLY !!!
Yea and the democrats and FAKE NEWS are living up to this!
The Democrats are wrapping the rope around their own necks.
Like Joe Biden?
What Lawrence O’Donnell is saying here must be the
rallying cry and the attack ADS throughout this year by the Democrats, No MORE
stripping of Obamacare/Medicare/Medicaid. Bloomberg attack ADS must say these
things. Democrats do not be meek and mild be strong right now for once in your
miserable lives. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ZgdOHWtjYCE
The ignorance of Americans is mind-blowing. Most people
have absolutely no idea what fascism is, and what will happen if Trump wins
re-election. Media censorship, total destruction of the rule of law, harassment
of racial minorities (including first killings), locking up political
opponents, armed red-hat militias patrolling the streets, a couple of wars to
justify emergency powers…Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
GET INVOLVED BY COMMUNICATING, ORGANIZING, AND CANVASSING
VOTERS IN WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, AND PENNSYLVANIA SUBURBS WHERE THE MOST LIKELY
VOTERS ARE. WE HAVE TO EDUCATE VOTERS THAT SEE THE THREAT AD WANT TO
PARTICIPATE. DOOR TO DOOR, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, KNOW YOUR VOTERS AND
HELP THEM GET A BALLOT, REGISTER, GET TO THE POLLS, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED,
EXCITEMENT AND ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CONCERNED TO GET UP AND GET OUT AND
TELL AMERICA WHY IMPEACHED imbecilic paedophile trump aka individual 1 HAS TO
GO. Anyone who continues to defend the rancid ball of pig fat who calls himself
the president is either a complete fool or downright EVIL. This is a huge stain
on America’s history: the greatest nation on earth gets tricked by ONE conman.
… https://youtu.be/DEuOPcbWoKs https://youtu.be/-gJu5m-87hU
Right? Just a few minutes ago I was truly wondering what
has become of the country I grew up in, served for 20 years, and love. People
didn’t want to believe that Nixon’s regime was corrupt but, as more and more
evidence surfaced to prove them wrong, the country got behind the calls for his
removal. The more evidence that surfaces here, the more people get behind the
corrupt regime. I have experienced the murder of a President, the Civil Rights
movement, the murder of that movement’s leader, the murder of a Presidential
Candidate, the resignation of a THOROUGHLY corrupt President AND his Vice
President, the ridiculousness of an Impeachment of the president for lying
about an affair, and the fulfillment of the American Dream for every Black
Person in this country. However, I NEVER, EVER, thought I would see the
dismantling of our Democracy. This is just sad, on too many levels to even
consider.
Barr must be disbarred from the bar… BILL droopy BARR
MUST RESIGN!!! We need to get rid of
that lying psychopath as well. I surely
wish more responsible patriots would stand up for America, please remember all
the young lives that were lost believing in America…Trump’s 29 trips (including
this past weekend) to Mar-a-Lago brings golf tab to 334 years in presidential
salary, that’s more criminal Presidential SALARY than all the other Presidents
put together even with adjusting for inflation. This is proudly sponsored by
all those MAGA hat wearers who voted for this criminal POS. Thanks @ss hole!…
Well, it was a big thing…. politicians actually respecting their oath of
office and facing down the President. That would be bigly news now…..it is
NOT news when the Republican party continues to show no honor, no spine, no
moral compass, no respect for their oath and the law.
reminds me of Turkey
Hi Rachel Anne.👋🍺.
Rachel, calm down.👍.
Rachel, i already knew about that.👍.
Hey Mr. covfefe, i double-dare you.😂😂😂.
TWO BIT CHUMP!! THE JUNKY!!!!!
Pearl Harbor from within