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The Rachel Maddow Show 04/18/17

Trump foreign policy antics raise question, Stupid or nefarious?

Rachel Maddow looks at recent awkward behavior by the Trump administration and the difficulty foreign policy experts are having determining whether the administration is woefully incompetent or deliberate and calculating. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}

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Trump study a game of 'stupid or nefarious?'

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Trump study a game of 'stupid or nefarious?'

Rachel Maddow looks at recent awkward behavior by the Trump administration and the difficulty foreign policy experts are having determining whether the administration is woefully incompetent or deliberate and calculating.

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04/18/17

Duration: 18:14

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Trump-Russia probe turns to White House aide

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Trump-Russia probe turns to White House aide

Devlin Barrett, national security reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow on another busy news day about new reporting that the Trump-Russia investigation has moved to a White House adviser close to Donald Trump.

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05/19/17

Duration: 19:13

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How might Trump try to end the investigation?

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How might Trump try to end the investigation?

Rachel Maddow looks at some ways by which Donald Trump could try to get in the way of the Trump-Russia special investigation or eliminate it entirely.

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05/19/17

Duration: 7:01

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Is the special counsel vulnerable to Trump?

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Is the special counsel vulnerable to Trump?

Neal Katyal, former US acting solicitor general who helped draft the special counsel regulations, talks with Rachel Maddow about the ways in which Donald Trump might seek to undermine or eliminate the Trump-Russia special investigation.

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05/19/17

Duration: 6:13

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Espionage prosecutor leads Mike Flynn case

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Espionage prosecutor leads Mike Flynn case

Rachel Maddow looks at some of the background of Brandon Van Grak, the veteran Justice Department prosecutor who specializes in espionage and now reportedly leads the grand jury inquiry into disgraced Trump NSA Michael Flynn.

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05/19/17

Duration: 2:38

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Flynn inquiry calls for espionage expertise

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Flynn inquiry calls for espionage expertise

Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about what is means to be an espionage prosecutor and why one might be assigned to the the case of disgraced Donald Trump NSA Mike Flynn.

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05/19/17

Duration: 4:00

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Comey firing story contains contradiction

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Comey firing story contains contradiction

Rachel Maddow shows how a request for more resources preceding James Comey's firing was widely reported in the media but is adamantly denied by the Department of Justice - an irreconcilable contradiction.

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05/19/17

Duration: 5:14

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Comey recounted pressure from Trump: NYT

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Comey recounted pressure from Trump: NYT

Michael Schmidt, reporter for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about his reporting on new details of the Trump administration putting inappropriate pressure on James Comey over investigations into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

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05/18/17

Duration: 10:19

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Reported Trump pressure on Comey improper

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Reported Trump pressure on Comey improper

Matt Miller, former Department of Justice spokesperson, talks with Rachel Maddow about the rules surrounding the kind of pressure Donald Trump is reported to have put on James Comey and the responsibility Comey had to report it.

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05/18/17

Duration: 4:48

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False denials from Pence continue to stack up

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False denials from Pence continue to stack up

Rachel Maddow looks at the many times Mike Pence has denied something about the Donald Trump team only to be proven wrong by further reporting, leaving Pence with a lot of explaining to do.

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05/18/17

Duration: 18:29

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New light on Trump camp Russian contacts

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New light on Trump camp Russian contacts

Jonathan Landay, D.C. national security correspondent for Reuters, talks with Rachel Maddow about his new reporting into at least 18 contacts between members of the Trump campaign and Russians.

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05/18/17

Duration: 6:28

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Trump firing of attorneys contrary to plan

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Trump firing of attorneys contrary to plan

Rachel Maddow reviews all of the reports and outward indications that the Donald Trump adminitration intended to keep existing attorneys general, at least temporarily, only to end up abruptly firing them all at once.

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05/18/17

Duration: 2:59

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Trump baffles attorneys with sudden firing

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Trump baffles attorneys with sudden firing

Paul Fishman, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about the unexpectedly abrupt nature of the Donald Trump administration's firing of all of the U.S. attorneys.

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05/18/17

Duration: 4:20

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Special counsel named in Trump-Russia probe

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Special counsel named in Trump-Russia probe

Rachel Maddow reports on the history of the special counsel rule and the appointment today of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to be special counsel for the Trump-Russia investigation.

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05/17/17

Duration: 14:08

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New questions on Trump-Russia special counsel

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New questions on Trump-Russia special counsel

Sari Horwitz, Justice Department reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new questions raised by the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel to the Trump-Russia investigation.

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05/18/17

Duration: 9:43

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Schiff confident in Special Counsel Mueller

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Schiff confident in Special Counsel Mueller

Congressman Adam Schiff, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about how he feels about Robert Mueller as special counsel in the Trump-Russia investigation and what will happen to the Trump investigations in...

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05/17/17

Duration: 6:09

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Mueller reputation helps Trump-Russia probe

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Mueller reputation helps Trump-Russia probe

Tim Weiner, author of "Enemies, A History of the FBI," talks with Rachel Maddow about Robert Mueller's reputation and legacy as Director of the FBI, and the integrity he brings to the Trump-Russia investigation as special counsel.

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05/17/17

Duration: 6:35

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Special counsel suits Trump-Russia probe well

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Special counsel suits Trump-Russia probe well

Neal Katyal, former U.S. Acting Solicitor General who helped draft the special counsel regulations, talks with Rachel Maddow about the parameters of Robert Mueller's role as special counsel to the Trump-Russia investigation.

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05/17/17

Duration: 5:35

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Trump team knew of Flynn investigation: NYT

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Trump team knew of Flynn investigation: NYT

Dan Rather, host of The Big Interview with Dan Rather on AXS TV, talks with Rachel Maddow about the investigations into Donald Trump and his associates and the breaking news that the Trump team knew that Mike Flynn was being investigated and appointed...

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05/17/17

Duration: 8:31

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Top GOPer speculates about Putin paying Trump

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Top GOPer speculates about Putin paying Trump

Rachel Maddow shares a late breaking Washington Post story about House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy telling colleagues he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is paying Donald Trump.

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05/17/17

Duration: 2:43

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