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    Watch The Beat with Ari Melber Highlights: May 15

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  • Watch The Beat with Ari Melber Highlights: May 13

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  • ‘Nixon’s ghost’: Trump haunted by ex-fixer’s testimony that could send him to jail

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  • Go to jail: Trump vet Steve Bannon going to jail as Trump awaits verdict

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  • Watch The Beat with Ari Melber Highlights: May 9

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  • Watch The Beat with Ari Melber Highlights: May 8

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The secret explaining Mitch McConnell’s endless enabling of Trump

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In a special report, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber examines how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has emerged as a relentless enabler and enforcer of President Trump’s agenda, going above and beyond to protect Trump – and himself – at all costs. Melber breaks down how despite some reporting around McConnell’s efforts to push back on Trump, for example on Trump’s nomination of Herman Cain to the Federal Reserve Board, these exceptions are few and far between. Watch more videos from “The Beat” at www.thebeatwithari.com