On Topic with Renato Mariotti

On Topic with Renato Mariotti

116 episodes

Join former federal prosecutor and CNN Legal Analyst Renato Mariotti as he breaks down the news in depth with WGN Radio host and comedian Patti Vasquez and a weekly guest.

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Voter Suppression: How Can We Fight Efforts to Reduce Voter Turnout (with Jonathan Diaz)

Published: March 18, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 40 seconds

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Published: March 3, 2021, 9:35 a.m.
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Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 8:34 a.m.
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Second Impeachment Trial Unfolds: Will It Matter? (with Norm Eisen)

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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GameStop Frenzy: Do the Traders or Companies Have Any Liability? (with Jerome Tomas)

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 26 seconds

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Second Impeachment Trial: How Will It Unfold (with Daniel Goldman)

Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 54 seconds

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Aftermath of the Attack: Can All the Insurrectionists be Brought to Justice? (with Ken White)

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 2:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Attack on the Capitol: Can All the Perpetrators be Brought to Justice? (with Michael Zeldin)

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 2 seconds

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Trump on Tape: Did He Commit a Crime? (with Joyce Vance)

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 3:05 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 41 seconds

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Indicting Trump: How Should the Biden Administration Handle the Issue of Charging Trump? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 3 seconds

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Pardon Scheme: Can Trump Pardon Himself, His Family, and His Associates? (with Rachel Barkow)

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, noon
Duration: 54 minutes 39 seconds

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Combating Division and Disinformation: What Can We Do to Heal the Wounds Trump Created? (with John Mitnick)

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 50 seconds

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Republicans Prepare to Challenge Results: Could This Be a Repeat of Bush v. Gore? (with Trevor Potter)

Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 2:14 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 41 seconds

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Tax Avoidance: What Should We Make Of Trump's Tax Returns? (with Barb McQuade)

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds

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Investigating Trump: How is Trump Compromised, and What Can We Do About It? (with Peter Strzok)

Published: Sept. 19, 2020, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 7 seconds

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Whistleblower Retaliation: Will His Report Matter? (with Brad Moss)

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 1:54 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 46 seconds

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Illegal Orders: What Happens When Trump Orders His Administration to Break the Law? (with Miles Taylor)

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 23 seconds

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Post-Convention Horserace: How do we Beat Donald Trump? (with Paul Begala)

Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 3:38 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 56 seconds

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Defunding the Postal Service: Trump Admits Voter Suppression Scheme (with Congressman Mike Quigley)

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 1:44 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 29 seconds

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Dissecting Donald: Trump’s Niece Helps Us Explain the Inexplicable (with Mary Trump)

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 2:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 56 seconds

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Redrawing the Lines: The Battle Over State Legislatures (with Jessica Post)

Published: July 31, 2020, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 15 seconds

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Making a Difference: How Can We Get Involved This Election Season? (with Tori Taylor and "Tony the Democrat")

Published: July 25, 2020, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds

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Federal Executions: Is the Death Penalty Constitutional? (with Russ Feingold)

Published: July 17, 2020, 1:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 49 seconds

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No Absolute Immunity: Is Trump Above the Law? (with Joyce Vance)

Published: July 11, 2020, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 9 seconds

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Politicizing the Justice Department: What Can We Do About It? (with Jennifer Rodgers)

Published: June 29, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 11 seconds

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Landmark LGBTQ Rights Decision: What Does It Mean? (with Suzanne Goldberg)

Published: June 16, 2020, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 37 seconds

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Black Lives Matter: How Should the Criminal Justice System be Reformed? (with Maya Wiley)

Published: June 6, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 44 seconds

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Soldiers in Cities: Can Trump Use Our Military Against Americans? (with Stephen Vladeck)

Published: June 3, 2020, 2:50 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds

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Unmasking Flynn: What Should We Make of the Republican Investigation of the Russia Probe? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: May 23, 2020, 11 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 22 seconds

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DOJ Tries to Drop Flynn Case: What Happens Next? (with Ken White)

Published: May 15, 2020, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 29 seconds

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Trump’s Tax Returns: Will the Supreme Court Allow For Congressional Oversight? (with Kate Shaw)

Published: May 2, 2020, 8:32 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 58 seconds

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Voting During a Pandemic: How Can We Ensure Everyone Can Vote Without Endangering Their Health? (with Trevor Potter)

Published: April 23, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 18 seconds

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Stay-At-Home Orders: Are they Constitutional, and Can Trump Override Them? (with Anthony Michael Kreis)

Published: April 18, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 1 second

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Managing the Pandemic: What Should the Federal Government Be Doing? (with Andy Slavitt)

Published: April 8, 2020, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 33 seconds

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Senators Dump Their Stock: Was It Insider Trading? (with Michael Schachter)

Published: March 24, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 49 seconds

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Coronavirus Pandemic: How Can We Stay Safe? (with Dr. David Waitley and a coronavirus patient)

Published: March 16, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes

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Trump’s Attacks on the Judiciary: What Can Be Done? (with Joyce Vance)

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds

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Trump on Trial: What Can We Expect Next? (with Joe Lockhart and Elliot Williams)

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 3:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 34 seconds

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Impeachment Trial: Will It Resolve Anything In Light of New Allegations? (with Barb McQuade and Frank Bowman)

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 41 seconds

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Iran Attack: Can the President Start a War without Congress? (with Stephen Vladeck and Ro Khanna)

Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 11 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds

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Looking Forward to 2020: What Legal Developments Will Come? (with Mimi Rocah)

Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 45 seconds

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Articles of Impeachment and OIG Report: What Does It Mean? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: Dec. 13, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 7 seconds

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First Week of Impeachment Hearings: What Mattered? (with Maya Wiley)

Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 58 seconds

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Impeachment Hearings Begin: What Should We Expect? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 59 seconds

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Impeachment Goes Public: How Should House Democrats Put on Their Case? (with Barb McQuade)

Published: Nov. 2, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds

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Quid Pro Quo Established: Does Trump Have Any Defense Left? (with Ned Price)

Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 seconds

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Giuliani Under Investigation: What Does This Mean for Trump? (with Mimi Rocah)

Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 7:08 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 35 seconds

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Obstruction of Congress: What Happens Next in the Impeachment Inquiry? (with Sam Vinograd and Mike Quigley)

Published: Oct. 9, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 seconds

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Impeachment Inquiry: Does Recent News Change the Path Forward? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 47 seconds

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Ukraine Whistleblower: The Beginning of the End of the Trump Presidency? (with Bradley Moss)

Published: Sept. 28, 2019, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds

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FBI Under Assault: How has the Trump Administration weakened the FBI? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 31 seconds

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Military Spending at a Trump Resort: What Can be Done About This Apparent Corruption? (with Natasha Bertrand)

Published: Sept. 9, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 38 seconds

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Trade War Escalates: Is Trump Causing an Economic Crisis? (with Austan Goolsbee)

Published: Aug. 28, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 8 seconds

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Epstein’s Death: What Happens to his Accomplices and his Victims? (with James Gagliano)

Published: Aug. 19, 2019, 1:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 15 seconds

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Fighting for Gun Regulation: What Can Be Done? (with Shannon Watts)

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 13 seconds

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Separating Families: How Can the Legal System Stop Illegal Activity by the Executive Branch? (with Lee Gelernt)

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 10 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 58 seconds

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Mueller Testifies: What Does This Mean for Trump? (with Asha Rangappa and Jennifer Rodgers)

Published: July 25, 2019, 1:06 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 41 seconds

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Jeffrey Epstein Indicted: Will He Finally be Brought to Justice? (with Mimi Rocah)

Published: July 14, 2019, 9:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 39 seconds

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Census Questions: Can Trump Add a Citizenship Question to the Census Despite the Supreme Court Ruling? (with Daniel Jacobson)

Published: July 6, 2019, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 52 seconds

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Insanitary Conditions: What is Wrong With Our Immigration System? (with Anthony Enriquez)

Published: June 29, 2019, 6:19 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 20 seconds

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Opening an Impeachment Inquiry: Would It Help Democrats Obtain Evidence? (with Laurence Tribe)

Published: June 24, 2019, 12:59 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 29 seconds

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Trump Welcomes Foreign Aid: How Can We Stop Future Election Interference? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: June 16, 2019, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 41 seconds

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Attack on the Free Press: How does the First Amendment protect the press from Trump? (with Kristy Parker)

Published: June 6, 2019, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 seconds

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Mueller Speaks: What Do His Carefully Chosen Words Tell Us? (with Garrett Graff)

Published: May 30, 2019, 9:21 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 35 seconds

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Attack on Reproductive Rights: How Will the Legal Battle Play Out? (with Caroline Frederickson)

Published: May 20, 2019, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 58 seconds

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Aggressive Use of Executive Privilege: Will Trump Block McGahn's Testimony (with Bob Bauer)

Published: May 15, 2019, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 56 seconds

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Fight Over Oversight: How Can Congress Fight Stonewalling? (with Josh Chafetz)

Published: May 6, 2019, 6:11 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 54 seconds

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Unprecedented Obstruction: Can Trump Stonewall the House Indefinitely? (with Ro Khanna)

Published: April 29, 2019, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 45 seconds

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Redacted Mueller Report: What Does a First Read Tell Us? (with Jennifer Rodgers and Asha Rangappa)

Published: April 20, 2019, 12:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 33 seconds

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Arrest of Assange: Does His Indictment Implicate Press Freedom? (with Barb McQuade)

Published: April 14, 2019, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 7 seconds

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Full Disclosure: Will We See the Full Mueller Report and Trump’s Tax Returns? (with Asha Rangappa and Mimi Rocah)

Published: April 9, 2019, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 27 seconds

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Following the Money: What Potential Financial Crimes Could Ensnare Trump? (with Asha Rangappa and Shan Wu)

Published: April 1, 2019, 6:32 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 27 seconds

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The Barr Letter: What Questions Does it Raise? (with Barb McQuade)

Published: March 27, 2019, 5:10 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 29 seconds

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Mueller Report Arrives: What Does It Mean? (with Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Rodgers, Shan Wu, and Asha Rangappa)

Published: March 24, 2019, 1:47 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 26 seconds

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Unexpected Prosecutions: Manafort's State Charges and the College Admissions Scandal (with Joyce Vance)

Published: March 16, 2019, 1:04 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds

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Michael Cohen Testifies: Evidence of Financial Crimes? (with Mimi Rocah and Ro Khanna)

Published: March 2, 2019, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 39 seconds

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End of the Mueller Investigation: What Will We Learn and What Will It Mean for Trump? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: Feb. 23, 2019, 6:33 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 34 seconds

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State of Chaos: What Comes Next for Mueller and for Trump’s “Emergency”? (with Barb McQuade and William Banks)

Published: Feb. 16, 2019, 2:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 45 seconds

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State of Lies: How Should the Press Cover Trump’s Lies and Misleading Statements? (with Daniel Dale)

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 33 seconds

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Suspension of the INF Treaty: Did Trump put Russia’s interests Ahead of Our Own? (with Sam Vinograd)

Published: Feb. 4, 2019, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 51 seconds

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Roger Stone Indicted: What Does This Mean for Mueller, Trump, and Congress? (with Mike Quigley and Barb McQuade)

Published: Jan. 26, 2019, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Mueller Corrects the Record: What Does This Mean and What Happens Next? (with Neal Katyal)

Published: Jan. 21, 2019, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 3 seconds

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FBI Counterintelligence Investigation of Trump: Was Trump working for Russia? (with Asha Rangappa and John Sipher)

Published: Jan. 14, 2019, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 17 seconds

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Answering Your Questions: What Happened This Year and What is to Come? (with Joyce Vance)

Published: Dec. 28, 2018, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 16 seconds

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Trump Implicated: Is Trump Guilty of a Campaign Finance Crime? (with Josh Gerstein, Trevor Potter, and Bob Bauer)

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 50 seconds

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Cohen Sentenced and Butina Flips: Who will federal prosecutors in New York charge next? (with Mimi Rocah)

Published: Dec. 13, 2018, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 53 seconds

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Cohen and Manafort Filings: What Criminal Liability Does Trump Have? (with Neal Katyal)

Published: Dec. 9, 2018, 1:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 4 seconds

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Cohen and Flynn Sentencing Memoranda: What Do They Reveal About the Mueller Investigation? (with Ken White)

Published: Dec. 5, 2018, 5:20 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 9 seconds

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Cohen Cooperates and Pleads: What Does This Mean for Trump? (with Asha Rangappa):

Published: Nov. 30, 2018, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 40 seconds

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Trump Against the Courts: Will Courts Continue to Check Trump When He Violates the Law? (With Chris Geidner)

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 12 seconds

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Revocation of a Press Credential: Assault on the First Amendment?

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 4:06 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 28 seconds

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Acting Attorney General Whitaker Under Scrutiny: Will He Last? (with Asha Rangappa)

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 1:56 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 54 seconds

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Sessions is Fired: Will Whitaker Fire or Limit Mueller? (with Mimi Rocah)

Published: Nov. 8, 2018, 4:09 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 43 seconds

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Trump's Racist Immigration Strategy: What Does It Mean For Our Nation? (with Kimberly Atkins)

Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 40 seconds

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Voter Suppression: What is it and How does it Impact Voters? (with Hannah Fried)

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 3:08 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 5 seconds

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Hate Crimes on the Rise: What Can be Done? (with James Gagliano)

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 2:40 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 12 seconds

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The murder of Jamal Khashoggi: How Should the United States Respond? (with Max Boot)

Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 35 seconds

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Family Separation: Why Does it Continue and What Can Be Done About It? (with David Leopold)

Published: Oct. 14, 2018, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 4 seconds

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The Kavanaugh Hearing: What Does it Mean for His Nomination and the Nation?

Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 51 seconds

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Manafort Flips: What does this mean for Mueller and the Trump Presidency? (with Joyce Vance)

Published: Sept. 16, 2018, 6:10 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds

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The Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh: How Would He Change the Supreme Court? (with Neal Katyal)

Published: Sept. 10, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 20 seconds

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Firing the White House Counsel: Part of a Scheme to Obstruct Justice? (with Bob Bauer)

Published: Sept. 4, 2018, 1:17 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 28 seconds

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Cohen Guilty and Weisselberg Cooperates: Beginning of the end for Trump? (with Natasha Bertrand)

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 55 seconds

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