Rachel Maddow and Billy Corben on Mobsters, Russia, Trump and the 2020 Election
How did a Ukrainian-born hustler help former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on then-candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter to influence the 2020 presidential election \u2013 a scheme that ultimately led to Trump's first impeachment? That's the question behind \u2018From Russia with Lev\u2019, a new doc from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that follows Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-American from a less-than-savory background, who paid his way into the former president\u2019s inner circle in 2016 and quickly became Trump\u2019s \u201cUkraine guy.\u201d Kara sits down with Maddow and director Billy Corben to discuss how Parnas gained access to then-POTUS Trump; the mission to take down Hunter Biden; Parnas\u2019 role in the ousting of former US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch; and how he eventually came out on the other side of it all.\n\nVote for Kara as Best Host in the Current Events for Signal\u2019s Listener\u2019s Choice Awards here: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2024/shows/craft/best-host-current-events\xa0\n\nQuestions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find Kara on Threads/Instagram @karaswisher\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices