54: Andrew Weissman on Trump's criminality and Kathleen Belew on the hidden threat of white supremacy

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 1 a.m.

The President and his team have been infected with the Coronavirus, giving new significance to the phrase October Surprise.\xa0 But even though James and Al think an electoral blow out is coming, it\u2019s too early for Democrats to get comfortable\u2014 there are too many threats.\xa0 Guest Professor Kathleen Belew details the rise of white supremacist movements and their plans for overthrowing the United States, while former DOJ Fraud Section Chief Andrew Weissmann tells us that Bill Barr has downplayed the foreign plans to affect our elections.\xa0 Is our country at risk once again?\n
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\nLatest Books By Our Guests:\n\n
\n\nKathleen Belew: Bring the War Home\n\n
\n\nAndrew Weissmann: Where Law Ends\n\n\n
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\n\n\nTIMELINE:\n00:00 - Intro
\n01:30 - One incredibly long week\n04:00 - Disease in the White House\n08:00 - House and Senate predictions\n11:45 - Crunching the voting numbers\n19:00 - The hidden threat of white supremacy\n23:30 - Pent-up frustation\n29:30 - Oklahoma as a flash point\n34:00 - The post-war bump in hate\n38:30 - The banality of evil\n42:30 - Bob Mueller\u2019s failures\n47:15 - Republican law and order\n54:45 - Why did you lie to Congress?\n1:00:45 - The Dunham investigation\n1:08:00 - Audience Q&A\n\n
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