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Jeffrey Toobin on True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Episode • Aug 15, 2020 • 55m
Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes and his national security advisor pled guilty to others. Several Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Yet despite all this, a years-long inquiry led by special counsel Robert Mueller and only the third presidential impeachment in American history, Donald Trump survived to run for re-election. Why? Through dozens of interviews with prosecutors in Mueller's office, the President’s legal team, Congressional investigators, White House staffers and several key players (including some who are now in prison), CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin attempts to make sense of the chaos in his latest book “True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump.” Join us for a look back at the political crises President Trump faced before the pandemic in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

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