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EPISODE · Dec 2, 2019 · 1H 6M

Week 159 - Donald Balboa

from The Weekly List · host Amy Siskind

This week, more conspiracy theories were  debunked, as a draft of the Department of Justice Inspector General  report found the FBI did not try to place spies in Trump’s 2016  campaign, nor did Obama wiretap him. Trump allies continued to push the  conspiracy that Ukraine, not Russia, may have interfered in 2016,  despite it being thoroughly and widely disproved. Trump sought to portray strength — firing the  Navy Secretary and tweeting an image of his face super-imposed on the  body of Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky.” He told supporters in Florida how  hard he was working for them — as opposed to Democrats’ focus on  impeachment — then clandestinely flew to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving to  visit U.S. troops under false pretenses. The House Judiciary Committee announced the  start of impeachment hearings next week, as Trump and his team weighed  whether to participate. The committee did not rule out an article  related to the Mueller probe. Reporting revealed the September 9 call  between Trump and Gordon Sondland — central in Trump’s defense of his  actions towards Ukraine — may not have happened, and Rudy Giuliani faces  a broad probe of possible criminal activity. The full list is here: https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-159/

This week, more conspiracy theories were  debunked, as a draft of the Department of Justice Inspector General  report found the FBI did not try to place spies in Trump’s 2016  campaign, nor did Obama wiretap him. Trump allies continued to push the  conspiracy that Ukraine, not Russia, may have interfered in 2016,  despite it being thoroughly and widely disproved. Trump sought to portray strength — firing the  Navy Secretary and tweeting an image of his face super-imposed on the  body of Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky.” He told supporters in Florida how  hard he was working for them — as opposed to Democrats’ focus on  impeachment — then clandestinely flew to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving to  visit U.S. troops under false pretenses. The House Judiciary Committee announced the  start of impeachment hearings next week, as Trump and his team weighed  whether to participate. The committee did not rule out an article  related to the Mueller probe. Reporting revealed the September 9 call  between Trump and Gordon Sondland — central in Trump’s defense of his  actions towards Ukraine — may not have happened, and Rudy Giuliani faces  a broad probe of possible criminal activity. The full list is here: https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-159/

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