As Trump repeatedly pleads the Fifth, it’s more than just embarrassing ...Plus, Republicans condemn 87,000 IRS agents who don’t (and won’t) exist

As the New York Attorney General Letitia James' office continues its investigation into the Trump Organization's allegedly fraudulent business practices, Donald

Thursday, August 11, 2022 TOP STORY As Trump repeatedly pleads the Fifth, it's more than just embarrassing As Trump repeatedly pleads the Fifth, it's more than just embarrassing As the New York Attorney General Letitia James' office continues its investigation into the Trump Organization's allegedly fraudulent business practices, Donald READ MORE LAST NIGHT'S CLIPS Trump's bumbling record with depositions makes taking the Fifth seem a wise choice Ali Velshi looks back at past depositions Donald Trump has had to give in legal proceedings, noting that Trump does not distinguish himself as being very good at it, so it should not be surprising that Trump's lawyer advised him to take the Fifth Amendment in his deposition with New York Attorney General Letitia James. WATCH Trump's bumbling record with depositions makes taking the Fifth seem a wise choice Ali Velshi looks back at past depositions Donald Trump has had to give in legal proceedings, noting that Trump does not distinguish himself as being very good at it, so it should not be surprising that Trump's lawyer advised him to take the Fifth Amendment in his deposition with New York Attorney General Letitia James. WATCH Details of FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago lead experts to suspect national security aspect David Laufman, former chief of the counterintelligence and export control section in the DOJ's national security division, talks about what the reported details of the FBI's search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago tell him about Justice Department's motivation and what they may have been looking for.  WATCH Details of FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago lead experts to suspect national security aspect David Laufman, former chief of the counterintelligence and export control section in the DOJ's national security division, talks about what the reported details of the FBI's search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago tell him about Justice Department's motivation and what they may have been looking for.  WATCH Safe but still unsettled, former Afghan interpreter looks to make home in U.S.  Marine Major Thomas Schueman and Zainullah "Zak" Zaki, authors of "Always Faithful," talk about Zak's role in Afghanistan helping the U.S. military as a translator, the harrowing extraction of Zak and his family as Kabul fell, and the ongoing challenge of getting Zak properly settled in the United States. WATCH Safe but still unsettled, former Afghan interpreter looks to make home in U.S.  Marine Major Thomas Schueman and Zainullah "Zak" Zaki, authors of "Always Faithful," talk about Zak's role in Afghanistan helping the U.S. military as a translator, the harrowing extraction of Zak and his family as Kabul fell, and the ongoing challenge of getting Zak properly settled in the United States. WATCH FROM THE MADDOWBLOG Republicans condemn 87,000 IRS agents who don't (and won't) exist The problem(s) with Rubio's reaction to the Mar-a-Lago search A tale of two presidential conversations with U.S. historians Rand Paul raises specter of impeaching the AG (for some reason) SEND IT TO RACHEL FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK RACHEL MADDOW ON TWITTER 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 UNSUBSCRIBE | PRIVACY | CONTACT | VIEW IN BROWSER UNSUBSCRIBE | PRIVACY | CONTACT | VIEW IN BROWSER