"The hypocrisy of Trump 2.0"
"Hypocrite" is an interesting word to use, considering its source: an FBI Director, who NOT ONLY promised, under oath, that his agency would refrain from retaliating against targets of Donald Trump.
Deadline: White House · Nicolle Wallace, Carol Leonnig, Andrew Weissmann, Michael Feinberg, Michael Schmidt, Miles Taylor, Basil Smikle
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Show Notes
March 3, 2026; New reporting from MS Now revealed that, ahead of the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, Kash Patel's FBI gutted its global espionage unit, raising questions about whether Patel, as he claims, truly had no idea about the impending operation or whether this was a premeditated effort to circumvent would-be internal backlash. We discuss with Carol Leonnig -- who broke the report -- Andrew Weissmann and Michael Feinberg. Later in the hour, the latest on Trump's DOJ and Kristi Noem's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee with Michael Schmidt, Miles Taylor and Basil Smikle.
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