The Beat with Ari Melber, June 03, 2019
Duration: 44 Minutes
Discussed Today:
New low? Trump A.G. Barr 'cheats' and backtracks for Trump
The lawyer who wrote the Special Counsel Rules demolishes Attorney General Bill Barr's defense of Trump. Neal Katyal reveals Barr contradicting himself in a new interview. Katyal walks through how Barr is “careening from position to position” to clear Trump. Katyal making the point that Congress investigated Benghazi for years, it should hold hearings on Trump obstruction.
Impeachment debate breaks out: Can't let Trump 'commit crimes'
A spirited impeachment debate breaks out on “The Beat” with Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, The Root’s Jason Johnson and former Republican House lawyer Sophia Nelson. Nelson saying Mueller laid out “serious high crimes and misdemeanors” and “Congress has to do its duty and must do its job” and start an impeachment inquiry now. Johnson agrees saying it’s time to impeach and stop “dancing around” the problem that you can’t indict a sitting President. Butler disagrees noting Pelosi is a “master politician” and if the endgame is getting Trump out, “impeachment might interfere” with that.
Kushner's 'clown show' dodging Trump birtherism
In a rare interview, Jared Kushner says he has never seen bigotry from Trump and when pressed on birtherism he says he was 'not involved.' Kushner also defends not telling the FBI about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians. Slate magazine blasts the interview as a 'clown show'.
Dem Senator debunks Trump AG Bill Barr’s 'TV' strategy
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal rips Attorney General Bill Barr for his misleading comments on “Good Morning America.” Sen. Blumenthal also weighs in on the impeachment debate, saying he understands why some may feel Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s approach to impeachment may be moving too slowly.
Diss-Barr: Dems to hold Trump AG in contempt
MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber breaks down a contempt vote on Trump Attorney General Bill Barr. The full House of Representatives will vote on holding Barr in contempt of Congress on Tuesday, June 11th. The Judiciary Committee voted to hold him in contempt last month after he refused to turn over the full, unredacted Mueller report.
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