The Beat with Ari Melber, Jan. 31, 2019
Duration: 44 Minutes
Discussed Today:
Mueller seizes 'voluminous' evidence on ex-Trump advisor Stone
Mueller’s prosecutors say there is so much evidence in the case against Trump’s longest-serving political advisor, Roger Stone, that they will need extra time before trial. In a new filing, Mueller’s team calls the evidence “voluminous and complex” and includes multiple hard drives, Apple iCloud accounts, email accounts, financial records and more. Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman tells Ari Melber that emails stolen from both the DNC and the Clinton campaign had “very strategic releases” and Mueller is likely looking at whether Roger Stone, or someone else within the Trump campaign “strategized” their release with Russia and Wikileaks.
Trump 'soft on crime' when ex-aides are involved
President Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham and leading conservatives have a new concern about the Mueller probe, now complaining that Federal agents were “too tough in their raid and arrest of Roger Stone”. Ari Melber examines how the available facts show Stone is not facing any discrimination. All of Trump’s former aides were able to post bail and avoid jail, while 370,000 people are jailed before trial because they can’t afford bail. Melber also shows how there is a stark racial disparity, with black defendants being detained at a rate nearly five times higher than white defendants.
Howard Schultz wants less for America than for Starbucks
In a special report, Ari Melber breaks down how potential Presidential candidate, Howard Schultz, had a “grand, well-funded vision for the social impact” of his company, Starbucks, but his vision for American Government is far less ambitious. Melber walks through how while many Starbucks employees get benefits like health care and college tuition, Schultz suggests the country as a whole cannot afford offering these to most Americans and when a politician says the country cannot afford something, they are telling you that thing is not their priority.
Inside Mueller’s cyber investigation battle plan
The public rarely hears much from Bob Mueller: he doesn’t leak or give interviews and rarely releases statements. In a special report examining decades-worth of Mueller’s speeches and testimony, Ari Melber breaks down how Mueller’s past words, actions and experiences give insight into where the Russia probe is heading. Melber shows how Mueller was warning about Russian spies using “cyber based tools” to “target” and “penetrate” U.S. institutions as early as 10 years ago and has been laser-focused on cyber warfare for decades, even going so far as to say the “cyber threat may well eclipse the terrorist threat in years to come”. Today, Mueller speaks in filings and despite Trump’s attacks, he appears to follow a rule he touted years ago: “if you have integrity, nothing else matters”.
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