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Skullduggery

Underhandedness. Trickery. Unscrupulous behavior. Skullduggery breaks down the conduct of Washington’s political class, tracks the latest in conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns coursing through social media — and who is pushing them — and keeps you up to date on the latest investigations into misbehavior by members of Congress as well as current and former government officials. Yahoo News’ veteran investigative journalists Michael Isikoff, Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman, and Senior Council at States United Victoria Bassetti, break news, offer authoritative analysis on sensitive national security and law enforcement issues and draw intriguing historical parallels from decades of covering D.C. scandals. Come prepared to learn something every week.

Latest Episodes:

Buried Treasure: A Trump adviser, a Yahoo News story and an FBI secret warrant Jul 24, 2018

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Over the weekend, co-host Michael Isikoff found one of his stories from September of 2016 back in the news as the FBI released more than 400 pages of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act documents relating to Carter Page. Isikoff and co-host Dan Klaidman revisit the story and why another one of Isikoff’s story has once again appeared in one of these documents.

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The Trump mystery: Pathology or kompromat Jul 20, 2018

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Skullduggery is on the road at the Aspen Security Forum at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman sit down with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Victoria Nuland, former Assistant Secretary of Sate for European and Eurasian Affairs, to discuss the latest news from this fascinating forum, the fallout from the Trump/Putin Helsinki summit and the possibility of a second meeting between the two leaders.

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Buried Treasure: Obama’s hot mic moment with a Russian president Jul 15, 2018

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As President Trump prepares to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman look back at President Obama’s infamous open mic moment in 2012 with another Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev.

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The battle over Kavanaugh Jul 13, 2018

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As Congress gears up for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation battle, co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by Timothy Flanigan and Nan Aron to discuss Trump’s Supreme Court pick and the upcoming confirmation hearings. Flanigan is a former deputy White House counsel during the early years of the Bush administration and worked with Kavanaugh and Nan Aron currently serves as the president of the Alliance for Justice.

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Buried Treasure: “Here ruining people is considered sport” Jul 07, 2018

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Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman rewind back to July 1993 when deputy White House counsel Vince Foster was found dead in a park in Northern Virginia. A torn-up suicide note was found in his briefcase that said, “Here ruining people is considered sport.” Foster’s suicide spawned conspiracy theories that he had been murdered. But those conspiracy theories were debunked in a report written by a young lawyer working for Whitewater independent counsel Ken Starr. That lawyer, who later became a judge, is now on President Trump’s list of Supreme Court nominees: Brett Kavanaugh.

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“Finish it the hell up” Jul 06, 2018

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Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by Phil Lacovara, the former counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor, about Robert Mueller’s months-long Russia investigation. Isikoff and Klaidman also speak with Dan Pfieffer, former communications director under President Obama, about the insidious role he sees Fox News playing in President Trump’s White House. Yahoo News National Correspondent Alex Nazaryan also drops by to discuss Trump’s possible U.S. Supreme Court justice pick.

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Buried Treasure: How a few tokes changed history Jul 03, 2018

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Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman rewind to the Reagan era to discuss how Judge Douglas Ginsburg’s Supreme Court nomination was derailed, and how it ultimately led to the nomination of Justice Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court. Isikoff and Klaidman talk about how decisions on hot-button issues such as abortion and gay marriage may have looked differently if Ginsburg had been appointed instead of Kennedy.

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Before their rear end hits the chair Jun 29, 2018

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Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by Ron Klain, a Washington, D.C. lawyer and veteran of Democratic administrations, to discuss how Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement impacts the balance of the Supreme Court. Isikoff and Klaidman also talk with David Sanger, a New York Times national security correspondent and senior writer, about the upcoming summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Buried Treasure: Unindicted co-conspirators Jun 26, 2018

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Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman rewind back to the Watergate saga to examine the indictment of seven Nixon aides on charges of conspiracy on Watergate. There was also an unindicted co-conspirator in the case that was kept from the public— President Nixon himself. Why was he unindicted and why was it kept secret? Isikoff and Klaidman discuss these questions and what this could mean for Mueller’s Russia investigation.

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Lying through their teeth Jun 22, 2018

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Co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama administration, to discuss the challenges he faced handling illegal immigration during his tenure and how it differs from the current administration’s policy. Isikoff and Klaidman also check in with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., about the latest in the Russia investigation.

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