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Former federal prosecutor just said no set rule prevents indictment of Trump in office with DOJ permission Sep 07, 2018

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Scott asks Mimi Rocah how federal prosecutions of mob bosses and crime families really work, and she should know as the former Chief of organized crime prosecutions for the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York. Can Special Counsel Mueller issue an indictment of Trump without impeachment? What do Rudy Giuliani’s protestations of a deadline mean? She answered those questions and more.
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A new documentary just revealed the money trail from Trump to Putin and the Russian mob Sep 05, 2018

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Scott interviews two of the documentary filmmakers behind Active Measures, director/writer Jack Bryan and his co-writer Marley Clements who told him about the making of the movie, the threats that began early last year, their interview with Sen. John McCain and their conclusions after spending 18 months investigating the links between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian mob boss Semion Mogilevich.
You can watch Active Measures on Amazon right now.
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Investigating Donald Trump Jr. Part 2: The Hundred Million Dollar House and the Russian Oligarch Sep 04, 2018

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Part two of The Trump Jr. Files series exposes the potential link between Don Jr.’s keynote speech at a Russian real estate conference in June 2008 as the world’s financial markets were tumbling, and his father’s unusual sale of a $100 million dollar single family home in Palm Beach, Florida. We also discussed how close Trump Jr. and his sister Ivanka came to being prosecuted for a lie-filled sales pitch for the Trump SoHo Hotel-condo units in Manhattan, and how a major loan default with Deutsche Bank on the Chicago Trump Tower all happened in the second half of 2008, all potentially involving offshore cash and Russian money.

Tom Arnold just revealed the one thing Felix Sater doesn’t want you knowing about Russia – Part 3 of 3 Aug 31, 2018

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Scott’s interview with Tom Arnold explains the one thing Trump’s former business partner Felix Sater does not want to be known about him, reveals the gaping holes in Michael Cohen’s alibi and explains why this story is probably going to wind up on the Rachel Maddow show this coming Tuesday, unless the news cycle intervenes. Arnold’s insider view of the Trump crime family will be featured in the upcoming television program “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold” which will premiere on Viceland this September 18th. Listen to Part 1 of our interview with Tom Arnold here and Part 2 here.

Investigating Donald Trump Jr. Part 1: His Russian Real Estate Conference Aug 29, 2018

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Part one of The Trump Jr. Files series exposes the Russian real estate conference Don Jr. was paid to attend as a keynote speaker in June 2008 as the world’s financial markets were tumbling. Scott found the images and web links to the high-end business conference while leading the Democratic Coalition’s investigation and provided them to producer Grant Stern who joins the conversation to explain why he broke the story in the Huffington Post.

Investigator reveals Trump’s billion-dollar Russian money laundering secret Aug 27, 2018

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Grant Stern interviews investigative journalist and author Craig Unger about his findings of a billion dollars worth of laundered money from the Russian mafia through Trump properties dating back to over thirty years ago. Unger’s new book House of Trump, House of Putin is available today. During the interview, they discussed Stern’s interview with Roger Stone last year, and you can find it here.
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Former CIA officer just told us what it’s like to work with Robert Mueller Aug 24, 2018

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Scott interviews former CIA officer David Priess delivered the President’s Daily Brief to Special Counsel Robert Mueller when he was the FBI Director and got to know him over the course of a year working closely with him. Priess signed an open letter this past week opposing the President’s politicization of the top secret clearances held by former top-ranking intelligence officers and agency directors. He told Scott why that was such a corrosive decision, and gave him his opinion of the Mueller probe based on his extensive experience in the highest ranks of American intelligence. Priess’ first book was co-authored with President George H. W. Bush named the President’s Book of Secrets and has a new book coming out on November 13th entitled How to Get Rid of a President: History’s Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives.
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Tom Arnold just revealed he knows who sent Russian hookers to Trump’s Moscow hotel room during Miss Universe – Part 2 of 3 Aug 23, 2018

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Scott’s interview with Tom Arnold reveals the identity of the Russian movie producer who delivered hookers to Donald Trump’s hotel room at the Ritz Carlton in 2013 during the Miss Universe Moscow pageant, along with his 30-year history working in showbiz with the man nobody thought would become President. His television program “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold” will premiere on Viceland this September 18th. This is part 2 of 3. Listen to Part 1 here.

A constitutional lawyer just laid out the case for Trump’s impeachment Aug 22, 2018

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Scott interviews Ron Fein, a former EPA attorney, constitutional lawyer and the director of Free Speech For People, who wrote an entire book entitled, “The Constitution Demands It: The Case for the Impeachment of Donald Trump” which came out just last week containing eight reasons with legal arguments, for Congress to impeach President Trump, but only two of those have to do with Special Counsel Mueller.
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Tom Arnold just revealed the inside story of Michael Cohen flipping on Trump – 1 of 3 Aug 21, 2018

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Scott interviews Tom Arnold about his new Viceland TV series where he burrows deep inside the nexus between Donald Trump and the entertainment world. In part one of the Dworkin Report’s three-part interview with Arnold, he shares the story of how he booked a room at the Regency Hotel in New York City this past June, along with his TV crew and spent a significant amount of time there with Michael Cohen during the pivotal time when Trump’s former personal lawyer decided to flip on the President. This podcast is that story.
The Viceland show “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold” will have its premiere broadcast with a double episode on September 18th at 8:30 p.m and a run of eight episodes.

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