MSNBC’s Ari Melber confronts Senate candidate Joe Arpaio over his immigration record and fact checks Arpaio’s claim that accepting President Trump’s pardon doesn’t mean he’s guilty. The Supreme Court ruled otherwise as Melber explains on The Beat.
“Death wish”: Trump co-author Says ‘Self-Destructive’ Trump Fuels Impeachment With Behavior
President Trump is engulfed in Ukraine scandal and impeachment probe, as Dems ramp up their strategy. Tony Schwartz, ‘Art of the Deal’ co-author, joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber on why President Trump ‘sees the world as against him at all moments,’ and the pressure from the damning testimony from his own staff. Schwartz argues Trump has a ‘self-destructive impulse’ and his ‘paranoid’ creates a ‘vicious cycle’ that makes everything ‘he fears’ become ‘true.’ Aired on 10/24/19.
Trump’s ‘Milli Vanilli’ defense: Blame it on Rick Perry; Perry Don’t Mind
President Trump’s newest defense to the Ukraine plot blames his own employee Rick Perry, claiming he ‘made him’ look into the Bidens. Mother Jones’ David Corn argues the Rick Perry defense is Trump’s latest attempt at throwing ‘the ball of confusion,’ adding there is ‘not a complete through-line’ in Trump’s defenses because he is attempting to make the situation ‘incomprehensible.’
House Investigator Confronts Trump Aide Under Oath For Lying On MSNBC | The Beat With Ari Melber
MSNBC’s Ari Melber was namechecked at the Judiciary Committee’s first impeachment hearing on obstruction of justice. Barry Berke, lawyer for the democrats confronted Corey Lewandowski for lying on Melber’s MSNBC show, “The Beat.” Melber reports on the evolution, from the initial statement, to The Beat’s fact-check after the Mueller report, to the impeachment hearing showing how Lewandowski lies in public but tells the truth under oath. Aired on 09/18/19.