'The biggest presidential corruption scandal in U.S. history'; Trump shocks nation with brazen grab
5/19/202643 min
Rachel Maddow looks at Donald Trump's attempt to have $1.8 billion taxpayer dollars handed to him to distribute to his friends and allies, and debunks the notion that this money-grab has anything to do with suing the IRS. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who calls Trump's scheme "nothing but a racket," joins to discuss Trump's increasingly open, shameless corruption.
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Rachel Maddow· Host0:29
Really happy to have you here. I've got two quick announcements for you, uh, right at the top of the hour here. Uh, the first is I have a new book, which I have not told you about at all. Um, haven't told anybody about it yet, but I just got the cover from my publisher, so for the first time ever, I can show you what it looks like. Ready? Ready, ready, ready? Ta-da. It is called Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America's Most Consequential Institution. Uh, this is my new book. It does not come out until November, uh, so I will tell you more about it when we're closer to the date it comes out. It comes out November 10th, which is, uh, right after the midterms. I wanted to tell you about it, though, as soon as I got the cover because if you would like to pre-order it so you don't have to put it on your to-do list, so you will get the book literally the day it comes out, um, you can do that as of today. You can pre-order it by just opening up the camera on your phone and scanning that QR code on the screen,