About this episode

Rachel Maddow discusses Donald Trump's attempt to secure $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars and the implications of his actions with guest Jamie Raskin.

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.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Maddow

Guest: Jamie Raskin

Topics covered

• presidential corruption
• Trump
• taxpayer dollars
• political scandal
• government
• corruption

Keywords

• Trump
• corruption
• IRS
• taxpayer dollars
• political scandal
• Jamie Raskin
• racket

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IRS

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