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Daily Beast’s Suebsaeng: Matt Gaetz Sex Trafficking Case Has Morphed into a ‘Weird Trumpy Iran Contra Scandal’
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MSNBC

Name: MSNBC
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
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The Beat With Ari Melber

Name: The Beat With Ari Melber
URL: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-live-ari-melber
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Ari Melber
, Asawin Suebsaeng

Name: Ari Melber
Employment: MSNBC
Position: Co-host

Name: Asawin Suebsaeng
Employment: Rolling Stone
Position: Senior Political Reporter , Author
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03/31/2021 11:35 pm
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MELBER He would respond ░░░░░░░░ this is one of ░░░░░░░░ weirdest interviews he s ░░░░░░░░ done in his long ░░░░░░░░ career We re joined ░░░░░░░░ by a civil rights ░░░░░░░░ Nancy Erika Smith she ░░░░░░░░ former Fox anchor Gretchen ░░░░░░░░ in a harassment suit ░░░░░░░░ Roger Ailes and also ░░░░░░░░ us tonight Asawin Suebsaeng ░░░░░░░░ White House reporter for ░░░░░░░░ Daily Beast Asawin walk ░░░░░░░░ through why Matt Gaetz ░░░░░░░░ talking about so many ░░░░░░░░ things which whatever their ░░░░░░░░ aren t fundamentally a ░░░░░░░░ to how he figures ░░░░░░░░ the DoJ sexual trafficking ░░░░░░░░ SUEBSAENG Well something that ░░░░░░░░ earlier today makes the ░░░░░░░░ even wilder We now ░░░░░░░░ out that Matt Gaetz ░░░░░░░░ apparently in possession of ░░░░░░░░ messages or documentation that ░░░░░░░░ what he and his ░░░░░░░░ have characterized as this ░░░░░░░░ extortion scheme It has ░░░░░░░░ do with getting 25 ░░░░░░░░ to try to get ░░░░░░░░ American with the last ░░░░░░░░ of Levinson out of ░░░░░░░░ Iranian prison So in ░░░░░░░░ very short period of ░░░░░░░░ this has morphed into ░░░░░░░░ least the way it ░░░░░░░░ coming out of the ░░░░░░░░ camp into one of ░░░░░░░░ weirder Trumpier interpretations of ░░░░░░░░ Iran Contra scandal that ░░░░░░░░ have ever heard of ░░░░░░░░ my time on this ░░░░░░░░ But back to what ░░░░░░░░ mentioned earlier about McGee ░░░░░░░░ we reached out to ░░░░░░░░ yesterday he did tell ░░░░░░░░ in a brief interview ░░░░░░░░ this is categorically false ░░░░░░░░ whatever Matt Gaetz is ░░░░░░░░ is an attempt to ░░░░░░░░ focus away from this ░░░░░░░░ investigation that involves him ░░░░░░░░ perhaps not a target ░░░░░░░░ a matter of investigation ░░░░░░░░ these documents and text ░░░░░░░░ came out first course ░░░░░░░░ today in The Washington ░░░░░░░░ we haven t been ░░░░░░░░ to get McGee on ░░░░░░░░ phone yet So there ░░░░░░░░ to be a lot ░░░░░░░░ layers of this story ░░░░░░░░ to peel back There ░░░░░░░░ to be MELBER Yeah ░░░░░░░░ me jump in for ░░░░░░░░ for context let me ░░░░░░░░ a little bit of ░░░░░░░░ other exchange with Tucker ░░░░░░░░ night.”
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