Skullduggery
536 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 2K ratingsUnderhandedness. Trickery. Unscrupulous behavior. Skullduggery breaks down the conduct of Washington's political class, tracks the latest in conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns coursing through social media — and who is pushing them — and keeps you up to date on the latest investigations into misbehavior by members of Congress as well as current and former government officials. Yahoo News’ veteran investigative journalists Michael Isikoff, Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman, and Senior Council at States United Victoria Bassetti, break news, offer authoritative analysis on sensitive national security and law enforcement issues and draw intriguing historical parallels from decades of covering D.C. scandals. Come prepared to learn something every week.
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Trump's Bizarro Land
November 14, 2020 02:37 - 1 hour - 62 MBYahoo News Senior Political Correspondent Jon Ward, Yahoo News National Correspondent Andrew Romano, and author Chris Whipple join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Ward and Romano discuss their recent story on Trump's frivolous and baseless election voter fraud lawsuits. Then, Whipple shares stories from his new book, The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Priv...
It's an embarrasment
November 11, 2020 00:37 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBEvan Osnos, staff writer for The New Yorker, and Yahoo News Health Contributor and former Obama Administration official Dr. Kavita Patel join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Osnos takes a deep dive into his new book Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now. Then, Patel joins to give us insight on the current coronavirus surge, how much worse it's going to get, and what potential the vaccine announcement from Pfizer holds. See acast.com/priva...
Bye-Don
November 08, 2020 04:37 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBYahoo News' National politics reporter Brittany Shepherd and White House Correspondent Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Shepherd takes us inside President-elect Joe Biden's victory and what his focus will be once he enters the White House. Then, Walker gives us some insight as to what will happen moving forward with Trump, his plans for the remaining days of his presidency, and what kind of transition of power we can expect. See acast...
The Day After
November 05, 2020 03:12 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBUS Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan, CBS News legal analyst Kim Wehle, and Yahoo News' White House Correspondent Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Walker takes us inside the Trump campaign and the now infamous 2am speech where the President declared victory. Then Wehle breaks down the possible strategy behind Trump's lawsuit in the states now determined to decide the election. Then finally, Dingell lets us know what it took Biden to pull ...
The Final Countdown
November 02, 2020 21:50 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBMembers of the Yahoo News team including National Correspondent Andrew Romano, Senior Political Correspondent Jon Ward, National Politics Reporter Brittany Shepherd, and White House Correspondent Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Romano and Ward take a deep look into the final Yahoo News/YouGov poll results, what they could indicated on election eve, and what the result could mean for both sides. Then, Shepherd and Walker give insight in...
The McCain-Biden Bond
October 29, 2020 19:52 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBJohn McCain's aide and alter-ego Mark Salter, Rick Klein of ABC News, and Brian Murphy of McClatchy newspapers all join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Klein and Murphy break down the potential Senate seats that could flip across the country. Then Salter takes a deep-dive into his new book about his former boss, The Luckiest Man: Life with John McCain, where he expresses the magnitude of McCain's friendship with new presidential candidate Joe Biden. S...
Will Progressives Vote for Biden?
October 27, 2020 00:25 - 1 hour - 62 MBFormer Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders and Bad Faith Podcast co-host Briahna Gray as well as D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept and host of the Deconstructed Podcast Ryan Grim join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Andrew Romano gives us the results of the latest YouGov/Yahoo News poll, then Gray and Grim discuss what the progressives on the left will do and should do as far as voting goes in the 2020 election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and...
The Full Brennan
October 25, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBFormer Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discuss Brennan's storied career as head of the C.I.A., including some difficult subject matter such as drone strikes. They also talk about Brennan's "run-ins" with Trump as he's one of the most outspoken government figure-heads to speak out about the current President. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Poli...
DNC Download
October 23, 2020 23:20 - 54 minutes - 50 MBChairman for the Democratic National Convention Tom Perez and Yahoo News Political Correspondent Andrew Romano join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Romano breaks down the final Presidential Debate and how it could affect the last polls before election night. Then, Perez talks about the impact of over fifty million early votes so far and what the strategy for the DNC is during the final ten days. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informatio...
The Strange Roots of Q
October 21, 2020 23:35 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBZach Dorfman, Senior Staff Writer at the Aspen Institute, joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on this special bonus episode of Conspiracyland presented by "Skullduggery." The group discuss Larry McDonald, a former member of the United States House of Representatives that represented Georgia's 7th congressional district. McDonald, who was killed on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors, eerily anticipated conspiracies now held by the QAno...
The Hunter Biden E-mail Conundrum
October 19, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBShane Harris of The Washington Post, the former Chief Council to the National Security Agency Matt Olsen, and former top Twitter executive Vivian Schiller all join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Harris and Olsen discuss the current confusion and uncertainty about the Hunter Biden email story published by the New York Post. Then, Schiller talks about the how her former employer has handled the situation by blocking the spread of the story on its platform...
The Full Fauci
October 15, 2020 20:11 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBDirector of the NIAID Dr. Anthony Fauci as well as Actor and Activist Tim Robbins join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Dr. Fauci joined Yahoo News for a live-streamed interview to discuss the grim fact of where we currently stand on the fight against the coronavirus. Then, Robbins talks about his new podcast series Bobbo Supreme, which satirizes the Trump presidency. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...
Grin and Barrett
October 14, 2020 01:09 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBPresident of NARAL Pro-Choice America Ilyse Hogue and Adjunct professor at NYU and author of The Most Dangerous Branch David Kaplan join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discusses the on-going confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett. the strategies taken by both the Republicans and Democrats, and what the potential ramifications will be when ultimately she's confirmed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inf...
Mueller Probe-lems
October 10, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBAndrew Weissmann, former Veteran DOJ Prosecutor, Chief of the Fraud Section, Former General Council of the F.B.I. and former top Deputy in Robert Mueller's Investigation joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Weissmann discuss his new book, Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation. It's our first look inside the Russia probe that is still and ankle weight to President Trump to this day. In the controversial book, Weissmann describes where Mueller went wr...
Lies and Flies
October 08, 2020 19:37 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBOlivia Troye, Mike Pence's top advisor on the Coronavirus Task Force, and Yahoo News Political Correspondent Andrew Romano join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Troye talks about what she witnessed from the inside on the Coronavirus Task Force. Then, Romano talks about where the 2020 Presidential Election race stands after the aftermath of Trump's own Covid problems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art1...
Superspreader-in-Chief?
October 06, 2020 01:36 - 1 hour - 63 MBYahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker and Former Deputy Trump campaign manager Rick Gates join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Walker talks about President Trump's release from Walter Reed just days after testing positive for Covid-19 and the uptick in White House staff that now too has tested positive. Why does Trump continually put his staff and those that work near him in danger? Then, Gates talks about some surprising comments Trump made...
Trump gets Covid
October 02, 2020 22:21 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBYahoo News Medical Contributor Dr. Kavita Patel and Yahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discuss the news that woke up the US overnight, President Trump has Covid. Early on he played down the virus. Then, he touted that the country was on the path to recovery. And now, he's forced to go into quarantine just one month before election day. There are some very scary scenarios that can play out here. And ...
Freedom Lost
October 02, 2020 00:19 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBMichael Abramowitz, the President of Freedom House, joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Trump told his supporters at the first Presidential debate to "go in and watch the polls very carefully." Standard poll watching or blatant voter intimidation? The group discuss that as well as additional un-nerving trends about the state of our democracy here in the US and around the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy ...
The Clown Show
October 01, 2020 03:21 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBJoel Benenson, Pollster and chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign alongside Tim Miller, a communications consultant and former Jeb Bush advisor join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group react to the first presidential debate that was anything but presidential. Who looked worse? Who came out on top? And does this completely throw what we now know as the current debate format out of the window? See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
Debate Night Download
September 29, 2020 20:02 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBVeteran Political Advisor, Strategist, and Consultant Mike Murphy, Veteran Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, and New York Times Business Investigations Editor David Enrich join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Enrich reacts to the bombshell Trump tax story his paper dropped over the weekend and what the repercussions will be. Then Murphy and Soltis Anderson prepare us for the highly anticipated first Presidential Debate between Trump and former Vice Presi...
The GOP’s QAnon Play
September 26, 2020 00:16 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBNJ Congressman Tom Malinowski and National Correspondent for TIME Charlotte Alter join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman for a special bonus episode of Skullduggery's "Conspiracyland." Malinowski reacts to the recent unfounded ad attack against him straight from the QAnon playbook. Then, Alter weighs in having just written an in-depth piece about the fringe supporter group and how it's slowly working its way into the mainstream. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out infor...
Russia Redux
September 23, 2020 22:28 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBScreenwriter, producer, and film director Billy Ray joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group take a deep dive into Ray's upcoming two-part Showtime mini-series The Comey Rule. Part one follows the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails and their impact on the election. Part two is an account of the first months of the Trump presidency. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C...
McConnell's Freight Train
September 23, 2020 01:30 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBRhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Lawyers Robert Bauer, a Democrat, and Jack Goldsmith, once a Republican join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Whitehouse, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, talks about his new report on the financial interests that support the conservative movement to get conservative judges on the courts. And then, Goldsmith and Bauer talk about their new book - After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency - which provides a ...
Supreme Armageddon
September 22, 2020 03:04 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBThe President of Alliance for Justice Nan Aron and the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center Ed Whelan join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Isikoff and Klaidman discuss the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and its implications. Aron then joins to talk about what the Democratic strategy is in order to slow down and even try to prevent President Trump from ramming through a replacement for Ginsburg. Then, Whalen walks ...
Skullduggery Live with Bob Woodward
September 17, 2020 22:09 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBLegendary investigative journalist and current associate editor at The Washington Post Bob Woodward joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman for a LIVE episode of "Skullduggery." The group takes a deep dive into Woodward's new book, RAGE, his second on President Trump. Woodward explains how Trump has "lost his way, not just as president, but as a human being trying to assess what's real and what's unreal." This in-depth interview fleshes out Trump's presidency and what impact invest...
The Biden Worldview
September 14, 2020 22:57 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBSenior Policy Advisor to the Biden Campaign Jake Sullivan joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discuss the recent article that presidential candidate and former Vice President wrote in Foreign Affairs magazine. They address how Biden, if elected, would rescue foreign policy after a Trump White House exit. How exactly would Biden's foreign policy differ from Trump's? Sullivan weighs in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Se...
Buried Treasure: "Reaganland"
September 11, 2020 21:14 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBAmerican historian and journalist Rick Perlstein joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on Skullduggery's "Buried Treasure." The group take a deep dive into Perlstein's latest book called, Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980, while comparing and contrasting Reagan and our current President in the United State, Donald Trump. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://...
Whistleblower at the DHS
September 11, 2020 00:15 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBMark Zaid, attorney who is currently representing Brian Murphy - the whistleblower who is accusing Trump appointees of downplaying Russian interference and White supremacist threats - joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Isikoff and Klaidman discuss the on-going controversy surround the Woodward tapes. Then, Zaid talks about the case, the process, and what the possible ramifications are if his client's accusations are indeed found to be true. See acas...
The Woodward Tapes
September 09, 2020 23:27 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBFormer US National Security Advisor John Bolton and Former Health Commissioner for the City of Baltimore Leana Wen join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Isikoff and Klaidman talk about the recent release of Bob Woodward's damning taped conversations with President Trump. Then, Bolton reacts to the tapes, weighs in on China, Brian Murphy - the latest whistleblower - who alleges D.H.S. downplayed threats from both Russia and White Supremacists, and his han...
Don McGahn: Double Agent
September 04, 2020 22:24 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBNew York Times Reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Michael Schmidt and Yahoo News Reporter Patrick Symmes join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Symmes brings us the latest from Portland after a suspect in fatal shooting of right-wing activist in Portland was killed by police. Then, Schmidt takes a deep dive into his new book, Donald Trump V. The United States: Inside The Struggle To Stop A President, revealing the incredible story of lawyer and fo...
Buried Treasure: Biden on Drugs
September 02, 2020 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBEric Sterling, Former Assistant Council to the House Crime Committee and the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on Skullduggery's "Buried Treasure." The group revisit Joe Biden's reactionary speech that followed George H. W. Bush's infamous "crack speech" 31 years ago. They analyze "the war on drugs," Biden's aggressive stance and the context from which it came, and where he is now on the drug policy as the 2020 pres...
Trump's Fox Trot
August 31, 2020 22:05 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBAnchor of Reliable Sources and CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter and Yahoo News Reporter Patrick Symmes join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Symmes takes us inside the protests in Portland and gives us insight surrounding the recent shooting there that resulted in a death. Then Stelter dives deep into his new book, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the dangerous distortion of truth. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information...
A defector from Trump World
August 28, 2020 21:58 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBFormer Senior DHS Official Elizabeth Neumann, Actor, Comedian, and Musician Harry Shearer, and Yahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Walker recaps the last night of the Republican National Convention including the President's long-winded speech from the White House and the non-socially distanced and mask-less crowd. Then, Neumann takes us behind the curtain of the DHS and answers the question of who the r...
Meacham's Mission
August 27, 2020 18:47 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBPulitzer Prize winning Historian, Journalist, and Pundit Jon Meacham joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Meacham talks about how he came to speak at this year's Democratic National Convention, how history will view the Trump presidency, and also his new book His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ...
Chaos in Kenosha
August 26, 2020 23:22 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBChairman of the American Conservative Union and Advisor to the Trump Campaign Matt Schlapp and Yahoo News Reporter Crystal Hill join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Hill gives us the latest on the chaos in Kenosha, WI involving the police shooting of Jacob Blake and the arrest of a 17-year old after two were killed and another severely wounded at protests there. Then, Schlapp talks about what these events mean for the election and his take on the Republi...
Bossie is back
August 25, 2020 22:12 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBFormer Deputy Campaign Manager to Donald Trump in 2016 and the President of Citizens United Dave Bossie joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discuss the Trump campaign strategy, night two of the Republican National Convention, and where the 2020 presidential race currently stands, specifically in the hard fought battle ground states that could decide the election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at htt...
A Republican's Remorse
August 25, 2020 17:40 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBVeteran Republican Strategist and now supporter of Joe Biden for President Stuart Stevens joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discuss Stevens' change of party and why he flipped from Republican to Democrat. Where the path for the creation of President Trump began. His work with The Lincoln Project and ads they run to help defeat Donald Trump. And finally, the specific element that would cost them this year's election. See acast.com/privacy for pri...
The Trump Loyalty Oath
August 24, 2020 21:53 - 1 hour - 63 MBRepublican Strategist and Author Rick Tyler and Former Obama Administration Official and Yahoo News Medical Contributor Kavita Patel join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Patel explains the process on how something actually gets approved by the FDA and why fast tracking a coronavirus vaccine without any evidence is the wrong play. Then, Tyler weighs in on how he thinks the week will go at the Republican National Convention, why he will be voting against h...
It's time to remove the filibuster
August 21, 2020 17:48 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBIllinois Senator Dick Durbin and Yahoo News National Correspondent Andrew Romano join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Romano weighs in on what worked and what didn't work during the Democratic National Convention and what it's going to take in these final months to win the 2020 election. Then Sen. Durbin talk about his frustration in regards to the filibuster in the Senate and that its removal is on the table if the Senate flips. See acast.com/privacy ...
DNC: Day 4 w/ Eric Holder and Sen. Amy Klobuchar
August 20, 2020 22:43 - 50 minutes - 46 MBFormer US Attorney General Eric Holder and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Holder dives deep into the US Postal Service Scandal as well as his relationship with presidential candidate Joe Biden. Then, Klobuchar talks about why there is a lack of humor at the Democratic National Convention, the after effects that followed the death of George Floyd, and what it's going to take for Biden to not just win, but win big. S...
Fraudster Steve Bannon
August 20, 2020 20:11 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBDelaware Senator Chris Coons and Yahoo News Senior Report Caitlin Dickson join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Dickson talks about her in-person experience with recently arrested former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and the "We Build The Wall" fund. Then, Senator Coons talks about his up-coming speech at the Democratic National Convention and how faith plays a role in Joe Biden's life and in policy making. See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
Michigan may be in play w/ Rep. Debbie Dingell
August 19, 2020 22:40 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBU.S. Rep. of Michigan's 12th Congressional District, Debbie Dingell, joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Michigan was one of the key deciding states in the 2016 election and could be in play yet again in 2020. Dingell breaks down what she's seeing in her state, what the deciding factors could be, and why she didn't vote for her party's platform. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C...
Kennedy vs Markey w/ Rep. Joe Kennedy
August 19, 2020 21:37 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBCongressman and Candidate for US Senate in Massachusetts Joe Kennedy III joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Kennedy discusses the tight race between himself and Senator Ed Markey. It's getting quite heated with attack ads from both camps, something rarely seen from two progressive Democrats. He also addresses their differences, the youth vote, his outspoken anti-vaxxer uncle, and his father's funding of a Super PAC. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and op...
Senate Intel Report w/ Sen. Angus King
August 19, 2020 20:38 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBIndependent U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group discuss the recently released bipartisan Senate Intel Report and its newly exposed information in regards to Russian interference in the 2016 election. The Republicans and Democrats each paint quite a different picture about the new revelations. Sen. King takes us behind-the-scenes on how the report finally came to be after three and a half years. See acast.com/privac...
DNC: Day 2 with Rep. Jim Clyburn and Yasmine Taeb
August 18, 2020 21:56 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBHouse Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and Senior Policy Counsel for Demand Progress Yasmine Taeb join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Clyburn weighs in on the Post Office fiasco, night one of the Democratic National Convention, and the lack of transparency in Operation Warp Speed. Then, Taeb talks about the the friction and differences in the Democratic Party over policy and where the party should be headed with the Biden/Harris ticket. See acast.com/privac...
Republicans pack the DNC
August 17, 2020 19:08 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBSenior Advisor & Communications Director for the Democratic National Convention Xochitl Hinojosa and Yahoo News' own Will Rahn join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Hinojosa gives us a preview of what we can expect this week at the DNC, including the surprising news of several Republican speakers being featured including former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and former New York Rep. Susan Molinari on the first night. Then, Rahn brings us into the ...
Trump Goes Postal
August 14, 2020 20:56 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBChief National Security Correspondent for CNN Jim Scuitto, CBS Correspondent 60 Minutes John Dickerson, and Yahoo News Senior Political Correspondent Jon Ward join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Ward weighs in on the political position the President has on mail-in voting. Then, Scuitto talks about his new book, The Madman Theory, and Trump's non-traditional style to foreign policy. Finally, Dickerson discusses his new book, The Hardest Job in the World,...
The Veep Pick
August 12, 2020 23:13 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBProfessor of Law at the University of San Francisco Lara Bazelon and Former US Senator from California Barbara Boxer join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Boxer, weighs in on the Harris pick for VP as she was succeeded by Kamala Harris in the Senate. Then, for a different perspective, Bazelon recounts her stinging review from a year ago of Harris' record as a prosecutor. The pick is in, will it help Biden win the Presidency? See acast.com/privacy for privacy a...
We Are Watching You
August 11, 2020 03:15 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBPresident of NARAL Pro-Choice America Ilyse Hogue and Law Professor and Author Kim Wehle join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First up, Hogue talks about the warning that she and other influential Democratic women activists have sent out to the media about how they cover Joe Biden's upcoming Vice Presidential pick. Then, Wehle discusses all of the nightmare scenarios surrounding the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o...
Gunning for the NRA
August 07, 2020 19:31 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBYahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker, Author Frank Smyth, and Journalist Jonathan Alter join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Walker delivers updates on the Trump Campaign and the recent news about the President possibly accepting his formal nomination for re-election from the White House. Does this violate the Hatch Act? Then, Smyth discusses New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the NRA and its misuse of charitable funds...