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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What we’ve learned in the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen legal maneuvers

    Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort lied and violated his plea arrangement. Then Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, admitted he lied to Congress.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 30, 2018 • 1 min read

    Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort lied and violated his plea arrangement. Then Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, admitted he lied to Congress. President Trump said Cohen was lying about the lying. What does this all mean for Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion?

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    2. 10:39California Congresswoman Jackie Speier reflects on her near-death experience
    3. 27:09‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and other classic Christmas favorites
    4. 41:01The convoluted logic behind raising L.A.’s speed limits to make streets safer
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Poynter Institute for Media Studies / Boston Globe

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Rep. Jackie Speier on how the Jonestown mass shooting changed her life
    1. 0:00What we’ve learned in the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen legal maneuversYou’re reading this
    2. 10:39California Congresswoman Jackie Speier reflects on her near-death experience
    3. 27:09‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and other classic Christmas favorites
    4. 41:01The convoluted logic behind raising L.A.’s speed limits to make streets safer
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