The Beat with Ari Melber

BONUS: Extended interview with Andrew McCabe

Episode Summary

In a news-making interview with MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber, former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe details a secret, never-released letter by Trump linking the firing of James Comey to Russia; explains what he thinks the “worst thing” Trump has done in office; previews the impending Mueller Report; discusses whether Rod Rosenstein wrote a misleading memo to justify Trump firing James Comey and -- under persistent questioning -- McCabe goes farther than he did in his book to acknowledge his own “mistakes” in the Clinton email investigation. 30.10 - Listen to Mother Jones' David Corn's reaction and analysis to the interview. 34.00 - Listen to Ari Melber's analysis of McCabe's firing in 2018, when it happened.

Episode Notes

In a news-making interview with MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber, former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe details a secret, never-released letter by Trump linking the firing of James Comey to Russia; explains what he thinks the “worst thing” Trump has done in office; previews the impending Mueller Report; discusses whether Rod Rosenstein wrote a misleading memo to justify Trump firing James Comey and -- under persistent questioning -- McCabe goes farther than he did in his book to acknowledge his own “mistakes” in the Clinton email investigation.

30.10 - Listen to Mother Jones' David Corn's reaction and analysis to the interview.

34.00 - Listen to Ari Melber's analysis of McCabe's firing in 2018, when it happened.