The Asset

Conspiring


Listen Later

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is the most damning document ever published about a sitting president. But as much as it told us, the Mueller report said it found “insufficient evidence” to establish that there was a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Not that there was no evidence of a conspiracy, just not enough to prove it in court.

 

This week on The Asset, we sift through the evidence pointing toward a conspiracy and explore some of the questions the Mueller report didn’t answer. Why did Paul Manafort share confidential polling data with a suspected Russian agent? Why was a server for the Trump Organization communicating with a server for a Kremlin-linked Russian bank? What did Russia do with the data it stole from the Democratic National Committee that didn’t wind up on WikiLeaks? Where does Cambridge Analytica, the shady data-digital firm the Trump campaign hired, fit in?

With the help of experts like journalist Franklin Foer and Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon, host Max Bergmann, the director of the Moscow Project, an initiative of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, breaks down what we know about the possible answers to these questions—and what we don’t.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The AssetBy District Productive

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

1,812 ratings


More shows like The Asset

View all
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History by Dan Carlin

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

64,012 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,237 Listeners

Slate News by Slate Podcasts

Slate News

5,628 Listeners

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs by Secrets & Spies

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

286 Listeners

Stay Tuned with Preet by Preet Bharara

Stay Tuned with Preet

32,352 Listeners

The Jim Wallis Podcast by District Productive

The Jim Wallis Podcast

138 Listeners

Brand New Bold by Brandi Samuel

Brand New Bold

17 Listeners

The Al Franken Podcast by The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

8,593 Listeners

We Can Do This! by District Productive

We Can Do This!

4 Listeners

Transition Lab by Partnership for Public Service

Transition Lab

96 Listeners

The Daily Beast Podcast by The Daily Beast, Joanna Coles

The Daily Beast Podcast

8,344 Listeners

In Moscow's Shadows by Mark Galeotti

In Moscow's Shadows

372 Listeners

Unconventional Threat by District Productive

Unconventional Threat

85 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

15,475 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,543 Listeners

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler by Podmasters

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

156 Listeners

Battleground by Goalhanger

Battleground

355 Listeners

The News Agents - USA by Global

The News Agents - USA

426 Listeners

Mission Implausible by iHeartPodcasts

Mission Implausible

547 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics: US by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics: US

2,563 Listeners

The Rest Is Classified by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Classified

1,198 Listeners