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'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall

'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall

Update: 2025-12-23
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Rachel Maddow shares a look at how outrage over government corruption in Bulgaria prompted massive protests and eventually the resignation of the prime minister and his government. And in the United States, for all of Donald Trump's unpopular policies being protested across the country, the self-dealing and corruption that has become his administration's hallmark may ultimately be what leads to Trump's downfall. 

Julie K. Brown, investigative reporter for the Miami Herald who first exposed the scandal of how the Jeffrey Epstein case was handed, talks with Rachel Maddow about feedback she is receiving from survivors of Epstein's abuse about finding their own names in released documents despite heavy redactions that appear to make a greater priority of protecting the identities and information of people involved with Epstein than to protect his victims as the law instructs.

Rep. Jamie Raskin joins to discuss how an ownership change and recent editorial decisions by CBS News is raising concerns that Donald Trump and the billionaires who support him are making progress on building state media.


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'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall

'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall

Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rachel Maddow, Julie K. Brown