Video Trump Allegedly Tried To Blackmail Mika And Joe

The President of the United States is tight with the owner of "The National Enquirer,” because of course he is. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Ben Mankiewicz, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. http://www.tytnetwork.com/join

"Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough published a Washington Post op-ed on Friday claiming that top White House staffers threatened the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" with a negative story in the National Enquirer unless the hosts begged President Donald Trump to stop it. "We ignored their desperate pleas," Scarborough and Brzezinski wrote. The accusation by the MSNBC hosts is made more intriguing due to the long, documented relationship between Trump and the tabloid magazine. The New Yorker published a long exposé on Trump's relationship with the National Inquirer earlier this week. In it, David Pecker, currently CEO of American Media, the parent company of the tabloid, told reporter Jeffrey Toobin”*

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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz

Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz

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