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Aug 2023
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Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia RICO ...

Ari Melber, MSNBC
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MSNBC’s Jason Johnson hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, August 31, and reports on Donald Trump, hate crimes, Ron DeSantis and Clarence Thomas. Kristy Greenberg, Kurt Bardella, Elie Mystal, Meagan Burrows, Senator Shevrin Jones and Daryle Jenkins join.  
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