Russian election interference finds ready conduit in GOP senators

Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson both accepted anti-Biden material from a pro-Russia Ukrainian lawmaker. [View in browser]( [Image]( August 8, 2020 [Image]( [Russian anti-Biden election interference finds ready conduit in Republican senators]( Rachel Maddow notes a particularly specific warning from the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center: That pro-Russia Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach is spreading claims about corruption involving Joe Biden as part of Russia's efforts to manipulate the 2020 U.S. election. Derkach has notably been using Rudy Giuliani to spread the false information, but Republican Senators Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley have also been receptive. ([Rachel Maddow]() [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image]( [Trump's 3rd major legal defeat in recent weeks: Former White House counsel McGahn can be forced to testify]( President Trump has been hit with another major legal loss, as the second-most powerful federal appeals court in the country sides with House Democrats in their bid to force testimony from a resistant veteran Trump aide. The ruling backs Democrats’ argument that Trump’s attempt to defy Congress and block testimony is unconstitutional. Ari Melber breaks down Trump’s clashes with the rule of law. ([The Beat with Ari Melber]() [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image]( [This teacher voted for Trump in 2016. Here's what made her switch to Biden.]( Lifelong Republican voter Nancy Shively, a special education teacher in Oklahoma, discusses the "cascading failure of leadership" that made her regret her 2016 vote for President Donald Trump. "There are a lot of people like me," Shively said. ([The Last Word]() [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image]( [‘A fan club’: Trump calls for press conference with his country club members acting as audience]( "The President apparently has assembled a fan club of members of his golf club ... without masks on, to be the audience so he could have applause during a press conference," said Joy Reid. ([The ReidOut]() [Facebook]( [Twitter]( MORE VIDEOS Trump criticizes media in front of his club's members ([11th Hour]() Steve Schmidt: Senators who serve as 'useful idiots' for Russian intelligence are 'unfit to serve' ([11th Hour]() Fmr. Obama adviser: It's 'insane' that GOP wouldn't support aid for millions of unemployed constituents ([The Last Word]() Councilman Ritchie Torres on his district's 355,000 unemployed: When NYC gets a cold, the Bronx gets the flu ([The Last Word]() How the Trump campaign is effectively running two candidates for president in Wisconsin ([Rachel Maddow]() The cult of Trump rides to the President’s defense on his journey to 'Thighland' ([All In]() Sam Seder: Trump flails for re-election strategy after Plan A falls apart ([All In]() Joy Reid on ultra-punitive 'pig laws': ‘The rot from slavery is still with us in a thousand different ways’ ([The ReidOut]() Carville on Trump's payroll tax deferral: Not very helpful when a lot of people are not on a payroll ([The ReidOut]() The Marshall Project: 'Prisons are not closed systems' due to staff, new admissions ([Meet the Press Daily]() John Brennan: China, Russia 'capable' of election interference ([Meet the Press Daily]() Jeremy Bash warns foreign interference and Trump’s failures on coronavirus are sowing chaos in the election ([Deadline White House]() Atlanta Hawks turn arena into state's largest polling place ([MSNBC]() Nicolle Wallace: We have made easy things like masks hard, which make the hard things impossible ([MSNBC]() NYC schools allowed to reopen if infections remain under 3 percent ([Katy Tur]() Mayor Bottoms: Atlanta and Georgia 'are headed in the wrong direction' with the virus ([Andrea Mitchell Reports]() Rep. 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