Concerns grow that legal losses could make Trump desperate, even more open to corruption

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Feb. 20, 202405:24

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As lawyer fees and legal judgments stack up against Donald Trump there is concern that his already weak ethical standards will be overcome by financial desperation and a willingness to entertain the assistance of unsavory people and world powers whose interests are contradictory to those of the United States. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history at New York University, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Trump's self-serving personality would deal with his money problems. Feb. 20, 2024

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