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The Plot Against the President

Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.

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Amanda Milius

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They pasted together a
very flimsy indictment - The Plot Against the President

They pasted together a very flimsy indictment

(people chatter angrily) - The Plot Against the President

(people chatter angrily)

I'm sure there's an element
of stress on my father - The Plot Against the President

I'm sure there's an element of stress on my father

I mean, don't forget, it
wasn't like they were saying, - The Plot Against the President

I mean, don't forget, it wasn't like they were say...

You had the former vice
presidential candidate - The Plot Against the President

You had the former vice presidential candidate

Schiff saying that I committed treason. - The Plot Against the President

Schiff saying that I committed treason.

- Can you imagine carrying that weight - The Plot Against the President

- Can you imagine carrying that weight

Do you ever think maybe at
night you say to yourself, - The Plot Against the President

Do you ever think maybe at night you say to yourself,

They're targeting my family and trying - The Plot Against the President

They're targeting my family and trying

Was back on Capitol Hill
this week to talk about - The Plot Against the President

Was back on Capitol Hill this week to talk about

- And he's a father with,
you know, five children - The Plot Against the President

- And he's a father with, you know, five children

You know, when they tell you
they wanna put you in prison - The Plot Against the President

You know, when they tell you they wanna put you in prison

Can you imagine when you hear
this or you see this about, - The Plot Against the President

Can you imagine when you hear this or you see this about,

- My biggest regret of the last four years - The Plot Against the President

- My biggest regret of the last four years

I just said, man, there
must be something here - The Plot Against the President

I just said, man, there must be something here

And it was the most misguided faith - The Plot Against the President

And it was the most misguided faith

- Former National Security
advisor, Michael Flynn - The Plot Against the President

- Former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn

- A packed courtroom was
stunned as Judge Emmett Sullivan - The Plot Against the President

- A packed courtroom was stunned as Judge Emmett Sullivan

- At first, I thought he
was trying to do everything - The Plot Against the President

- At first, I thought he was trying to do everything

I mean, it was just a
breathtaking, excoriating dialogue. - The Plot Against the President

I mean, it was just a breathtaking, excoriating dialogue.

And he even paused after
his tirade for an hour - The Plot Against the President

And he even paused after his tirade for an hour

The pressure on a criminal defendant, - The Plot Against the President

The pressure on a criminal defendant,

They threatened to indict
Michael Flynn, the son - The Plot Against the President

They threatened to indict Michael Flynn, the son

He had been forced to sell
his house to pay legal fees. - The Plot Against the President

He had been forced to sell his house to pay legal fees.

They threatened to indict
him just around Thanksgiving - The Plot Against the President

They threatened to indict him just around Thanksgiving

They just wanted to stop the
pain for the whole family. - The Plot Against the President

They just wanted to stop the pain for the whole family.

They were just broken and in many ways - The Plot Against the President

They were just broken and in many ways

They knew there was no
collusion between General Flynn - The Plot Against the President

They knew there was no collusion between General Flynn

We learned that they inserted - The Plot Against the President

We learned that they inserted

I've seen the FBI manipulate 302s before. - The Plot Against the President

I've seen the FBI manipulate 302s before.

They had done the major changes
the night of February 10, - The Plot Against the President

They had done the major changes the night of February 10,

And then they went back
that night and made changes. - The Plot Against the President

And then they went back that night and made changes.

It was done and altered
until it was approved - The Plot Against the President

It was done and altered until it was approved

If this can happen to
General Michael T. Flynn, - The Plot Against the President

If this can happen to General Michael T. Flynn,

- There's so much happening
in this country right now - The Plot Against the President

- There's so much happening in this country right now

- If one person needs to
apologize to the American people - The Plot Against the President

- If one person needs to apologize to the American people

- Adam Schiff is the
modern day Joe McCarthy. - The Plot Against the President

- Adam Schiff is the modern day Joe McCarthy.

He would come out of an
intelligence briefing, - The Plot Against the President

He would come out of an intelligence briefing,

The willingness to see it is
exactly what misinformation - The Plot Against the President

The willingness to see it is exactly what misinformation

And when individuals
like the gang of eight - The Plot Against the President

And when individuals like the gang of eight

That trust has been broken
because they lied to us. - The Plot Against the President

That trust has been broken because they lied to us.

- The best way to clean this whole mess up - The Plot Against the President

- The best way to clean this whole mess up

That's what we all should feel now, - The Plot Against the President

That's what we all should feel now,

- You know I don't know
why criminals engage - The Plot Against the President

- You know I don't know why criminals engage

The fact is they engage
in seditious behavior - The Plot Against the President

The fact is they engage in seditious behavior

Heck, I just want
someone to be questioned, - The Plot Against the President

Heck, I just want someone to be questioned,

You're asking the Justice Department - The Plot Against the President

You're asking the Justice Department

- Does anyone really
believe that FBI lawyer - The Plot Against the President

- Does anyone really believe that FBI lawyer

We know somebody gave the
instruction to the FBI agent - The Plot Against the President

We know somebody gave the instruction to the FBI agent

There's a Department of
Justice for everyday Americans - The Plot Against the President

There's a Department of Justice for everyday Americans

- The thing that they were investigating - The Plot Against the President

- The thing that they were investigating

Not just the Democratic
Party and their operatives, - The Plot Against the President

Not just the Democratic Party and their operatives,

- The Inspector General's report - The Plot Against the President

- The Inspector General's report

And it showed everything we
had done and said was true. - The Plot Against the President

And it showed everything we had done and said was true.

There isn't any information
'cause if there actually was, - The Plot Against the President

There isn't any information 'cause if there actual...

And the reason there isn't any information - The Plot Against the President

And the reason there isn't any information

- These guys have perpetrated
the greatest crime - The Plot Against the President

- These guys have perpetrated the greatest crime

It was the attempt to take
over a duly elected president - The Plot Against the President

It was the attempt to take over a duly elected president

- They made an attempt to overthrow - The Plot Against the President

- They made an attempt to overthrow

You can't do with a coup d'etat
that takes place in Africa, - The Plot Against the President

You can't do with a coup d'etat that takes place i...

Some officials in the political police, - The Plot Against the President

Some officials in the political police,

And they say, my God we have discovered - The Plot Against the President

And they say, my God we have discovered

So we have to arrest
him to save the country. - The Plot Against the President

So we have to arrest him to save the country.

If the people in charge
of guarding the state - The Plot Against the President

If the people in charge of guarding the state

- Once you established this
precedent that you know - The Plot Against the President

- Once you established this precedent that you know

And if the American people make a mistake - The Plot Against the President

And if the American people make a mistake

And the fact that people think
like that in these agencies - The Plot Against the President

And the fact that people think like that in these agencies

When you think about all
these different institutions - The Plot Against the President

When you think about all these different institutions

- So I tried to say this was
gonna be bad and warn people. - The Plot Against the President

- So I tried to say this was gonna be bad and warn people.

And I thought I had a
good grasp of how bad - The Plot Against the President

And I thought I had a good grasp of how bad

If you had told me in December or January, - The Plot Against the President

If you had told me in December or January,

So, goes to show you how good
my judgment is. (chuckles) - The Plot Against the President

So, goes to show you how good my judgment is. (chuckles)

It's given people who are bad faith actors - The Plot Against the President

It's given people who are bad faith actors

If you are right wing
and you're a reporter - The Plot Against the President

If you are right wing and you're a reporter

If you're lucky, you'll only
have your reputation smeared. - The Plot Against the President

If you're lucky, you'll only have your reputation ...

If you end up like other
people you're gonna get framed - The Plot Against the President

If you end up like other people you're gonna get framed

Personal destruction
at the candidate level - The Plot Against the President

Personal destruction at the candidate level

When it starts getting down
to every everyday lives, - The Plot Against the President

When it starts getting down to every everyday lives,

The change in tactics now is anyone - The Plot Against the President

The change in tactics now is anyone

And I think that can't be
what our founding fathers - The Plot Against the President

And I think that can't be what our founding fathers

- The most powerful organs of the state - The Plot Against the President

- The most powerful organs of the state

And that's very scary and bad. - The Plot Against the President

And that's very scary and bad.

It means we don't, we don't
live in the United States - The Plot Against the President

It means we don't, we don't live in the United Sta...

The realization of that
is maybe the saddest thing - The Plot Against the President

The realization of that is maybe the saddest thing

It's what is your humanity? - The Plot Against the President

It's what is your humanity?

What kind of a human being are you - The Plot Against the President

What kind of a human being are you

If you are run by intelligence services, - The Plot Against the President

If you are run by intelligence services,

If these are the people who make decisions - The Plot Against the President

If these are the people who make decisions

- It's time for people to recognize - The Plot Against the President

- It's time for people to recognize

And tell your neighbors, tell
everybody in your social media - The Plot Against the President

And tell your neighbors, tell everybody in your social media

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Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.

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Director: Amanda Milius

Writer: Lee Smith

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

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ImdbRating: 5.8

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Released: 09 Oct 2020

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