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The Plot Against the President

What really struck me was, wait a minute, they're talking about a phone call that would...

What really struck me was, wait a minute, they're talking about a phone call that would have been classified
at the highest level

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What really struck me was, wait a minute,
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they're talking about a phone call
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that would have been classified at the highest level.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:22
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.
It was so highly classified I didn't even know - The Plot Against the President 00:08
It was so highly classified I didn't even know
And yet somehow the Washington Post had a copy of it. - The Plot Against the President 00:05
And yet somehow the Washington Post had a copy of it.
- [Informant] When the David Ignatius article came out of - The Plot Against the President 00:08
- [Informant] When the David Ignatius article came out of
He gave us this indication that something wasn't right, - The Plot Against the President 00:14
He gave us this indication that something wasn't right,
And the internal effect was a lot of people - The Plot Against the President 00:06
And the internal effect was a lot of people
It was basically the chief of staff - The Plot Against the President 00:08
It was basically the chief of staff
- [Informant] So Flynn is really coming - The Plot Against the President 00:08
- [Informant] So Flynn is really coming
It seemed very unusual that the vice president - The Plot Against the President 00:07
It seemed very unusual that the vice president
We now know that it was because he had come - The Plot Against the President 00:08
We now know that it was because he had come
- Informant] They're constantly - The Plot Against the President 00:11
- Informant] They're constantly
Maybe if we get rid of Flynn it will calm down. - The Plot Against the President 00:05
Maybe if we get rid of Flynn it will calm down.
- I could tell people were out to get him fired. - The Plot Against the President 00:04
- I could tell people were out to get him fired.
And also I was trying to appeal to people's self interest - The Plot Against the President 00:10
And also I was trying to appeal to people's self intere...
I can remember at about 6.30 that night - The Plot Against the President 00:09
I can remember at about 6.30 that night
We were urging him to try to see if he could just go - The Plot Against the President 00:04
We were urging him to try to see if he could just go
He's like, I'm not gonna go and, - The Plot Against the President 00:06
He's like, I'm not gonna go and,
My sense was always that the president was reluctant - The Plot Against the President 00:04
My sense was always that the president was reluctant
They clicked in a way that he didn't click - The Plot Against the President 00:08
They clicked in a way that he didn't click
And on Monday at like eight o'clock at night, - The Plot Against the President 00:08
And on Monday at like eight o'clock at night,
- We begin with a major shakeup inside - The Plot Against the President 00:11
- We begin with a major shakeup inside