Brett Murphy

Ugh, it's such a depressing scenario.

Well, shout out to Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mayersky for, for the piece in ProPublica, and as you say, really worth reading.

It just uncovers the depth to which the Trumps are in bed with the Russians, and perhaps it explains why Donald Sr. didn't end up going to his son's wedding.

I, yeah, but, you know, the, the other thing, though, that I would say here is... and it's just an interesting footnote, is that the, Donald Trump's level of growth and evolution as a person is zero.

But first, let's hear more about that American launch.

Bernd Debusmann is our reporter in Washington who's been telling me more about what the US Face- Space Force has said.

Well, about the actual weapon, at the moment, we know very little.

The, the comments from the Secretary of the Air Force, Troy Mink, were very carefully worded.

[upbeat music] Why, you might ask, are two investigative journalists for ProPublica talking like wedding correspondents for People magazine?

My name's Brett Murphy.

My name's Justin Elliott.

We're both very bald, and we-

If anyone listening, uh, knows more about Junior's business relationships, knows more about Russian oligarchs' relationships with, uh, the US government or people in the First Family, please don't hesitate to reach out to me or my colleagues.

[instrumental music] Justin Elliott can be reached by email at justin@propublica.org or by Signal or WhatsApp at 774-826-6240.

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Generosity doesn't automatically come with an agenda," unquote.

Joining us now, ProPublica journalist Brett Murphy, part of the team that broke the story.

Uh, Brett, ProPublica is reporting that the president's other son, Eric Trump, claims to have, quote, "no clue who Umar Kremlev is." Apparently, Umar Kremlev isn't even his birth name.

Tell us about this oligarch.

I'm, it sure did.

Absolutely.

Brett Murphy, thank you so much.

Great story.

I think if a person who was traveling with Putin to China a couple of weeks ago and who has been sanctioned by the Ukrainians for involvement in abduction of children in occupied territory and who's changed his name a couple of times in order to escape past accusations of extortion and bribery gives you an unexpectedly generous wedding gift, you should ask, why is he doing it, and what does he expect in exchange?

Joining us now is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Brett Murphy, who reported this story with his ProPublica colleagues Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Meyer Jeske.

Mr. Murphy, thank you so much for being here.

Congratulations on this reporting.

But as the president's son, it's just it's unthinkable.

But that's our life now.

A ProPublica reporter, Brett Murphy, really is very elegant and meticulous reporting that you and your colleagues did here.

Thank you so much for helping us understand it.

And months before, he had been awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin.

Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mierjeski report.

Trump administration action.

IT consulting firm Accenture will pay twenty-five million dollars to settle Department of Justice allegations about diversity practices.

We will be speaking tomorrow of these revelations in Pro Publica.

Congratulations to Justin and Josh Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Josh Kaplan, and their team, Brett Murphy also.

Publishing the revelation that Donald Trump Jr.'s island paradise for his second wedding, I think, marrying a young woman from Florida, I think.

was paid for, including hundreds of thousands of dollars of renting islands and putting on shows of fireworks and flying people in, by a man who looks like a prizefighter, but his name is, well, his made-up name is Umar Kremlev.