Transcript: Trump’s Vile Pick for Intel Chief Rattles GOP Senators (opens in new tab)

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 3 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.By most indications, Donald Trump has dropped his demand for a corrupt $1.8 billion slush fund to dole out to allies and insurrectionists. This came after Republicans made it clear that they can’t support something quite that openly corrupt. And yet, T...