Jack Smith Won’t Back Down
What A Day29 Aug 2024

Jack Smith Won’t Back Down

Special Counsel Jack Smith is on a roll this week. On Monday, he asked an Atlanta-based appeals court to revive his federal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. A day later, he filed a revised indictment against Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The revisions were in response to the Supreme Court's decision earlier this year giving Trump and all future presidents broad immunity from prosecution for their official acts as president. But much of the indictment is the same as the original. Norm Eisen, who served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's Democratic majority during Trump's two impeachment proceedings, helps break down where things now stand with Trump's criminal cases.

And in headlines: The Supreme Court dealt another blow to President Joe Biden's efforts to ease the burden of federal student loan debt, Israel carried out its largest raids in the occupied West Bank in at least two decades, and the 2024 Paralympics are underway in Paris!

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Decoding Recent Supreme Court Gun Rulings

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The Court’s Willful Ignorance And Our Racial Caste System

The Court’s Willful Ignorance And Our Racial Caste System

The Trump Administration has decided that diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are themselves a form of discrimination. And last week, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that members of majority ...

10 Jun 202524min

LA On The Front Lines Of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

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People protesting against Immigration Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles and President Trump’s crackdown on immigration clashed with the National Guard over the weekend. Ruben Vives, a general a...

9 Jun 202521min

Trump And Musk's Messy Break-Up

Trump And Musk's Messy Break-Up

While President Trump demands his administration investigate the former president's pardons and executive orders, we're left thinking about President Joe Biden again…and where it all went wrong. Alex ...

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The Big Beautiful Bill Breakdown feat. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly

The Big Beautiful Bill Breakdown feat. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly

Some Republican lawmakers are backtracking their support for President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” after realizing it’s …not all that beautiful. Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona joins us to ...

5 Jun 202521min

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