Trump Deploys the National Guard to D.C.
Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss President Trump’s press conference this morning announcing plans to place Washington DC Police under federal control and deploy the National Guard to the nation’s capital. He also previewed his upcoming meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin and discussed a possible “land swap” as part of a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. Then, they talk about the reactions to FBI Director Kash Patel’s firing of senior FBI agents, and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s launch of investigations into Senator Adam Schiff (D.-CA) and New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud and other financial crimes. Plus, they discuss a recent New Yorker article that claims the Trump family has earned $3.4 billion dollars during his two White House terms, including real estate and licensing deals with Saudi Arabia, private equity deals in the Middle East, and crypto ventures at home and abroad. And lastly, Andrew Walworth talks to novelist Daniel Yager, author of The Saundra Gray Affair, a new novel set largely in the 1990s about congressional scandal and the intersection of the media and politics in Washington, DC.
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Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss President Trump’s press conference this morning announcing plans to place Washington DC Police under federal control and deploy the National Guard to the nation’s capital. He also previewed his upcoming meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin and discussed a possible “land swap” as part of a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. Then, they talk about the reactions to FBI Director Kash Patel’s firing of senior FBI agents, and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s launch of investigations into Senator Adam Schiff (D.-CA) and New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud and other financial crimes. Plus, they discuss a recent New Yorker article that claims the Trump family has earned $3.4 billion dollars during his two White House terms, including real estate and licensing deals with Saudi Arabia, private equity deals in the Middle East, and crypto ventures at home and abroad. And lastly, Andrew Walworth talks to novelist Daniel Yager, author of The Saundra Gray Affair, a new novel set largely in the 1990s about congressional scandal and the intersection of the media and politics in Washington, DC. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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