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Jul 2022
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Secret Service corroborates Hutchinson’s...

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Two Secret Service sources corroborate Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony, telling CNN that Trump angrily demanded to go to the Capitol on January 6 and berated his protective detail when he didn’t get his way. That, as the New York Times reports the Trump political organization pays the legal fees of some select committee witnesses, raising concerns of witness pressure.

Nancy Northup is President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. Her organization filed lawsuits this week that have succeeded in temporarily blocking abortion bans in Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. She joins to talk about the Op-ed she wrote urging Biden to declare a public health emergency for abortion. Steve Hall is the former CIA Chief of Russia operations. He joins to discuss WNBA Star Brittney Griner’s trial for drug smuggling which starts today, Russia’s legal system and how Griner could be used as a pawn in Putin’s prisoner swap drama.

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