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Oct 2023
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This week on The New Abnormal, Semafor’s Washington Bureau Chief Benjy

Sarlin tells us the who, what, and why that is the Republican Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike

Johnson. Then, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner breaks down all the latest developments

in the many legal troubles of Donald Trump.


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