In any other administration, this would be grounds for opening an impeachment inquiry
5/29/202642 min
Jen Psaki shares reporting from Pro Publica that the White House played a direct role in helping a company in which Donald Trump Jr. is an investor.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani talks with Jen Psaki on a range of issues from affordable housing to the New York Knicks and the World Cup, and directly addresses the threat by Donald Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that he plans to shut down international flights to sanctuary cities.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier over incumbent Democratic Congressman Adriano Espaillat in the Democratic primary for New York's 13th Congressional District. Mamdani and Avila Chevalier talk about the race with Jen Psaki.
Donald Trump has turned his weaponized Department of Justice on E. Jean Carroll after she twice won massive civil judgements against him. Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann discusses.
And Terry Moran, former senior national correspondent for ABC News, talks with Jen about the right-wing ideologues who have taken over CBS News and are trying to influence its editorial content.
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[upbeat music] We have New York City Mayor Zarin Mamdani with us tonight, and I promise you I'm gonna get to him in just a second. But I have to start tonight with the story that in any other administration would be grounds for opening an impeachment inquiry. Because today, ProPublica reported that the White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied to President Trump's adult son, Don Jr. Now, the deal in question involved a startup focused on rare earth magnet production called Vulcan Elements, and last summer, Don Jr.'s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in that company. And wouldn't you know, I think you saw where this is going, three months later, the Pentagon announced that it was giving Vulcan Elements a $620 million loan. Now, that is obviously an enormous number, but just to put that in perspective, when Don Jr.'s firm invested in the company last summer,