Trump lawyer flops defending slush fund at Senate hearing
5/20/202641 min
Jen Psaki reports on a wild day in Republican politics as Rep. Thomas Massie was defeated in an insanely expensive Kentucky primary by a Trump-backed challenger. Massie's advocacy for the release of the Epstein files put him at odds with Trump. Senator John Cornyn committed no act of defiance against Trump, and, in fact, debased himself in a desperate appeal for Trump's favor, only to be stabbed in the back when Trump endorsed his exceptionally compromised opponent.
Tim Miller, host of The Bulwark podcast, and Jim Messina, campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2012 campaign, talk with Jen Psaki about the wildly expensive Republican primary in Kentucky in which Trump insisted on supporting a challenger candidate, and the millions the Republican Party sank into the Texas Republican Senate primary before Trump finally endorsed a deeply flawed candidate.
Acting Attorney General and former Donald Trump criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche tried to convince the Senate Appropriations Committee that giving Donald Trump $1.8 billion to distribute to his legally aggrieved political allies is a reasonable thing to do. Senator Chris Van Hollen talks with Jen Psaki about why he wasn't fooled.
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Jen Psaki· Host1:00
As you all know, 'cause you just, maybe you were watching, maybe you've been clicking on BlueSky or wherever you're looking, it is a big election night in six states where voters cast their ballots in a l- bunch, a bunch of key primary races. We're following all of them. Polls have now closed in most of those states. Results are coming in. There's, they're, they've been coming in, they're gonna keep coming in, we're gonna keep bringing you updates, and there are a lot of important races that we're following tonight. I'm gonna go through a bunch of them here so you know what we're tracking. In Georgia, three Republicans