Bruce Shapiro's USA: Another Trump cabinet member departs, and FBI's Kash Patel sues The Atlantic

About this episode

The episode discusses recent scandals in the Trump administration and features guest Bruce Shapiro.

As the Iran ceasefire deadline looms, Trump says he's unlikely to extend it without a new deal, but will Iran believe anything he says? Meanwhile there's more scandal in the Trump administration with allegations FBI Director Kash Patel is drinking to exces, and labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has stepped down after after an internal investigation revealed she was having an affair. Democratic Congressman from California, Eric Swalwell, has also resigned after facing allegations of sexual misconduct. Guest: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma. Producer: Catherine Zengerer

People in this episode

Host: ABC Australia

Guest: Bruce Shapiro

Topics covered

• Trump administration
• Iran ceasefire
• political scandal
• FBI
• sexual misconduct
• journalism

Keywords

• Trump
• Kash Patel
• Lori Chavez-DeRemer
• Eric Swalwell
• Iran ceasefire
• political scandal
• FBI
• The Nation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic, The Nation

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