S2 Ep159: Trump Built a System That Pays People to Break the Law (w/ Ben Wittes)

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Sarah Longwell and Ben Wittes discuss the implications of the Supreme Court mifepristone case and Trump's proposed funding for January 6 allies.

Sarah Longwell and Ben Wittes discuss the Supreme Court mifepristone fight and why it could reshape abortion politics for years to come, then dig into Trump’s proposed $1.7 billion “weaponization” fund for Jan. 6 allies, the DOJ’s effort to protect Jeffrey Clark, and Kash Patel’s increasingly bizarre behavior as FBI director. Get 15% off OneSkin with the code ILLEGALNEWS at https://www.oneskin.co/ILLEGALNEWS #oneskinpod

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Longwell

Guest: Ben Wittes

Topics covered

• Supreme Court
• abortion politics
• Trump
• January 6
• DOJ
• Kash Patel
• mifepristone

Keywords

• Trump
• abortion
• Supreme Court
• mifepristone
• January 6
• DOJ
• Kash Patel
• Jeffrey Clark

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Organizations: DOJ

Books & works: mifepristone

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