Background Briefing: October 4, 2020
Evasion Over Trump's Health and Capability to Carry Out His Duties We begin with evasion, lies and coverups over the most important issue of the moment, the health and capability of the President of the United States to carry out his duties and the extent of...
Background Briefing: October 1, 2020
Will Law Enforcement Protect Voters From Trump's Private MAGA Army Harassing Them at the Polls? We begin and go to Portland. Oregon to speak with Robert Mackey, a Senior Writer at The Intercept who was previously a reporter and columnist at the New York Times....
Background Briefing: September 30, 2020
Trump Turned Last Night's Debate Into a National Shame and an International Embarrassment We begin with the embarrassing display from our nation's leader last night in the first presidential debate in which Trump's verbal bullying meant to drown out any glimmer...
Background Briefing: September 29, 2020
Trump's MO of Lying, Cheating and Stealing to Tie up IRS Auditors for Years Until They Give up and Cry Uncle We begin with continuing fallout from the explosive revelations in The New York Times from two decades of Trump's taxes which he has fought so hard to...
Background Briefing: September 28, 2020
Trump Exposed as a Spectacularly Inept Businessman and a Serial Tax Cheat We begin with the second report by The New York Times revealing Trump's finances, this time two decades of tax returns revealing Trump paid no taxes in 10 out of 15 years and in 2016 and...
Background Briefing: September 27, 2020
A Top Intelligence Official Warns Trump Decisions Are Not Based on Real-World Facts But on What's Good For Him We begin with the broadside from a senior intelligence official who has briefed Trump many times and is sounding the alarm that our commander-in-chief...
Background Briefing: September 24, 2020
Trump's Refusal to Commit to a Peaceful Transition of Power We begin with Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power saying "we're gonna have to see what happens." Having already conditioned his base to believe that Democratic votes equal...
Background Briefing: September 23, 2020
We Should Blame Politicians Who Accept Dirty Money More Than the Kleptocrats Who Bribe Them We begin and go to the U.K. to discuss the fallout from the leaked FinCEN SARs, Suspicious Activities Reports implicating major banks in particular in the U.K. where British...
Background Briefing: September 22, 2020
Prying Into a World Awash with Dirty Money Major Banks are Laundering We begin with the documents from the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN published by Buzzfeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative...
Background Briefing: September 21, 2020
How McConnell and Trump's Appointment to Replace RBG Will Backfire We begin with what appears to be a lucky break for Trump with the death of RBG as he and McConnell shamefully rush to fill her seat. Already the stories most damaging to Trump have vanished...