Elizabeth Preza, staff writer at Raw Story, discusses the controversy surrounding the release of the secret memo. We talk about Democrats calling for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) to step down and what this could mean for the 2018 midterms.
Preza discusses the risks President Trump and his administration are taking if this memo turns out to be a "dud," as some are reporting. The FBI is completely against the memo's release due to "grave concerns" about its content. Preza talks about what impact the memo could have on Mueller's investigation.
They will consider a short-term funding measure to keep government offices fully functioning and provide emergency funding for Ukraine and federal disaster funds.
A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.
