Ben Dreyfuss, senior editor at Mother Jones, discusses special counsel Robert Mueller's new charges against former Trump campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.
The charges include $30 million in money laundering and failure to pay 10 years of taxes to the IRS. Dreyfuss discusses what this latest indictment means for President Trump. We talk about the timing of Mueller's indictments and Dreyfuss notes Mueller's increasing confidence with each charge.
President Joe Biden has met with new House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House. Johnson was joined by Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries as they discussed Biden's request for nearly $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other national security needs.
The new leader of one of the chambers of Congress that will certify the winner of next year's presidential election helped spearhead the attempt to overturn the last one, raising alarms that Republicans could try to subvert the will of the voters if they remain in power despite safeguards enacted after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
