The Washington Post reports the money for President Trump’s campaign-style ads were meant to be used for border security and slain officers’ funerals. MS NOW Reporter Alex Tabet, MS NOW Political Contributor Jason Johnson, Staff Writer for The New Republic Perry Bacon and Defend America Action Director Mally Smith join Ali Vitali to weigh in.

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According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, Trump’s Justice Department is reviewing whether Richard Nixon got a raw deal during the Watergate scandal. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Ken Dilanian and Michael Feinberg for analysis on Deadline: White House.

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“This hearing is of constitutional and historic importance.”

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, called out Sen. John Kennedy, R-LA, for telling former DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith, “You make me want to throw up in my mouth.”

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With the midterms just weeks away, Donald Trump is leaving open the possibility of declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act— to seize control of the elections. This as the Department of Justice announced its intention to send 1,000 federal election observers to the polls come November. New York’s Rep. Joe Morelle says democrats are ready to respond to any steps to interfere in the election, “We’ll be watching….we’re prepared to go to court should the department of justice overstep at all.” Adding, “they’re largely toothless… this is really their effort to intimidate people.”

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Two people detained outside a Chicago-area immigration detention center last year are suing right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation, saying he falsely portrayed them as violent extremists who assaulted federal officers.  MS NOW’s Brandy Zadrozny reports.

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