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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – June 2, 2023

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We begin with what legal analysts and pundits are describing as “game over” for Trump in being able to defend himself from charges pending from the Special Counsel Jack Smith who is investigating Trump’s theft of classified documents and obstruction of justice in holding onto them. Joining us is Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor and … Continued


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We begin with a Federal Appeals Court Ruling on Tuesday that gives the Sackler family responsible for the opioid epidemic caused by their drug OxyContin immunity from prosecution in any future civil case in order to free up money to help address the ongoing ravages of the opioid crisis that has claimed over a million … Continued


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We begin with the deal struck between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy to avert a default in a manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling which has left progressives on the left furious that Biden caved and on the far-right, members of the House Freedom Caucus are up in arms with Congressman Dan Bishop calling for … Continued


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We begin on this Memorial Day and speak with an Army veteran whose grandfather was a hero of World War II Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott Jr who gave an eulogy on Memorial Day in 1945 at the graves of 20,000 American soldiers who died liberating Italy from the Nazis. According to Bill Mauldin “The general’s … Continued


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We begin with the meltdown of the official launch of Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign which he chose to do on Twitter in conversation with Elon Musk which crashed and burned due to technical glitches with most of the callers fawning over Musk instead of boosting DeSantis as their infantile banter focused on the war against … Continued


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We begin with the continuing standoff over the debt ceiling as the clock runs out for the Congress to make a deal that goes to the Senate then the White House before the June first deadline of default. Joining us to discuss the contours of a deal shaping up that is, as Speaker McCarthy has … Continued


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We begin and go to the UK to speak with Alec Bertina, a freelance journalist and researcher of non-traditional security actors with a focus on Russian private military contractors and paramilitary groups. He is an all source analyst for Grey Dynamics and a conflict analyst for Militant Wire. We assess claims by Prigozhin that his Wagner … Continued


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We begin and go to Japan for an update on the G7 summit which has been dominated by the surprise arrival of Ukraine’s President Zelensky on a French government plane leading to pledges from world leaders to starve Russia of resources used in its war machine while calling for a free and open Indo-Pacific and … Continued


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