Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at background briefing. I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news. We'll begin with the triumph of lawlessness as Trump dodges the last case against him

with the Georgia Court ruling against the prosecutor Fannie Willis

and assess what is ahead as the law is weaponized by Cash Patel

as the head of the Federal Bureau of Retribution,

turning all of the delusional charges of

lawfare against poor, innocent, beleaguered King Donald into a frightening reality of political

vengeance against Trump's political foes, critics, and the press. Joining us is Lisa Graves,

the executive director of the new corporate watchdog group

True North Research and Court Accountability. She has served as a senior advisor in all three

branches of the federal government, as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department,

as Chief Counsel for nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and as the Deputy Chief of

of the Article III Judges Division

for the U.S. courts.

Then we'll examine how much the weaponization of unlimited amounts of money in the hands of Elon Musk

will be wielded by Trump and his new co-president to bring the fractious Republican caucus to

heal, since the threat to primary anyone who

strays from the party line did not seem to work with 38 House Republicans voting against

the recent Trump-Musk government shutdown bill. Joining as is John Nichols, the Nation

Magazine's Washington correspondent. His books include The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party,

the enduring legacy of Henry Wallace's anti-fascist, anti-racist politics, and most recently coronavirus criminals and pandemic

profiteers, accountability for those who cause the crisis. His recent articles at the nation include Sherrod Brown should absolutely

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