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Democracy Now! 2026-05-20 Wednesday

Democracy Now! Video

Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for May 20, 2026; “Dictatorship in Action”: David Cay Johnston on $1.8B Slush Fund & Shielding Trumps “Forever” from IRS; Report from Havana: Cubans Starving & Dying Because of Intensified U.S. Blockade; Is an Invasion of Cuba Next? Peter Kornbluh on U.S. Move to Indict Raúl Castro & CIA’s Widening Role; Amnesty: Executions Spike in Iran as Gov’t Intensifies Domestic Repression Amid U.S./Israeli Attacks

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:16.7

Will eligible individuals who assaulted Capitol Hill police officers be eligible for this fund?

0:23.3

Well, as it makes plain, anybody is...

0:25.9

Just let me know if they're eligible for the fund.

0:28.7

As was made plain yesterday, anybody in this country is eligible to apply if they believe they were a victim weapon.

0:36.4

Mr. Attorney General, let me ask you this.

0:38.6

Are there going to be rules?

0:41.0

Outrage is growing over the Justice Department's move to create a nearly $1.8 billion

0:46.5

fund that could be used to pay January 6 rioters and other people targeted by the Biden administration. In addition, the Justice

0:56.3

Department has issued an extraordinary memo saying the IRS is, quote, forever barred, unquote,

1:04.1

from investigating past tax returns of President Trump, his family, company, and related companies.

1:13.5

The two moves come after President Trump dropped an unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit

1:20.4

against his own IRS.

1:23.7

We'll speak with the twice Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David K. Johnston, author of The Big Cheat,

1:31.9

how Donald Trump fleeced America and enriched himself and his family. Then the Trump administration

1:39.5

continues to ramp up pressure against Cuba.

1:45.0

A place called Cuba, which we will be taking over almost immediately.

1:52.2

Now, Cuba's got problems.

1:56.9

We'll finish one first. I'd like to finish a job.

1:59.6

The Justice Department's reportedly preparing to indict former Cuban president, Raul Castro, today.

2:07.8

We'll go to Cuba for a report and speak with Peter Cornblou at the National Security Archive.

2:12.8

And finally, Amnesty International finds executions around the world have surged to a 44-year high.

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