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

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news. We'll begin with Trump's grip over the Republican Party tightening at a time when his poll numbers are tanking,

and his criminality, corruption and contempt for democracy is more brazen than ever.

Joining us is Rick Wilson, a renowned political strategist, infamous ad maker, writer, speaker and political commentator,

a 30-year veteran of national Republican politics.

He got his start in the 1988 presidential campaign of George Herbert Walker Bush,

and in December of 2019, he co-founded the Lincoln Project,

and his books include Everything Trump Touches, Dyes,

and Running Against the Devil, a a plot to save America from Trump

and Democrats from themselves. He writes at the rickwilson.substack.com where his latest article

is Casino Donnie's insider trading racket. Then we'll examine Trump's capture of the Department

of Justice, otherwise known as the Department of Pedophile Protection, under Trump's former defense attorney Todd Blanche, who is giving Trump 1.77 billion of taxpayer

money to finance his own street gang of thugs, as well as immunity for him and his family for tax fraud,

where the $100 million IRS fined against Trump dropped.

Joining us is Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer who formerly served as Associate Deputy Attorney

General under the Reagan administration, General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission,

research director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Covote Arms Sales to Iran, and a member

of the American

Bar Association's Task Force on Presidential signing statements.

He has authored several volumes on the United States Supreme Court, the United States Constitution

and International Law, and help write the articles of impeachment for President Nixon and

President Clinton.

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