Monday Morning Politics: Epstein Files; DHS & More
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC. Good Monday morning to everyone. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamus Newsroom, filling in for Brian today. |
| 0:20.6 | Coming up on today's show, we'll talk about the primary for New Jersey's 11th congressional district. |
| 0:26.1 | Now that Mikey Sherrill is governor, who will represent those New Jerseyans in Congress? |
| 0:30.7 | It's a packed primary field, and the election is coming up this Thursday. |
| 0:35.3 | We'll also talk about the future for Haitians living in the United States |
| 0:38.7 | under temporary protected status or TPS. President Trump signed an executive order that goes into |
| 0:45.0 | effect tomorrow revoking TPS for Haitians who could now face deportation back to a country |
| 0:50.7 | currently facing a political crisis and dangerous levels of violence. |
| 0:56.0 | And we'll end with a conversation about the roles and responsibilities of citizens |
| 1:00.2 | in the face of an authoritarian government, and particularly how people paying close attention |
| 1:07.5 | can relate to people who have the ability to look away. But first, we're going to |
| 1:12.9 | start things off with legal analysis of some of the top stories in recent days. Today is, of course, |
| 1:18.8 | Grandhawks Day. So if you know the movie, you might feel like you have heard some of these |
| 1:23.4 | stories before. There are the ongoing questions about what is and what is not happening when it |
| 1:29.5 | comes to investigating the shooting deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Prettie by ICE officers |
| 1:34.8 | in Minneapolis. There was the latest release of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, some three |
| 1:40.4 | million pages of documents featuring more high-profile names, including President Trump's. |
| 1:46.5 | And there was the FBI's move to execute a search warrant at the Fulton County Georgia Elections |
| 1:52.3 | Office last week, related reportedly to the 2020 elections, but also on hand for the raid, |
| 1:58.7 | National Security Director Tulsi Gabbard. |
| 2:01.7 | To help us unpack the latest on these ongoing stories, were joined by Andrew Weissman, |
| 2:06.8 | Professor of Practice at NYU Law School, co-host of the podcast, Main Justice, |
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