S2 Ep162: Trump’s AG Pick May Not Have the Votes to Get Confirmed
The Illegal News with Sarah Longwell
The Bulwark
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann return to disuss Todd Blanche’s growing Senate confirmation problems, Trump’s $1.7 billion “weaponization fund” scheme, why the judge isn’t letting the case die, the DOJ’s targeting of Congress members and critics, potential Ghislaine Maxwell fallout, and the reason Weissmann thinks the case against John Bolton is different than other "revenge" prosecutions.
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| 0:00.0 | I need to keep you focused. |
| 0:01.8 | Yeah, yeah, keep me focused. |
| 0:02.9 | Thanks. |
| 0:03.5 | I had Mary McCord on. |
| 0:04.7 | She was so unbelievably focused. |
| 0:07.2 | I was like, I see why this works. |
| 0:08.9 | You too. |
| 0:09.5 | Problem is, I was saying her. |
| 0:11.6 | Andrew and I both had the same problem. |
| 0:13.7 | I'm staying on track. |
| 0:14.6 | So like, thank God she's there with you. |
| 0:21.4 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:22.3 | Welcome to the illegal news. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Sarah Longwell, |
| 0:24.8 | publisher of the bulwark, |
| 0:26.3 | and it's the best day because our good friend, |
| 0:29.9 | Andrew Weissman is back. |
| 0:31.3 | Bestselling New York Times, |
| 0:33.4 | number one author. |
| 0:35.9 | Hey, Andrew, |
| 0:36.5 | congratulations on the book's success. |
| 0:38.0 | I hope that the credit is to me and to, yeah, right? |
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