Hello listeners it is Thursday May 18th 2017 I'm Scott Bland your host and you are

listening to Politico's nerd cast We are going to talk this week all about the biggest news out of the White House,

an explosive leak about President Trump's meeting with top Russian diplomats.

Another big leak that former FBI director James Comi wrote memos claiming Trump asked him

to not investigate a former top aid.

And then the Wednesday appointment of a special counsel to run the

investigation into ties between Russia and members of the Trump campaign.

And to top it all off we have another special election happening next week in Montana.

That campaign is coming to a close during one of the craziest weeks yet of the Trump administration.

We're going to break down a little bit of what's at stake, who the candidates are and what

the state of play is before that election in Montana's

at-large district.

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