You made it. Thank you for joining us tonight. You made it. It's the last night. It's the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention, which has been held this week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Incidentally, Milwaukee, Wisconsin is located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, a county that was won by Democrat, Joe Biden by more than 40

points in the last election.

And that gives you sort of the opening irony and opening, I guess an appropriate framing in terms of how strange so much of this

week has been not only what it's been like in terms of the proceedings but what it's been like in context what

this night means tonight the Republican convention comes to its conclusion as

the Republican Party's presidential

nominee gives his acceptance speech and he is giving this acceptance speech I

think it cannot be overstated he is giving this acceptance speech in truly unique even bizarre

circumstances. I mean there's no nicer way to say this but he is a felon

recently convicted of 34 felony criminal charges now awaiting sentencing for those charges facing up to four years in prison. He's also

under indictment in other jurisdictions not only a multi-count RICO

criminal indictment under Georgia state law, but also a multi-count federal

criminal indictment in DC District Court in Washington.

Happily for the nominee, but just adding to the weirdness of it for all the rest of us.

At this moment, he is no longer facing multiple additional felony federal charges in Florida

under the Espionage Act but that's only thanks to a shock ruling from a judge

he appointed in his last days in office.

That shock ruling is now being appealed, which means if the appeal by prosecutors

is successful, we might expect that the nominee will end up federally indicted under the Espionage Act again.

In addition to the other charges he is still facing.

The Espionage Act charges of course relate to bizarre revelations about him hoarding and hiding

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