Trump's corruption becomes a campaign issue as GOP Congress flunks on accountability
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
MS NOW, Jen Psaki
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Okay. Did you think this administration couldn't get any crazier? |
| 0:06.2 | Did you think we'd reach the ceiling on the super crazy? |
| 0:11.3 | If you did, I'd ask you to consider the headlines we've gotten just in the last couple of hours today. |
| 0:17.4 | I mean, Pete Hexseth has just ousted the Secretary of the Navy at a time when the U.S. is enforcing a massive naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:24.6 | And then there's this story from the New York Times reporting that the FBI tried to investigate a journalist after she wrote about Cash Patel's 20-something-year-old girlfriend receiving all sorts of government perks, like, say, a SWAT team security detail that escorted her around, including when she was going out at night. |
| 0:44.5 | We're going to have Senator Cory Booker and Senator John Alsuff here tonight to discuss all of that and much more. |
| 0:51.2 | But first, I just have to start with Virginia, because last night, the voters in Virginia |
| 0:56.0 | did something really big. They approved a new congressional map, a map that Nets Democrats |
| 1:02.0 | four more likely seats in the House of Representatives. And just to put this in perspective of what |
| 1:06.9 | it means nationwide, as the New York Times put it, going into last night, Republicans had |
| 1:12.3 | a two to three seat edge in the House of Representatives. But Virginia's new map, after redistricting, |
| 1:19.1 | I should say, but Virginia's new map leaves the national redistricting war at roughly a draw. |
| 1:24.9 | So that's a big deal. Now, I should note that a judge has temporarily blocked Virginia's |
| 1:29.2 | new map, but that decision is likely to be appealed, and that appeal seems likely to win. |
| 1:34.6 | So the bottom line is this. Last night, voters in Virginia made clear they are not going to |
| 1:40.3 | lay down and allow Trump to hold on to power in Congress through any means he |
| 1:44.4 | chooses. They made the midterms a fair fight. Now, to be clear-eyed, Trump and his minions |
| 1:51.7 | are not given up either. They're going to try to gerrymander more Trumpy states. I mean, |
| 1:55.8 | Florida is their next target. And Trump clearly has plans to mess with the elections themselves. |
| 2:01.5 | We all know that. |
| 2:06.6 | We'll keep talking about it. But here's what we've seen so far in election after election. |
| 2:11.5 | No matter what dirty tricks are tried, no matter the intimidation tactics and the disinformation, |
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