In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s election loss in Hungary—an autocratic leader backed by both Vladamir Putin and Donald Trump—Mary and Andrew call on an expert to give context to Peter Magyar’s surprising win: Princeton Professor Kim Lane Scheppele. Kim sheds some light on what led to this moment in Hungary, what it means for Hungarians and the EU moving forward, and what lessons the US can apply here at home. From there, the co-hosts move to a concerning opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel declaring the ...

RT Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold)NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!FOIA Files:On April 1, the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel publicly released a bombshell 52-page opinion. It said that the Presidential Records Act is “unconstitutional” and that President Donald Trump “need not further comply with its dictates.”Just a few days earlier, I received another set of documents from the FBI about the probe into Trump’s improper retention of presidential and classified records after he left the White House in 2021.Alth ...

Donald Trump was told by his Justice Department he no longer has to “comply” with the Presidential Records Act, a 1978 law passed in the wake of Watergate to ensure presidential records are preserved. https://t.co/2kMWCu0LEg ...