The Department of Justice has been tossed into turmoil once again after Attorney General Bill Barr changed sentencing recommendations for Trump ally Roger Stone and after Barr gave an interview to ABC news saying that President Trump’s constant tweets make it impossible for him to run the DOJ properly. Now, over 1,100 former DOJ officials are calling on Barr to resign. Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us for this and also how democrats focus is increasingly turning to Michael Bloomberg and the money he is pouring into the race for President.




Next, we are learning about how the CIA and NSA spied on both allies and enemies through a company they owned that made cryptography equipment. The company was called Crypto AG and sold its encryption machines to countries like Iran, India, Pakistan, countries in Latin America, and even the Vatican. What none of the countries knew was that the machines had been rigged by the CIA so they could easily break the codes that countries used to send encrypted messages. It was one of the most audacious operations run by the CIA and provided a wealth of intelligence for the U.S. Greg Miller, reporter for the Washington Post, joins us for more on Operation Rubicon.

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