Donald Trump posts a fake, AI-generated video of Barack Obama being arrested, part of what critics say is a dangerous attempt to distract his base from the Epstein fallout. Will Sommer, senior reporter for The Bulwark and author of Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America, and Tim O’Brien, senior executive editor at Bloomberg Opinion, join The Weeknight to discuss the latest in the Epstein fallout.
Donald Trump posts a fake, AI-generated video of Barack Obama being arrested, part of what critics say is a dangerous attempt to distract his base from the Epstein fallout. Will Sommer, senior reporter for The Bulwark and author of Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America, and Tim O’Brien, senior executive editor at Bloomberg Opinion, join The Weeknight to discuss the latest in the Epstein fallout. Plus, Speaker Mike Johnson won’t allow a vote on a bipartisan resolution to release Epstein documents until after the August recess but Democrats aren’t backing down. Top Oversight Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia joins The Weeknight to discuss his demands for full transparency.