What You Need To Know About Trump's Hush Money Trial, Iran Strikes Israel, FISA Bill Passes, FBI's Criminal Investigation Into Bridge Collapse, Rust Armorer Sentenced, and More.

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Written By Jordan Berman

Episode Format:

  1. Weekend Recap: Iran Strikes Israel, Biden's $7.4B Student Loan Forgiveness, House Passes FISA Extension (0:47)

  2. Deep Dive: Trump's Criminal Hush Money Trial Begins; Your Questions Answered (4:11)

  3. FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Into Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse (13:49)

  4. Quick Hitters: Rust Armorer Sentenced, Justice Thomas Absent from Oral Arguments, Supreme Court Denies BLM Organizer Negligence Case (14:35)

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Weekend Recap

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/12/president-joe-biden-announces-7-4-billion-in-student-debt-cancellation-for-277000-more-americans-pursuing-every-path-available-to-cancel-student-debt/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-israel-strike-back-iran/story?id=109226739

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/15/iran-israel-foreign-policy-strategist-q-a-00152205

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/14/middleeast/why-iran-attack-israel-intl/index.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/14/iran-attacks-israel-with-over-300-drones-missiles-what-you-need-to-know

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-reveals-israel-conducted-strike-iran-syria/story?id=108764420

https://bja.ojp.gov/program/it/privacy-civil-liberties/authorities/statutes/1286

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/what-is-fisa-surveillance-law-in-spotlight/story?id=109138345

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fisa-reauthorization-house-vote-section-702/

Deep Dive: Trump's Criminal Hush Money Trial Begins

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-hush-money-trial-underway-monday/story?id=109205938

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-15-24/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-alleged-hush-money-payments-path-criminal-charges-2023-04-04/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohen_(lawyer)#:~:text=Criminal%20information&text=In%20August%202018%2C%20Cohen%20pleaded,influencing%22%20the%202016%20presidential%20election

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23741570/new-york-v-trump-indictment.pdf

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/ny-penal-law-170-10-falsifying-business-records-in-first-degree.html#:~:text=The%20offense%20of%20falsifying%20business,as%20the%20defendant's%20criminal%20history

https://nycourts.gov/judges/cji/2-PenalLaw/175/175.10.pdf

FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Into Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-opens-criminal-probe-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-baltimore-rcna147813

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-francis-scott-key-bridge/story?id=109235433

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/us/francis-scott-key-bridge-investigation/index.html

Quick Hitters

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/15/justice-thomas-misses-supreme-court-session-monday-with-no-explanation-00152332

https://abcnews.go.com/US/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-sentencing/story?id=109044974

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/court-declines-to-intervene-in-lawsuit-against-black-lives-matter-organizer/

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