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The January 6th investigation continues, with the meeting committee turning over 20 transcripts to the Justice Department. The DHS Inspector General is revealed to have been aware of the missing Secret Service texts earlier than previously known. A growing number of Trump's Cabinet members and other White House officials are cooperating with investigators. The Attorney General is not ruling out charging Trump in the criminal probe.

Also, Russian officials request adding a convicted murderer to the Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan prisoner swap; Jared Kushner details a West Wing “war” with Steve Bannon in his new book; and Biden touts an “inflation-fighting” deal with Manchin.

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DOJ prosecutors prepare for a legal battle to force former White House cabinet members to testify about Trump’s January 6 conversations. That, as the Washington Post reports text messages from two of Trump's top former Homeland Security officials are missing for a key period leading up to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Don and the panel discuss if this an intentional act of subterfuge or just the height of incompetence at an agency level.

Plus, comedian turned activist Jon Stewart rails against the Senate GOP for blocking a bill to help veterans suffering from toxic exposure to burn pits, Trump says “Nobody’s gotten to the bottom of 9/11” as a Saudi-backed golf tournament kicks off at his New Jersey course, and Congress passes a bill to make tens of billions of dollars available to manufacturers and researchers with the goal of reducing the computer chip shortage.

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As the DOJ’s criminal probe into Trump’s actions heats up, how far is Merrick Garland willing to go? Would the Justice Department actually charge a former president and what would that mean for the Country? CNN Presidential Historian Timothy Naftali and CNN Senior Political Commentator David Axelrod join to discuss. That, as Trump’s former Secretary of State engages with the January 6 Committee and could sit for a closed-door deposition as early as this week.

Ranchers sell off cattle they can’t afford to feed as extreme drought and supply chain issues worsen across the US. Payne county farmer Clay Burton joins to discuss the tough choices he’s being forced to make this summer. Plus, the Robb Elementary School Principal says she followed her training and stands by her actions during the mass shooting, and the Biden administration offers a convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan.

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The Washington Post reports prosecutors have been questioning witnesses for hours before a grand jury about their conversations with Trump and his inner circle, related to the fake electors scheme and his pressure campaign on Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election. Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin joins to give his insight into what this could mean consequentially for the former president.

An Indiana doctor who provided an abortion for a 10-year-old rape victim speaks out about how she’s felt threatened since the Indiana Attorney General’s Office started its investigation into the case. Plus, Trump’s defense secretary denies there were orders to have 10k troops ready to deploy on January 6 to defend the Capitol, how red states are increasingly using the judiciary as a political tool to roll back rights, and Trump defends hosting the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tournament, brushing aside the concerns of 9/11 families.

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The January 6 Committee releases a never before seen exhibit, showing Trump’s handwritten edits of what he refused to say in his January 7 speech, with crossed out lines condemning the Capitol rioters even after his top advisors and his own family begged him to condemn the violence of the previous day.

Is the US about to go into a recession? Data including the latest inflation numbers and second quarter GDP growth is expected in the next few days. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers joins to discuss why he disagrees with White House officials’ optimism. Plus, a US Intelligence probe uncovers what it see as China’s attempts to plant listening devices near American military facilities, and a GOP Congressman attends his gay son’s wedding after voting to oppose protections for same-sex marriage.

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