As more shakeups in the Trump administration are happening, we are going to take a look at how the president like to narrate exits and maintain the final word when people depart. Outgoing DHS head Kirstjen Neilsen got a 21 word tweet, while Linda McMahon got a great good bye at Mar-a-Lago in front of cameras when she left her post at the Small Business Administration. Daniel Lippman, reporter at Politico, joins us for how optics matter when the president gets rid of you.

Next, an update on Operation Varsity Blues, the college admissions cheating scandal.  Lori Loughlin, her husband and 14 others just got indicted on new charges of money laundering, a day after Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents plead guilty to lesser charges.  Prosecutors are offering deals to everyone, but they all carry some jail time.  My producer Miranda joins us for all the updates.

Finally, Attorney General William Bar went before Congress to testify about the president’s budget request for the Dept. of Justice, and it didn’t take long before Democrats asked all about when he would release the full Mueller report.  AG Barr said that a redacted version would be released within a week. Sadie Gurman, Justice Dept. reporter for the WSJ, joins us for how William Barr’s hearing went.

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