US/Iran $6B Prisoner Swap, Trump's Electors Charged, New 5th Circuit Firearm Ruling; Will it Affect Hunter Biden's Gun Charge? US Restricts Investments in Chinese Sectors and More.

Aug 11

Episode Format:

Biden Reportedly Agrees to Prisoner Swap with Iran Involving the Release of $6B of Iran's Frozen Funds; Alleged Negotiations Taking Place Re: Iran's Nuclear Program (2:20)
Trump's Michigan Slate of Electors Arraigned on State Charges, Plead Not Guilty; Discussion of the Electoral College and the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon Election (7:51)
Biden Signs Executive Order Re: Prohibitions and Restrictions on US Investments in Certain Chinese Sectors (21:24)
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Firearm Law Unconstitutional; How This Impacts Hunter Biden (25:02)
Biden Asks Congress for $40B in Additional Spending (28:46)
Prosecutors Request January 2024 Start Date for Trump's Trial (29:13)
Supreme Court Pauses Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Proceedings; Agrees to Hear Case in December (29:34)
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Biden Reportedly Agrees to Prisoner Swap with Iran Involving the Release of $6B of Iran's Frozen Funds; Alleged Negotiations Taking Place Re: Iran's Nuclear Program

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/10/americans-held-in-iran-placed-under-house-arrest-as-part-of-a-planned-prisoner-swap.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-reaches-6b-deal-free-americans-exchange-jailed-iranians-report

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/americans-imprisoned-iran-prisoner-exchange-deal-rcna99105

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/politics/americans-released-from-iranian-prison-house-arrest/index.html

Trump's Michigan Slate of Electors Arraigned on State Charges, Plead Not Guilty; Discussion of the Electoral College and the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon Election

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/07/1960-electoral-college-certificates-false-trump-electors-00006186

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017e-d461-ddf9-a9fe-de739ece0001

https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/gov.uscourts.dcd_.258149.1.0_1.pdf

https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2023/07/18/michigan-attorney-general-dana-nessel-charges-16-false-electors

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about#:~:text=The%20Electoral%20College%20consists%20of,of%20Representatives%20plus%20two%20Senators

Biden Signs Executive Order Re: Prohibitions and Restrictions on US Investments in Certain Chinese Sectors

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/biden-to-sign-executive-order-aimed-at-restricting-china-investments.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-detail-plans-restricting-some-us-investments-china-source-2023-08-09/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-senate-backs-measure-requiring-reporting-china-tech-investments-2023-07-25/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/09/president-biden-signs-executive-order-on-addressing-united-states-investments-in-certain-national-security-technologies-and-products-in-countries-of-concern/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/08/09/executive-order-on-addressing-united-states-investments-in-certain-national-security-technologies-and-products-in-countries-of-concern/

https://video.kqed.org/video/confronting-china-1691607462/