AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable covers the headlines you might have missed over the weekend and previews what’s to come in national politics this week. Here’s what we’re following:
Paul Manafort’s trial in federal court continues, with the recent development that his accountant went along with alleged tax fraud and his right-hand man Rick Gates taking the spotlight as star witness this week
Trump says Trump Jr.’s meeting with the Russian lawyer was about getting dirt on Hillary Clinton after all
Trump tweets that California wildfires are being made worse by water diversion. What exactly does he mean?
Certain Iran sanctions are being re-imposed today
Trump insults the intelligence of LeBron and Don Lemon
And last week, Trump unrolled his plan to weaken fuel standards in California
The tit-for-tat tariff threats between China and the U.S. continue
The Trump administration issued a new rule that paves the way for leaner, “short term” insurance plans that can now last three years
Guests:
Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies. He is also a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush