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Week in politics: FBI agent who insulted Trump in texts fire, the political fallout and security concerns after Omarosa releases tape of her firing and more

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to President Trump announcing his nomination in the East Room of the White House on Monday.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to President Trump announcing his nomination in the East Room of the White House.
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Week in politics: FBI agent who insulted Trump in texts fire, the political fallout and security concerns after Omarosa releases tape of her firing and more

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the headlines you might’ve missed this weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here’s what we’re watching through the weekend, topics may change on Monday.

  • Report: FBI agent Peter Strzok, who criticized President Trump in texts to colleague, fired

  • Omarosa Manigault Newman releases recording of White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly firing her in Situation Room

  • Update on Tuesday primaries, Kris Kobach recuses self from Kansas governor race vote count

  • Kavanaugh hearings set for September 4 

  • Manafort trial latest

  • POTUS announces (on Twitter) doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminum from Turkey

  • Planned white nationalist rally over weekend turns out more counter-protesters than rally-goers

Guests:

Ange-Marie Hancock-Alfaro, professor of political science and chair of gender studies at USC; she 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