Kash Patel Lied About Plan to Purge the FBI…Will It Matter? David Cay Johnston 2/12/25

He hasn’t been confirmed as the Director of the FBI yet, but it seems Kash Patel has taken it upon himself to kick certain FBI leaders out of their jobs. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he has "highly credible information" that Patel orchestrated the firings at the FBI and lied during confirmation hearing testimony by denying any knowledge of the purge. Will it keep him from being confirmed? We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston to discuss this and much more. Presidential historian and political analyst John Rothmann will swing by to talk politics. Eco-journalist Belinda Waymouth will bring us details on Trump’s love for plastic straws and a directive for NOAA scientists not to talk to scientists from other countries. Join us for “It’s the Planet, Stupid!”