multiple crimes, neither dropped by the republican party. have the gop no shame? plus, the texas father who lost a son in the uvalde massacre kicked out of the state capital this week for demanding some action on gun reform. he will join me to share his story and his message. and elon musk, lisa styled free speech absolutist caves to an authoritarian government demand that he censor his tweets. actions speak louder than words, elon. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. on wednesday, the house was debating an unemployment benefit fraud bill, legislation to help incentivize states to recover funds stolen during the coronavirus pandemic. the stunning case of cosmic irony, that bill being debated on the same daisy that one of its co-sponsors found him self indicted for that very same crime. yes, that s right. justice finally caught up with now infamous serial liar and fabricator george santos. on wednesday, federal prosecutors in new york announced a 13 count indictment against the rep
fox has been slapped with another defamation lawsuit. we have the details of their latest legal debacle. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. this week, after four months of endless investigations, weeks upon weeks of conspiracy adult fox cameos and countless promises of seismic revelations of a soprano-esque biden family criminal enterprise, james coburn and his republican allies on the house oversight committees held a press conference to announce, wait for it, drumroll please. nothing, nothing, zilch, no evidence connecting president biden to any wrongdoing whatsoever. all of that work and innuendo to produce a 65-page memo showing no specific allegations of a crime committed by biden or any of his relatives. in other words, it was a flop and that is good news for two reasons one, we obviously don t want the then vice president to be tangled in criminal activity. and to, it makes this years-long smear campaign against joe biden harder to continue. and that was the whole
since he was charged with that manslaughter. and by the way, that money is being raised on a christian crowdfunding side that has become the go-to site for four right-wing causes in america like the legal defense funds for kyle rittenhouse, the january six rioters, and whistleblowers who spread anti vaccine disinformation. maybe they should fund free bibles that you get in hotel room to trump supporters to actually read the parable of the goods barrington. it s great to see you as always my friend enjoy the rest of your evening off. coming up, on ayman. the stench of desperation. republican plans to smear president biden are failing and this week was their most embarrassing charade yet. plus, stopping another santos congressman richie torres joins me to discuss his legislation that would block politicians like santos from lying to voters and the hits, well, they just keep on coming.