it s a story of absolute corruption. and it s a great problem in america because our elites have become corrupted to such a degree that having this conversation would be impossible in number of networks because their owners wouldn t tolerate it. ainsley: newt, thank you so much for coming on today. always great to hear your perspective. good to be with you. brian: pick up your book after biden. ainsley: beyond biden, rebuilding the america we love. steve: thank you, sir. thank you. take care. steve: 15 minutes before the top of the hour. and carley joins us with news from chicago. carley: i certainly do. actor jussie smollett is set to stand trial today for allegedly fake ago hate crime against himself in 2019. charged with six felonies in the incident including filing a false police report. he claimed two men attacked him. investigators learned the two men accused of attacking him
on. i think it started back in 2011 going all the way to 2019. charged and arrested and charged with a felony. does that surprise you? it always surprises you what lengths people will go to to cheat to get their kids into school. we are seeing reporting of 49 people arrested across seven indictments. they are using the racketeering statute. this is a major scheme. and it appears that the enterprise was all about fraud. this guy set up the company to help people cheat to get into college. there is a big market for that. people who have money apparently some of them will pay money to get their kids in. that seems to be what ensnared the actresses. we will be hearing from justice officials coming up. what answers are you looking to get from them now? there are pages and pages coming out in the indictments. i think what we want to see,