Former DOJ official warns: A voter purge is coming.

The Takeaway

Coming up on today’s show:

  • President Donald Trump has been attacking U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week. What is Trump’s endgame, and what does it mean for both the special prosecutor’s investigation into the president and the integrity of the Justice Department? For answers, we turn to Stuart Gerson, whoserved as assistant attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration from 1989 to 1993, and as the acting attorney general in the Clinton Administration in 1993. 
  • Several states have been pushing back against the Trump Administration’s voter fraud initiative. But Vanita Gupta, who was head of the civil rights division at the Department of Justice under President Barack Obama, says that a voter purge may be coming.
  • The Senate is scheduled to vote yet again on healthcare. Lawmakers will decide whether to move ahead with a debate on a bill. It’s a process that’s been mired in confusion and mystery, up until last night. Seung Min Kim, a congressional reporter for POLITICO, has the details. 
  • An attack at the Israeli embassy in Jordan left two dead Sunday, adding to tensions over the al-Asqa Mosque, where Israel installed metal detectors to the protests of Jordanians. Ruth Eglash, a reporter for The Washington Post based in Jerusalem, joins The Takeaway to explain the latest developments in Israel and Jordan.
  • About 30 percent of Major League Baseball players were born in Latin America, but the MLB often perpetuates the idea that baseball is an American sport. Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine and host of “The Edge of Sports” podcast, explains why that’s not historically accurate, and reflects on the issues that Latin American players face in the league today.

This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.

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