News. Views. Hughes - August 14, 2019 (17:00 ET)

Epstein’s ‘best friend’ keeping low profile in MA

Legal journalist Mollye Barrows of Trial Lawyer Magazine joins Scottie Nell Hughes to discuss the latest from the saga of the recently deceased pedophile and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, including the lawsuit against self-proclaimed “best friend,” British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as breached protocol surrounding Epstein’s incarceration that made his suicide possible. 

DEBATE: Streamline federal executions?

Carrie Sheffield of Accuracy in Media and criminal defense attorney David A Katz join Scottie Nell Hughes to discuss the Trump administration’s pledge to fast-track federal capital punishment following the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas wherein 20 people were killed and dozens injured. 

Nancy Pelosi butts into Brexit

Hilary Fordwich of the British American Business Association joins Scottie Nell Hughes to discuss recent comments by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California), who said the US would not consider a free trade agreement with the UK if Brexit undermines the Good Friday Agreement, which settled the status of Northern Ireland in 1998. She argues that Pelosi is aware of President Trump’s friendship with UK PM Boris Johnson and her comments were a matter of domestic political posturing.