88. Paul Hammel on the Indictment of Representative Jeff Fortenberry / Critic Jared Charles on the Holiday Season's Notable Films

Omaha World Herald reporter Paul Hammel explains the recent
federal indictment against Representative Jeff Fortenberry.
Forteberry has represented Nebraska’s first congressional
district in the House of Representatives since 2005. On October
19, 2021, it was announced that Fortenberry was being
investigated over illegal campaign contributions that his 2016
campaign received from the Nigerian-born, Paris-based billionaire
Gilbert Chagoury. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted
him on one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material
facts and two counts of making false statements to federal
investigators. Paul Hammel has been covering the story for the
World Herald and he’s here in conversation with Tom Knoblauch
today to walk us through who Fortenberry is and what is going on
with the case. 


Later in the show, The Burrow Review’s film and TV critic Jared
Charles gives a preview of upcoming movies to keep an eye out for
this holiday season including Nightmare Alley, Licorice Pizza,
Don't Look Up, The Humans, and more. Read Charles's writing on
film and TV here.