Jury withdraws to decide Ghislaine Maxwell's fate

The Jury has withdrawn for deliberations in the trial of disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, holding the future of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged procuress in their hands. RT producer Enrique Rivera catches us up to speed on the alleged sex trafficker's highly-scrutinized trial. Then editor of Footnotes Newsletter, Marlon Ettinger, who is closely watching the Maxwell trial, weighs in on the latest before Lionel of Lionel Media shares his insights.

Plus, Peter Oliver reports on the unrest sweeping Europe panicking at the seeming invincibility of COVID-19 and endlessness of stifling and seemingly impotent lockdown measures seeking to stem its flow. Thousands of service members are filing exemptions from the COVID-19 mandate due to a “religious exemption” rule. But the Pentagon is denying most of the requests, partly because it’s difficult for those filing to prove that their religious belief is sincere or consistently observed. RT America’s Mollye Barrows has the details. Plus, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof weighs in on the pivot of world powers to the resource-rich and strategically vital Arctic, likely a major theater of competition in the years ahead.