The News with Rick Sanchez - July 18, 2019 (20:00 ET)

Why Epstein is being called a foreign asset

A federal judge denied bail to billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday ahead of his sex-trafficking trial. RT America’s Michele Greenstein and investigative journalist Ben Swann join Rick Sanchez to discuss the Epstein case. Was his “hedge fund” really a hedge fund – or a front for something else? Mounting evidence suggests that he may even be a Mossad agent.

Iran, Venezuela are why US attacking crypto; explained 

Bartlett Naylor, finance advocate for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the Trump administration’s allegation that digital currency poses a national security risk. He also discusses the “endless repercussions” of “Libra,” Facebook’s planned digital currency. He says that Libra “threatens to become the world currency” if even a fraction of Facebook users take to using it.

US shoot-down: How close to war with Iran? 

President Trump announced that the USS Boxer shot down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. Former naval intelligence officer John Jordan joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the latest episode in the escalating tension between Washington and Tehran.