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

Hypocrisy: Playing politics with whistleblowers (Full show)

Why are some whistleblowers lionized by the press and others persecuted relentlessly? Rick Sanchez examines the question. Then RT America's Michele Greenstein joins to unpack the Afghanistan papers. UN Special Rapporteur on torture Prof. Nils Melzer joins to discuss the perilous state of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's "pathological stress" and why there's "no legal basis" for his continued detention. RT America's Natasha Sweatte reports on China's growing film industry. Plus, Rick Sanchez reports on the House vote to impeach President Trump for "Abuse of Power."