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Has Donald Trump鈥檚 sexual assault verdict damaged his reputation? The Americast team explains why a top Texas Republican thinks he鈥檚 toast, even though Trump is fighting the ruling.

Sarah is on the US border with Mexico in El Paso, where a controversial Trump immigration policy known as Title 42 is about to expire and a state of emergency has been declared. A Texas Congressman and Democrat, Joaquin Castro, tells us why he blames President Biden as well as Trump.

And Santos Watch is back after the under-fire congressman George Santos was charged with fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds.

HOSTS:
鈥� Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
鈥� Sarah Smith, North America editor
鈥� Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
鈥� Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUEST:
鈥� Joaquin Castro, Texas congressman (Democrat)

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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles, Ivana Davidovic and Natasha Fernandes. The studio manager was Dafydd Evans and the sound designer was David Crackles. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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