Is the Melania Movie a Bribe?

<p>This week, Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and guest host <a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/juliette-kayyem" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Juliette Kayyem</a> discuss the juxtaposition between the devastating layoffs at <em>The Washington Post</em> and the exorbitant price owner Jeff Bezos and Amazon paid for the <em>Melania </em>movie, this week’s ominous foreshadowing of the Trump administration’s real threats to the 2026 elections with election law expert <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/nathaniel-persily/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nate Persily</a>, and why the Clintons are facing deposition in House Epstein investigations.</p><br><p>For this week’s Slate Plus bonus …