Outgoing Sen. Orrin Hatch dismisses court documents implicating President Donald Trump in illegal hush money payments during the 2016 campaign. Hatch also gives a farewell speech on the Senate floor, calling it a legislative body in “crisis.” Meanwhile, an audit shows Utah doesn’t have a good grasp on data relating to homelessness. And records from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reveal that Salt Lake County is no longer majority Mormon.
At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Benjamin Wood, Washington bureau chief Thomas Burr and executive vice president Tim Fitzpatrick join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories.