Need to Know (30 December 2021) with Joe Olson and Carl Herman

The Ghislaine Maxwell trial has ended with convictions on five of the six counts against her--but if anyone expected fireworks or major revelations, they are severely disappointed. The whole case appears to have been rigged to make sure none of the players among the rich and powerful would be named--and, indeed, none have been. The US Supreme Court will conduct a special session next week to consider the Constitutionality of the Biden mandates, which appear on their face to be illegal. Children whose parents are vaxxed are 100 times more likely to suffer adverse effects than those whose parents are not. And the future of electric cars will require careful consideration, since the problems they pose are not easily solved and are not going away.