S5 E29: Drain the Swamp, Midterms & Jeff Sessions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Trump's Midterm Election Results and Cabinet Appointments

• Donald Trump described the midterm election results, in which the Republican party lost control of the House of Representatives, as "very close to complete victory". (1m17s)
• Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replaced him with Matt Whitaker, Sessions's former Chief of Staff. (4m10s)

Matt Whitaker and World Patent Marketing

• Whitaker was an advisor for World Patent Marketing, a company that was shut down by the Federal Trade Commission for defrauding customers. (5m35s)
• World Patent Marketing allegedly misfiled a patent for an inventor and left her in debt. (6m58s)
• Matt Whitaker, acting Attorney General, was a paid advisor for World Patent Marketing and claims to have been unaware of any fraudulent activity. (7m46s)

Trump's Cabinet and Campaign Promises

• Donald Trump made draining the swamp a signature campaign promise. (13m20s)
• Trump has appointed many wealthy business people to his cabinet, many of whom could benefit from policies they oversee. (15m31s)

Mick Mulvaney and the Payday Loan Industry

• Mick Mulvaney, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has worked with the payday loan industry to block rules that would regulate them, after receiving $60,000 in campaign contributions from payday lending interests. (16m57s)

Scott Pruitt and the EPA

• Scott Pruitt, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was known for extravagant spending and questionable ethical conduct. (18m17s)
• Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, replaced Pruitt as the head of the EPA. (19m12s)

Scott Angelle and the Oil Industry

• The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, which released 130 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, had a devastating impact on the environment and economy. (22m22s)
• The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responsible for the safety of people and the environment. (23m59s)
• Scott Angelle, a former lieutenant governor of Louisiana and oil industry advocate, was appointed to regulate the oil industry. (24m20s)
• Angelle publicly shared his phone number, encouraging oil executives to contact him directly to discuss business opportunities. (25m58s)

Celebrity Earnings and Social Media

• Frank Gore is in his fifth season in the NFL and will be playing his third season with Marty Mornhinweg as offensive coordinator. (29m39s)
• Selena Gomez can make an estimated $550,000 per post on social media. (30m53s)

DJ Khaled and Alcohol Advertising

• DJ Khaled has promoted various alcoholic drinks to his millions of followers, many of whom are under 21, without disclosing a connection to the companies. (33m36s)

Scientology and a Fictional Federal Agency

• A Scientology symbol was hidden in the logo of a fictional federal agency. (35m0s)
• The speaker repeatedly mentioned and defended prominent Scientologists. (35m35s)
• The speaker demanded $650,000 from David Miscavige, the head of Scientology, for a sponsored post, claiming to be worth at least as much as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. (37m1s)