Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
Mark McKinnon interviews Joe Pounder, co-founder and CEO of America Rising Corporation, an opposition research firm aligned with the GOP, in Arlington, Va., on February 13, 2019 in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 3). Photo: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME
John Heilemann visits El Paso, Texas to observe the protests ouside of the Trump rally which coincided with a Beto O'Rourke campaign stop in THE CIRCUS (season 4, episode 4). Photo: Gabriela Velasquez/SHOWTIME