Talking Feds
301 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsTALKING FEDS is a roundtable discussion that brings together prominent former government officials, journalists, and special guests for a dynamic and in-depth analysis of the most pressing questions in law and politics.
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury...
April 22, 2024 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBThings finally got real this week--w/ a wealth of quick developments, inc the full jury chosen, punctuated by dramatic details: Trump’s meekly sitting down on the judge’s order, prospective jurors breaking out in tears from the pressure & anxiety of serving, the DA’s moving for criminal contempt v. Trump for 10 postings; & a lot more. A great roundtable of Aaron Blake, Peter Baker, & Jen Rubin breaks down the legal events & their political implications, before moving on to the week ...
Jury Selection, Abortion Rejection, Cannon Deflection
April 15, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBThis episode marks a historic week, as the first ever criminal trial of a former President gets underway in Manhattan. Will Trump maintain his boorish ways or will he try to make nice in front of the jury that will decide his fate? A terrific panel of Kyle Cheney, Mara Liasson, & Norm Ornstein join Harry to discuss the trial; the Arizona Sup Ct abortion ruling and its outsize effect on the 2024 election; & Jack Smith’s muscle flexing in the Mar-A-Lago case and the Supreme Court immu...
Court and Snark
April 08, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBAs the first-ever trial of a former President looks imminent & certain, an only-on-Talking-Feds roundtable of Molly Jong-Fast, Josh Marshall, & Sen Sheldon Whitehouse joins Harry to assess how the spectacle of Trump-in-the-chair will play on the campaign trail. They then move on to the re-emergence of abortion as a year-long white-hot political issue in Florida & therefore the election before taking on Trump’s vulgar attempts to exploit base anti-immigrant sentiment. A lively, intel...
Democracy saved! Trump in exile! (April 1 edition)
April 01, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBWith the campaign underway in earnest, the question of whether Trump can be held accountable for his constitutional misconduct and alleged crimes becomes ever more paramount. A fantastic round table of Jamie Raskin, Jacob Weisberg, and Christine Todd Whitman join Harry to discuss the series of current challenges with the R House of Rep; the US Supreme Court; the state & federal courts where Trump is a criminal defendant; and the American people, who may or may not be paying close at...
Trump Trials University
March 25, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBA very different, special episode this week. Rather than the standard 3-guest roundtable, we convened 12 of the most well-known TV commentators for a very lively and dynamic dialogue on the big developments in front of us and on the horizon: what will happen in the NY DA hearing, for which Merchan has reserved 2 days; Trump’s prospects for posting the $450M bond; the true likely schedule in Fulton County; and how to try to recuse Judge Cannon; and more. It’s fun, informative, and ...
Once More With Feeling (Terrified)
March 18, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIt was the week in which both Joe Biden and Donald Trump passed the threshold for delegates to secure their party’s nominations for President, and the general election season began. Barbara Boxer, David French, & Jason Kander join Harry to compare and contrast 2024 w/ 2020; consider the American people’s apparent indifference to Trump’s insurrectionary conduct; analyze Biden’s reduced support among important constituencies; & assess the impact of the developments in the various crim...
A Country for Old Men
March 11, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBThe preliminaries ended abruptly this week, and we suddenly find ourselves at the starting line for the general election. Robert Costa, Hugo Lowell, & Tara Setmayer join Harry to break down the pivotal events that brought us here – Trump’s rout of Haley on Super Tuesday and Biden’s rousing SOTU. Trump’s triumph sharpened the stakes of his delay strategy for his several pending criminal cases, but other than the imminent Manhattan case, the prospects for a trial before November look ...
99 Problems But a Mitch Ain’t One
March 04, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBNo court ruled for Donald Trump this week, yet he got several assists in his quest to delay and even evade accountability. The US Supreme Court agreed to hear his claim for immunity, pushing back the all-important January 6 trial at least several months. Three of the country’s strongest commentators and the podcast’s closest friends—Norm Eisen, Norm Ornstein, and Jen Rubin--consider the fallout before turning to the legacy of Mitch McConnell, who announced his retirement from Senate...
Alabama Goddam
February 26, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBA week in which actors other than Donald Trump took center stage, and a great and super-savvy panel of Jonathan Alter, E.J. Dionne, and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp joins Harry to analyze the events & their implications. The Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision and its connection to the U.S. Sup Court’s Dobbs opinion; the arrest of Alexander Smirnov and its discrediting of the House R’s impeachment inquiry & Hunter obsessions; & the best political strategy for buoying Biden against the widespr...
Trump Change
February 19, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBEven by Trump standards, it was an extraordinarily explosive week, with the fireworks continuing into the live taping of the episode. Fortunately, a terrific panel of Emily Bazelon, Susan Glasser, and Carol Leonnig were on hand to roll with the punches, and also work through the Trump minefield of immunity stay motion in Supreme Court; advent of the hush money, trial in Manhattan; dangerous and obnoxious Trump comments on NATO, and the huge hit of the fraud opinion that arrived mid ...
A Tale of Two Cases
February 12, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBTrump’s fortunes arrive at the doorstep of the Supreme Court in two huge cases that each could have a decisive impact on the presidential election. First, the Court heard argument on whether § of the 14th Amendment bars Trump from running for President at all. Second, the Court is about to take up Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal. A superb panel of Court experts – Amy Howe, Dahlia Lithwick, and Steve Vladeck, joins Harry to analyze this critical turn in the Court’s and countr...
Accountability Era
February 05, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBJustice came last week to Donald Trump in the form of a verdict in the Civil Defamation Trial, proving that karma is 83.3 million dollars. Trump’s nightmare is far from over. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week to address the question of Trump’s disqualification from future federal office. How the court will respond is up in the air, though one clear fact remains: there is no getaway car from Trump or Trumpism. Shifting south, the border crisis continues to plague o...
Sore Winner, Big Loser
January 29, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBDonald Trump was again the sourpuss winner last week. He handily won the New Hampshire primary, and saw his once main nomination rival, Ron DeSantis, throw in the towel. But the persistence of Nicki Haley incensed him, and the large liability verdict for defaming E. Jean Carroll sent him around the bend. A stellar panel of political savants joins Harry to analyze where the Republican race now stands & the potential impact on the legal minefield that Trump navigated less than adroitl...
Live Bad and Profit
January 22, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBA week in which Trump again largely avoided the campaign trail but still was able to crush Nikki Halley and Ron DeSantis in the Iowa caucuses. The prospects for a Trump all-over-but-the-shouting victory w/in a few weeks look increasingly strong. David Frum, Bill Kristol, and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon join Harry to analyze Trump’s antics in Iowa & the E Jean Carroll defamation trial, before taking up a sleeper of a Supreme Court case that could have a massive impact on our every...
"Fraud on me!"
January 15, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBDonald Trump skipped Iowa in the final days before the nation’s 1st primary to remain in DC courtrooms and deliver his stump speech fueled by grievance, resentment, and vengeance. 3 well-known experts in the ways DC–Katie Benner, Norm Ornstein, and Elliot Williams–join Harry to analyze Trump’s maneuvers & suss out where the cases are going. They then turn to the other Capitol Hill drama involving Hunter Biden, analyzing his showdown with House committees looking to savage him to get...
Rocky (Mountain) High Court
January 08, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBThe new year ushers in an astonishingly jam-packed and, for Donald Trump, precarious series of court dates at all levels of the state and federal courts, including the US Supreme Court, and they begin just as the formal primary season gets underway. In this all-new Talking Feds, a terrific panel—Jonathan Capehart, Sadie Gurman, and Jim Walden—join Harry to focus on the two big cases now on appeal and then take up the diminishing prospects for bipartisan action in Congress on immigra...
Lonelyville, USA
January 01, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis week’s episode is a special discussion on a crisis in the U.S. that is as grave as it is underappreciated — loneliness. Nearly three in five U.S. adults are considered lonely, according to data from Morning Consult, with underrepresented racial groups and people with low incomes particularly likely to grapple with loneliness. In this special re-release of a Talking Feds episode that garnered significant attention, Prof Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, an...
The Fentanyl Crisis Rages On
December 25, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBFentanyl remains the leading cause of deaths of all Americans aged 18-45, and in the last year took over 100,000 lives. Its combination of astonishing potency, synthesis, and control by criminal cartels have produced an extraordinary health and law enforcement crisis. In this special re-release of a Talking Feds episode that garnered significant attention, we begin by examining recent developments in the Fentanyl crisis before revisiting a conversation that is only more pertinent no...
Investigation into an Inquiry into an Impeachment
December 18, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBA week in which important pitched battles commenced, as explained and analyzed by a super-knowledgeable panel of Al Franken, Alexi McCammond, & Bob Shrum. The House Rs voted to undertake an impeachment inquiry based on meager or nonexistent proof of any wrongdoing by Pres. Biden. And there were harbingers of Supreme Court intervention in the 2024 election, with the Court’s initial consideration of Trump immunity & of availability of Mifepristone, which is used in over ½ the abortion...
Staring into the Abysses
December 11, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBAn episode with a somewhat longer vantage point than our normal fare, w/ a matching thoughtful panel of David French, Susan Glasser, & Jonah Goldberg. We begin with a clear-eyed & sober look at the prediction by a noted political scientist that the Trump presidency is becoming more and more likely. From there, we turn to McCarthy’s calling it quits and Johnson’s latest kissing of Trump’s ring. We then delve into the debacle of the university presidents’ testimony, and the lessons it...
No Immunity For Fraudsters!
December 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIt was a week of bombshell developments across a range of venues, & a stellar roundtable of Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Carol Lee, & Charlie Sykes joins Harry to take stock, even as the news continued to explode. Killer potential testimony emerged against Trump, & the courts rejected his immunity claim. The House expelled George Santos; while evidence surfaced implicating Scott Perry in the insurrection. And Israel resumed its bombardment in Gaza in a way guaranteed to put maximum press...
DOJ insider: Trying Trump
November 27, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBIt’s our quarterly episode focusing on DOJ, and it coincides with a series of high-visibility cases—most but not all involving Trump—and the pivotal decisions they present for Garland, Smith, & Co. Our returning group of lawyers & journalists who know DOJ like the backs of their hands—Katie Benner, Paul Fishman, & Amy Jeffress—weighs in on fine-grained tactical decisions & larger priorities, while also giving us a sense of what it feels like these days inside the halls at 950 Pennsy...
Gag!
November 20, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBIt was a week in which Donald Trump & his party plunged to new rhetorical and physical lows, & a terrific roundtable of Alisyn Camerota, Kyle Cheney & Bill Kristol join Harry to consider the fallout. Released temporarily from the fetters of a gag order, Trump launched a series of tirades that can only be described as fascist, inc comparing his opponents to “vermin.” The group considers the implications of Trump’s dark turn, courts’ efforts to rein him in, and his R colleagues’ bully...
It's (Half) the Economy, Genius!
November 13, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBOur semi-annual focus on economics with a stellar set of guests – Dean Baker, Paul Krugman, and Stephanie Ruhle – falls this week at the starkest of crossroads: economic news and bellwethers are stunningly good while American’s views of the state of the economy are stunningly bad. Our roundtable discusses these trends, along w/ several other important economic factors—including the impact of two wars-- before moving to thoughts about AI and where we are as a country with economic in...
Leaning Tower of Trumps
November 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIt’s a week of stock-taking as well as explanation of the Trump developments on half a dozen separate fronts. With a fantastic panel of leading commentators – Norm Eisen, Hugo Lowell, and Jen Rubin, – we canvass the events of the week, especially in the NY fraud trial, but also double back to the nuanced, and largely under-appreciated, takeaways from recent events, involving Meadows and immunity, Trump’s motions in the Jan 6 case, Fulton County pleas, 14th Am §3, the Mar-A-Lago case...
From Russia with kompromat
October 30, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB8 years after reports surfaced of strange and worrisome connections between Donald Trump the presidential candidate & Russia, we still don’t know the full story, a glaring gap in the history & understanding of the Trump era. This special episode of Talking Feds plumbs the depths of what we do know & what we might discover, w/ an ideal set of guests: Jeannie Rhee & Andrew Weissman, senior members of the Mueller probe, and Adam Davidson, a journalist who has reported on the issue more...
Purging the Effects of Trumpism: Political Bipartisanship (Recorded Live at the Texas Tribune Festival)
October 23, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBThe concluding installment of a very special trio of episodes recorded live at the Texas Tribune Festival. Each episode explores the state of an institution of existential value to our democracy after eight years of Trump's influence and assesses what needs to be done going forward to return to full health. This episode explores what needs to be done to return to some semblance of healthy polity with the help of four distinguished panelists: Bill Kristol, Jason Kander, Jennifer Palm...
Purging the Effects of Trumpism: Law Enforcement (Recorded Live at the Texas Tribune Festival)
October 16, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBThe second of a very special trio of episodes recorded live at the Texas Tribune Festival. Each episode explores the state of an institution of existential value to our democracy after eight years of Trump's influence and assesses what needs to be done going forward to return to full health. This episode focuses on law enforcement with three incisive commentators who know law enforcement inside and out: Frank Figliuzzi, Juliette Kayyem, Asha Rangappa, and Elie Honig. To hear the Q...
Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
October 09, 2023 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBOur periodic focus on US foreign policy, with a twist. The Biden Administration must pursue foreign policy in a world keenly aware of the prospect of Trump’s return and all that entails for the U.S.’s trustworthiness. Meanwhile, the Administration's foreign policy initiatives have rekindled engagement on various fronts, extending beyond traditional alliances. In this episode, experts Natasha Bertrand, Amna Nawaz, & Robert Costa analyze the impact of these dynamics on the U.S.’s fore...
Remembering Dianne Feinstein
October 05, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBThe country, the Senate, & CA lost one of its longest-serving and most distinguished public servants last week. Senator Dianne Feinstein—the first woman mayor of SF who became the longest serving female senator in history—had far too many important accomplishments to chronicle in an hour. But with the aid of 3 of the people who knew her best—Senator Barbara Boxer, Jim Lazarus, and DeeDee Meyers—this special episode of Talking Feds paints a detailed portrait of DiFi the person & poli...
Oyez, Oyez, Oy Vey
October 02, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBOur annual first Monday in October episode, marking the Supreme Court’s new Term. With the consolidation of power of the hard-right super-majority, the stakes of the Court’s work have grown vastly greater. At the same time, a series of unpopular–and legally controversial–decisions and ethical black eyes have deeply eroded the Court’s public standing. A great trio of Court commentators – Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Stern, and Steve Vladeck – join Harry to discuss the Court’s position and t...
Purging the Effects of Trumpism: Journalism (Recorded Live at the Texas Tribune Festival)
September 25, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBThe first of a very special trio of episodes recorded live at the Texas Tribune Festival. Each episode explores the state of an institution of existential value to our democracy after eight years of Trump influence and assesses what needs to be done going forward to return to full health. This episode focuses on the journalism industry, with three of the most prominent and experienced members of the 4th estate: Katie Benner, Jacob Weisberg, and Columbia School of Journalism Dean Jel...
Hunter Gatherers
September 18, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIt was a week of continuing hot action in the Trump prosecutions, combined major lawsuits not involving the former President. An awesome set of guests–Peter Baker, Erin Burnett, and Josh Marshall–join Harry to break it all down, starting with the odiferous indictment of Hunter Biden on rarely brought charges following a political outcry from House R’s. They then take up impeachment, McCarthy’s feckless week, Romney’s parting broadsides against the GOP, and the landmark antitrust cas...
Remove, Remand, Repeat
September 11, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBAt the end of another explosive news week, another great group of thoughtful guests—Julia Ainsley, David Jolly, & Lisa Rubin—join Harry to talk through the biggest stories: removal efforts in Fulton County & what comes next; publication of Special Grand Jury Report—who dodged bullets & why; Hunter Biden’s sudden new jeopardy and whether it’s driven by improper considerations; and a potpourri of important political questions bearing on the election re Trump, Biden, DeSantis, McCarthy...
Meadows’ Lark
September 04, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBIt was a week of intricate legal maneuvers with potential huge political consequences. A great group of legal & political commentators - George Conway, Al Franken, and Melissa Murray - join Harry to break it all down, including Mark Meadows' high-risk testimony in support of moving his state charges to federal court & Judge Tanya Chutkan’s selection of a trial date in March 2024. The group goes on to discuss Rudy Giuliani’s continued self-destruction & the latest grotesque episodes ...
Can Ukraine Prevail?
August 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWe pause our coverage of Trump’s burgeoning legal minefield and the related political landscape for a periodic close look at the current status & future prospects of the Russia-Ukraine War. A phenomenal set of experts–former Ambassador Mike McFaul, columnist and CFR senior fellow Max Boot, & CFR fellow for Europe Liana Fix–join Harry for a clear-eyed look at whether full victory for Ukraine remains possible, the state of support in the West, the contours of an end game, and many rel...
(Trump’s) Trials & (Our) Tribulations
August 21, 2023 09:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this week’s @talkingfedspod, a stellar set of expert commentators—Carol Leonnig, Alexi McCammond, and Norm Ornstein—dives in to the law and the politics of Trump’s long list of legal calamaties. We take up Trump’s pugnacity in the 1/6 trial, the circumstances setting up cooperators against him in Fulton County, his political strategy for beating the raps, the grotesque encouragement of violence against judges & grand jurors, and a whole lot more, before moving on the mifepristone...
A Theory of Everything: A Deep Dive Into the Fulton County Indictment
August 16, 2023 02:11 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBIn one of our signature series of first-cut nuts-and-bolts analyses of the indictments against Trump, two guests with in-depth knowledge of Georgia law and practice - Norm Eisen & Gwen Keyes Fleming - break down Fani Willis’ omnibus indictment against Donald Trump and 18 other defendants. They begin with a simplification of the basic RICO charge and then undertake a broad survey of the charges, the prospect for cooperators, how the case will be presented to a jury, the likely sched...
An Ordinary Defendant And A Special Counsel
August 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBIt was a week when Trump, through his lawyers, became acquainted with Judge Tanya Chutkan, who will preside over the most important of the criminal cases against him. The judge left little doubt of her resolve to keep Trump from polluting the jury pool and threatening witnesses. A great group of guests—Peter Baker, Sadie Gurman, & Jason Kander–join Harry to discuss that hearing & other developments in the case and then take up of the appointment of a Special Counsel in the Hunter Bi...
Defending Donald
August 07, 2023 09:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBThis week’s episode is a clear-eyed, sober exposition of the legal & factual claims Trump can be expected to bring in the 1/6 case. 3 great guests combining on-their-feet trial experience with renowned criminal law expertise - Dahlia Lithwick, Danny Cevallos, and David Sklansky - join Harry to analyze Trump’s strategy and likely maneuvers. The four dismiss out of hand two of the arguments that Team Trump has been putting front and center; but conclude that at least one Trump defense...
A Deep Dive into the 1/6 Indictment
August 02, 2023 20:59 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBThe indictment of Donald Trump on charges growing out of multiple schemes to steal the election is the most important case in the history of the Department of Justice and probably the country. We’ve had some quick reactions on cable TV. But in this special live tape episode, 3 of the country’s most knowledgeable commentators – Norm Eisen, Renato Mariotti, and Jen Rubin – join Harry for the most in-depth discussion out there of the most important legal and strategic issues the indict...
"Any Day Now"
July 31, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBWhile all eyes were focused on the courthouse in Washington DC, the DOJ and Jack Smith took us by surprise Friday afternoon with a superseding indictment against Trump + 2 defendants. In “Any Day Now,” Laura Coates, Greg Sargent and Rick Wilson join Harry to discuss the pros and cons of the superseding indictment, and its social and political importance in comparison with the coming 1/6 indictment before ending w/important new polling info and general observations about the coming e...
DOJ Quarterly Review: On Target
July 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBOur quarterly DOJ Report Card arrives in a very propitious week that began with the receipt by Donald Trump of a second target letter from DOJ, moved through a hearing and subsequent order in the Mar-A-Lago documents case, and ended with significant charges out of Michigan that underscore the need for Jack Smith to begin to share information. The well-known trio of regular DOJ alumni and experts join Harry for a lively and sophisticated discussion of what’s happening at 9th & Pennsy...
Et tu, Jared?
July 17, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBThe news that the Grand Jury recently heard testimony from Jared Kushner & Hope Hicks suggests that the feds are approaching an end-game for a new set of charges against Trump focused on the Big Lie and the series of post-election frauds, though their shape & timing remains opaque. The Mar-A-Lago case heads for the 1st important showdown and reveal of Judge Cannon’s bonafides. And the Republican clown car in Congress rolls on with a blockade of the defense bill & a grilling of the F...
Nauta Chance
July 10, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBThis week, Harry is joined by a fantastic panel of experts on law and politics–Laura Jarrett, Lisa Rubin, and Sadie Gurman–to decode new clues from Jack Smith on the trajectory of the federal investigation surrounding Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, size up Trump and Nauta’s chances of a delaying the pending Mar-a-Lago trial, and take stock of the fallout from the Supreme Court’s bombshell term that came to a close just last week. See Privacy Policy at https:...
Affirmative Retraction
July 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBOur annual Supreme Court term review, which comes in the immediate wake of a series of monumental decisions by the 6-member conservative supermajority that overturned or ignored generations of precedent and sharply undermined legal protections for vulnerable groups. Three of the nation’s most respected Supreme Court commentators – Emily Bazelon, Dahlia Lithwick, and Melissa Murray – join Harry to analyze the landmark rulings in affirmative action, anti-discrimination law, and admini...
Bedminster Gabby
June 26, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBThe Mar-a-Lago documents case against Donald Trump picked up speed as Jack Smith delivered the first round of discovery. The hard-right House GOP flexed its muscles with a series of political stunts. Meanwhile, the nation was gripped by the search for missing exploratory submarine. It was a week of high drama from the federal courthouse to the House floor, and Harry is joined by three top national commentators–Tim Miller, Charlie Savage, and Erin Burnett–to break it all down. See P...
It’s Arraigning Presidents
June 19, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBOn a week that saw the first arrest of a former president by the government he ran, a stellar group of experts – Robert Costa, Norm Ornstein, and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon – join Harry to break down the charges & Trump’s likely defenses before exploring the political fallout for the party & the voting public. They then transition to an in-depth analysis of the state of play for 2024, including whether the growing field helps Trump and whether he could wrap up the race before it...
Signed, Unsealed, Delivered
June 12, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBConvening immediately after the federal indictment of Donald Trump was unsealed, 3 of the country’s best-known authorities on Trump’s rule–Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Hugo Powell, and Ali Vitali—join Harry to analyze the DOJ charges and assess their likely political consequences. They react to the apparently random selection of Judge Aileen Cannon, who displayed lawless favoritism for Trump in a previous case, and end with discussion of the latest tantrum from the Freedom Caucus in C...
Down to the Wire
June 05, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBWe’re in the midst of one of the weirdest political and legal seasons in U.S. history, and a great group of guests—Luke Broadwater, Jason Kander, & Jen Rubin, talks it through & breaks it down. A former president & frontrunner for 2024 under indictment from NY state and soon to be charged by the U.S. government he recently led. The most serious flirtation with a debt default in our history. A group of R presidential candidates in thrall to the candidate they most must beat. Strange ...