buddies and allies to overturn the 2020 election. as we reported on this program at this hour yesterday, mark short, he s of course the former chief of staff to former vice president mike pence, testified before a d.c. grand jury last week. now according to new multiple reports, we also know that a second senior pence aide also testified. that would be greg jacob, pence s legal counsel. both men, of course, had a front row seat to the extraordinary pressure campaign on mike pence by trump and his allies, people like john eastman, to get pence to stop the certification of president joe biden s election victory on january 6th. wall street journal reports these stunning details about their testimony. quote, one area of interest to prosecutors was a january 4th, 2021, oval office meeting where conservative lawyer john eastman pushed pence in trump s presence to either reject the electoral votes outright or suspend the proceedings and asked several state legislatures to re-examine
next president. take a look at these headlines. the atlantic devoting an entire issue to the subject of a second trump term with the words, if trump wins. from the new york times, why a second trump presidency may be more radical than the first. from the guardian, a second trump term will be far more autocratic than the first, he s telling us. the washington post, a trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. the through line is a warning donald trump could transform every institution that comes under the sway of the presidency from the justice department to the federal bureaucracy that makes every government agency tip, to the allianct underpin our foreign pocy. don t assume trump will fall sort of his goals like did so often in his first term. a second-term trump would be different. from the atlantic, i his first term, corruption and brutality were mitigated by lay v llaziness. in a second term, he woul have more willing enablers in tow and a much more
I am the codirector of the liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for justice. Welcome to the days Panel Discussion on government secrecy and the fourth estate. The impetus for the event is a publication of rich schwarzenegger new book. Democracy in the dark. And the said you can of government seek see. This is achieve council and so much more than that. And for he has had a fascinating career in and out of public service. No part of that career is more important, and more intriguing than his role as chief council on the Church Committee in the 1970s. As you all know, the committee exposed wide fraed intelligence abuses and led to the complete overhaul of how intelligence operations are structured and over seen in this country. The Church Committee also produced another result which is that it shed light on the nature of government secrecy. And this became a live long study of fritz which has culminated in this wonderful book. So i will ask them to come up here. To
Channel. [applause] kind enough to hold up the share. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]chair. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] booktv is on twitter and facebook. Tweet us twitter. Com booktv or post a comment on our face book page facebook. Com booktv. President ial candidate often released books to introduce themselves to voters. Heres a look at some recent books written by declared and potential candidates for president. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton looks back on her time serving in the Obama Administration in hard choices. More potential president ial candidates with recent books include former governor jeb bush in immigration wars. In early America Newspapers were stress as vital to democracy. Madison said that Public Opinion in our democracy is the real sovereign and then the Congress Passed the post office act which subsidize newspapers. That was vital to our early history, vital to the first 150 years of history. By the 1830s,
Wrong. I bought the minority was health care and bought the students. Wow, great work there, mitt. Youre at it again with your double barrels. One, claims that arent true, and, two, that old dog whistle of yours, fact. People in the income bracket you mentioned have to kick in to get health care. Fact, students still have to play interest on their college loan. Nobody is getting anything for free. And the sick thing is your need, mitt, they claim they did. To say the president didnt quite win the election was one big bribery case. Question, why is mitt still doing this . The election is over and lost. All thats left to save is his reputation. Why is he throwing that way away . Willie brown is here along with Ashley Parker of the New York Times. Mayor, you were a pro, it seems that romney is not a pro. He had a good concussion speech. The president through him a big offer, a hoover commission. He whips back with this accusation the president bought the election. Total and complete bitte