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all eyes have been on the delaware courtroom where fox news trial was slated to begin today, this very monday. the jury had been chosen the judge had set today for this actual trial to begin. but if you can see where i m going with this, the trial did not begin today. in a last-minute development that has been noticed everywhere from washington, d.c., where so many politicians have a symbiotic relation with fox to fox headquarters in midtown manhattan, they re noticing the big news i have for you right now in the biggest case about the lies that led us into the insurrection the judge has delayed this for at least a day and that may sound like a small scheduling matter until you hear why. this day, this pause right now tonight that we re living through is one last legal chance for fox to fold, to settle what could be a very costly case, to try to quietly lose rather than potentially loudly lose before the trial actually begins. and when a trial like this begins, as you may kno
Atlantic, the guardian, the new republic, the washington post, Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. He lives in los angeles please join me in giving him a huge round of applause while he comes out and it reads and talks about his book. [applause] thanks allie. Thanks for coming out of retirement for this event. [laughter] thank you all for being here but think to skylight for having me. I moved to l. A. A little over a year a ago people told me it rit away this is the bookstore youve got to come too. So here i am. Thanks for being here with me. I think what i am going to do is read an excerpt from the first chapter of the opening of the first chapter which is the first part i wrote for this book it was sort of the scene that sets the stage for the rest of the book. Im going to read a short excerpt from that and then im going to talk a little bit about the book itself the themes behind thend book, how i came to write it. Why i wanted to write it. Then i will read another short excerpt, i pr
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