I called the guy back 15 seconds later, realizing i made a mistake and said can i still interview for it . He said yes. I didnt interview with sam garrison, who was running the republican side of the staff that was not yet fully unified. Some thought it never was. Sam and had ath good interview with him. I was engaged to come in quite shortly thereafter. I reported for duty in december of 1973. Tell us about sam garrison. Give us a picture of him. Man, was a devoted family from the south. From richmond. Worked like a tiger and slept in on sunday mornings. He and i had a good personal relationship. You are there before john was named. Im sure i was there before bert jenner. Maybe it was before john doerr. I remember showing up for work. If i was the first staffer, Hilary Rodham was the second staffer. I remember john doerr calling us into his office and saying bill, hilary, we have a research project. We have to find out what constitutes foreground of impeachment on the president. There
Host joining us from manchester, New Hampshire, president ial candidate joe sestak. Let me begin with this question. Why did you decide to enter the 2020 race . Guest i was not planning on it. My daughter had brain cancer. I got out of the navy and took care of her. Only 8 of youth have ever survived. She did it twice. I needed to do something for the country. As i watched everything, i thought there was something this nation invested in me. 30 years in the navy, invested in order to represent a two to one republican district as a democrat. Yet, they reelected me on a Single Campaign ad i am running because i honestly believe that our choice because we have no choice. It is not just to beat mr. Trump, but to heal our countrys soul. By uniting america again with the believe that someone will be acountable. We have for far too long had people who didnt understand the military can stop a problem. They will never fix a problem. Those democrats and republicans alike who voted for that misad
Lets begin with the political environment. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Alexis one of the things we might forget all this time Going Forward was that bill clinton was under investigation for almost his entire presidency and ken starr became the independent counsel. He began to investigate the whitewater investment deal back in 1994. So, by the time were in the fall of 1998, president clinton and his entire white house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations relating to his past in arkansas. And even his Fundraising Efforts when he was president. So in the fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term but they were going into the midterm starr as and what can the independent counsel uncovered was a whole series of alleged relationships that the president had had in the past, that he had investigated, and then he heard of an intern named Monica Lewinsky. So at the time the impeachment inquiry was authorized, and in the house, 3
Law in policy institute, we try to uphold value of democracy and stactd for equal justice and rule of law and we work to craft and advance reform ares that will make america work for all of us. Tonight were proud to welcome the catch all a guy who spend almost as much time at Supreme Court as justices themselves. Two year ago when he was arguing his 35th case, he broke a record set by the late marshal for most Supreme Court argument by a United States history. Next week, neil will argue his 40th case a at the Supreme Court. Also at the yiet under president obama hes the pall and patricia founder of National Security law of a georgetown hes a partner of a hogan levels hes played himself in an episode of house of cards. [laughter] and this is little more known fact he can hamilton lyrics on demand now written a remarkable case for the imoach m of donald trump join bid michael president of the center. Mike sell a constitutional lawyer and writer, who is an expert on presidency and a ameri
It seems to be a completely different characteristic versus other ones but i will say that is characteristic of the political system in general. Things tend not to get resolved and blow up and we are in a very hyper partisan, hyper polarized deeply emotional time in the National Debate and a lot of that is reflect it in and created by the Trump White House, so that is different and i think the atmosphere is reflected well in this book to the extent thats what you see in thand kind of what you get wn you see the white house. Host anonymous calls his or her book a warning, and it protects and talks about but this is a threat to democracy. Guest they definitely take a strong position on whether or not hes qualified for the office that he holds and is trying to give advice with a titlthetitle of the warning to e who are valuing their choices for 2020. And his or her strong suggestion is that anyone who may have supported President Trump before should rethink that decision this next time. A