lewinsky scandal and clinton s impeachment in the late 1990s, lanny davis was clinton s principle tv defender. since then, his client list has really expanded. we were just speaking with we are going to speak a little later with eric lipton of the new york times, and here is what he wrote in 2010 about lanny davis in an article headlined lobbyist client list puts him on the defensive. quote, mr. davis has built a client list that includes coup supporters in honduras, for profit colleges accused of exploiting students and a company that dominates the manufacturer additives for infant formula. he agreed to respect the ivory coast strongman whose claims to that country s presidency have been condemned by the international community and may set off a civil war. he was harvey weinstein s lawyer for awhile, until that got too
there was a time in american life when lanny davis was virtually inescapable and what a time it was. as bill clinton s presidency was being consumed by the monica lewinsky scandal and clinton s impeachment in the late 1990s, lanny davis was clinton s principle tv defender on any and every talk show on any given night. lanny davis was there. attack independent counsel ken starr. since then his client list has really expanded. we were just speaking with, we are going to speak later with eric lipton of the new york times. here is what he wrote in 2010 about lanny dmaifs an article headlined, the lobbyist client list puts him on the defensive. quote, he has built a client list that now includes coup supporters in honduras. a dictator in equatorial guinea,
night but since then the president of turkey has rounded up 35,000 people and put them in jail as being supposed by coup supporters. thousands of members of the military have not just been fired, they ve been arrested. he s orchestrated mass firings and in some cases mass arrests of judges and mayors and members of parliament and professors and journalists, in some cases he s taken whole political parties and ordered arrests of every one of their elected officials. he s shut down newspapers, he s shut down tv stations. the one constructive thing he s done in this time period, he has announced a new building program. what he s building is 174 new prisons in order to hold all the tens of thousands of people he has already rounded up from the court system and the military and the education system and from the press and from all aspects of civil society. tens the of thousa s ths of tho.
president erdogan in turkey moved on fairly quickly to blaming the united states for somehow orchestrating this coup against him. he hinted darkly about the united states. he said, quote, my people know who s behind this scheme. he also blamed a turkish imam who long ago fled that country fearing persecution. he s become a permanent resident of the unite. united states. he lives in the poconos. ever since that night mike pence got named to the republican ticket no one had a chance to talk about it even that minute. since that night the turkish president this isn t a term of art but he s gone a little bit nuts this that country. 200 something people were killed in that supposed coup that first night but since then the president of turkey has rounded up 35,000 people and put them in jail as being supposed by coup
he gave a speech from the police special forces headquarters. he said my people know who is behind this scheme. he also blamed a turkish imam. he has become a legal resident of the united states. he lives in the ever since that night the turkish has really this isn t a term of art but he has really gone a little bit nuts in this country. 200 something people were killed in the supposed coup. he round up 35,000 people and put them in jail as being coup