Lawyers, lawyers donts play fair. They argue two things. They can argue, look, the person didnt do the crime. The person wasnt guilty. But usually in a political scandal the argument is there wasnt enough proof to find them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Very high standard. Its not theyre blameless, its not theyre innocent. But we say wed rather let 100 guilty go free than convict one innocent man. So were were loading it to a very high standard. The other thing that lawyers argue, which the public sometimes has trouble with, is procedure. If you didnt get that evidence into the courtroom properly, then it cant come in. If you didnt share exculpatory information properly with defense, those are procedural violations which can equally invalidate a verdict. And im happy to argue both. So, thats thats kind of what were going to go through. One word from last week. Last week was the allure of the white house tapes. And i went through a bunch of them with you, perhaps too fast. What i fi
R. Ford prize. It was for coverage of the presidency. The first time anybody had captured both awards in a single year. He is a frequent guest lecturer at universities including stanford, harvard, the university of chicago and other institutions abroad. He is the author of three books. We will focus on his third book about Richard Nixon. It is a biography of the 37th president of the United States. It has one best biography of the year, the New York Historical pride in American History. It was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. After the program, these join us in the atrium where this book is for sale and signing. Please give a warm welcome to mr. Farrell and enjoy the program. [applause] john thank you very much. That was terrific. Thank you. Groucho marx used to say after that kind of introduction, i can hardly wait to hear what i have to say. It is a great honor to be at the smithsonian. At a time when history and objective knowledge is under fire, the smithsonian is this great and
Politico magazine and the atlantic. Following his career as a journalist where he worked as White House Correspondent and served on the spotlight team. In his capacity as a journalist, he has cover congress, the Supreme Court and every Residential Campaign from 1980 through 2012. He also served as the senior Political Correspondent for political integrity. Fornprofit Center Investigative journalism in washington, d. C. In 1996 he received a prize and the award from the White House Correspondents association for coverage of the presidency. The first time everyone had captured both awards in a single year. He is a frequent guest lecturer various universities, including stafford, harvard, the United States military academy, university of chicago and other institutions abroad. He is the author of three books. Dam, and tip ohe neill and the democratic century. Tonight his talk focuses on a third book about Richard Nixon. It is a biography of the 37th president of the United States. This boo
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Globe. He served on the spotlight team. In his capacity as a journalist he has covered congress, the Supreme Court and every president ial campaign from 1980 through 2012. In addition he served as a senior politicals correspondent for the center for public integrity, a Nonprofit Center for Investigative Journalism in dc. In 1996 he received the prize and award from the White House Correspondent association for coverage of the presidency, the first time anyone had captured the first in a single year. Hes a frequent guest including at harvard, the us military academy, university of chicago and other institutions abroad. Hes the author of three books. Tonight his talk focuses on his third book about Richard Nixon, a biography of the 37th president of the United States. This book has won the award for best biography of the year, the New York Historical society and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. After the program please join us in the atrium where his book is for sale for signing. P