Route and that will polarize and poison the political atmosphere even more than it is now which is bad enough. To watch the rest of this program and find other episodes, visit our website , booktv. Org and click on the after words near the top of the page. Assistant director of an organization dedicated to unleashing the impact of libraries. We dont have a power point today because we divide this as a guided conversation. I want to be sure we make the most of our time today. I will have each of our experts introduce themselves and i am looking forward to what our panelists have to say and i hope you are too. Be sure to visit the resources page and we will put that link in the chat for everyone. In true librarian fashion we will have everybody introduce themselves in alphabetical order by first name. Go ahead and get us started. That is a curveball, first name. Im jennifer pearson, director of the Marshall County Memorial Library have between there and alabama. Ive been here about 5 and
Matthew whitaker, acting attorney general from november of 2018 through february of 2019, the author of this new book, above the law the inside story of how the Justice Department tried to subvert President Trump. Before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general to us. Great first question. I was chief of staff to attorney general Jeff Sessions starting in october of 2017, i did that for 13 months before general sessions resigned abruptly the day after the elections in 2018 and the president appointed me that day, the acting attorney general utterly bridged the gap between Jeff Sessions and william barr. How did you become Jeff Sessionss chief of staff. Were you a friend of his . One of the things i talk about is how i only met Jeff Sessions once before i was selected to be his chief of staff. I interviewed with him and talked to him many times, mutual friend in the white house and at the Federalist Society recommended me to him and his people. We bonde