In this special Book Club edition, Mehdi revisits some of his most memorable conversations with authors this year including how the media should cover.
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they re trying to investigate here. thre. record of lying in this case. a they leaked out thatttick garl attorney general merrick l garland did not personally approve this raid. that s a lie.eaked mp they leaked out that trump had nucular documents at mar a lago. that s a lie. they lthey leaked out that president biden in the biden white house wa nots did not havs a heads up about this raid. that s a lie. president biden had to waive president trump s executive privilege in order to pave the wain ordery for this raid. i think judge cannon understands that. they also they also get attorney general merrick wellattorney general merrick weeks to make this decision. okay, so t trump had thesewe documents for eighteen months.ee the attorney general had to deliberate for weeks and they waited three days after they got a warrant from this biased magistrate judge bruce rhinehart, who just recused and trump civil lawsuit eight weeks ago somehow was biased, went away. such records down there, why