let me go to areeva, to carol s point, i m going to put something up on the screen, i was close to arlen specter who served with jeff sessions. and in his book life among the cannibals u.s. attorney jeff sessions was defeated at session s confirmation hearings four department of jus it is lawyers testified he made racist remarks. on june 5, 1986, the committee voted 10-8 against sessions nomination with mathias and me joining the democrats, that was the senate s first rejection of a reagan judicial nominee. it continues. sessions would win election to the senate in 1996, ultimately succeed me as senior republican on the judiciary committee and i have since publicly acknowledged that my opposition was a mistake writes senator specter. it begins one of my biggest regrets. he was not a bigot.
Title the book? well, right now i am working on a project. it s a look at widespread corruption in washington, d.c. involving both political parties and we ll just have to see how things shake out. i am cautiously optimistic hopeful that trump, who comes to the white house saying he wants to drain the swamp and i think he s going to have an ambitious agenda in that regard will hopefully pay special attention to these kinds of ethical issues. thank you, peter. thank you, michael. so what should trump do to alleviate concerns? joining me now is richard painter. he was chief white house ethics lawyer for president george w. bush and is currently professor of corporate law at the university of minnesota. if president-elect donald trump were to call you and seek your counsel as to how to get his business affairs in order before he s inaugurated, what would you
Business. it said, quote, one reason 60 million voters elected donald trump is because he promised to change washington s culture of self dealing. and if he wants to succeed, he s going to have to make a sacrifice and lead by example. now, this is ironic given that except for those damn e-mails the issue that most dogged candidate hillary clinton was concern over the ethics of the clinton foundation. and whether foreign governments made donations in exchange for favorable treatment while she was secretary of state. trump s heading down what likely might be an even trickier path unless he heeds the journal s advice. joining me now the man who literally wrote the book on the clinton foundation, clinton cash, the untold story of how and why foreign governments and businesses helped make bill and hillary rich. peter swiezer is a breitbart news editor and head of the government accountability institute. peter, the premise of your book clinton cash was that the clintons were able to skirt th
Reach. if not across the aisle, at least towards the center. the cabinet and staff picks in combination with the president-elects twitter attack on quote professional protesters, his unwillingness to die vest himself and family from the businesses as even the wheat journal advises and keeping the american media at bay are all troublesome signs. come on, mr. president, surround yourself with more balance in both perspective and experience not to mention diversity. yes, you won. you re entitled to pick your team, but the selections you make now are going to have long-range implications and you are the president of all of us, not just the 47% who voted for you. joining me now, legendary legal expert alan dershowitz at the harvard law school professor and author of this book, electile dysfunction, a guide for unaroused voters, oh my. and former writer for president george w. bush ned ryan.
Ideology to get in the way of what is the responsibility of the senator an indeed the need of the country to have people come together and find the commonground. speaking of senators thrown out in part around this moderation question, let s bring in former pennsylvania senator arlen specter who represented his years for 30 years in the senate, first as a republican and then later as a democrat, and the and the author of life among the cannibals. and that sort of title tells you about what is in the book. yu went through this yourself, and you were known as a contrarian, but your decision to break with your party and vote for the president s stimulus package cost you your seat. are you the exception to this, or are you the rule? no. that is what is happening in washington today, melissa. that is why charles robins and i wrote this book life among the