Scapegoated as part of what the president famously called a witch hunt. And now, o man are the president s critics. Among them House Speaker Judiciary Committee chair jerry nadler who had many of the russian hearings. And he said quote this pardon is undeserved, unprincipled and one more stain on President Trumps a rabidly deleting presidency. Subject is abusing his power . Lets get into our prethanksgiving party panel weve got former cia officer, mike baker is here pretty what about diligence . You can say that. Weve also got reason magazine reason. Com editorinchief and former House Press Secretary the one and only Rochelle Ritchie hello everyone. Kennedy lets discuss, mike baker this is clearly an abuse of power. The president has gone mad and has a waning days in the white house. Tell me what happened . The republic is ending this is yet another example. This is a nobrainers far as i am concerned. If you are going to use the president ial pardon power. As offered to the president b
as most of you know, we have celebrated 25 years of politics and prose and this is the penultimate event in a lot of ways. herb bloch was generous enough to come to our store and find when we were just opened that fall, haynes johnson has been coming to present his will since the first one that he wrote after we were open, the landing with howard simon. this seems like the absolute perfect event to encapsulate our history. too bad herblock isn t with us in person but it is great to have his spirit lives on. most of you know haines from his book and he says he is still promoting the book that he and dan washington post wrote on the 2008 campaign. i am sure we have copies in the front tonight. haines was a political reporter with the washington star when i first met him. he has written get this 16 books. some of which were co-authored with pierce. i was thinking it is a tribute to haines that so many of the books, not a majority but so many were written with other journalis