David Priess returns to
deliver a colorful political history of the schemes, maneuvers, and
conspiracies that have attempted to remove unwanted presidents. He discusses
the various President’s who’ve died in office of natural and unnatural causes
including two President’s who some suspect may have been poisoned and a
bizarre conspiracy by a cabal of wealthy businessman to overthrow President
Franklin Roosevelt. He explains the 25th Amendment which allows for the
President’s Cabinet and Congress to declare a leader physically or mentally
unfit to serve, the two Presidents who played instrumental roles in crafting
it, and the closest we ever came to using it. He walks us through the
surprising history of Presidential mental illness and why some of Richard
Nixon’s closest advisors questioned whether he was mentally stable. We talk
about the process of impeachment, when Presidential lies rise the level of a
"high crime or misdemeanor," and whether he thinks Congress could
realistically impeach President Trump. Plus, the man who served as the daily
intelligence briefer to former FBI director Robert Mueller weighs in on the
Russia investigation, what might be going through Mueller's mind right now,
and what we can expect as the investigation winds toward a conclusion.
Order David Priess's book
How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to
Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief
Executives on Amazon, Audible or wherever books are
sold. Keep up with David at
www.lawfareblog.com/contributors/dpriess
or on twitter at @DavidPriess. Today's episode was sponsored by The
Flatiron School. Visit Kickass
News at
www.kickassnews.com, subscribe to
Kickass News on Apple Podcasts, and follow us on twitter at @KickassNewsPod.
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David Priess returns to
deliver a colorful political history of the schemes, maneuvers, and
conspiracies that have attempted to remove unwanted presidents. He discusses
the various President’s who’ve died in office of natural and unnatural causes
including two President’s who some suspect may have been poisoned and a
bizarre conspiracy by a cabal of wealthy businessman to overthrow President
Franklin Roosevelt. He explains the 25th Amendment which allows for the
President’s Cabinet and Congress to declare a leader physically or mentally
unfit to serve, the two Presidents who played instrumental roles in crafting
it, and the closest we ever came to using it. He walks us through the
surprising history of Presidential mental illness and why some of Richard
Nixon’s closest advisors questioned whether he was mentally stable. We talk
about the process of impeachment, when Presidential lies rise the level of a
"high crime or misdemeanor," and whether he thinks Congress could
realistically impeach President Trump. Plus, the man who served as the daily
intelligence briefer to former FBI director Robert Mueller weighs in on the
Russia investigation, what might be going through Mueller's mind right now,
and what we can expect as the investigation winds toward a conclusion.
Order David Priess's book
How to Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to
Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief
Executives on Amazon, Audible or wherever books are
sold. Keep up with David at
www.lawfareblog.com/contributors/dpriess
or on twitter at @DavidPriess. Today's episode was sponsored by The
Flatiron School. Visit Kickass
News at
www.kickassnews.com, subscribe to
Kickass News on Apple Podcasts, and follow us on twitter at @KickassNewsPod.
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