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Welcome to Talking Feds.

A round table that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests

for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.

I'm Harry Littmann.

One day, former President Trump will be just a sorted footnote in the country's history

books, as disgraced President Richard Nixon became shortly after resigning in leaving

office.

But judging from the week's events, that day is nowhere near here yet.

This week brought extensive demonstration of the degree to which our political life continues

to be yoked to Trump's legacy in his conduct in office.

Two years after Congress subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn to detail his

knowledge of Trump's apparent obstruction, McGahn finally testified to the Judiciary Committee

behind closed doors.

But while he may have sworn to tell the truth, it was not the whole truth.

The testimony was limited to details already in the public record, raising the question

how and when, if at all, the American people will learn the full story of the Trump administration's

derelictions.

Regents and prosecutors meanwhile were pursuing some of Trump's closest allies, especially

Matt Gates, Louis de Joy and Rudy Giuliani, all of whom looked to be at serious risk

of criminal charges in the near or medium term.

And the Trump legacy of suppressing voting rights and hiding behind the big lie and bogus

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