Sam Patten: The Misadventures Of A "Foreign Agent"

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.1 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Political consultant and author of the forthcoming book Dangerous Company: The Misadventures of a "Foreign Agent" Sam Patten joins to discuss his beginnings in the political world, his time spent overseas as the head of the Moscow office of the International Republican Institute and in Ukraine while working with Paul Manafort. Later, Sam weighs in on the state of Russia's war on Ukraine, discusses the charges that were brought against him during the Mueller investigation for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and shares stories of the life-threatening situations he has lived through while working across the globe. Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.8	Welcome, everybody, to the newest edition of the Untold Story podcast.
0:52.4	Today, I'm speaking with Sam Patton about his new book, which is called Dangerous Company,
0:55.9	The Misadventures of a Foreign Agent, and it comes out in early October, so we're giving you a sneak peek here. Sam is a lot of things. He's a fascinating
1:02.6	individual and an incredible life story. He is an international political consultant. He has
1:08.2	worked extensively in the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, Africa,
1:12.1	Asia, the Middle East. He was appointed a senior advisor to the Undersecretary of State for Democracy
1:17.5	and Global Affairs. He has a former legislative advisor and speechwriter on Capitol Hill to two U.S.
1:22.9	senators, including Susan Collins from Maine. And he has just written this new book. One of the
1:30.4	subtitles of the book is sort of tells you a lot, and it has to do with the latest chapter in his
1:38.8	life, which is confessions of a Russiagate survivor because he pled guilty as part of the Mueller investigation for work
1:47.7	that he was doing as it carried to the 2016 election. And he was at one point working with
1:55.0	Paul Manafort. So Sam, let me bring you hand. It's great to have you with us. I'll let you do
1:58.8	the storytelling from here. Thanks for joining me today.
2:02.1	It's a pleasure to be here, Martha. Thanks for having me. So one of the things that really
2:06.7	grabs people, I think, when they hear all of the things that you have done, you're very accomplished.
2:12.3	You went to Georgetown University. Your family has a lot of ties to leadership roles and intelligence roles in Washington.
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