Welcome to a special Breaking News episode of Talking Feds, a prosecutor's roundtable

that brings together some of the best-known former Department of Justice officials for

a dynamic discussion of the most important legal topics of the day.

And what a day it has been on Capitol Hill as the House brought to testify two career

public officials who told a tale of seamy and corrupt conduct by the President of the

United States.

I'm Harry Littman, I'm a former United States attorney and deputy assistant attorney

general, and I'm also a current Washington Post columnist and we are joined by two seasoned

prosecutors in talking Feds regulars.

First barbed McQuade, as you know, the former US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan

and a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School.

Thanks for joining, Barb.

Thanks, Harry.

And with us also Glenn Kirschner, who served in the US Attorney's Office for the District

of Columbia for 24 years and rose to the position of chief of the homicide section.

He also served on active duty as an Army judge advocate general prosecutor.

Glenn, thanks for being here.

Happy to be here, Harry.

All right.

Let's get right to this historic day that it was on the one hand, a vivid recitation of

really stunning conduct, but the question remains at the end of the day.

Did it move the needle even a little bit?

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