The Book and Memos of James Comey

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The Book and Memos of James Comey

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Jacob Weisberg and Virginia Heffernan discuss James Comey's new book A Higher Loyalty and the recent batch of Comey memos that leaked on Thursday evening.Be sure to buy tickets to our live show on May 30th in Brooklyn, NY!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A quasi-daily podcast from Slate chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Journalists Virginia Heffernan and León Krauze talk to reporters, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.

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The Book and Memos of James Comey

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