I thought I knew how bad it really was in government. It turns out, the swamp is more insidious than I ever imagined. As some of you know I spent nearly half my life working in military intelligence and as a federal special agent.

You wouldn’t think that was torture enough, but I saw an ad for the HBO Documentary – The Swamp, and just couldn’t resist. Even I learned a few new things, (mostly not good) and my curiosity was peaked!

With that, I decided to reach out to both writers of The Swamp, and they graciously agreed to come on as guests and discuss how this documentary came about.   

As taken from HBO:

Directed by Daniel DiMauro and Morgan Pehme (Get Me Roger Stone), The Swamp provides a look behind the curtain of Washington politics by following three renegade Republican Congressmen — Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Ken Buck (R-CO) — over the course of a pivotal year in politics as they champion President Trump’s call to “drain the swamp."  With unique behind-the-scenes access to the inner workings of the House amid major breaking news events, including the Robert Mueller hearing and Presidential impeachment proceedings, the film presents a revealing look at the core democratic institution of American government and demonstrates the breadth and grip of a system that rewards fundraising above all else, plaguing Congress on both sides of the aisle.Morgan Pehme is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and political commentator. Most recently, Morgan directed and produced with Daniel DiMauro The Swamp (2020), a behind-the-scenes exploration of the systemic corruption plaguing the U.S. Congress. The film was produced for HBO by their company, Calliope Pictures, in partnership with the Emmy-winning L.A.-based production company IPC. Earlier this year, Morgan co-directed and produced with DiMauro Slumlord Millionaire (2020), an episode of Netflix’s Dirty Money series, executive produced by Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney. Previously, Morgan co-directed, wrote and produced the critically acclaimed Netflix Original documentary Get Me Roger Stone, which made its premiere at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival before being released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles and worldwide on Netflix.Morgan also co-directed the narrative feature Nothing Sacred and co-wrote and produced the psychological thriller Nightmare for IFC Films. An expert in politics, Morgan is an on-camera analyst for PIX11 News. He is also the former editor-in-chief of City & State magazine and co-host of Effective Radio on AM970 in New York City. Among the publications to which Morgan has contributed articles are The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, New York Daily News, The Hill, and HuffPost. Morgan has appeared as a guest on The View, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, and NPR.Daniel DiMauro is a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker and writer. In August 2020, Daniel, along with Morgan Pehme, produced and directed The Swamp, an HBO documentary about dysfunction in the United States Congress. In March 2020, Netflix released Slumlord Millionaire, a film about White House special advisor Jared Kushner,