The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

Libel and the Presidency


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On this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Dan Abrams, the chief legal affairs anchor for ABC News and CEO and founder of Abrams Media. He also hosts Live PD on A & E Network and the Dan Abrams Show Where Politics Meets the Law on Sirius XM. 

He is author of the new book “Theodore Roosevelt For The Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy.” As NPR recounts, “It's an absorbing excursion into an epic 1915 libel case against then former President Teddy Roosevelt. In a truth telling sermon, advocating for a would be corruption busting gubernatorial candidate. Roosevelt accused Republican political boss, William Barnes of promoting evil men whose activities so deeply taint and discredit our whole system of government and the maladministration of public offices.” 

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