John O'Connor | Russiagate and the Invasion of Ukraine | Episode 25

John D. O’Connor is a former federal prosecutor and the San Francisco attorney who represented W. Mark Felt during his revelation as Deep Throat in 2005. O’Connor is the author of the book, Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today’s Partisan Advocacy Journalism and the host of the podcast series and forthcoming book, The Mysteries of Watergate.

We discuss the origins of Russiagate, the steel dossier, the key players, oligarchs and politicians like Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Hillary's emails. We discuss the intelligence agencies. We discuss living in San Francisco and what progressive policies have done to the city. We discuss NATO membership of Ukraine, Sweden, and Finland. We discuss the role that the media played. We discuss bipartisanship now vs in the past.

Check out John at: https://www.postgatebook.com/

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