Captured: An Interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Greg Olear interviews Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on a wide range of topics, including: dark money, anonymous donors, regulatory capture, the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo, Mitch McConnell’s motives, amicae curiae, Citizens United, climate change legislation (or lack thereof), the loss of John McCain, expanding the court, Brett Kavanaugh, and the FBI’s botched tip line. Plus: A new cryptocurrency. Follow Senator Whitehouse: https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse Watch his speeches on “The Scheme:” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyg5hj7I21i1Aqcaym9TRFrpWjPN9_ms His article in the Yale Law Review: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/a-flood-of-judicial-lobbying-amicus-influence-and-funding-transparency His piece in Salon on dark money: https://www.salon.com/2021/10/14/justice-alito-complains-but-the-evidence-is-clear-this-was-built-by-dark-money/ Buy his book: https://www.amazon.com/Captured-Corporate-Infiltration-American-Democracy/dp/1620974762

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