Is Russia Winning the Impeachment Hearings?
Anne Applebaum joins Isaac Dovere to discuss impeachment through a global lens.
November 22, 2019
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Episode 119 · November 22, 2019
Is Russia Winning the Impeachment Hearings?
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Summary
During an impeachment hearing this week, President Trump's former top Russia adviser accused Republicans of peddling Russian propaganda.
Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian who will join The Atlantic as a staff writer in January. As one of the world’s leading experts on pre- and post-Communist Europe, disinformation and propaganda, and the future of democracy, she joins Isaac Dovere to discuss impeachment through a global lens.
How did a conspiracy theory concocted by Russian intelligence officers become a Republican defense of President Trump? And what future does Applebaum see for NATO and Western democracy if the president is in office for another four years?
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