Jul 13, 2017
President Donald Trump has spent his first months faced with a
potential scandal involving Russia, an issue that’s only grown
since the election with discussions and investigations about
possible obstruction and collusion. In recent weeks, this has
dominated national political debates, especially in Congress and
the White House. Benjamin Wittes, co-founder and editor-in-chief of
the Lawfare blog, joins this episode of Politics & Polls to discuss
where things stand in the Trump-Russia scandal. The Lawfare blog is
“devoted to sober and serious discussion of ‘hard national security
choices.’” Wittes, a journalist who focuses on national security
and law, is also a senior fellow in governance studies at the
Brookings Institution. He is the author of “Detention and Denial:
The Case for Candor After Guantanamo”, published in November 2011;
co-editor of “Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change,”
published in December 2011; and editor of “Campaign 2012: Twelve
Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy,” published
in May 2017 by the Brookings Institution Press.