NYT Bestselling author and former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissman joins Donny to break down his explosive new book Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America — and the bold legal reforms he says could protect American democracy for generations.
Andrew Weissman — former lead prosecutor on the Mueller Special Counsel investigation, ex-General Counsel of the FBI, and 15-year federal prosecutor — pulls no punches on the weaponization of the Justice Department, political lies, and what real structural reform looks like.
In this episode:
Why Weissman's original publisher dropped his book after Trump's executive order — and why that backfired
His proposal to raise the grand jury indictment standard to stop retributive, politically motivated prosecutions
The Truth in Elections Act — how countries like Germany, France, and Brazil criminalize deliberate election lies, and why the U.S. should too
The First Amendment argument against regulating political speech — and why Weissman says it doesn't hold up
What a German court's Holocaust denial ruling reveals about protecting democracy from dangerous lies
Whether Trumpism survives Trump — and the structural reforms needed before the next authoritarian playbook is run
Whether you're a political junkie, legal nerd, or just a concerned American, this conversation is essential listening.
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