Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s admission of guilt of violating federal election laws in arranging hush money to pay a porn actress and a Playboy model on behalf of his client could potentially open doors to persecute State criminal charges for Donald Trump. To talk about the implications of the Cohen and Paul Manafort cases we are in conversation with David Cay Johnston.
Guest: David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author of several books including The Making of Donald Trump and It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America. David Cay Johnston latest piece New York Prosecutors Can Go After Trump Now, Even If Mueller Won’t can be found on DCReport.
Then, we talk to Matthew Vitz about the social and ecological changes of Mexico City during its crucial stage of development in the early twentieth century.
Guest: Matthew Vitz is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. His latest book is A City on a Lake: Urban Political Ecology and the Growth of Mexico City.