Jane Mayer

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer talks about her new investigative piece on Ginni Thomas, a vocal right-wing activist and the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas.

New Yorker staff writer and chief Washington correspondent Jane Mayer talks about news from DC.

We cover the latest in national news, including Trump's refusal to allow Biden's transition team to begin their work, and what's next for the outgoing president.

Jane Mayer on the conservative billionaires who revolutionized American politics.

New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer discusses her article on Christopher Steele, the spy turned investigator behind the famous memo about Trump's ties to Russia.

Right after abuse allegations came out against Eric Schneiderman, Preet Bharara’s name was floated as a possible successor. Or, one of many highly qualified women could get the job.

New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer discusses her article on Christopher Steele, the spy turned investigator behind the famous memo about Trump's ties to Russia.

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses Vice President Pence's ties to the Koch brothers and the influence he holds over President Trump.

Jane Mayer on the decades-old infrastructure created by conservative billionaires to help propagate conservative ideology and protect their interests.

How do billionaires like the Koch brothers finance a tangle of conservative interests in our political system and for what purposes?

Trump's memoir, "The Art of the Deal," painted him as a deal-maker, but ghostwriter Tony Schwartz says he created a character for the book.

Hear how does a self-described guerrilla journalist took down his own sting on a prominent donor to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the hedge-fund billionaire George Soros.

Jane Mayer reveals how billionaires like the Koch brothers have worked to fundamentally alter the American political system. 

Recap from It's a Free Country.

Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Jane Mayer, New Yorker staff writer, discussed the career of Larry McCarthy, one of the most successful negative-ad makers in history, who is now working for the pro-Romney SuperPAC Restore Our Future.

The landmark Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has changed the political landscape in battleground states. Jane Mayer takes a look at how Art Pope, an arch conservative billionaire, is reshaping North Carolina politics heading into the 2012 presidential race with the help of the ruling. Mayer’s article “State for Sale” appears in the October 10, 2011, issue of the New Yorker.

A former National Security Agency employee who was charged with leaking classified information has brokered a plea deal just days before his trial was set to begin. Thomas Drake pleaded guilty to a minor misdemeanor charge, and will face no jail time. Had he been convicted of the ten felony counts he was indicted for in April under the 1917 Espionage Act, he could have served over 30 years in prison. Drake pleaded guilty to misusing a government computer to share classified information with someone not authorized to receive that information. 

New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer describes how the Obama Administration is cracking down on leaks by prosecuting whistle-blowers. Her article, The Secret Sharer, appears in the May 23 issue of The New Yorker.  

New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer discusses Charles and David Koch, billionaire brothers who are waging a war against President Barack Obama. They have donated more than $100 million to right-wing causes; including the Tea Party. Her article “Covert Operations” appears in the August 30 issue of the New Yorker.

New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer discusses Attorney General Eric Holder and the battle over the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Her article "The Trial" appeared in the February 15 & 22 issue of The New Yorker.

Jane Mayer, staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Anchor; Reprint edition, 2009), revisits her reporting of the Bush administration's use of "enhanced" interrogation techniques, ...