'I Don't Want to See Another Man in This Position for 20 Years'

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 8, 2018

Jane Mayer, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (Doubleday, 2016), talks about the abuse allegations she reported (with Ronan Farrow) against New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, prompting him to resign. Then, Alexis Grenell, co-founder of Pythia Public, a political and public affairs firm, and a frequent contributor to the Daily News, puts the resignation in context and discusses what comes next.

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