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James Robenalt

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Covers:  Watergate, the presidency, Article II, impeachment, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, John Dean, whistleblowers, American politics, the history of abortion
Author of Ballots and Bullets and January 1973, Watergate, Roe v Wade, Vietnam, and the Month that Changed America Forever

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Author of four nonfiction books: Ballots and Bullets, Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland (2018); January 1973, Watergate, Roe v Wade, Vietnam, and the Month that Changed America Forever (2015); The Harding Affair, Love and Espionage During the Great War (2009); and Linking Rings, William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America (2004). Robenalt lectures nationally with John Dean, Nixon's White House Counsel, on legal ethics and the legacy of Watergate. Toge…

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Ballots and Bullets

Ballots and Bullets

The new book Ballots and Bullets, Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland explores…

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January 1973, the Month That Changed American Politics ForeverJanuary 1973

January 1973, the Month That Changed American Politics ForeverJanuary 1973

January 1973, Harry Truman Dies, Vietnam War ends, Kissinger in Paris, Watergate burglars trial and Judge Joh…

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Watergate CLE

Watergate CLE

Special Bonus: Analysis of the Mueller Report, Part II, Obstruction of Justice and Watergate Parallels Ohio S…

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Ballots and Bullets

Ballots and Bullets

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Ballots and Bullets

Ballots and Bullets

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BritBox’s Outrageous Has a Surprising Kennedy Connection

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By James Robenalt
| Vanity Fair Verified
On June 29, 1963, five months before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy quietly visited the grave of his younger sister Kathleen, buried in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church, located in the tiny East Midlands village of Edensor in England. It was an “off the books” stop, coming at the end of JFK’s historic trip to West Germany, including West Berlin, and his ancestral homeland of Ireland.
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What the New JFK Files Reveal About the CIA’s Secrets

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By James Robenalt
| Vanity Fair Verified
Following President Donald Trump’s executive order directing, in January, the full release of John F. Kennedy assassination documents, I interviewed the person I believe is the reigning expert on JFK files, Jefferson Morley. With the release of thousands of documents on Tuesday evening, this is a follow-up on how things look now that the first tranches of documents have been revealed, mostly without redactions.
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Secrets From the JFK Assassination Files: What Can We Expect?

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By James Robenalt
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Share In one of his first acts upon reassuming the presidency last month, Donald Trump issued an executive order directing officials to present a plan for the “full and complete release” of all records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. For decades, documents pertaining to these national tragedies have been withheld—or heavily censored—by the US government.
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