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Podcast: Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan
Episode: Breaking the Silence: Alva Johnson’s Journey in the Cult of Trump as the 2016 campaign’s Director of Outreach and Coalitions
Description: Legally released from an unenforceable NDA, the former 2016 campaign staffer discusses the cult-building tactics, Russian interference, and the who’s who of bad actors behind the scenes of the Trump campaign. Joining the campaign when then-candidate Trump was polling last in the GOP field, Alva is one of the very few former campaign staffers who worked under Corey Lewandowski, Paul Manafort, Dave Bossie, and Steve Bannon. Alva quit Trump the day the Access Hollywood tape was released, as she experienced remarkably similar behavior towards her from him as described in his Access Hollywood hot mic. Freed from the legal ra...