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Episode: The never-before-told backstory of Pence's Jan. 6 argument
Description: For most of his life, J. Michael Luttig has operated behind the scenes at the top of the conservative legal world. He started his career as a young aide at the U.S. Supreme Court, worked as an attorney in the Reagan White House, clerked for Judge Antonin Scalia before he was a legal icon, helped guide the appointment of two other Supreme Court justices, and was appointed to a federal judgeship by President George H.W. Bush.During Luttig’s time on the bench, one of his clerks was a young attorney named John Eastman. In re...