3
Shared Docs
2
Same-Page
6 / 3
Mentions
as indicated by his expectation of life in prison or execution for his unspeakable crime. True, John Hinckley was crazy when he tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan—his motivation was to impress actress Jodie Foster so she would go out bowling with him--yet he was sentenced to serve //s time in a mental hospital,
tings with his parents, which resulted in public outrage and a weakening of the insanity defense. Ironically, Hinckley came out for gun control, and Reagan came out against it. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015334 The Yippies and the Occupiers As a co-founder of the Yippies (Youth International Party)—known for de
as asking the whole audience to take a lie- detector test. Lenny was intrigued by the implications of an item in 7he Realist, an actual statement by Adolf Eichmann that he would have been “not only a scoundrel, but a despicable pig” if he hadn't carried out Hitler's orders. Lenny wrote a piece for 7he Realist “L
use Christianity in the of partisan politics. The issue got so bad during the 1984 presidential race that Walter Mondale found it necessary to remind Ronald Reagan that in the United States the president, unlike the queen of England, is “not the defender of the faith” but rather the “defender of the Constitution
favored a woman’s right to choose but felt secure in the knowledge that the Supreme Court = would continue to protect that right, regardless of what Reagan and others said or did. Abortion thus became the most important issue for right-wing religious zealots and a marginal issue for moderate Republicans
ght from class I went to the Huntington Theater where I had been asked to comment on a play that was opening there. The play was about the capture of Adolph Eichmann, and I spent about an hour on the stage speaking and responding to questions from the director and the audience about the legal issues growing out o
Bystander_#4 JAN 17.indd
icted — that America would have a dictator who won the presidency because he came out of show business. And it happened. You know, [Trump’s] not like Ronald Reagan, who came out of Hollywood, of course. But in Reagan’s case, he couldn’t make the distinction between reality and his movie roles. But he did say he
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023639 →dency because he came out of show business. And it happened. You know, [Trump’s] not like Ronald Reagan, who came out of Hollywood, of course. But in Reagan’s case, he couldn’t make the distinction between reality and his movie roles. But he did say he was willing to take a senility test! Of course, the
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023639 →lly high form of satire. He would make Trump a hero -- in the sense that he would take a different approach. ’m saying that because he did that about Adolf Eich- mann, the Nazi organizer. Lenny would say “He was doing his job!” He would just take an approach like that. Lenny would “appreciate” the defined tragedy.
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023643 →Entities connected to both Ronald Reagan and Adolf Eichmann

Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Donald Trump
PERSON
Barack Obama
PERSON
Joe Biden
PERSONLeon Black
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Ghislaine Maxwell
PERSON
Eric Trump
PERSON
Julie K. Brown
PERSON
Prince Andrew
PERSON
Department of Justice
ORGANIZATION
John F. Kennedy
PERSON
Hillary Clinton
PERSON
Paul Ryan
PERSON
Virginia Giuffre
PERSON
Prince Charles
PERSON
Alan Dershowitz
PERSON