Doors open at 5:30PM\, discussion of \ ;The Wolves of K Street \;with author Brody Mullins begins at 6:30PM. This program will be moderated by William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum Director Jay Barth. Presented in partnership with the Clinton P residential Center.
\nTwo veteran investigative journalists trace the rise of the modern lobbying industry through the three dynasties &mdash\;one Republican\, two Democratic&mdash\;that have enabled corporate interests to infiltrate American politics and undermine our democracy.
\nAbout the Authors:
\nBrody Mullins is an inve stigative reporter in the Washington\, DC\, bureau of The Wall Street Journal\, where he covers business\, lobbying\, and campaign finance. He was part of the team that won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Investigativ e Reporting for revealing financial conflicts of interest among officials at fifty federal agencies who bought and sold stocks of companies they wer e tasked with regulating.
\nLuke Mullins is a contributing writer at POLITICO magazine\, where he covers the people and institutions that control Washington&rsquo\;s levers of power. He has been a senior wri ter at Washingtonian magazine\, and he&rsquo\;s also written for The Atlantic\, Esquire\, and Mother Jones\, amo ng other publications.
\nAbout The Wolves of K Street:
\n&ldquo\;If you want to understand how American democr
acy went off the rails\, all you need to do is read this book. The Mullins
brothers have captured the entire crazy saga\, and they&rsquo\;ve come wi
th the receipts to prove that it&rsquo\;s all true. A shockingly detailed
look inside the secretive industry that shapes our democracy for the highe
st bidder\, this epic feat of investigative reporting will be required rea
ding for years to come.&rdquo\;
&mdash\;Christopher Leonard\, New Yor
k Times bestselling author of The Lords of Easy Money
&ld
quo\;However nefarious you think the lobbying industry is in Washington\,
Brody and Luke Mullins have news: It&rsquo\;s worse. Not even during the R
oaring Twenties and the Gilded Age did corporate American wield so much in
fluence\, fueling the rise of the populist right and the progressive left\
, of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. In their deeply reported\, compellin
g new book\, the Mullins brothers track how that happened\, and the disast
rous consequences.&rdquo\;
&mdash\;Susan Page\, New York Times bestselling author of The Matriarch
&ldquo\;This book
begins with a mysterious dead body and ends with what deserves to be the d
eath of the malevolent influence of Washington's K Street lobbying firms.
But like cockroaches\, lobbyists scurry away and multiply. A vivid\, brill
iantly told tale that unfolds like a novel\, this is the most potent portr
ait of the Washington swamp you will read.&rdquo\;
&mdash\;Ken Aulett
a\, New York Times bestselling author of Googled