“Russian Roulette” —David Corn talks about his new book on interference in the 2016 election.
The Truro Public Library and the Friends of the Truro Meeting House welcome veteran Washington journalist and political commentator David Corn to the Truro Meeting House to discuss his recently-published book, Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump, a New York Times No. 1 bestseller.  Mr. Corn and co-author Michael Isikoff delve deeply into ties between Russia and the Donald Trump campaign, detailing events leading up to the 2016 election and Russia’s efforts to affect it, including the roles of timing, and that of America’s own readily exploited weaknesses.  There will be a Q&A after the talk.  Admission is free and open to the public. David Corn is the Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine and an on-air analyst for MSNBC. He won the 2012 George Polk award and a National Magazine Award for breaking the 47-percent video story that influenced the Obama-Romney presidential contest. He is the author of three other New York Times bestsellers—Showdown, Hubris (with Michael Isikoff), and The Lies of George W. Bush—and the e-book, 47 Percent: Uncovering the Romney Video that Rocked the 2012 Election. His novel, Deep Background, was hailed as one of the best novels of the year by the Los Angeles Times. He is also the author of the biography Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIA’s Crusades. For 20 years, he was the Washington editor of The Nation magazine. He has written for numerous magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Huffington Post, and Slate. He has regularly appeared on Face the Nation and PBS’s Newshour and provided commentary on National Public Radio.
The Truro Meeting House, a historic landmark listed in the National Register, is located at 3 First Parish Lane next to Town Hall, just off of Route 6 in Truro Center.