ABOUT THE GUESTS
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Tara
Setmayer
CNN Political Commentator, ABC News Political Contributor & former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill
Tara Setmayer is a CNN Political Commentator, ABC News Political Contributor and former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill. She regularly appears on CNN’s prime time programs and contributes to ABC’sThe View, Good Morning America and HBO’s Real Time w/Bill Maher. Prior to joining ABC, Tara became a household name for her no nonsense commentary as a CNN political commentator during the 2016 presidential election cycle where Vulture.com recognized her as one of 2016’s “Top 20 Election Coverage Stars” on TV. In 2017, Tara was named as a Board Director for Stand Up Republic, a non-profit organization formed in the wake of the 2016 election of Donald Trump to unite Americans behind the defense of democratic norms, ideals and institutions.
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Paul
Butler
Albert Brick Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Paul Butler is one of the nation’s most frequently consulted scholars on issues of race and criminal justice, with his scholarship having been published in many leading scholarly journals and frequently in popular media. He is the Albert Brick Professor of Law at Georgetown University and regularly lectures for the American Bar Association and the NAACP. Previously, he has served as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, specializing in public corruption, and as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting drug and gun cases. He is a cum laude graduate of Yale, and a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School.
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Rick
Jones
President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers & Executive Director and founding member, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
Rick Jones is the executive director and a founding member of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS). He is a distinguished trial lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience in complex multi-forum litigation. Rick is a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches the criminal defense externship and a trial practice course. He is also on the faculty of the National Criminal Defense College (NCDC) in Macon, Georgia and is frequently invited to lecture on criminal justice issues throughout the country.