Russia Expert: Putin Destroyed Democracy And Trump's Doing It Too - Jamison Firestone

Russia Expert: Putin Destroyed Democracy And Trump's Doing It Too - Jamison Firestone

From Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci by SALT & Goalhanger

July 9, 2026 · 28 min

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In this episode, Anthony Scaramucci interviews Jamison Firestone about the impact of Putin on democracy and the implications for Trump.

Putin weaponized the justice system; he went after the media, the universities, and even pulled a comedy show off the air because it made fun of him. On this episode of Open Book, I sit down with Jamison Firestone, a guy who survived mobsters, bugged the Russian police, and watched his friend Sergei Magnitsky get tortured and killed for exposing the truth. We talk Yeltsin, Putin, Navalny, and yes, I ask him what Putin actually has on Trump. His answer might surprise you. Jamison Firestone established the first independent foreign law firm in Russia, where he lived for eighteen years. He was a member of the board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia for the last six of those. He is a co-founder, along with Sir William Browder, of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, which created the Magnitsky human rights and anti-corruption sanctions regimes. He also ran the Navalny 35 campaign promoting the sanctioning of corrupt oligarchs and officials identified by Alexei Navalny. He currently works to seize Russian state assets for the benefit of Ukraine and has been featured on the BBC, Bloomberg, and CBC, as well as in several documentaries. Get your copy of this…

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