Jim Townsend and Norm Ornstein join Stephen Henderson on WDET’s Detroit Today show to discuss our “Portraits in Oversight” series and what historic Congressional investigations can teach us today. For example, find out what the 1870’s congressional investigation into the KKK tells us about Congress’ investigation into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol today.
The show aired on Wednesday, February 2 at 9.00 a.m. EST and is now available to listen online.
“Oversight is something that the media plays a very important role in and that the public has to be very attentive to, so, really, it’s an ecosystem.”
— Jim Townsend, director of the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School.
