Jake Tapper on his new book, and the controversy surrounding his last one

We welcome CNN anchor Jake Tapper to discuss his latest book Race Against Terror, a nonfiction legal thriller set in the long-ago world of 2011 in which the U.S. Department of Justice is dedicated to vigorously defending national security through strict adherence to due process and the rule of law. Also discussed: the current state of the media, why the world needed a book about Joe Biden’s mental decline which was released within days of Donald Trump being sworn in for his second term, and why Jake is no longer on speaking terms with the surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Check out Jake’s latest book Race Against Terror, out this week anywhere you buy or listen to books!

You can watch this episode on YouTube, too!

1. Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War, Jake Tapper (2025)

2. Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, Jake Tapper (2025)

3. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Uncivil War, VH1 (2002)(hosted by Jake Tapper)

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