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Book Talk | Devils’ Advocates
New York Times investigative reporter Kenneth Vogel discusses his new book.
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The Hidden Story of Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and the Washington Insiders on the Payrolls of Corrupt Foreign Interests

The foreign influence business, comprised of shadowy operators who quietly shape U.S. foreign policy while producing massive paydays for themselves, has existed for decades, often unnoticed by Americans. Using exclusive sources, thousands of documents, and on-the-ground reporting, Vogel takes readers from an oligarch’s wooded compound outside Kyiv and a South American presidential palace to the halls of power in Washington, DC, and inside the CIA. Devils’ Advocates shines a harsh light on the people, places, and deals behind this seedy—and often absurd—industry, and provides a never-before-seen look at this billion-dollar business that is often at odds with American values like human rights and democracy.

December 2025
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Kenneth Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel is an American journalist and author who currently reports for The New York Times. From 2007 to 2017, he was the founding chief investigative reporter at Politico. In June 2017, he joined the Washington Bureau of The New York Times as a reporter covering conflicts of interest, lobbying, and money in politics.

Nick Cleveland-Stout (Moderator)

Nick Cleveland-Stout is a research associate in the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Previously, he conducted research on U.S.-Brazil relations as a 2023 Fulbright fellow at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, with a particular focus on the influence of American think tanks in Brazil.

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