What Harvey Weinstein’s Threat Taught Me About Power

Tara Palmeri opens the show with a deeply personal story about being threatened by Harvey Weinstein early in her journalism career—and explains how that experience shaped her reporting on powerful men. Then, joined by Stuart Stevens, she breaks down the fallout from Graham Platner's withdrawal from the Maine Senate race, Donald Trump's latest legal setback in the E. Jean Carroll case, and what these stories reveal about power, accountability, and politics. Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. For more of her reporting, subscribe to her weekly newsletter, "The Red Letter." https://tarapalmeri.substack.com/ https://www.tarapalmeri.com/subscribe The latest from the 'Red Letter': https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/is-it-time-to-take-the-oligarchy https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/gen-z-guru-rachel-janfaza-on-whether https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/is-big-gretch-cooked To support her mission of independent journalism, consider donating to her GoFundMe account: https://gofund.me/0c46f9a5 Listen to the 'Tara Palmeri Show': Apple https://apple.co/4lWeFuo iHeartRadio https://iheart.com/podcast/273622585/ Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/cdfe747e-54a2-47ae-9ec5-15957642e533/the-tara-palmeri-show Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3kgamV3lbZIGIHW2H0XUTR?si=1ffdbb566a964bc1 New videos from Tara are released 5PM EST on weekdays and Sunday https://www.youtube.com/@TaraPalmeri Follow Tara: https://www.instagram.com/tarapalmeri/ https://x.com/tarapalmeri https://www.tiktok.com/@tarapalmeri For inquiries, email: [email protected] YouTube Chapters 00:00 Tara's Harvey Weinstein story: When power tries to silence journalism 05:20 Why covering abuse of power became a career mission 09:56 Introducing Stuart Stevens & today's headlines 10:43 Graham Platner drops out after assault allegations 12:46 Why powerful men refuse accountability 13:50 Platner's response: Blaming the political establishment 16:14 Why survivors often wait years to come forward 17:31 Accuser speaks out about her experience 19:40 Democrats scramble to replace Platner in Maine 21:24 Who can beat Susan Collins now? 23:25 Can Democrats avoid another nomination crisis? 25:05 Party unity vs. political infighting 27:49 Trump's response to the Platner allegations 29:40 Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million 31:03 Stuart Stevens on Trump's treatment of Carroll 32:08 What presidential character says about America 34:08 Republicans, Democrats, and accountability standards 36:27 Is there really moral equivalence between the parties? 38:34 What Democrats should learn from the Platner controversy 38:55 Final thoughts & supporting independent journalism