{"id":12950,"date":"2020-07-10T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/global\/?p=12950"},"modified":"2020-07-10T20:53:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:53:38","slug":"elite-decision-makers-must-be-held-accountable-to-avoid-future-malfeasance-professor-daniel-bessner-for-business-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/global\/news\/elite-decision-makers-must-be-held-accountable-to-avoid-future-malfeasance-professor-daniel-bessner-for-business-insider\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite decision-makers must be held accountable to avoid future malfeasance &#8211; Professor Daniel Bessner for Business Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his latest piece for Business Insider, \u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/impunity-lack-of-accountability-for-elites-led-to-trump-presidency-2020-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats may beat Trump in November and still not learn the most important lesson from his presidency,&#8221;<\/a> Associate Professor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/people\/daniel-bessner\/\">Daniel Bessner<\/a> analyzes the importance of holding policymakers accountable if Trump loses the U.S. presidential election in November 2020.<\/p>\n<p>After surveying how elite policymakers have routinely escaped accountability for their crimes over the past several decades, Bessner stresses that the only way to prevent a reappearance of a Trump-like figure is if future administrations &#8212; both Democrat and Republican &#8212; hold the Trump administration accountable for its actions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Bessner is the Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. 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