Don Bentley’s Mitch Rapp Thriller Double Tap, & Lindsay Clancy Trial Madness

On this high-octane edition of The Adult in the Room, Victoria Taft tackles a packed docket spanning national security fiction, courtroom drama, and breaking political fallout: Hot Book Summer — Don Bentley (Double Tap): New York Times bestselling author and former Army Apache helicopter pilot Don Bentley joins the show to discuss his third novel in the Vince Flynn / Mitch Rapp universe, Double Tap. Bentley explains how he placed Rapp in the early 1990s post-Gulf War era, hunting a rogue Pakistani weapons scientist in Verona, Italy, while breaking down the realities of CIA Ground Branch paramilitary operations and real-life combat aviation rescues. The Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Victoria dissects the deadlocked Massachusetts jury weighing the murder charges against Lindsay Clancy for strangling her three children. Taft examines the evidence of premeditation, the postpartum depression defense, and the media's fawning coverage of defense attorney Kevin Reddington. Epstein Thursday & Massie’s 14 Names: A breakdown of Rep. Thomas Massie taking to the House floor to introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, naming 14 prominent individuals associated with the late predator while calling out Department of Justice inaction. Eric Swalwell & The Royals: Victoria covers the fallout surrounding Rep. Eric Swalwell’s marriage separation and FBI airport phone seizure, plus Donald Trump’s reaction to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle relocating to the UK.