Season 2, Episode 6: Under pressure

Political pushback leads to blackmail

Buddy Hunt, son of Senator Lester Hunt, pictured as a young man. Photo provided by Lucy Simpson and posted on findagrave.com
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About this episode:

As Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s activities -- and his troubling connections to those on the ultra right -- are exposed in the press, Democratic Sen. Lester Hunt launches a final effort to take McCarthy on and rein in his abuses. In response, McCarthy and his allies launch a coordinated blackmail campaign against Hunt, using his own family, that will ultimately end in tragedy.

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