Tyt Interviews

On April 15, 2015, 61-year-old rural mail carrier Doug Hughes grabbed headlines after flying his one-man gyrocopter from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Washington DC and touching down on the west lawn of the Capitol building, bringing with him 535 letters - one for each member of Congress to draw attention to the pressing need for campaign finance reform. In this interview with The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur, Hughes talks about: - How he came up with the idea for his historic flight - Whether he was concerned about being shot out of the air - How politicians, the moneyed interests and the mainstream media all conspire to perpetuate a corrupt system - How the right and left can come together to battle corporate cronyism and government corruption - The felony and misdemeanor charges against him and the upcoming trial that could send him away for X years in prison - How crony capitalism and a corrupt Congress are intentionally driving the US Postal Service into bankruptcy - The next stunt he’s planning to shake Americ