One person who held this position was granted immunity by Patrick Fitzgerald to testify that (*) Scooter Libby had told him about Valerie Plame's job at the CIA weeks before Libby claimed to have learned it.
Lyndon Johnson forced one man who held this position into a humiliating horseback ride in public during a state visit by Ludwig Erhard. Barry Goldwater excoriated a different man who served in this position as the supposed mastermind of the "Daisy" Ad. One person who held this position was granted immunity by Patrick Fitzgerald to testify that (*) Scooter Libby had told him about Valerie Plame's job at the CIA weeks before Libby claimed to have learned it. The first person to hold this position formally was Stephen Early, and one man who held it became the namesake of legislation mandating gun-purchase background checks after he was seriously injured by John Hinckley; that man is James Brady. For 10 points, name this position held by Ari Fleischer and Bill Moyers that involves briefing the media.
Lyndon Johnson forced one man who held this position into a humiliating horseback ride in public during a state visit by Ludwig Erhard.
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