strickland was factually innocent. of this crime for which he had been convicted. they said that the case never should ve been brought. the lead prosecutor in that office at jackson county missouri came forward publicly and abjectly apologized as she said, kevin strickland should be immediately freed. i am here advocating for mr. strickland s freedom and his conviction should be vacated. most importantly, advocating that this man must be freed immediately. my job is to protect the innocent and often prosecutors show hubris. you probably see michelle some of that from time to time. and today my job is to apologize. it is important to recognize when the system has made wrongs and what we did in this case was wrong.
truth that this president has truly conducted himself in ways that are just morally wrong. now it s time to get the next wave of people. do not let this president stone wall or obstruct by not letting people come forward and testify. rudy giuliani should come before the american public and congress to testify. for them not to do so a abjectly unacceptable. so there s still a lot more to go. the evidence is i still remain a prisoner of hope that folks will do the right thing. because listen, senator. the reason i m asking you is after yesterday s you know, many people considered there to be bombshells when ambassador sondland said yes there was a quid pro quo. and what you heard from all of the republicans thus far was well, he didn t hear anything directly from the president s mouth. he presumed all of this.
i thought it was shameful and i never thought i d see an american president throw the intelligence community under the bus like that and agree with a dictator authoritarian like he did, so it is not a good day for the country. no republican was more forceful than senator john mccain, who issued a written statement saying, today s press conference in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. the damage inflicted by president trump s naivete is difficult to calculate, but it is clear the summit was a tragic mistake. no prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. joining us now presidential historian and author of the best-selling book the soul of america, the battle for our better angels.
with a win. jeff flake said this. i thought it was shameful and i never thought i d see an american president throw the intelligence community under the bus like that and agree with a dictator authoritarian like he did, so it is not a good day for the country. no republican was more forceful than senator john mccain, who issued a written statement saying, today s press conference in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. the damage inflicted by president trump s naivete is difficult to calculate, but it is clear the summit was a tragic mistake. no prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. joining us now presidential historian and author of the best-selling book the soul of
president trump stood before the world, stood next to one of america s chief adversaries, took questions and jaws dropped. one person who never equivocated on vladimir putin, republican senator john mccain, who put out this statement right after that press conference yesterday. today s press conference was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. no prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. one of the more startling moments in the press conference yesterday was not a question to president trump but a question to vladimir putin and any compromising information that russia might have. translator: i did heard this rumors that we allegedly collected compromising material on mr. trump when he was visiting moscow.