facing multiple ongoing investigations, in multiple jurisdictions about a multitude of alleged wrongdoings. and, the picture emerging out of those many other investigations is that of someone who inflates the true value of his wealth, his power, even the square footage of his properties. in order to inflate his own ego. at the expense of banks, the government, and the american people. the shull as we unravel trump s big lie, or the coup, the committee will hold its next one final public hearing final in the air. they have also announced it will interview ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice clarence thomas implicated in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and although trump has continued to spread debunked claims of election fraud or the january 6th insurrection, the new york times is reporting that his lawyers are working behind the scenes, to limit the scope of a federal grand jury probe, as well as to limit what the former
it was the angry with an election that they think was rigged. it was a very small portion, as you know, who went down to the capitol. a very small portion of them went in. i will tell you that they were angry from the standpoint of what happened with the election, because they re smart and they see. they saw what happens. i believe that that was a big part of what happened on january 6th. use it before that he didn t to talk about the capitol. yeah, look at the sixth. when you re telling people that a presidential election has been stolen, you can t be shocked when people believe you and then become violent. unprecedented was found by the british documentary filmmaker derek holder. yesterday, ahead of its premiere, holder told tmz that they would track the trajectory of donald trump s presidential campaign to the insurrection. that s something that the january six committee has been hard focused on in their investigation. a few weeks ago, they subpoenaed the footage
Other parent what is allowed to be read. it absolutely shouldn t be. they wrapped themselves in a lather of parents racists and their ladies shoelace lead individuals trample over the rights of tens of thousands, even millions across the state, parents of children who have the right to read. so it s absolutely counterattack aryan. it s undemocratic. it s unpatriotic here in united states of america to ridge or resort to book bans. it s now not how we look at things here. you can argue against a, book you can write your own book, a different book, that you got plenty of ways to deal with this. and so it s really outrageous and it s good to see people like amanda, authors like ashley, standing up. absolutely. and final question to you, ashley, you probably did here because nobody can hear it because the tape didn t work, when you heard the governor of florida are saying not one book is being banned, and your book is literally being banned, what did you make of that?
To the constitution, the removal and banning of books for students in school libraries. these books overwhelmingly target stories and authors, narratives, people of color, and lgbtq individuals, so that places a discrimination claim under the constitution and from a first amendment perspective they are picking in choosing books they don t like that portray stories that they don t agree with, that they think are inappropriate, that don t depict a family the way they think it should be shown, and just picking in choosing and taking those off the shelves. that s viewpoint based discrimination, precisely what strength the heart is worst red but. so we are asking the court to stand with us in vindicate these kids freedom to read. and the thing is, if you look at the commonly banned books, gender queer is the number one banned book, these are the most commonly, all boys are blue, about the lgbtq experience, out of darkness, your book, ashley, and the bluest eye is the other book.
So ashley, tell us about your book and how surprised were you when you found out it was bent band. what s your book about? out of darkness takes a historical event as the backdrop for an interracial romance. you look at the cover, this is one of the reasons why rate wing groups love to waive this book around and say that it s filth. but one of the things that is interesting is that this book was on the shelves from 2015 to 2021 without a single complaint. and as i school english teacher i can tell you that s because it meets the needs of young readers, it helps high school students reckoned with our history, look at what our realities of racism in america, and imagine other possibilities for the future. in 2021, right-wing groups try telling parents but that was a problem and that s when books like out of darkness started being targeted. you said you re a former english teacher. i believe i saw you with ali