but even the police profession looks askance, looks down on. we have to have a real criminal accountability. and, again, nobody in america, from the president of the united states, all the way down to all of our citizens should be above the law. again, this is something i m working with. look, i ve had some incredibly constructive conversations with police leaders who know that what we are seeing now because of videotapes and body cameras, which we didn t have generations ago, i m confident that these same things were going on. it s why martin luther king, the march on washington, put police brutality in his i have a dream speech. now we re seeing this every single day. the profession itself here in new jersey, applications to the state police are at historic low. 90% less people even applying to be new jersey state troopers. we have a crisis of policing in america. it s not new, but we have to
looks askance, looks down on. we have to have a real criminal accountability. and, again, nobody in america, from the president of the united states, all the way down to all of our citizens should be above the law. again, this is something i m working with. look, i ve had some incredibly constructive conversations with police leaders who know that what we are seeing now because of videotapes and body cameras, which we didn t have generations ago, i m confident that these same things were going on. it s why martin luther king on the march on washington, put police brutality in his i have a dream speech. now we re seeing this every single day. the profession itself here in new jersey, applications to the state police are at historic low. 90% less people even applying to be new jersey state troopers. we have a crisis of policing in america. it s not new, but we have to come together and fix it. one of the things the public
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Investigate Him
A criminal investigation probing the president’s actions leading up to the January 6 attack on the Capitol is more than warranted.
January 13, 2021
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Much of the discussion right now about how to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his role in the attack on the Capitol last week is focused on impeachment and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. But criminal accountability is another option, and a criminal investigation is warranted on the publicly known facts. To briefly review:
In tweets leading up to January 6, the president repeatedly urged his followers to come to the “big protest” in Washington, D.C., predicting that it would be “wild!” This was after two previous demonstrations in November and December featured Trump-supporting violent gangs assaulting people in the streets and destroying Black Lives Matter banners at historically Black churches.
in. thank you for watching. deadline washington with nicole wallace starts right now. hi, everyone. it is 4:00 in washington, d.c., where we re a few miles from here, donald trump is still stewing and fuming and tweets about robert mueller s press conference and the prospect it may have increased his chances of being impeached. among the ripple effects of that historic appearance by robert mueller this week, elizabeth warren, one of the first democratic presidential candidates to call for donald trump s impeachment, today proposed shredding the d.o.j. policy that puts presidents above the law. congress should make it clear that presidents can be indicted for criminal activity, including obstruction of justice, and when i m president, i will appoint justice department officials who will reverse flawed policies so no president is shielded from criminal accountability. and while we re on the topic of accountability, new comments today, from attorney general bill barr, who says he is n
but we re seeing signs of criminal accountability is extraordinary. i think, as you say, unexpected. now, there were a number of accusers of harvey weinstein. there were two cases involved here, one of lucia evans and another unnamed victim. why these two cases in particular? the police sources that i spoke to in this latest article that came out overnight talked about their long, pain staking process. i ve stayed in touch with a lot of the sources over seven months of traveling around the world, talking to potential star witnesses thechlts a witnesses. these are cases they thought were extraordinarily well-corroborated. harvey weinstein s lawyer spoke after the hearing and i want to play you what he said and i want your reaction. my job is not to defend behavior. my job is to defend something that is criminal behavior. bad behavior, mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood, and to the extent