there s a reason why there s been an obstruction of justice. we now have proof that the russians meddled, and that there was, at least unwitting cooperation with americans, including trump campaign aides, unwitting as it s alleged now. but that s not the end of it. just because this indictment doesn t set it forth, does not mean that there s not another one coming and it will then be set out as to who cooperated with this. benjamin do you agree with jill that this indictment protects rosenstein and mueller? it certainly should. if the goal is, you know, to establish the importance of the investigation, it certainly does that, right? and you know, i agree that this is a speaking indictment that tells us a story. it s not simply a spare laying out of charges. it s a document of remarkable forensic detail that describes a major intelligence operation or covert operation against the country. whether it will protect rosenstein and mueller requires you to spend predictive time in the min
material missing in this case, what he calls wire fraud and identity fraud, that is in this theory what the russians were up to and he s saying he s on the case. jill wine-banks you have written indictments, you have read indictments. what went through your mind today as you were reading this one? this one is extremely detailed. i think it s written for the american public to understand how deeply in danger america is from the russian meddling in our elections. it s also i think a way of protecting rosenstein and mueller because of what they ve done, and it s also showing that there s a reason why there s been an obstruction of justice. we now have proof that the russians meddled, and that there was, at least unwitting cooperation with americans, including trump campaign aides, unwitting as it s alleged now. but that s not the end of it. just because this indictment doesn t set it forth, does not mean that there s not another
fight for the people we re representing. so, we re fighting for our people every day. that s what i was going to say. you are elected. that s right. let me ask you about this, with the supreme court striking down provision in the voting rights act, did that come up? did he offer suggestions for how to ensure that ruling doesn t set back minority voting in states? the topic did coming up. we discussed it at length. it wasn t so much the president offering suggestions. it was the black caucus offering suggestions as to what we think can be done through the justice department, what we think can done through congress, because if you understand the ruling, the supreme court basically put the ball back in the court of congress. so, we are talking about how we can make the necessary changes so that we can once again enforce sections 4 and 5 of the voting rights act. we also talked about section 2 and 3. we talked about what the justice department can do. there are many things we belie
phone with trayvon. look, they are kids. 19 years old. i m a defense attorney. we get these types of cases, i get it. i am sick of the kids argument. i heard it last night. we have heard cases, i heard cases, and the age of the witness. we don t justify kids behavior by using words or thoughts like that. that s not the norm. and some slack for being a kid, i m evaluating her as a witness for the prosecution in that respect, she damaged their case. if that s the best they got, they are in trouble. i agree. and i think acquittal. this is classic self-defense. a strong judge says are you right, i will give you the directed verdict, you shouldn t be here to begin with. and this judge will not do it. i think this was a misunderstanding, trayvon under the eaves because of the rain, trying to defend his neighborhood because they had breakin. a misunderstanding, a huge, huge tragedy. i hope this doesn t set back
phone with trayvon. look, they are kids. 19 years old. i m a defense attorney. we get these types of cases, i get it. i am sick of the kids argument. i heard it last night. we have heard cases, i heard cases, and the age of the witness. we don t justify kids behavior by using words or thoughts like that. that s not the norm. and some slack for being a kid, i m evaluating her as a witness for the prosecution in that respect, she damaged their case. if that s the best they got, they are in trouble. i agree. and i think acquittal. this is classic self-defense. a strong judge says are you right, i will give you the directed verdict, you shouldn t be here to begin with. and this judge will not do it. i think this was a misunderstanding, trayvon under the eaves because of the rain, trying to defend his neighborhood because they had breakin. a misunderstanding, a huge, huge tragedy. i hope this doesn t set back