It started when my coauthor david fisher approached me. I did not know him well. He said to me there is this amazing story out there of Abraham Lincoln in the final case he ever argued. There is a transcript of the trial. It is the only transcript that exists of a case lincoln argued. He said do you want to join me in writing a book about this case . I did not believe there was this Great Lincoln case with a transcript out there no one knew about. He was right. The transcript had only been found in the 1980s. There had been no serious book written about it. We joined together in this effort. It led us on this journey where we would look for great cases with transcripts of the actual trial involving wellknown people. President s of the u. S. Or former president s, cases that had largely been forgotten to u. S. History. That is how it all started. We continued to mine for those great cases with a transcript that had been lost to history. It was in 2018 that lincolns last trial came out.
Next it is in depth with dan abrams his books include lincolns last trial, contends avenger and alabama versus king. Martin luther king jr. And the criminal trial that launched the civil rights movement. It started when my coauthor david fisher approached me. I did not know him well. He said to me there is this amazing story out there of Abraham Lincoln in the final case he ever argued. There is a transcript of the trial. It is the only transcript that exists of a case lincoln argued. He said do you want to join me in writing a book about this case . I did not believe there was this Great Lincoln case with a transcript out there no one knew about. He was right. The transcript had only been found in the 1980s. There had been no serious book written about it. We joined together in this effort. It led us on this journey where we would look for great cases with transcripts of the actual trial involving wellknown people. President s of the u. S. Or former president s, cases that had largely
For it, which the Supreme Court ruled is a protected action by the u. S. Constitution. Perhaps his most stunning comments had to do with the coronavirus in which he used a racist slur to describe. Have a listen to what he said also about testing for the virus. You know, testing is a double edged sword. Weve tested now 25 Million People. Its probably 20 Million People more than anybody else. Germany has done a lot. South korea has done a lot. They called me. They said the job youre doing. Heres the bad part. When you do testing to that extent youre going to find more people. Youre going to find more cases. So i said to my people, slow the testing down, please. Mr. Trump there revealing that in the face of the pandemic that has killed 120,000 americans he told officials to slow down coronavirus testing. A white house official did later tell cnn the president was, quote, obviously kidding as if that was something to kid about. Mr. Trump also barbed protests that have been going on nationw
Attend. Just a handful of people turned out to watch it from on overflow area. Hardly any. They ended up having to cancel that part of it. A source having to tell cnn the president spent most of his day upset that the rally was overshadowed by the news several of his staffers doing work on the event tested positive for yes coronavirus. Hed been urged to postpone the rally as oklahoma is seeing a climb in coronavirus cases, a spike really. When it comes to the virus he made some stunning comments. You know, testing is a doubleedged sword. Weve tested now 25 Million People. Its probably 20 Million People more than anybody else. Germanys done a lot. South koreas done a lot. They call me, they said the job youre doing heres the bad part. When you do testing to that extent youre going to find more people. Youre going to find more cases. So i said to my people slow the testing down, please. An Administration Official tells cnn the president was, quote, obviously kidding that hed ordered test
Accusations michael feline. Entrapment of the highest order. Classic abuse of power. I will be remembered in history as helping to bring this country back together. Did anybody really hire him to teach ethics . I doubt that very much. One week away from the possible government shut down. Sticking point continues to be the border wall. I am more than okay president stick to his gun. You will win. We have your back. Anything can happen anything can happen anything could happen pete ed eni had declared this a great song which it might be. Jedediah you were dancing a little bit. Ed anything can happen when jedediah is here. Jedediah i heard you were having too much fun without me so im back. Pete you are the fun police. You can amp up the fun. Yesterday jed a little dance. Ed shout out to your mom i know she is watching. Jedediah she wants her own show watch out. Lasagna is on its way. She keeps inviting everybody like a typical italian mom. Everybody, come to the house. Pete classic ed he