Next, a discussion on trends to the u. S. Political system. Topics include the impeachment inquiry, President Trumps use of social media and the role of the courts. From the Brookings Institution this is 90 minutes. [inaudible] i would like to welcome me to our forum on impeachment, foreign interference and Election Security and 2020. It has been several weeks since Speaker Pelosi launched the impeachment inquiry. Theres been testimony from a number of Administration Officials and soon we will be moving to public hearings. At the same time as we head into the 2020th election, there is concern about foreign i interference in the security of our election infrastructure. There is a concern about Voter Registrationon databases, sewing societal discord, and spreading disinformation. You should have copies of the constitution at each of your seat, s so if theres anything that comes up during the course of this conversation where you need to refer to the legal document, feel free to do so. To
of keep to themselves. but this family is grieving right out in the open. i m not sure that that makes it any easier though. that the podcast you have, i think it is amazing. thank you for doing that. but anything you want to share? i think in watching these family grief i think everybody who watches it is reminded of their own losses and of degrees that they have experienced. i heard you say something earlier on the air which i thought was really right on the money. that there is that shot of the vehicle, with the king, and camilla driving off alone back to the palace after the burial. and, you pointed out that it is often after the funeral, after the crowds of gone away, that the reality of death and the reality and pain of the loss really send can. the adrenaline is gone and you are left still feeling all these things. and yet the world s not morning with you. so, that is a lot of the discovery we explore this podcasts. i was stephen colbert and others about the residual
but i think it does. as elie points out the intent issue has always been a question mark. we didn t know what he knew and whether he realized his act was going on. it was a with full act which requires a statute. but now, this reporting indicates it had apparently the conversation that they didn t know priceless to date. it is like 2021. so herschmann is not talking to him as his lawyer. but he s probably trying to give him some good friendly advice. because, trump is, at that point and a hefty discussion with the national archive and is trying to get documents back. so, it is after that, in january of the next year. that he starts returning up to 15 boxes that have 184 classified documents. that is when it goes to the department of justice, and investigation starts. so this reporting, we don t know why it has come up now. but this is certainly a key witness. her shin was a witness in from the january six committee. we had clips of him. he is very strong witness. and, appar
york times reporting that trump knew there could be legal problems if he didn t return government documents but refused to anyway? well don you ve been talking over the past several weeks and the courts are about proving knowledge and intent. if i described on the show, one of the most difficult task for prosecutors as you have to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt. not just that the documents were there. that is fairly easy to establish, but that donald trump knew they were there and that he had a criminal intent. well if you have a reliable lawyer like eric kershaw and saying i told him to his face that he had these documents you shouldn t have them. they could get to in trouble. well a, that shows donald trump you had the documents. be, it shows that he knew holding on to them was wrong, in some respects. so that could be a really crucial piece of evidence, don. according to this report after his conversation with trump returned 15 block the national archives by head on to oth