The Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time privet we welcome everyone to todays hearing on lessons from the mother report part two, nonpartisan perspectives. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Last week, we heard from two former United States attorneys who described President Trumps repeated efforts to undermine special counsel motors investigation on russias interference in the 2016 elections. We also heard from president nixons former white House Counsel told us that the actions by this administration were substantially similar to the measures the Nixon Administration took to undermine the watergate investigation. There is one important difference. Special counsel mother was investigating a different kind of breakin. The target was similar to that of watergate. The barker was hostile organization. The crime was carried out through hacking operation that stole hundreds of thou
The Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time privet we welcome everyone to todays hearing on lessons from the mother report part two, nonpartisan perspectives. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Last week, we heard from two former United States attorneys who described President Trumps repeated efforts to undermine special counsel motors investigation on russias interference in the 2016 elections. We also heard from president nixons former white House Counsel told us that the actions by this administration were substantially similar to the measures the Nixon Administration took to undermine the watergate investigation. There is one important difference. Special counsel mother was investigating a different kind of breakin. The target was similar to that of watergate. The barker was hostile organization. The crime was carried out through hacking operation that stole hundreds of thou
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Reached the number of delegates to secure the nomination. It happened on the very same night that President Joe Biden clinched the democratic nomination which means the stakes are set us before. As donald trump will be on the ballot, the 2024 election will not be defined by Big Policy Debates or disagreements between the two candidates and parties of which there are many, but rather by a very basic question whether or not we want our democracy to continue as we know it. Because donald trump has made it clear in public speeches and announcements he will take a Wrecking Ball to the rule of law, he will pardon the january 6th insurrectionists. And he will serve in his own words, this is a quote, a dictator on day one. Voters who go to the polls in a few months have to answer the question whether the 248year democratic experiment sees its birthday . That choice has been laid out in stark detail, voices not just on the left or center, but also the far right. Remember this, from liz cheney.
Next a discussion about the political future and chinas military modernization with policy experts from the broking institution and at the German Marshall Fund. The panel also talks about the tension between taiwan and china and the probability of the u. S. Going to war with china over taiwan. Welcome everyone. Im Suzanne Maloney Vice President and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and im delighted to welcome you to todays event marking the release of an important new book titled u. S. Taiwan relations with chinas challenge lead to a crisis. It is a great honor to help launch such a profoundly important to study of the u. S. Taiwan relations and to celebrate its truly impressive coauthors, ryan and richard bush who are my colleagues here at brookings and Bonnie Glaser of the German Marshall Fund. I want to congratulate them on the publication of this book. Growing concerns about chinas intentions and plans prompted an enormous amount of policy attentio