Fellow for joining us this afternoon. We will introduce them in just a moment. As a reminder, attendees have their volume and video that we are eager to incorporate the questions to the extent of time allows. You can submit those using the qanda feature on zoom and we will record a session and distribute and post the video afterwards to the benefit of everyone. Stay tuned for upcoming discussions former under secretary of defense will join us next thursday may 28 and the Jackson Institute to introduce the special guest. Thanks and welcome everyone. As we grapple with the ramifications of the pandemic we are grateful to have a Wonderful Group of faculty and senior fellows. One such individual is the jackson senior fellow howard dean who is a former physician, six term governor of vermont, president ial candidate share of the National Governors association and the Democratic National committee. With maybe a little less wellknown governor dean is professor dean and teaches an incredibly p
4400 arrested for looting and rioting. At least 25 discalled in the National Guard and imposed curfews which were quickly broken. Tonight we welcome fox news political analyst, Gianno Caldwell on a nation in pain, on healing and brother of george floyd, he was killed in police custody. George floyds brother says looting and rioting has to stop. They are attacking businesses owned by minorities, and it is not the way. George floyd would not accept that. George floyds family says findings of independent autopsy, determining george floyd died of asphyxiation. We have senator Chuck Grassley, on who was behind on what senator ron johnson called, leaks to the National Media that threatened the National Security. Ken starr on reaction pouring, in declassified transcript twine Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador and the fbi and Obama Administration had no legal basis to interview and go after Michael Flynn and to continue with the trump russia probe, now taking serious hits to its validity an
No abuse of power, there was no such thing as collusion between the Trump Administration and russia. There is also new information tonight about susan rices email declassification and why she mailed herself on Inauguration Day of 2017 about a january a 5th oval office meeting, a meeting at which president obama and senior obama err a rah officials talked about the radical dems effort to target the into coming Trump Administration. Today superrices representatives susan rices representatives told fox news that rice was directed by the white house come, neil eggleston, to, quote, memorialize that meeting before thed a managers left the administration left office. Rices attorneys made the very same claim back in 2018 in a letter to Senate Judiciary committee leaders. In that letter, however, rices attorney wrote, quote president obama and his National Security team were justifiably concerned about potential risks to the nations security from sharing highly classified information about rus
Jury evidence from the mueller russia probe to try to impeach trump again. This is happening. A republicanled committee in the senate for the first time voted to issue subpoenas involving the bidens conflicts of interest in ukraine. Also this, republicans looking hard at a newlydeclassified email susan rice sent to herself on Inauguration Day on 2017 to determine whether or not former president barack obama, joe biden and other obama officials abused their power. Improperly influenced both the fbis probe of the Trump Campaign and targeted Michael Flynn. These officials, it is happening, including susan rice deny knowing anything about surveilness. Republicans moving to subpoena these officials. The push to get them accountable for conspiracy, perjury, for lying to congress, can that happen . Will that happen . We have potential examples there Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell saying democrats, stop trying to fish for another impeachment. It aint playing. That debate, could it happ
To incorporate your questions as time allows. You can submit those using the q a feature in zoom. We will record this session and post a video afterward to the benefit of everyone. Stay tuned for Upcoming Forum discussions, former under secretary of defense will join us next thursday, may 28 and now i will turn it to jim levinsohn, director of Yale Universitys Jackson Institute for Global Affairs to introduce our special guest. Thanks, ted, and welcome everyone. As we grapple with the ramifications of this pandemic, we are grateful jackson to have a Wonderful Group of faculty and senior fellows whose expertise we can draw. Is dr. H individual howard dean. Physician, six term governor of vermont, president ial candidate, president of the National Government association and the Democratic National committee. Much of that is well known. What may be less wellknown is in new haven, governor dean is professor dean and he teaches an incredibly popular undergraduate seminar on the politics of