Differently than they were being presented. Hes the Second Democratic lawmaker to resign this week. Michigan congressman john conyers had been accused of Sexual Misconduct by multiple former aides. He has denied all the allegations, but stepped down on tuesday. Compare this to the republican side of the aisle. More than a dozen women have accused President Donald Trump of Sexual Assault or misconduct. In fact the president on a tape was bragging about getting away with assaulting women because hes famous. And roy moore, who could very well be the next senator from alabama faces accusations from multiple women that he pursued relationships with them or assaulted them when they were teenagers. In his resignation speech today, franken addressed the contrast. Lets watch. Today i am announcing that in the coming weeks i will be resigning as a member of the United States senate. I of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving, while a man who has bragged on ta
Agenda. The only thing moderate about her approach to kavanaugh was her timing. Collins was not the first republican to support him. He was effectively the last and announced her vote after another republican senator, Lisa Murkowski broke ranks to say that after all we have learned in her view, kavanaugh is not the man for the job right now. I did not come to a decision on this until walking into the floor this morning. I believe that Brett Kavanaugh is a good man. I believe he is a good man. It just may be that in my view hes not the right man for the court at this time. Not the right man for the court. Meanwhile here colleague, senator collins offering a 50minute speech defending kavanaugh and arguing to deny him this promotion would be effectively to presume people guilty. This is not a criminal trial. The allegations failed to meet the more likely than not standard. Therefore i do not believe that these charges can fairly prevent judge kavanaugh from serving on the court. Moments a
It. Thats above and beyond. When you do cable news all day, you dont have to consume any of it. Sometimes you dont want anymore. Thats true. But i mean, also, the contrar contrary, the nonworrying interpretation of this series of facts, is that the president has come up with all of these things, all of these as you put it,ess sew terik ideas about afghanistan and montenegro and belarus and poland and all of these things on his own, without any input from the kremlin. And that just seems so unbelievably improbable. I dont think thats true. Anyway. Someone. Someone is talking to him. Someone. Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Happy to have you here this fine friday night. Cnns excellent legal reporter Katelyn Polantz was first to report today that the grand jury that has been impanelled in washington, d. C. To hear evidence and issue indictments in conjunction with the special counsels investigation under robert mueller, that gran
The kremlin. And that just seems so unbelievably improbable. I dont think thats true. Anyway. Someone. Someone is talking to him. Someone. Thank you, my friend. Much appreciated. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Happy to have you here this fine friday night. Cnns excellent legal reporter katelyn pollance was first to report today that the grand jury that has been impanelled in washington, d. C. To hear evidence and issue indictments in conjunction with the special counsels investigation under robert mueller, that grand jury has just had its term extended. Remember when the president s lawyers kept insisting to reporters that they were totally sure the whole mueller thing was going to be over by thanksgiving, by last thanksgiving in 2017 . Yeah, it turns out it is not over. We think of a jury as, you know, the kind of jury that sits in a courtroom during a trial, hearing from witnesses, maybe hearing from the defendant, in front of a judge, and there is members of the
Thanksgiving in 2017 . Yeah, it turns out it is not over. We think of a jury as, you know, the kind of jury that sits in a courtroom during a trial, hearing from witnesses, maybe hearing from the defendant, in front of a judge, and there is members of the public or even reporters sitting back there in the back of the courtroom. Thats what we think of when we think of jury. A grand jury is not like that. A grand jury is not the same as the 12person jury that sits in on a public trial. For one thing, a grand jury holds its proceedings in secret. They also dont sit every day. They meet behind closed doors, often one day a week. There are up to 23 people on a grand jury. Prosecutors bring witnesses before the grand jury. Again, behind closed doors. Those witnesses give the grand jury sworn testimony. Prosecutors also bring them documentary evidence they have obtained as part of an investigation. The role of the grand jurors is to look at all that evidence, weigh all that testimony, weigh a