The house Newt Gingrich offers his thoughts on why donald trump should be reelected with his book trump and the american future, solving the great problems of our time. Watch booktv on cspan2 this weekend. Welcome to the Manhattan Institute webcast on race, riots and the police. Thank you for joining us for this important and timely conversation. Im jason riley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Throughout the program please enter your question on any of the platforms you are watching us on and we will either wrap them into the discussion or save them for the q and a at the end of this event. I want to let you know that before we get started but more important for timely conversation, since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last month we see nationwide unrest, protests not only here in america but internationally in a certain narrative take hold that starts with the assumption the only way to view George Floyds death is through a racial lens lose all the accounts be
Discussion or save them for the q a at the end of the event, so i just want everyone to know that before we get started. So as i said, this, of course, could not be a more important or more timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last night. We have seen nationwide unrests, we have seen protests not only here in america but internationally. Weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It start with the assumption that the only way to properly view George Floyds death is through racial lens. In fact, all of encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly view this way. Its a narrative of Derek Chauvin and that george floyd is every black man in america. That blacks essentially leave the house each day worried about having a violent encounter with police. The media has run with this narrative which faces very little pushback, very little skepticism and it leaves with us with the impression that the biggest probl
Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Barrtorney general william was on capitol hill for an oversight hearing on the Justice Department. This was his first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others as well as the federal response to nationwide protests and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order the House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time and we welcome, we welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for getting the hearing late, as many of you know i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the
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Department. This was his first appearance with the House Judiciary Committee since joining the Trump Administration in 2019. The attorney general was asked about his role in criminal cases involving roger stone and others, as well as the response to nationwide protests, and the legitimacy of mailin ballots despite claims of voter fraud by the president. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight for the department of justice. I apologize for beginning the hearing late. As many of you know, i was in a minor car accident on the way in this morning. Everyone is fine, except perhaps the car. But it did cause significant delay. I thank the attorney general and the members for their patience and flexibility, and we will now begin. Before we begin, i want to note that we are joined this morning by the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, leader