The rule of law and you must face impeachment proceedings. Impeachment of the president will be cosmetic. In fact, probably exacerbate e e very antagonisms and divisions that are running apart the country. Amy we will speak with journalist chris hedges. His latest article the problem with impeachment and john , one of the organizations calling for trumps impeachment. Then we turned to the water crisis in newark with mayor ras baraka. The plan is never altered. Restlan now and we wont until every lead service line in the city is completely replaced. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. House democrats have subpoenaed president Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani seeking documents related to his work in the ukraine. Last week, giuliani admitted on television that he had urged the Ukrainian Government to investigate trumps political rival joe biden. This comes as House Democrats continue to build
Face impeachment proceedings. Impeachment of the president will be cosmetic. In fact, probably exacerbate e e very antagonisms and divisions that are running apart the country. Amy we will speak with journalist chris hedges. His latest article the problem with impeachment and john , one of the organizations calling for trumps impeachment. Then we turned to the water crisis in newark with mayor ras baraka. The plan is never altered. Restlan now and we wont until every lead service line in the city is completely replaced. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. House democrats have subpoenaed president Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani seeking documents related to his work in the ukraine. Last week, giuliani admitted on television that he had urged the Ukrainian Government to investigate trumps political rival joe biden. This comes as House Democrats continue to build their case for impeaching the
hayes. we re waiting for the special counsel to respond to donald trump s wildly expansive claim of presidential immunity. trump says he can t be prosecuted for january six because he was acquitted in a senate impeachment trial. he contends that he is, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution to the prosecution for his official acts as president. jack smith is expected to respond to those claims before the appeals court heals hears arguments on trump s immunity claims on january six. all rulings on the jaime six case are currently on hold, a lot appeals process plays out, but that didn t stop the special counsel from filing a nemotion from char judge john near chuck in. today asking the court to not allow, quote, the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates relevant disinformation and should reject his intent to inject politics into this proceeding. smith also wants the quo courts to, quote, prohibit the defendant from introducing evidence, making
trump says he can t be prosecute under january 6th because he wa acquitted in a senate impeachment trial, and he continues he has, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution with his acts as president. jack smith is expect today respond to those claims before the appeals court hears trump s case. that didn t stop the special counsel fromn filing a new motn with judge tanya chutkan today asking the court to not allow, quote, the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates disinformation and inject politics into the proceeding. smith also wants the court to, quote, prohibit the defendant from introducing evidence, making arguments, or framing questions to advance a theory of selective or vindictive prosecution. basically the special counsel wants to make sure trump can t say this is joe biden s doj targeting them. and in the response trump said biden s doj is targeting him. joining me now to discuss is ryano riley, justice reporter r nbc news and author
To hold corporations accountable. We will host a debate. Then to the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world. Russia, china, iran tunisia are trying to push an internet sovereignty, nationalism movement, that gives them the ability and permission to subvert it on their citizens, whether it is surveillance or propaganda, censorship. These are all on the rise. The United States is, quite sensibly, pushing down against that that we need a free and open internet. It turns out at the same time theyre doing these exact same things. Amy leading security and Privacy Research Bruce Schneier on his new book, data and goliath. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraqi Officials Say they are close to victory in an an iranianbacked offensive to reclaim the city of tikrit from the selfproclaimed islamic state. Iraqi forces and iranianbacked militias have reclaimed swaths of the city without the aid o