immigration reform. the only cabinet official to be impeached was u.s. secretary of war william belknap and that was in 1876 over a kickback scheme. the. journalist nobel laureate has been acquitted on four charges of tax evasion ending a slew of legal hearings she says were politically motivated. the charges brought against her by the government and a fifth tax evasion charge still looms. now the veteran filipino journalist said the ruling is a victory for truth. cnn s paula hancocks joins me from seoul with more. a lot of people have been supporting this journalist throughout because they feel it was politically motivated. that s right, max. we ve certainly heard many of her advocates and human rights
american struggle is officially out today. congratulations. also with us for the discussion is msnbc contributor, mike barnicle and author and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss. almost selected as secretary of war for lincoln. at the last minute guy from massachusetts. the washington post eugene robinson is still with us, and he has the first question. jon, congratulations on the book, and i will read it eagerly. i m curious, you know, it wasn t really until he got into the war that the sort of stated and open goal of lincoln was to get rid of slavery. and he tried everything to canine of keep the union together, yet earlier, before he
because otherwise she ll tweet something? i mean, what is the downside? why can t he alienate marjorie taylor greene? because he doesn t want her to be the face of the party for the next two years. and if she doesn t get what she wants, alisyn, she will become the face of the. party and joe how long is it gonna be speaker is the question? she s been talking on the i-word, impeachment. she s already drafted impeachment. we re talk about secretary mayorkas, attorney general merrick garland, talking about joe biden. i m interested to see what you think if they do. that but i do want to say. this little legal wrangle here, you can certainly impeach a president, vice president, over the constitution. it s actually not clear under law that can constitutionally impeach a secretary, a cabinet. it s only happened once, secretary of war in 1870 s, and not since. so, they may be barking up the roundtree. but mayorkas is gonna be their first target, i think. you agree? i think ther
beschloss. by the way, barnicle almost selected as secretary of war. scandal. but first, the washington post eugene robinson is still with us, and he has the first question. gene. jon, congratulations on the book, and i will read it eagerly. i m curious, it wasn t really until he got into the war that the sort of stated and open goal of lincoln was to get rid of slavery. and he tried everything to kind of keep the union together, yet earlier, before he was president, he had given the famous, you know, a nation divided against itself self cannot stand speech, as if he knew all along that it was going
is charging them with high crimes and misdemeanors under the constitution. he would only be the second cabinet official ever in american history to endure that fate, the last one happening in the mid 1800s for the secretary of war. there s a lot of concern and pushback within the conference about going that route even though there are common like chip roy of texas who believe it s something congress should consider. i believe he lied under oath. impeachment cases are things you build and make your case. i think we ought to have those conversations. what about biden? there s some talk about impeaching biden? that s a much bigger political question. reporter: so republicans are not at the moment pushing forward on the idea of impeaching joe biden. looking at the idea of going after the secretary of homeland security even though a lot of