President lyndon b. Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law. Removing legal barriers for black voters, johnson not only made a quality at the ballot box of reality for everyone but he also ensured this nations laws matched its revered ideals. And yeah, its over the ensuing indicates protections under the act have been chipped away. Most notably after the 2013 Supreme Court decision in shelby v. Holder which made it easier for states to pass restrictive voting laws. Still, the outcome of our elections and our democracy held firm. Until january six 2020 line. An angry red violent mob stormed the capitol driven by one terrified goal. Overturn a free and Fair Election. They were motivated by the lives of one. Dan donald j trump. The new twice impeached thrice indicted for now former president of the United States. That dark day expose just how fragile american democracy, our democracy, really is. But, trump is now finally facing accountability for trying to illegally stated. Power th
order request from the special counsel s office. prosecutors filed a request for the protective order with judge tanya chutkan late friday night to bar trump of exposing any evidence in the investigation as a discovery phase begins. in their requests, the special counsel prosecutors cited a post from trump that said quote, if you go after me i am coming after you. that threat only serves to highlight a stirring rebuke of trump and his inaction during the insurrection from congresswoman liz cheney. at the final public hearing of the january 6th select committee. no man who would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. he is unfit for any office. joining me now is former florida congresswoman stephanie murphy. also the former member of the
signaling that they are willing to engage trump in a battle for the future of the republican party. reporter: a political shot across donald trump s bow tonight from a republican dynasty. a source telling cnn, former-president george w. bush will hold a fundraising event next month in texas for liz cheney. the republican congresswoman from wyoming who has openly sparred with trump, rejecting his baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen. voting to impeach him after the january-6th insurrection. actions which led to cheney losing her house leadership role. i think this is a be pretty big deal. i mean, this is the most prominent example we have seen recently of establishment republicans saying this is not going to be the party of trump froefr. reporter: news of the fundraiser comes just days after george w. bush speaking on the anniversary of september 11th issued a stirring rebuke of the politics of division fostered by
it was a stirring rebuke and from our perspective way we do, republicans in cognitive and railing against the fisa abuses for a long time. we can own this is the case. it is a unique kind of court. there is a heightened level of due process that should be afforded because they have this carte blanche authority. this is spying on supposing foreign agents who may be working against the interest of the government when an american citizen is involved. it requires this extra level of scrutiny and when they are handing them out like candy and some high-level officials in the department of justice for the fbi are presenting information that is not verified this is a pretty scary thing. i wondered how these judges felt because they are acting on information sworn to them be fbi officials so they have to rely on that and we have talked about they say this calls into question the applications we have gotten and we want to know how to fix it and the aclu in