Somalia. As if this is another step by the president to intimidate witnesses. He did not intimidate to you. You are here. You have endured. There are other people out there that can expect this before treatment if they come forward. That is a question for us. You also indicated that the president has a prerogative to appoint a noncareer person, and to be candid, republican president s and democratic president s have done that. Mr. Sondlands transcript is out, and he was someone who indicated that everything hinged, the white house meeting and the release of the vital
defensive aid, everything hinged on the president president zelensky being able to do that election that would benefit the trump campaign. You are aware of that . Yes. And you have indicated that would be something that you would not agree to do . Yes. And sondland was quite willing to do . Apparently so. I think you for your professional service and a yield back. Ambassador yovanovitch, thank you for being here. It has be
one thinks that it s going well. and i m glad he took some action today, yesterday the university of michigan regions and attorney jordan akre faced a second frightening incident. his home had been approached in the middle of the night by pro palestinian protesters. yesterday. his office was spray painted with phrases like free palestine divest. now um, meaning university of michigan kills splotches of red paint left on the goodman acre sign above the building store, the president of the university, santo ono he called the vandalism anti-semitic, the targeting of akre akre says he was targeted because he was jewish and he is the only region whose office was targeted. josh crash our who is the editor-in-chief of jewish inside there are noted on twitter last night that quote, senator gary peters democratic michigan called the vandalism of jordan akre office anti-semitism, congresswoman alyssa slotkin running for senate calls it intimidation related to the middle east conflict, unquote
and no amendments have been tabled against the motion today. votable. the committee s report found that mrjohnson deliberately misled the house and the committee, and in doing so, committed a serious contempt. it also found that mr johnson breached confidence, undermined the democratic process of this house, and was complicit in a campaign ofabuse this house, and was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. i will shortly. intimidation of the committee. i willshortly. it intimidation of the committee. i will shortly. it is for members to decide whether these findings, conclusions and sanctions they propose are correct and reasonable, and that is the question in front of us today. i give way. i’m and that is the question in front of us today. i give way. us today. i give way. i m very crateful us today. i give way. i m very grateful to us today. i give way. i m very grateful to hear us today. i give way. i m very grateful to hear forgiving -
we have no idea when or even if the manhattan d.a. s office is going to charge former president trump with anything, but in the meantime, as alvin bragg says his office does not and cannot tolerate it intimidation, this all feels pretty intimidating at a very practical level. and then there s the issue, the broader issue of what happens when the leader of a political party starts explicitly endorsing violence against the government, at least pretty explicitly endorsing it. this weekend the same former president held a rally in waco, texas, on the 30th anniversary of a federal siege that s been invoked for decades by the white power movement and the violent ultra right as a justification for citizens using violence against the u.s. government. when he combined that staging with an extended homage at that rally to people who have committed violence against the government, when he praised people at that rally who are in prison because of their alleged participation in the attack on the u.
important reminder that those kinds of threats, particularly coming from the president of the united states, but even more generally, that is a form of violence yes, so professor freeman, one of the things that was so compelling is that she was just doing her job. and she is a public servant that wanted to do elections, and wanted to help, that was part of her testimony. can you talk about how oftentimes, using intimidation to prevent safe and free elections is a tactic to prevent people from making sure that there is a democracy which can thrive? absolutely. and that is important to consider, although we are calling it intimidation, it can have an enormous impact. it only takes one or two acts of actual violence to empower threats and intimidation. if you believe that someone might live through, follow