Joe weekend. It it was another fast moving newsweek. Here are some of the conversations you might have missed. The first line of Jack Smiths 165page filing the Defendant Donaldel Donald trump he is immuned from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 president ial election because he claims it entailed official conduct. Not so. And he goes onto explain why. The special council making case and piercing the supreme Court Decision and we are looking at Jack Smiths Election interference case. A Judge unsealed the filing in response to the supreme Court Ruling on president ial immunity. Smith argues trump was not acting as President Of The United States when he sought to overturn his 2020 election law. So though his multiple conspiracies began after Election Day in 2020, the defendant laid the groundwork for the crimes well before then. Smith goes onto write that same day in an implicit acknowledgment he had no lawful way to prevail he sidelined the Campaign Staff responsib
Father and stepmother. In massachusetts. The bookstore in falls river hosted this event. Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to politics and pros. Thanks for coming out on this very beautiful day. Were very 34r50esed to have Cara Robertson here to talk about her new book the trial of Lizzie Borden. A little housekeeping. Lets take a moment to silence our cell phones. Ill do that, too. We are recording. Cspan is with us today so we dont want any extra noise or interruptions. After cara speaks there will be time for q a so if you have a question youd like to ask her, if you could use this microphone here so we can pick stuff it l of our would be great. We have a lot going on at politics and pros, even at the what were and union market and check it out on our social media. You may enjoy our True Crime Book Group that meets every third tuesday of the month in the coffee house. My name is jenny, im a bookseller here and really glad to introduce Cara Robertson. Shes a lawyer and educated at harva
Many of you know that we have a lot going on here. That, checkop of out our events calendar. Book, are a fan of this you may enjoy our true crime book club. I am a bookseller here. I am glad to introduce our speaker. She is a lawyer. She served as a Legal Advisor to the International Criminal tribunal and was a visiting scholar at stanford law school. She first started researching. He Lizzie Borden story this is her first book. She addresses one of the most infamous murders in American History. It remains a ubiquitous part of american law. Salacious away the and mythologized details and uses primary sources like Court Transcripts and letters to have a total look at the case. [applause] i am not expecting a call. This is just to make sure that i do not talk too long. Much for coming on such a beautiful day. You have been working on a subject as long as i have, there is always the year that you are involved in some kind of intellectual stockholm syndrome. I will give you a little bit of
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Will be sent said along to ther who answer them at the end of the presentation. Also we encourage you to support todays featured author by purchasing her book from independent book seller, politics and prose. Finally i big thank you goes out to the featured sponsors. The blair family foundation, downtown crowne, and montgomery college. Lets get started. Tonight we have got author casey cep to talk about her bestselling book furious hours murder, fraud, and the last trial of harper lee. She tells the true story of murder, revenge and courtroom drama. Beloved writer harper lee spent years working on telling this story. Now casey cep brings the story to life from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama. Casey cep is a staff writer at the new yorker. After graduating from harvard with a degree in english she earned a master philosophy in theology at the university of oxford as a rhodes scholar. In interviewing case tonight is eugene, an awardwinning veteran journalist who has an eclect