Votes on some of those amendments in the 4 00 hour. Now to live coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. All mighty and eternal god we pause this morning to express our gratitude. Especially give thanks and pray for our nation. Praying for unity where there is division. Praying for peace where there is discord. Praying for love where there is hatred. Praying for the eradication of l forms of racism, sexism, gism, inequality, and poverty. Praying for an end to xenophobia, homophobea, and all othererphobias that might plague and oiceon our nation. Poison our nation. Praying we continue to strive for justice and peace for all people. And always respect the dignity of every human being. O lord, bless these united and for united we stand divided we fall. May we be more loving and compassionate, more understanding and giving, more inviting and welcoming. And bless all elected officials , the communities they serve, and every state, every commonwealth, every city, every district, on every s
Thats the center of jack smiths case. Donald trump is not being prosecuted for lying. Hes being prosecuted for the deliberate and criminal steps he took alongside his six coconspirators to stay in the white house and the quote, unlawful means they pursued to subvert the results in several key states. After the election, in michigan, the indictment noting this, in a private oval office meeting, with the States Senate majority leader, donald trump raised a false claim of an illegitimate vote dump in detroit. The Senate Majority leader told trump that he, quote, had lost michigan, not because of fraud, but because the defendant had underperformed with certain voter populations. Prosecutors then say trump brought his false vote dumping claim to his ag, who told the former president what happened in michigan was, quote, the normal vote Counting Process and that there was no indication of fraud in detroit. The very next day donald trump say this, made a knowingly false statement that in mich
Executive actions, orders, and memorandums. 30, in all. Among them, halting funding for trumps border wall. Reversing trumps muslimtravel ban. And orders to start combatting the covid19 and mending the damage it has done to our economy. Including, an expansion to the foodassistance program. Fasttracking stimulus payments to americans. Improving access to unemployment benefits. And giving federal workers a 15 minimum wage. But President Biden cannot do it alone. He will need congress. And while, yes, his party is in control of both chambers, there are signs tonight, the gop is ready to obstruct. All of this, as we learn that on monday, the house will formally send its article of impeachment to the senate. Majority leader Chuck Schumer has now agreed to postpone the trial to february 8th. A sign of good will by schumer, following requests that trumps legal team get more time to prepare. And then, there is this. Late, last night, katie benner, of the new york times, dropped this bombshell
She reached out to me to read it, to read a draft. And since i was trying to build dress and providing feedback, found the draft fresh. I found that, you know, i certainly pushed back in some areas. I think i did. That would be contested, but what was most attractive to me was, it is just about the future of race. Often we look backward in history. It is important, but focusing on the future. Fast forward to today. We have been thinking a lot about the new center, thinking about home again and reinvigorating our core strength, what makes us different. What are we uniquely situated to do . You know, we have relationships with the 11,000 black elected officials in the country. So certainly that is one thing we are situated to do. Thank you, david. Yonhap males of colored. We had the commission in 2005 and six. The joint center and really spearheading that. That along with the efforts of many others contributed to the my brothers Keepers Initiative that the president just announced. But P
It seems to me that president ial campaign using the law firm as a conduit to pay for activities with which the campaign itself doesnt want to be directly associated is more than just dirty politics. Its also quite possibly illegal. To me, it seems that this is at least a violation of Campaign Finance laws for failure to accurately disclose the actual recipients of campaign disbursements. However, this type of arrangement is not illegal. If its not illegal under current law, we are risking opening pandoras box with all sorts of underhanded activities by campaigns being laundered through law firms and shielded under attorneyclient privilege. As the chief Law Enforcement official in this country, do you share a similar concern in your opinion is illegal under current law for president ial campaign to fund its ending of the compilation and dissemination of political dirt on its opponent by using a law firm to directly pay for the work . I would think it doesnt matter worthy of considerati