It was much lengthier, which i think caused some of us to speculate that all of these delays related to some juror issue, but the jurors are all back. Theres been no further discussion of the reason for the delay. Testimony is ongoing. The other intriguing thing that happened today was about sealed testimony about some rick gates testimony that could have to do with an investigation that is still ongoing. When we consider what investigations are still ongoing that rick gates might have to do with, were looking at the larger special counsel investigation into the russia probe. What do you make of that testimony being put under seal by the judge . Well, that came after an objection when the defense asked rick gates if he was asked questions by the fbi about his role in the Trump Campaign. And so at that point there was this sidebar where no doubt they discussed the scope of rick gates cooperation. It would not surprise me if he wasnt providing information about the time that he served as
fire in a movie theater. would you say that s true, mary? well, that s a dramatic example, a classic example that every first-year law student learns about what kind of speech is not protected and that s the classic incitement to violence. alex jones does it a little bit differently. he spreads lies and rumors and more than innuendo that cause his followers to take action. and that action is where i think you can get the similarity to crying fire in a crowded movie theater because he has so many followers who don t really care or aren t interested to listen to what journalists such as yourself and others would have to say to try to correct the misstatements that alex jones made. his followers don t care, they don t listen. it s partly because of that very platform, twitter. it s instantaneous. the false news spreads faster than true news ever does. and then those people take the action against the victims of alex jones. and the way the timelines work, it s very hard to correct a tw