I am the cofounder and president of free speech for people. Free speech for people is a national nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization launched on the day of the Supreme Courts Citizens United decision more than seven years ago, and dedicated to defending our constitution and reclaiming our democracy. We have been comeeting with a Group Calling for an impeachment investigation of the president. More than 1. 3 million americans have joined this campaign, and it is backed by a legal advisory prominent constitutional scholars across the country, including two law professors on this panel today. Free speech for people is proud today to be joined by the need to Impeach Campaign for this press briefing to discuss the basis for a impeachment investigation of president donald j. Trump. Today we are releasing a white paper and our panel will discuss the grounds outlined in that document. Inill introduce our speakers the order they will be speaking. Following the remarks, we will take questions an
Brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. [inaudible conversations] good evening to barnes and noble Upper West Side Senior National correspondent focusing on political coverage over a the magazine and Cambridge News previously a Senior Editor of the of the antic also written for the new yorker and esquire and other publications his new book tonight is devils bargain which the New York Times calls deeply reported in compulsively readable. The number one the year times bestseller this week. [applause] joshua green. I am always amazed with all of the donald trump and steve bannon that we are subjected to in our daily lives they want to come out and get more of it but i am gratified. I have been advised people and Nonfiction Book readings really want them to hear the author read and from the book so i will read a short section in them sure theres a lot of questions but i will read too short scenes from the book there carefully chosen so my precocious 10 yearold daughter wanted t
Boys are. You have to give me a definition because i dont know who they are. Whatever. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, october 1st, along with joe willie and me, we have professor, eddie glaude jr. And editor at the Financial Times, ed luce. Its so interesting, isnt it, that hes saying the same thing now that here he goes again. That he said as weve been talking about for four years, as he said before super tuesday in 2016. I dont know who david duke is. And, of course, back in 2000, there are quotes of him attacking david duke and saying he wouldnt be a reformed Party Candidate because david duke was a racist and didnt want to be in that party. And then he was slibry about the klan, i cant attack this group because i dont know what theyre doing. Here he goes doing the same thing again. He gave them a very clear message to stand back and stand by. And you can see him thinking, willie, in that debate how do i do this, how do i do this . Because both Chris Wallac
And so everyone wanted to share more than that statement, but they were overruled by the president himself. Which is something we havent known until now. And those teams of advisers, according to our reporting, were really quite concerned and some of them were stunned when they found out about it after the fact. They were dismayed that, a, the president was involved in dictating a statement, and two, that he was involved in dictating a statement that concealed critical information, and number three, while bob mueller is investigating the president for potential obstruction of this investigation. Right. So, just so im clear, to underscore your point, it was Jared Kushner and his attorneys, don junior and his attorneys, who when they found out that people would be learning about this story, initially, they were okay with saying, yes, it was about getting dirt on Hillary Clinton instead of putting it off on this adoption thing, which is what the president ultimately did. There were lots o
Reporter did you want to fire Robert Mueller . Fake news, folks, fake news. The democrats not buying that fake news label. Some say its real and undeniable. It makes the case for obstruction of justice almost ironclad. The Stormy Daniels saga. For the first time she responds to a direct question about her alleged relationship with donald trump. Reaction, next. So we start with new reaction from capitol hill as bipartisan efforts to protect special counsel Robert Mueller are beginning to pick up steam in the wake of reports the president ordered his white House Counsel to fire mueller back in june. Earlier this morning, democratic congressman steve cohen and republican congressman charlie dent told me this reported step by step as the president crossed the line. Mueller is in jeopardy. Because what does trump do but fire people . I think theyve kept him on a leash for a while. But hes a bulldog. And they keep him on a leash. He likes to be in the epicenter, and its bad for him. Why inte