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
instead the legislature chose the needlessly hard and complicated way to get this done. they base dli gave this provision a seat on the titanic, on a bill they knew was going down. that s a shame. minnesota was one of the 21 states targeted by the russian government. in 2016 we passed that test. we kept the bad guys out, but this is a race without a finish line. there is no end zone where you get to spike the football. there is no tape you get to cross. the number one threat to the integrity of our election system in minnesota and nationally is the danger of some sort of cyberattack by outside forces trying to undermine our democracy. so when we get this gift from the federal government, almost $7 million for this exact purpose, you d think that the legislature would jump immediately and pass this by any means necessary and they didn t do that. i m confused, though. why didn t they? this is a republican-controlled legislature. again, it was the spending bill was vetoed by the democ