Government . Why should we think of the American Revolution as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . So we talked about, weve talked about this in various frame works. Weve talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution, and on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery. We saw that, in that case, the legacy was quite mixed, right . The revolution set the institution of slavery on the path to destruction in the northern states, but was instrumental and kind of deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today i want to talk about two topics that are closely interrelated, and that are really two sides of the same coin. I want to talk today about how the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a new system for thinking about making western lands widely available to ordinary
Did the mueller team go far enough in exploring this . I believe the mueller team did not go far enough in exploring this, in particular one of the bases on which it decided to decline to prosecute any Trump Campaign officials at the trump tower meeting was lack of evidence of willfulness. In order to be prosecuted for this crime, you have to know that you are violating the law. The report says that donald trump jr. Had failed to voluntarily speak to mueller, and then mueller did not subpoena him to appear before a grand jury to answer questions under oath about what he knew at the time. I think that was a mistake. It could have come out differently had he done so. And after the president s comments, you tweeted, it likely would be a campaign Law Violation to receive information from a Foreign Government, but thats not the point. The point is its wrong, its immoral, and its contrary to u. S. National security interests. For a sitting president it violates his oath of office. Thats a st
The Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time privet we welcome everyone to todays hearing on lessons from the mother report part two, nonpartisan perspectives. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Last week, we heard from two former United States attorneys who described President Trumps repeated efforts to undermine special counsel motors investigation on russias interference in the 2016 elections. We also heard from president nixons former white House Counsel told us that the actions by this administration were substantially similar to the measures the Nixon Administration took to undermine the watergate investigation. There is one important difference. Special counsel mother was investigating a different kind of breakin. The target was similar to that of watergate. The barker was hostile organization. The crime was carried out through hacking operation that stole hundreds of thou
The Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time privet we welcome everyone to todays hearing on lessons from the mother report part two, nonpartisan perspectives. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Last week, we heard from two former United States attorneys who described President Trumps repeated efforts to undermine special counsel motors investigation on russias interference in the 2016 elections. We also heard from president nixons former white House Counsel told us that the actions by this administration were substantially similar to the measures the Nixon Administration took to undermine the watergate investigation. There is one important difference. Special counsel mother was investigating a different kind of breakin. The target was similar to that of watergate. The barker was hostile organization. The crime was carried out through hacking operation that stole hundreds of thou
Ing good morning, organizers say a Million People will visit the iowa state fair, but its just one person who managed to steal the show this weekend. We were with billionaire and gop frontrunner donald trump every step of the way. Trump, front and center, from the start. Youre going to love me in terms of immigration and illegal immigration. Were building a wall its going to be a wall that nobodys going through my wall, when trump builds wall i build walls. I dont think i have made mistakes. You want to know what things im going to differently for this country . Almost everything. Everything we do is wrong. The military, were not taking care of the military. Not taking care of our veterans. Were not taking care of our country. Were not taking care of our finances and our trade deals. We dont have victories. This morning, so many new questions about 2016, can donald trump keep up this momentum . How will his opponents step out of his shadow . Well ask two top contenders shortly . What d