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
done and so you lump a number of things into one bill at the end just to make sure you get it done. the governor s office declined to comment. minnesota s secretary of state steve sign man repeatedly pressed lawmakers to approve the funding but to no avail. steve sign man joins us now. secretary, thank you very much for being here. so, the republicans put this in a spending bill. the governor vetoed that spending bill. what is going on? you d think that election security, especially since this was a state that was attacked in 2016, targeted in 2016, that this would be a priority in and of itself regardless of anything else. yes. first of all, good to be with you. i wish it was under better circumstances. this is a real shame and an avoidable shame. i was in the legislature for ten years and i can tell you this would have taken ten minutes on the floor of the minnesota house or the minnesota senate. would have been a layup, would have been a slam dunk.