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June of 2016 with russian affiliated officials. was not interviewed in this investigation. and on page 117 of the report it says that he declined to be voluntary -- voluntarily interviewed. voluntarily is a key word, because it suggests that there was an effort or at least an ask for him to be interviewed and so we talked to people who said that there is one of two reasons why he would have not been interviewed and one is that investigators didnt see him as an important witness, which they say i...

Of specific examples of how democrats play the race card. and because of tonight i will only redo five, number one, six platform supporting slavery. a two, 20 platform supporting segregation. three, they did not just oppose the 13, 14, and 15th amendment to the constitution that abolished slaverys and gave african-americans due process to vote. number four, they also opposed the civil rights acts of 1866, 1870, and 1875 that did everything from giving the newly freed property, protecting the rig...

Of specific examples of how democrats play the race card. and because of time tonight i will only read you five, number one, six platform supporting slavery. two, 20 platform supporting segregation. three, they did not just oppose the 13, 14, and 15th amendment to the constitution that abolished slavery and gave african-americans due process to and right to vote. number four, they also opposed the civil rights acts of 1866, 1870, and 1875 that did everything from giving the newly freed slaves pr...

13th, 14th, and 15th amendments would only apply to form e form slaves who were male. and they put the word "male" in the constitution in the 14th amendment for the first time. that had never been in the constitution. there was a split in the womens suffrage movement because some said, oh, my gosh, youre putting us behind the former slave males. what about the slave women who were not given the right to vote? it took a number of decades before they came back together and finally got the constitu...

Who, by most historians assessment? >> it says the republican party, lets not forget the abolitionist rally republican of that time, lincoln, was the party of the 13th, 14th, 15th amendment. it was the party off the suffrages. look how far the republican party has fallen in 2019. it is a disgrace. it says they dont value women, they dont value people of color, and donald trump has ralliedly changed the party in two years. we can argue whether or not it was slipping in that direction, but donald ...

Before they could even vote. i want to read a quote from a republican, james grant, counters there. sponsored the bill, disputed that charization saying it demirchishs the atrocity of what a poll tax actually was. >> i think poll taxes were atrocious, so was floridas long history of having disenfranchisement permanently this was written in floridas constitution originally as a way to evade the 15th amendments requirement that all people and black people would be able to vote along with right peo...

Finish the job. >> glenn, im going to perform the impossible and switch you from a life of prosecuting criminals to think like a defense attorney for a second. sorry. could you blame people watching tonight, even though its an unsavory character in paul manafort for thinking, hey, is it fair to raise these separate charges in new york and try to nick him twice on this same area of law? >> you know, thats a great question. if we do a quick 5th amendment double jeopardy breakdown, the double jeopa...

Conversation about where we were and what we needed to do. >> rachel back with us and well bring in former prosecutor for the southern district of new york jennifer rogers. rachel, i want to start with you because senator lindsey graham saying he wants to hold hearings into this claim by mcdhab there were conversations about invoking the 20 5th amendment. nothing more serious than that kind of conversation happening at justice, but what do you think the prospects are for this end couv hearing? i...

Nothing that he said prior to that, like, i hire the best people, seems to matter to the people who are most staunchly in support of him. >> thats to his brand, but criminally, if someone is putting together a conspiracy case, and it involves the president, these people are now one of them a convicted felon, the other one charged with felonies. >> well, too, i want to throw a question to chuck. we keep talking about these senior campaign official and as you know when you build a case, youre buil...

Everyone. >> mr. cohen is concerned that when youre labeled a rat and youre in a federal prison, there could be some danger from other people. >> i mean there are isnt just in a movie script when prisoners know, when inmates know that youre a rat, things dont go well for you. and i find that really unsettling that thats what hes facing next month. >> theres no doubt about that. and remember that being subpoenaed now means that hes compelled to testify. he had initially said he would go voluntari...