1/2: #DOJ: #Trump: The four defenses. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution
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1/2: #DOJ: #Trump: The four defenses. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-first-amendment-jan-6-trial-defense-dbbdf297?mod=hp_lead_pos5
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS, I Am the World, I'm John Batcher. |
| 0:05.6 | The indictment of the former president of the United States by the special council |
| 0:09.7 | Mr. Smith, and I invite Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution, a senior fellow, |
| 0:15.5 | writing and defining ideas and often podcasting, I recommend all of them. |
| 0:19.4 | To comment on what I have in my notes found to be four defenses anticipated by the president's |
| 0:26.9 | councillors in trial that could be swift. |
| 0:30.8 | In fact, the next hearing I'm told is at the end of August, strange things happen in |
| 0:35.0 | August. |
| 0:36.0 | We come to three of these from the Wall Street Journal and the fourth from the Wall Street |
| 0:39.8 | Journal. |
| 0:40.8 | Richard, a very good evening to you. |
| 0:42.6 | The event of these last days don't need encapsulation, I'll just say the word, the cliche |
| 0:48.2 | is uncharted territory, I would say we're about to sail off the edge of the world into |
| 0:53.7 | the unknown. |
| 0:54.7 | For the first defense, the Wall Street Journal features in a headline. |
| 0:59.6 | The question here is freedom of speech that is expected to be the president's councillors |
| 1:05.4 | defense. |
| 1:07.2 | The freedom of speech item, as I understand it, is first amendment and the ability or willingness |
| 1:14.1 | or embrace of ideas that are either inaccurate or hostile or dissenting is covered by the |
| 1:22.8 | constitution. |
| 1:24.3 | How do you respond to the freedom of speech to the first amendment defense? |
| 1:27.9 | Good evening to you. |
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