The verdict of the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial has just been published, and it’s guilty on all three counts.  I believe this verdict is appropriate especially since Chauvin showed reckless disregard of George Floyd’s life as it drained away under his knee.  This trial is not just one trial of one murder.  It was hopefully a turning point in policing and our own culture that has accepted for far too many years inequality according to skin color and economic status.  This sordid story should change the conversation in America about race and the police.  How we respond to it will determine the direction of that change.

Trump ordered the hold on aid to Ukraine less than two hours after the fateful July 25th call with Zelensky.  The email was revealed over the weekend, part of a Freedom of Information Act  lawsuit judgement issued late last week.  The lawsuit had been filed by the Center for Public Integrity.

The email came from OMB official Michael Duffy and was to the DoD, ordering the halt on the funds.  Chuck Schumer has Duffy on the the witness list that the WH and Mitch McConnell is blocking.  Shumer’s list is short but telling.  He wants to hear from Duffy, Mick Mulvaney, John Bolton, and Mulvaney aide Robert Blair.

Witnesses for innocent people are always allowed to testify.  These aren’t.  Draw your own conclusions.