First, Esty Dinur speaks with Chip Gibbons from Defending Rights & Dissent about the the prosecutions of journalists Aaron Cantú and Alexei Wood. Cantú and Wood were covering an Inauguration Day protest this year when they were arrested, then charged with multiple rioting crimes. Their trials began this week. Then, we hear from Kevin Ripp and Shawn Convey, […]
Bill of Rights Defense committee opposes U.S. Attorney General nominat...
Will Jeff Sessions’ past comments exclude him from his appointment as the U.S. Attorney General? Chip Gibbons, Legal and Policy Counsel of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, believes that Senator Sessions’ attitudes toward ethnic minorities have not changed, and should exclude him as the country’s chief lawyer.