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mary lincoln herself suspected andrew johnson, of foul play. and so stanton organized the military trial of the conspirators. and there were many witnesses who were brought forward who implicated the confederacy and others. but they turned out to be fraudulent are not real. but stanton was correct to try to every aspect of this murder. who was baker in that scene that we just showed? baker was one of two men named baker luther baron baker and lafayette baker. baker was a bit of a ne'er do well spy, and he and his cousin wanted very much to participate in getting word reward money. secretary of state. secretary of war. stanton had ordered and offered a $100,000 reward for the capture of john wilkes booth, which was a fortune that a private the union army made less than $20 a month. the of the president of the united states was $5,000 a year, $100,000 was a king's ransom. and in fact, about 35 or 40 people applied for a cut of that ransom. and both bakers got a share of that. so there was also a selfish motive in being the man who was funding joh
mary lincoln herself suspected andrew johnson, of foul play. and so stanton organized the military trial of the conspirators. and there were many witnesses who were brought forward who implicated the confederacy and others. but they turned out to be fraudulent are not real. but stanton was correct to try to every aspect of this murder. who was baker in that scene that we just showed? baker was one of two men named baker luther baron baker and lafayette baker. baker was a bit of a ne'er do well...
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grew more and more distant from andrew johnson immediately after the civil war. former confederate states were passing what were known as the black codes. these horribly discriminatory laws that sought to return formally enslaved people to a condition that very closely resembled slavery and johnson or the congress tried to respond to this by passing legislation to establish the basic civil rights of all citizens, regardless of race, and also to establish that citizenship begins birth. if you're born in this country, that's what the 14th amendment does in part. well, johnson opposes all reconstruction measures. he opposes the civil rights act, a bunch of freedman's bureau acts as reconstruction that are passed during 1860s, which congress winds up passing over his veto. he opposes the 14th amendment, even though the president doesn't have a direct say in that. well, when it came time for impeachment, you know, grant was someone who had been consulting with congressional leaders, and he became closer and closer to republicans in congress who, came to have a superma
grew more and more distant from andrew johnson immediately after the civil war. former confederate states were passing what were known as the black codes. these horribly discriminatory laws that sought to return formally enslaved people to a condition that very closely resembled slavery and johnson or the congress tried to respond to this by passing legislation to establish the basic civil rights of all citizens, regardless of race, and also to establish that citizenship begins birth. if you're...
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and in 1867 she met with andrew johnson and johnson was on the verge of pardoning appleton oak smith when the jilted ex-wife i sort of finds out, and she to the white house meets with andrew johnson says my ex-husband's a scoundrel, don't pardon him. and the great irony is that andrew johnson, the guy who pardoned every ex-confederate then refuses to pardon appleton oak smith. well, appleton remains in exile until 1872, when ulysses grant becomes convinced that he's innocent and grant grants the pardon and leaves england with his family and comes back to the united states, he lands the coast of north carolina and. he's walking through the streets of either beaufort or morehead city, one day, and he sees a land auction going and he decides, i'm going to help the auctioneer out. and so he puts in a very low bid on some land. and the next day he's walking the streets and someone comes up to him and says, you know, you got to pay for that land. you bought it. and he what are you talking about? and they say no one else bid. and so bought land in north carolina and that is where he would s
and in 1867 she met with andrew johnson and johnson was on the verge of pardoning appleton oak smith when the jilted ex-wife i sort of finds out, and she to the white house meets with andrew johnson says my ex-husband's a scoundrel, don't pardon him. and the great irony is that andrew johnson, the guy who pardoned every ex-confederate then refuses to pardon appleton oak smith. well, appleton remains in exile until 1872, when ulysses grant becomes convinced that he's innocent and grant grants...
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who's going to bring peace is andrew johnson going to bring peace? no. he's divisive. or people who are who are in this, you know, will live to fight another day kind of lost cause mentality, going to bring peace. no. who's waiting in the wings to sir, to to replace andrew johnson as his disastrous term comes to an end impeached almost removed office u.s. grant us grant who i long street thinks is a man of honor, a man who wants peace. grant, who has had his own political journey. grant was not an abolitionist when the war started, grant came to support emancipation came to support the enlistment of black troops in the union army, came to support black voting only. gradually, longstreet watched that journey very, very carefully. grant was just taking the realities of of life on the ground in the south and what it was going to take to secure the peace so long story is that friendship with grant is key. his desire for peace and prosperity on the part of his on the part of his his family is key and then there's this third element, this kind of wild card in this in this st
who's going to bring peace is andrew johnson going to bring peace? no. he's divisive. or people who are who are in this, you know, will live to fight another day kind of lost cause mentality, going to bring peace. no. who's waiting in the wings to sir, to to replace andrew johnson as his disastrous term comes to an end impeached almost removed office u.s. grant us grant who i long street thinks is a man of honor, a man who wants peace. grant, who has had his own political journey. grant was not...
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becomes or boutwell, who all of them participate aided in the impeachment against andrew johnson, who had good advice, slavery, radical credentials. and they all joined the anti-imperial league and they kept saying they saw it as a betrayal of the nation's founding. you know, as thomas put it, the united states is supposed to be different. it was not like the old monarchies with their aristotle crises and their rigid hierarchy. so many of them were anti-slavery, like lincoln. they saw it as a blot on american republicanism to a some of them were not that concerned about the plight of black people, but they were concerned about the reputation of american republic. so those people, i think, did an anti-imperialist sort of voice. yes. in the north. yeah. but by that time, the republican party is no longer the party. many of the dominant powers, especially after william mckinley elections in 1896, it becomes far difficult for anti-imperialist to degrade traction. and then many of them support william jennings bryan. right? right. and that is a complete break. that radical republican tradi
becomes or boutwell, who all of them participate aided in the impeachment against andrew johnson, who had good advice, slavery, radical credentials. and they all joined the anti-imperial league and they kept saying they saw it as a betrayal of the nation's founding. you know, as thomas put it, the united states is supposed to be different. it was not like the old monarchies with their aristotle crises and their rigid hierarchy. so many of them were anti-slavery, like lincoln. they saw it as a...
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andrew johnson. and so land reform failed in the south. and that's a part of the push factor and the pull factor is the homestead act, which lincoln signed 1862, which offered americans and, immigrants who maintain that they would become citizens of 160 acres of land if they stayed on it for five years or ahead of a household and made improvements on the land and for those that don't think in acres, that's like 120 nfl football fields of land for free. the government was away and that is the pull factor. these folks in this kentucky train station said, well, if we can't get land out here, we're going to go west. and it's not just land. it's the ability to create a community where you what you say goes right without the unremitting violence and authority of white southerners. and so they go to kansas when arrive they were that there'd be already a town built for them. there was no town. the first group that gets there, they start building sod houses where they were told there's plenty of timber, which if you've ever driven through kansas an
andrew johnson. and so land reform failed in the south. and that's a part of the push factor and the pull factor is the homestead act, which lincoln signed 1862, which offered americans and, immigrants who maintain that they would become citizens of 160 acres of land if they stayed on it for five years or ahead of a household and made improvements on the land and for those that don't think in acres, that's like 120 nfl football fields of land for free. the government was away and that is the...
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and, of course, there was the vice president elect, andrew johnson, who showed up at the inauguration embarrassingly drunk. and the perception of these very different people provide a powerful and moving view of what that war was about and what lincoln was up against on that rainy, muddy day in washington. and i tried to weave those all into the story. at the center of it all. of course is abraham lincoln, who can anding in the this crowd reading his speech just about above the table, a glass of water on it. he did something that day, as i mentioned, that no other no other politician would. on the cusp of victory after, four years of a brutal device of an widely despised war. he declined to make a speech about the union's triumph. instead argued that both sides had been wrong and that the misery that both had shared might have been the price required for ending terrible moral wrong of slavery. lincoln argued that it time for americans to stop thinking about self-righteousness the only way forward. he argued, was to recognize that all had been wrong, to sacrifice, face hatred and venge
and, of course, there was the vice president elect, andrew johnson, who showed up at the inauguration embarrassingly drunk. and the perception of these very different people provide a powerful and moving view of what that war was about and what lincoln was up against on that rainy, muddy day in washington. and i tried to weave those all into the story. at the center of it all. of course is abraham lincoln, who can anding in the this crowd reading his speech just about above the table, a glass...
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and so andrew johnson, president after abraham lincoln's assassination, begins a series of pardons, starts the pardon people who were involved the with the with the confederate sc this is as grand part the foot soldiers and then johnson begins to pardon some of them are high ranking individuals despite multiple amnesties that eventually included almost everyone who sided with the south. there was one major exception lingering confederate general robert de lee indicted for treason. he was fortunate to avoid prosecution and for any wartime crimes. after famously surrendering to grant in 1865, this offer, given this june, about two months after laying down arms, sent president johnson a written pardon request, and a few months later signed an amnesty pledging allegiance to the country. he tried destroy and to constitution. he so violently ignored that johnson did not sign off. it appears he may never have even received lee's plea in. 1970, a state archivist found, lee's amnesty request and some old files. 105 years after lee's death in 1870, president gerald ford raised the last legal disabil
and so andrew johnson, president after abraham lincoln's assassination, begins a series of pardons, starts the pardon people who were involved the with the with the confederate sc this is as grand part the foot soldiers and then johnson begins to pardon some of them are high ranking individuals despite multiple amnesties that eventually included almost everyone who sided with the south. there was one major exception lingering confederate general robert de lee indicted for treason. he was...
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i go back to the first presidential impeachment trial of andrew johnson in the 18 1860s. there was a question from a senator of oregon at the time who asked this very question and salmon p chase, the chief justice of the united states over that impeachment trial because it involves the president of the united states, not patty murray, but ruled that motions to table were in fact ordered because that is consistent with the senate's operation as said it was not within his purview to change how the senate does business. so we could have these motions to table these back-and-forth boats over the next couple of hours. the other thing i want to emphasize that's really important especially on these final votes at the end of the day, we don't know if they might vote on article one and article terkel, both articles of impeachment together or do them separately, but republicans are going to look at people like sherrod brown from ohio, jon tester of montana, tammy baldwin of wisconsin, bob casey of pennsylvania, jacky rosen and nevada and say look how they voted. they voted to trunc
i go back to the first presidential impeachment trial of andrew johnson in the 18 1860s. there was a question from a senator of oregon at the time who asked this very question and salmon p chase, the chief justice of the united states over that impeachment trial because it involves the president of the united states, not patty murray, but ruled that motions to table were in fact ordered because that is consistent with the senate's operation as said it was not within his purview to change how...
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johnson. so 100 years later, the house was now considering these articles of impeachment. and barbara jordan, i think, explained so well the gravity of the moment that members of the house judiciary committee and even the larger house membership felt themselves in. this was an extremely powerful and important moment. it was not a moment for it was a moment for protecting the united states constitution and for really exercising the co for for a co-equal branch of government to exercise its constitutional prerogatives. if it believed that the president had served in violation of his constitutional duties and obligations, the impeachment tool, as barbara jordan explains, is meant for exactly to answer exactly this kind of situation. and they took it very, very the house judiciary ultimately does approve three articles of impeachment against richard nixon. and that, of course, sets in motion his decision in is in part part of his decision to resign from office. so in this never reached the floor o
johnson. so 100 years later, the house was now considering these articles of impeachment. and barbara jordan, i think, explained so well the gravity of the moment that members of the house judiciary committee and even the larger house membership felt themselves in. this was an extremely powerful and important moment. it was not a moment for it was a moment for protecting the united states constitution and for really exercising the co for for a co-equal branch of government to exercise its...
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the andrew johnson administration was not very interested in prosecuting the klan. in addition klansmen, the klan intimidated or co-opted law enforcement judges, juries and so on. so there very, very little prosecute people who testified in clan were often murdered. that was part of the terrorist goal of the klan. so how did how does government deal with. finally, i crucial is the passage of the 14th amendment which extends civil rights or citizenship rights let's say citizenship rights to free people across the south and. seems to provide a guarantee that those rights will be protected. there is a great debate that's taking in congress that's taking place across the country about who what entity can enforce civil rights. traditionally, insofar as civil rights can be enforced, it's by the states. you think rights was a as a political argument, died with the defeat of the confederacy? it didn't. it persisted well, after the war. still with us today, obviously so it was generally presumed that states it was the duty of states enforce civil rights and to protect citize
the andrew johnson administration was not very interested in prosecuting the klan. in addition klansmen, the klan intimidated or co-opted law enforcement judges, juries and so on. so there very, very little prosecute people who testified in clan were often murdered. that was part of the terrorist goal of the klan. so how did how does government deal with. finally, i crucial is the passage of the 14th amendment which extends civil rights or citizenship rights let's say citizenship rights to free...
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johnson, one senator had made a particular motion to do a particular thing during that trial and another senator made a motion to table that motion. there was no motion to table any articles of impeachment. in any event i became convinced that emotion to table would be contrary to everything i thought i knew about our rule constitutionally and otherwise to conduct impeachment trials. i also became convinced that this would be precedent and set a certain precedent suggesting it's okay if the party occupying the majority position in the united states senate didn't want to conduct a trial he didn't have to because it would sweep them aside. channeling the immortal words of russia's own free will if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. and it's a one if you choose the impeachment articles without rendering a verdict of guilty or not guilty. whether pursuant on a motion to table or otherwise in a motion to table would be a place in especially strategy for disposing of and otherwise addressing articles of impeachment. it's important in this context to remember the united stat
johnson, one senator had made a particular motion to do a particular thing during that trial and another senator made a motion to table that motion. there was no motion to table any articles of impeachment. in any event i became convinced that emotion to table would be contrary to everything i thought i knew about our rule constitutionally and otherwise to conduct impeachment trials. i also became convinced that this would be precedent and set a certain precedent suggesting it's okay if the...
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johnson, one senator had made a particular motion to do a particular thing during that trial and another senator made a motion to table that motion. there was no motion to table any articles of impeachment. in any event i became convinced that emotion to table would be contrary to everything i thought i knew about our rule constitutionally and otherwise to conduct impeachment trials. i also became convinced that this would be precedent and set a certain precedent suggesting it's okay if the party occupying the majority position in the united states senate didn't want to conduct a trial he didn't have to because it would sweep them aside. channeling the immortal words of russia's own free will if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. and it's a one if you choose the impeachment articles without rendering a verdict of guilty or not guilty. whether pursuant on a motion to table or otherwise in a motion to table would be a place in especially strategy for disposing of and otherwise addressing articles of impeachment. it's important in this context to remember the united stat
johnson, one senator had made a particular motion to do a particular thing during that trial and another senator made a motion to table that motion. there was no motion to table any articles of impeachment. in any event i became convinced that emotion to table would be contrary to everything i thought i knew about our rule constitutionally and otherwise to conduct impeachment trials. i also became convinced that this would be precedent and set a certain precedent suggesting it's okay if the...
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during the trial over the impeachment of andrew johnson one senator had made a particular motion to do a particular thing during that trial another senator later moved to table that motion. there is no motion to table the articles of impeachment. in any event i became convinced after studying this a motion to table would beat without precedent and contrary to everything i thought i knew about art rule constitutionally and otherwise. to conduct impeachment trials. i wouldth be convinced this was bad precedent it would set a certain precedent suggesting it is okay if the party occupying the majority position did not want to conduct a trial it would not have too. he could sweep them aside. as i say channeling the immortal words of russia and the song free will if you choose not to decide you've still made a choice. you have made a bad one if you choose to set aside the impeachment articles without rendering aho verdict of guiltyr not guilty. whether pursuant to a motion to table or otherwise and motion to table would be an especially bad basis and especially bad strategy and bad mode for
during the trial over the impeachment of andrew johnson one senator had made a particular motion to do a particular thing during that trial another senator later moved to table that motion. there is no motion to table the articles of impeachment. in any event i became convinced after studying this a motion to table would beat without precedent and contrary to everything i thought i knew about art rule constitutionally and otherwise. to conduct impeachment trials. i wouldth be convinced this was...
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but we also did not have an impeachment of a president except for andrew johnson in almost the entire history of the united states. it is in the last 30 and 40 years that politics in this country have become, frankly, very vicious and in the last 40 years we have had impeachments for president three times, almost a fourth time, except that president resigning before he could occur. so, the idea that this would never happen again, criminal prosecutions for actions he took during his time in office, i think is not palling to the reality today and the hostility that administrations, the last four administrations. host: is it time for this supreme court to draw a hard line under immunity? guest: yes, the same way they did with civil liability. in 1982 they said a president has immunity from civil liability to the outer reaches of his carrying out of his duties. i think they need to put out a certain rule on criminal liability so that this president, the current president, and future presidents, know what risks they run once they leave office. host: elizabeth wydra, on that, and you think
but we also did not have an impeachment of a president except for andrew johnson in almost the entire history of the united states. it is in the last 30 and 40 years that politics in this country have become, frankly, very vicious and in the last 40 years we have had impeachments for president three times, almost a fourth time, except that president resigning before he could occur. so, the idea that this would never happen again, criminal prosecutions for actions he took during his time in...
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that's going to be ju question for johnson. andrew conference. all right, manu raju, thanks so much. let's bring in c's political director, david chalian perspeive house speaker mike johnson just telling me how the speakership jois effectively >> right now. one vote he, by the way, some of the, some of threason tt the marity so small is because some house repcans left and did so in a way, left early and did so in a way so as to keep a majority people that theyhink are ith ruining the pl you he the senate also. meanwhile, e same exact time wrappingp mayorkas, department of st homeland thank security. secretary, everyone knewt was going to go nowhere. let's just start with this moment in histy, which i think it's fair tsay, there is some publicans inisarray. mean, when you think out cabinet secretarin 150 years at republican severa republans themselves said did not meet the threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors the entire trial was done within 3.5 hours and so clely democrats weren't taking it seriously. but even some the threshd. ad didn't mee
that's going to be ju question for johnson. andrew conference. all right, manu raju, thanks so much. let's bring in c's political director, david chalian perspeive house speaker mike johnson just telling me how the speakership jois effectively >> right now. one vote he, by the way, some of the, some of threason tt the marity so small is because some house repcans left and did so in a way, left early and did so in a way so as to keep a majority people that theyhink are ith ruining the pl...
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andrew, he is having as much funniest he's ever had in this job currently. he's facing the threat from marjorie taylor greene motion to vacate here are what some of his other mike johnson's other constituents should we call them that his other members of his conference as they tried to describe the difficulties he is facing right now in his job, take a look. >> it's an impossible job the lord jesus himself could not manage his conference or this can't you just can't do it. >> i think mike johnson has a great great human. he doesn't lie like the last guy. >> i think people don't like to dysfunction so that's not good for our side. and with the one seat majority does only take a couple of people to craig dysfunction. >> i think speaker johnson is working his guts out doing the best he can with a lot of feral cats >> true? some color there from house republicans who are willing to support the house speaker. what do you think is the way, how do you think that this plays out here coming up in the next? couple of weeks as johnson muscles with whether to put this u
andrew, he is having as much funniest he's ever had in this job currently. he's facing the threat from marjorie taylor greene motion to vacate here are what some of his other mike johnson's other constituents should we call them that his other members of his conference as they tried to describe the difficulties he is facing right now in his job, take a look. >> it's an impossible job the lord jesus himself could not manage his conference or this can't you just can't do it. >> i...
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andrew, i think that there are several factors here, they came together like this, and the first of them, i would put in the first place that johnson, yes he is... very right a politician, very conservative, i would n't call him far-right yet, he is a very right-wing conservative politician, but there is a big difference between when a politician is simply an mp, as he has been for many years, and when a politician holds public office, and the office is very, very important position because it's the third position in the american government hierarchy, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the person in that... if she wants to, well, to, you know, work, if she wants to work for the country, then she should take care of interests country, first of all, not about his party, party, narrow party interests, and i think that what johnson ultimately had to understand was in the interests of the united states. as a state, it is for ukraine to receive aid, this is a very significant factor in what he did. by the way, he did this not for the first time, because, let's say, yes, he, he di
andrew, i think that there are several factors here, they came together like this, and the first of them, i would put in the first place that johnson, yes he is... very right a politician, very conservative, i would n't call him far-right yet, he is a very right-wing conservative politician, but there is a big difference between when a politician is simply an mp, as he has been for many years, and when a politician holds public office, and the office is very, very important position because...
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and andrew does an area of punch news. amy wasser is away. it is great to see you. after much delay and -- and gop inviting, lots of money for israel, taiwan. $61 billion. how did speaker johnson come to embrace aid for ukraine and defy his right flank? >> it is what the 180 after the last year -- after the last year or so. the freedom pockets throughout his entire tenure in the house of representatives, they voted consistently after every single ukraine package since the start of the war in 2022. now putting speakership on the line over this issue. he credited a couple of things with this transformation. the first is that he is receiving high-level intelligence briefings that he did not receive as a rank-and-file. the united states does not send these weapons and funded to ukraine. the second thing is he talked personally about his also. i would rather american bullets than american boys go to ukraine. i think that was a very personal element for him of this as well. you just let it play out over the weekend to the point where this is a guy who went from outright o
and andrew does an area of punch news. amy wasser is away. it is great to see you. after much delay and -- and gop inviting, lots of money for israel, taiwan. $61 billion. how did speaker johnson come to embrace aid for ukraine and defy his right flank? >> it is what the 180 after the last year -- after the last year or so. the freedom pockets throughout his entire tenure in the house of representatives, they voted consistently after every single ukraine package since the start of the war...
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andrew. >> we'll have to see how it all shakes. shakes out this week, perry. thank you. the university of southern california says this year's valedictorian, who is pro-palestinian, will not be allowed to speak at graduation. the university blames security concerns surrounding the valedictorians social media posts. she says she's been facing racist hatred. >> the body of a fourth construction worker killed in the baltimore bridge collapse has been recovered. the remains were found in the submerged work vehicle, which was on the bridge before it was hit by a cargo ship last month, killing six workers, the associated press reports. the ship, which lost power before the crash, had apparent electrical issues earlier while it was docked. the fbi has opened a criminal investigation. >> jury selection resumes this morning at former president trump's hush money trial, as we learn why many potential jurors have already been dismissed. this morning, former president trump returns to a manhattan courtroom where prosecutors and defense attorneys have the task of seating a jury in tr
andrew. >> we'll have to see how it all shakes. shakes out this week, perry. thank you. the university of southern california says this year's valedictorian, who is pro-palestinian, will not be allowed to speak at graduation. the university blames security concerns surrounding the valedictorians social media posts. she says she's been facing racist hatred. >> the body of a fourth construction worker killed in the baltimore bridge collapse has been recovered. the remains were found...