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so senator joseph mccarthy had given a speech claiming that there were 205 known communists in the department of state. anough a later senate investigation that those allegations were false, mccarthy still had a lot of public support, and he continued his investigations. one of the objects that i want to call out here is this item right here. this is this is a speech that was delivered by one of mccarthy's fellow senators. this is from senator margaret chase smith of maine. and smith was one of the only republicans, one of the first republicans to speak up mccarthy's investigations. and she did so because she was concerned about the way that mccarthy had been using abuse of tactics and unsubstantiated allegations. his investigations of suspected communists and the allegations that mccarthy was making could often end up in ruined lives and ruined careers. senator, i think i never really gave your probing or your recklessness. so margaret chase smith decided to speak up about about mccarthy's tactics. and she gave this speech on the floor of the senate. in the speech, she. she decried mccarthy'

mccarthy in the 1950s, and who represented the trump organization in the 1970s. >> what trump has going is that he learned how to stall and defer and postpone, kick the can. but more than that, he learned never admit defeat. >> reporter: but, as much as they have tried, donald trump's lawyers have not been able to delay or dismiss this case. the people of the state of new york against donald trump. >> under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. >> reporter: last year, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg alleged that donald trump had falsified records to conceal a bigger crime. election fraud. >> defendant claimed that he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. this simply was not true. >> reporter: instead, bragg says the hush money went to pay stephanie clifford, an adult film star better known as stormy daniels, to buy her silence about an alleged affair with trump before the 2016 election. while some legal observers question the strength of case, trump's former lawyer, mich

mccarthy, he enters the senate is is is lookg first thing he ds pick up this case that had taken ind the adolf hitler division murdered 100 gis or more and there was a trial after the and the defense prosecutor was embarrassed by the fact that he had lost the case and these soldiers were convict of these crimes. what happened? there's a brouhaha in which the soldiers alleged that they had been tortured and forced into these confession outs by. the war department. so there was an investigation in the senate and mccarthy jumped to it and, defended these ss soldiers. he called them innocent gi joes and it's really a remarkable episode because, you know, in in in these senate hearings, he said, you know, would you want to be in guarded by a man named rosenfeld? and he referred to them as 39 ers. you know. it's terrible stuff. and this ce instance of mccarthy going after the war department and then the pentagon, which he and going after the military, which did. now, the case blew over, but then the right you all these figures are still there but they to a different authoritarian leader t

mccarthy, he enters the senate is is is looking for an issue.rst thing he does isu" tos pick up this case that had taken in 1944 ss troops had the adolf hitler division murdered 100 gis or more and there was a trial after the and the defense prosecutor was embarrassed by the fact that he had lost the case and these soldiers were convict of these crimes. what happened? there's a brouhaha in which the soldiers alleged that they had been tortured and forced into these confession outs by. the war department. so there was an investigation in the senate and mccarthy jumped to it and, defended these ss soldiers. he called them innocent gi joes and it's really a remarkable episode because, you know, in in in these senate hearings, he said, you know, would you want to be in guarded by a man named rosenfeld? and he referred to them as 39 ers. you know. it's terrible stuff. and this case then was the first instance of mccarthy going after the war department and then the pentagon, which he and going after the military, which did. now, the case blew over, bu

mccarthy, he enters the senate is is is looking for an issue. the first thing he does is to is pick up this case that had taken in 1944 ss troops had the adolf hitler division murdered 100 gis or more and there was a trial after the and the defense prosecutor was embarrassed by the fact that he had lost the case and these soldiers were convict of these crimes. what happened? there's a brouhaha in which the soldiers alleged that they had been tortured and forced into these confession outs by. the war department. so there was an investigation in the senate and mccarthy jumped to it and, defended these ss soldiers. he called them innocent gi joes and it's really a remarkable episode because, you know, in in in these senate hearings, he said, you know, would you want to be in guarded by a man named rosenfeld? and he referred to them as 39 ers. you know. it's terrible stuff. and this case then was the first instance of mccarthy going after the war department and then the pentagon, which he and going after the military, which did. now, the case blew o

mccarthy in the 1950s, and who represented the trump organization in the 1970s. >> what trump has goingt, he learned never admit defeat. >> reporter: but as much as they have tried, donald trump's lawyers have not been able to delay or dismiss this case. the people of the state of new york against donald trump. >> under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. >> reporter: last year, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg alleged that donald trump had falsified records to conceal a bigger crime. election fraud. >> the defendant claimed he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. this simply was not true. >> reporter: instead, bragg says the hush-money went to pay stephanie clifford, an adult film star, better known as stormy daniels, to buy her silence about an alleged affair with trump before the 2016 election. while some legal observers question the strength of the case, trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, was convicted of similar charges in 2018 and sentenced to three years in p