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Is going to be pronamel repair. former president trump facing massive fines for contempt from new yorks top prosecutor. those fines, $10,000 a day, if attorney general latish sla james gets her way. mountains of evidence has been sent back to him. is it a sign one of the trump investigations is winding down? >> they actually returned to me,

Respect to the people you are actually worried about, the people who commit violent crimes. when i see this stuff i remember when i used to prosecute terrorism cases. when we give the discovery out in the terrorism cases it would always come with a warning that said if you distributed or disseminated this material without authorization of the court you could be held in contempt. and i used to sit there and think we have guys here who are mass murder attacks. you think they are worried about bein...

What do you make of this move from the new york attorney general? $10,000 is a lot of money for someone like me. but for somebody like donald trump, is that enough, will actually compel him and force his hand and get him to turn over those documents? >> the $10,000 i would say ayman it is relatively symbolic, but it is the right move to make. let me break it down for you quickly. an order was entered by a judge, parties have to abide by those orders. and when a party does not abide by those orde...

Committee is we put the story out. the dojs going to be able to read whatever we do. theres tno criminal component o what the house of representatives can do, but we can put that information out there and doj can take a look and do whatever they will with it and we hope they enforce the contempt charges that weve just brought forward or the contempt resolution to get these witnesses to testify in fronfront of us. >> so you think there will be a criminal referral from the committee? >> thats an i...

They dont want to tants their own investigation by saying we want to have a criminal referral but some believe that would happen and they believe if the justice department were to read their report and see what they have done and watch their hearings, the justice department would reach the same conclusion. why make anything seem political when they have done so much work on it. >> yeah. i guess their expectation is ag garland will get there on his own. lets not put the congressional weight on it...

The US House panel stated last month that it had “good-faith basis for concluding that [then-President Trump] and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal... 10.04.2022, Sputnik International

Which i think is fairly conspicuous, given especially what we now know about his role. i query why they have not subpoenaed him. then mark meadows, his case is pending over at the justice department. hes been held in contempt because he turned over these texts and others. hes stopped. congress has held him in contempt. the question is doj going to back up congress by charging mark meadows. theyve had that case for four months and theyve not made up their mind. i think these texts are so importan...

Remember, when i was an otis ville the district attorneys office, five individuals in the district attorneys office, came to see me not once, not twice but three times. thats whats ultimately brought about the case, in order to obtain trumps tax returns. you know, the fact that mark pomerantz, who is an expert in this, makes a statement to alvin bragg that i believe we shouldnt item mediately and we should prosecute. the fact that they let him go and did not continue with it is, again, it can in...

Facing massive fines for contempt from new yorks top prosecutor. those fines, $10,000 a day, if attorney general letitia james gets her way. but as the new york a.g. is demanding documents from trump and his associates, the manhattan d.a. is giving them back. a key witness says the district attorneys office has sent mountains of evidence back to him. the question, is it a sign at least one of the trump investigations is winding down? >> they actually returned to me thousands and thousands of ori...

Texas congressman colin allred, thank you for being with us. next, an update from ukraine and new fears of brutality by russia after putin puts a man known as the butcher in charge of the next phase of the war in ukraine. and an update on the many, many investigations facing donald trump. and new signs there may be enough evidence to hold the former president in contempt. first to richard lui who is looking at the other big stories were watching this hour. >> good evening to you again. tri...