Captioning performed by vitac by those we regulate, and of course, by this committee and congress. Whether were making changes to the staffs longstanding review process for shareholder proposals, assessing the duties of Investment Advisers or considering how to strengthen company disclosures, we must be fair and transparent about the policy choices we make and the data and information on which we rely on making those choices. I thank the committee for its oversight of these important issues. And i stand ready to answer your questions and listen carefully to your thoughts and concerns. Thank you. Commissioner lee. Chairman clayton you are now recognized. And i want to echo the thoughts of my colleagues on the opportunity we have to testify today and note that their testimony demonstrates the wide range of issues that the Commission Deals with every day. I want to thank this committee for your support of the commission and in particular the dedicated women and men who are our most import
Teams prior claim that he cant be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. Could a president who ordered s. E. A. L. Team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. If he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. Today trumps lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. They also tried to argue that Holding President accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. Quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with De Facto Black Mail and extorsion. The key to trumps argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official Amitriptyline Acts as president , a claim that is absolute nonsense. Trumps filing comparing january 6th to clintons airstrikes in the middle east, bushs search for weapons of mass destruction and even president
This time, it is a civilfraud trial. Hes accused of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms. Before entering court, mr trump berated the us Justice System and the new York Attorney general who is bringing the case. He described Letitia James as racist and a horrow show. And he dismissed the case as a sham and a scam. He also denied the claims against him. We have a great company. I built a great company. Its got tremendous value. Its got some of the greatest real estate assets in the world. And now i have to go before a roguejudge, as a continuation of russia, russia, russia, as a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time, and i dont think the people of this country are going to stand for it. If i werent leading in all the polls, or if i werent running, i wouldnt have any of these cases, i wouldnt be seeing you this morning. But ill be seeing a lot of you, because this is a horrible thing thats happening to our co
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Higher on the forbes list. I am not worth six billion, i am worth seven. In fact, i am really worth ten. So this guy aided Four Billion Dollars of net worth in a matter of 8 to 10 seconds. The republican front runner found liable for fraud as he continues to escalates threats. This is what we have seen time and time again, and tonight, during threat to our democracy from donald trump, and what it looks like a financial Death Penalty for his Trump Organization in new york. This is such an across the board laws, it is hard to see how this does not spell the end of donald trump, the businessman in new york. And President Biden makes historys. This time to step up for us. Tonight, the incredible scene in michigan where the president joins Striking Union workers on a picket line. What it all means with this former Chief Of Staff, ron acclaim. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york i am, chris hayes. The head of the Republican Party, one of two major parties in our system is onc