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Didnt let merrick garland get away saying i had nothing to do with this or wasnt my call. but when he got to the issue of federal versus state prosecutions, the -- merrick garland didnt do so well. he said even though colangelo went from assistant deputy attorney general down to an assistant d.a. in a local d.a.s office he basically said he was only involved in a case that involved new york state crime. new york state penal law. thats not accurate. the high ranking justice department official en...

How transparent his defenses have not shown in the video and they say it could harm future investigations in the integrity and thats exactly why we want to see the video to ensure the integrity of that one that was really important. as he went on the opening statements talked about the false claims about the doj as the trim trial he goes down the line and threats to defund particular doj departments and special counsel and the jury verdict in a state trial had nothing to do with the doj but at t...

When this case does go to trial in the meantime? >> it can. judge mcafee, the trial judge below will handle motions. hes proven to be a good and thoughtful and somewhat efficient trial judge. the trial judge might tell him to hold off on that. it can go forward. i imagine prosecutors are still preparing for the case. theyre not going to stop. but they do have to also prepare for this appellate argument in october, chris. >> the panel of judges doesnt collect new evidence. they are arriving at th...

He is mentally facility to be able to stand trial but that president biden is not mentally fit to stand trial. we think we ought to be able to see the audio. look, we think the demeanor is what he said it is, fine. if there is no issue, fine. we ought to be able to see it. its an impeachment inquiry. we have the right to see it as members of congress. >> laura: garland was asked about potential coordination between the doj and the d.a.s offices. watch this. >> will the department of justice prov...

These prosecutors are doing at the state and federal level to use politics, you know, political retribution in the court system to go after political opponents, federal officials like donald trump. >> reporter: days after president biden condemned trumps claims of a biased legal system, some democrats say the biden campaign needs to make trumps felonies a top issue as others want his message to focus on the administrations work so far. >> i think not only the president but democrats need to be m...

Better off that way. these are fine people. not accepted. not accepted. when the government, meaning the d.a., bragg, when he said something, all right. good. thats fine. go ahead, more, more, more. think of it. but the main thing is this was turned down by the southern district. this is over -- this could have been brought seven years ago. they tried to rush it because they wanted it before the election. this could have been brought seven years ago but they didnt have any intention. a case like...

Social ask for the supreme court to step in. he is criticizing, once again, d.a. brag and judge merchan. the timeline between now and then, were likely to see activity on the part of the prosecution, d.a. bragg neglected to say what they would pursue. he said the prosecution will speak through some court filings in the coming weeks. thats what were going to be watching for. of course, the former president likely continuing to lash out between now and then. >> we heard a clip there where he sugge...

Now, why is donald okay with it? because its not coming out of his pocket. so hes not even thinking about it. i mean, the fact that you have a $2 million severance, which is to allen weisselberg, that boris epshteyn got a massive bonus and so on, first of all, boris is completely inept. the fact that he is a legal strategist, this is a guy who has never tried a case in his life. it doesnt make any sense. this is to keep everybody in line. which tells me that at least donald learned something abo...

Based on concocted and opens the door wide for any d.a. any d.a. sue and prosecute any president any past president perhaps any sitting president under the theories that were put forward earlier. i think it even worse the problem is the rule of law what we have all learned now as a ist prosecutors can destroy a person for they can destroy a persons reputation, his finances, just by investigating even before they get to court. just by announcing they are investigating someone. we have for 20030 y...

Court file for a writ of habeas corpus it is called usually federal courts do not like to get involved too early and state criminal proceedings. but this is the thing with the state here has done what new york has allowed the d.a. and this judge to do a section extraordinary assault on the rule of law, on our constitutional system i think the trump lawyers trump lawyero directly to the supreme court and demand that this this is en you need extraordinary as in times like these. the second thing i...