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New data from the Law Society of NSW has shown a concerning level of public trust in lawyers, judges and the legal system. While 60 per cent of people have trust in the legal system, 16 per cent are

Return. and, of course, you know, some would justify it simply because its a former president. but we have a tradition in this country that no person is above the law. and when you apply the law even handedly, you dont get to the result that this judge reached. >> is this a judgment saying in fact that donald trump is above the law? >> well, i dont think she would say that. i think shes trying to reach a judgment. and i think if theres any defense to it, its the defense that theres a lot of publ...

Is a minor and living at home among the family members. this, may again, as michelle says, expose them to being left out of the family, perhaps being turned over to the care of the state and in the form of foster care, or religiously based homes for children. all of this is incredibly difficult, and just creates more barriers. and this is x especially exacerbated among communities of color, where they may already have a lot of distrust about reporting to law enforcement in the first instance irr...

This week a microcosm of the dangerous attitude we are seeing nationwide played-out in front of the Mesa County Board of Commissioners at its Tuesday meeting.

Count. why? distrust about machines driven by lies about election machines. >> they are not connected to the internet. and this is regulated throughout the country. >> thats a perspective. there are a lot of people -- again, the voters in this county dont believe that. and whether its true or not, their perception is their reality. >> reporter: kampf says he will still use dominion machines and compare the result. >> it should be a reality and it should be a five alarm fire for everyone who care...

Tried to hide these documents, the classified documents later found in the storage unit from investigators? >> sure, if your question is is there any question in my mind, there still should be. there absolutely should be. there should a presumption of innocence. theres a great deal of distrust between the president specifically and a lot of folks on the right over how the fbi has e behaved over the past five years, the same fbi that presented false information to another judge to spy on the trum...

And what has happened here, these are just two examples. there are places in alabama, in louisiana, in texas, where this is happening or something similar to this has been happening with the boil water orders that go on and on and on, and people in the black communities, you know, flint was one of those major examples that was just so egregious that the world stood up and listened, and they watched what was happening, ask they are still dealing with issues, and one of the big issues is particula...

Political campaigns. you cant wear political pins. >> steve: the hatch act. >> ainsley: contributions. >> brian: i didnt know that wasnt done already. if you are an fbi agent. are you usually going to rallies? >> steve: well, heres the thing, fbi agents like all of us have first amendment rights. but merrick garland in this memo that he sent out to everybody its like, particularly run -- at all times as a political appointee in particular, he cannot be involved in politics, ocean though a lot of...

Work with them to suppress information that directly affectioned the 2020 election, that is -- you cannot have your law enforcement agencies controlling whats happening in elections and particularly after they did so much between 2016 and 2020 to harm the trump administration. i mean, would very a very serious problem with the department of justice and fbi and its a threat to the republic. >> shannon: jeff, more and more polling losing trust in institutions. thats not anybody wants the unravelin...

-- you know, create more cynicism and distrust of the entire system. i dont think it would be very good for policy. i really dont think theyre going to do it here, but, again, were in the world of the unknown. >> shannon: ren, would it be then just this amorphous thing as we all just wait for the other shoe to drop, if its going to, with the doj at some point coming forward saying we wrapped up the investigation. therell be no charges. >> theyre pulling the search warrant and looking through it....