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Other civil case, he would assert his fifth amendment against criminal investigation. in the criminal context, you cannot count that against somebody, you cannot take an adverse inference in a criminal case, because someone refuses to testify. in a civil case, the rules are difference. so one question is when jeffrey epstein took the fifth amendment in this other civil case that was ultimately settled. will they be able to use that testimony theyve got all of this evidence that im sure theyll ha...

Adverse inference in a criminal case, because someone refuses to testify. in a civil case, the rules are difference. so one question is when jeffrey epstein took the fifth amendment in this other civil case that was ultimately settled. will they be able to use that testimony theyve got all of this evidence that im sure theyll have all these women that were at one point or another victims. theres lots of fill evidence. evidence has been uncovered in his safety here in manhattan. im sure theyre un...

Completely different system of justice. >> youre right in that regard. it seems not unreasonable for everyday ordinary people to jump to a version of a conspiracy theory. not some wild conspiracy theory but to draw some inference from the fact if youre rich, if youre powerful you can somehow escape the law. that youre not treated like everyone else. just to echo what mike said earlier it is important that this process is transparent. its quick, that people let folk know what happened because it ...

Post could do it, a sweetheart deal, new york post headline was born that is, worst deal in the history of deal so with that background there is more in terms of what happened and on the civil side. these victims still can go against his estate they still need to prove it. victim or victims have to prove their claims so whether or not they will get justice remains to be seen. epsteins offenses were so egregious, he was not going to get a get out of jail card no matter what happened but maybe in ...

Guy. >> this is a civil investigation, not a criminal one. so what significant consequences, if any, could the president and his family face? >> right. it starts with the new york attorney general on the civil side. but this is an opportunity for the new york attorney generals office to share information with both new york state prosecutors like cyrus vance in manhattan. this is a chance for him to redeem himself because he dropped the ball. his office had the goods on ivanka trump and don junio...

All i can say is that thats different legally and factually than the morrison situation where you had a statute. lets talk a little bit about the law regarding the president. clinton v. jones tells us -- see if im correct. that you can be president of the united states. you can still be sued for conduct before youre a president and when you invoke executive privilege the court has said, no, wait a minute. you have to show up at a deposition before it happened before you were president. is that c...

Regulations, all i can say is thats different, legally and factually than the no, smorriso situation where you had a statute. lets talk about the law regarding the president. clinton v jones tells us that you can be president of the united states, you can still be sued for conduct before youre president and when you invoke executive privilege, the court said wait, you have show up at a deposition because it happened before you were president, is that correct? >> in the civil case of clinton vers...

Michael cohens not about collusion. michael cohens not about the russians. this is, again, about a campaign finance law that he admitted to breaking, that hes convicted of breaking here. on just this matter, were not going to hear anything from robert mueller. >> theres a difference between being in violation of a campaign finance law which in many cases is settled on a civil side. you can have violations of a campaign finance law and in fact i think there were some by mr. obama -- >> but those ...

Mueller and to other things, is that this now is actually all playing into donald trumps hands, because people arent able to process all of these things. we also have the attorney general of new york come out with an indictment against donald trumps charity. >> how many, its hard to count, how many criminal charges could the irs bring against donald trump because of those -- >> that is -- it should be noted that this wasnt criminal. this is on the civil side. and there are tons of issues on the ...

Whether or not the nra took money from the russians or russian nationals. >> is the fact, though, that if the reports are true that the special counsel is now at least asking about michael cohen -- and we know michael cohens name was on that subpoena list given to sam nunberg that went so very public yesterday. but given the special counsel is now asking questions about him, are you encouraged that some of your concerns are being addressed? >> certainly bob mueller works on the criminal side. we...