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Firearms. >> reporter: that decision shaping the nras response to mass shootings ever since. leading to this provocative moment the following year. >> from my cold dead hands! >> reporter: all this comes as the nra is facing a slew of other financial and legal problems. in march, the new york state supreme court blocked an effort to dissolve the organization, but allowed a lawsuit from the democratic new york attorney general to go forward. the suit accusing the nras leadership of violating laws...

New rules and regulations that prevents one from seeking outside investments from a former government counterparts when they leave office. but right now, this is illegal. self dealing is a time of our, but sure. depending on your perspective, thats something you can say. there are laws that govern your participation and manners that personally affected her financial position. im sure youre familiar with those. but in this case, this could theoretically be applied here. its hard because we need t...

Our constitution, to support and defend it from all enemies, and to bear true faith and allegiance to this thing. and every single member of congress has taken that oath, and every single member of congress now owes it to this country. so stop putting any of the personal ambition will, any of their self dealing with, you need to put that aside, and you need to remember your oath. and we need to get to the bottom of this. and we need to make sure that this democracy that we all love so dearly is ...

Dealing, somebody who is not an expert and a lay observer, the dictionary definition of somebody using their public position, their access to government resources, potentially even their actions as government officials, to set themselves up for private gain. is that fair? in terms. laymans understanding of that. and as an extension of that, is this potentially illegal behavior? >> well, that was obviously one of the top questions we were asking ourselves, rachel, as david kirk dlpatrick and i re...

A lastly guys won eight times in total between them, this guy won 18 times themself. was a 12-hour flight to visit his friends on the gulf more often than you visited your friends who live across town. 18 times in the four years. why? youre reporting suggests one ounce or. treasury secretary was visiting saudi arabia to scare up new investments for himself, not for the united states. which is a thing called self dealing, how are not supposed to. they reported on four sums of cash that the gulf m...

Pointed this out in your intro, 18 countries over 14 years which had a huge cluster toward the end of the administration in 2021 helped him get acquainted with the investors who mere months late were invest in his funds. we also know the abraham fund you mentioned, the $3 billion, at least that was the goal, u.s. government-backed fund, that was meant to fund development projects in places like palestine, where israeli checkpoints would be improved and modernized, among other things. that was so...

Himself, the list goes on and on. so this is not just a question anymore of corruption, self-dealing, self-enrichment. you have to start asking the question china had a concerted effort to, lets say, undermine this family, and this family, i would say, we have to ask serious questions about whether theyre compromised. maria: pete, i want to ask you if this is treason, illegal, and then i want to get your take on the real reason nancy pelosi refuses to hold hearings on the origin of covid. well a...

Himself, the list goes on and on. so this is not just a question anymore of corruption, self-dealing, self-enrichment. you have to start asking the question china had a concerted effort to, lets say, undermine this family, and this family, i would say, we have to ask serious questions about whether theyre compromised. maria: pete, i want to ask you if this is treason, illegal, and then i want to get your take on the real reason nancy pelosi refuses to hold hearings on the origin of covid. well a...

Today, her net worth is estimated to be as high as $250 million. how how did she get so rich? here now is missouri senator josh hawley. senator, a lot of this is about the appearance of a conflict of interest, and business insider investigation into stock trades, i think ranked nancy pelosi as borderline for a number of her trades. what does the public need to understand about her, it looks like change of heart? >> what they need to understand is that her record of self-dealing has finally caugh...

Million in trades each year. shes grown very rich by using her position. shes become the post child for self dealing in congress and its time to put a stop to it. >> laura: pelosi kind of struggled to find excuses for not acting sooner to restrict these kinds of stock trades. watch. >> -- no disclosure. it has no reporting of stock transactions and it makes important decisions every day. i do believe in the integrity of people in public service. its a confidence issue. >> laura: senator, its kin...