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They tried to get away with. it ultimately, they backed down, and ultimately, the 2020 g7 got canceled as an in-person meeting illinois because of covid-19. that came close to happening. they tried to do it. and since we, as a country, it went through insanity like that, let it be noted that apparently that was not enough of a wake up call to make us make sure it couldnt happen again. we never enacted any sort of reform, and you sort of change, a new sort of binding ruled to prevent something li...

Wanted to attend it. you or your country may not want to pay a personal bribe to the u.s. president and his family, but in the case of the g-7 under donald trump, all of those foreign governments would have been forced to. the headlines in response were sort of amazing. "trumps most shameless act of profiteering." "trumps move to host the g-7 at his resort takes self-dealing to new levels. the corruption is becoming more and more brazen." they did it, they tried to get away with it. ultimately, ...

That. >> what about now? its so much more money. >> no, it does not have the same kind of oversight. it turns out money went into vaccination production and had not enough oversight. it went to people, to companies that were poorly prepared, companies that ended up not able to perform on their contract. who knows what we cant see? thats the point of oversight. you have people who are committed, who are dedicated and who are watching that the money goes in the way that congress allocated it and t...

Tuesday, accusing chief executive wayne lapierre of misleading nra members on how their money was spent, including trips on private jets. heres pierre thomas. >> reporter: a former top lieutenant is officially declaring war on perhaps the most powerful and best known lobbyists in washington, nra ceo wayne lapierre. >> gun owners across america should be horrified by what i saw inside the nra. >> reporter: in his new book, "inside the nra," joshua powell describes an organization rife with corrup...

Middle of a lawsuit filed by the state of new york. the new york attorney general sued the president, alleging that his would-be charity didnt function as a real charity and instead it was a vehicle for a campaign of illegal self-dealing and financial misconduct. under the weight of that lawsuit the president shut down his foundation. but even with it shut down a judge agreed with the attorney general about those claims against trumps charity. and the judge ordered the president to pay $2 millio...

Was dangling pardons to people. >> yep. >> as they were being implicated and in danger of indictment, and that is not something we typically see out in the light of day when politicians, friends and relations are being implicated in crime. >> thats a great point. and we also know from rick gates, one of his court filings, there was an offering of monetary compensation from a joint defense fund. we think a violation of the law. sort of a very gray area. but these patterns are not unfamiliar patte...

The state of new york. the new york attorney general sued the president alleging that his would be charity didnt function as a real charity and instead it was a vehicle for a campaign of illegal self-dealing and financial misconduct. and the president shutdown his foundation, but even with it shutdown, a judge agreed with the attorney general about those claims about trumps charity. and the judge ordered the president to pay $2 million to actual charities as punishment for him using his own fake...

Environment the implosion of the countrys most fearsome conservative political machines and this maelstrom of self-dealing and petty incrimination and revelations about lavish spending at beverly hills batiks, i mean we would be watching that slow motion car crash endlessly. that would be the biggest political news story in the country for a long time. but with this president in the middle of an impeachment its like, you know, just one more tree falling in the forest. and, you know, its not just...

Implosion of one of the countrys most fearsome conservative political machines in this maelstrom of self-dealing and petty recriminations and revelations about lavish wardrobe spending at beverly hills boutiques, i mean, we would be watching that slow motion car crash endlessly. that would be the biggest political news story in the country for a long time. but with this president in the middle of an impeachment its like, you know, just one more tree falling in the forest. and, you know, its not ...

And we also know he was dangling pardons to people as they were being implicated or endanger of an indictment, and that is not something we typically see in the light of day when politicians are being implicated in crime. >> and we also know rick gates there was a monter offer from the defense fund which we think is a violation of law, its sort of a gray area. but these patterns are not unfamiliar patterns to people who have studied corruption and crime in politics. >> no, i was really glad you ...