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Boss, steve bannon, who had his own allegations against him during a divorce proceeding that were ultimately dropped because his ex-wife didnt show up for courted. why do you think he surrounds himself with them? >> you look at donald trump who he himself has a long record and history of being accused of misconduct and sexual harassment. and i think he sees in all these men the same philosophy that the women are at fault or this behavior isnt what he defines as summary judgment. hell, you go bac...

All in one night. trump is doing so overtime first the fbi director, then the deputy fbi director on monday, and now the deputy attorney general is being targeted with the special prosecutor being the ultimate bulls eye. nixon performed his saturday night massacre, trump is performing a slow motion saturday night massacre. this president loves to first give his marked men a death warrant and shows no need for logical causality between the accused and the crime and just as trump accused obama of ...

But even being aware of how to access that process, i think, is a huge hurdle for most staff. >> even going to this office, its not like you lodge a complaint and it runs through the system. doesnt the person making the complaint have to go through a whole battery of tests and -- >> right. theres a lot of hurdle and is barriers. its about legal options as i understand it. then theres another 30 days of required mediation. if the mediation is not successful, then the staffer that see option to pu...

Summary judgment can be rendered by any commander and does not include jail time. a special court-martial can be convened and get up to six months in confinement. but 12 months of confinement can only be adjudged by a general court-martialed by a general officer and my guess is looking to make sure he got not only confined but was sent out of the air force and with a bad conduct or a dishonorable discharge. >> how common is a bad conduct discharge? >> very unusual. its -- you know, most discipli...

Subpoena relevant information, relevant to the plaintiff in the case. but you will see a narrowed down subpoena. >> you think it sticks? what summary judgment and getting it thrown out. >> there is a motion to dismiss the case even before discovery. im not sure that will succeed. i think at least on its face it makes out a claim of defamation. and that would allow it simply to get to discovery. i think paul is right, that the discovery request will be narrow. there is nothing unusual about that....

S, carpenters, hairdressers, everything president trump is doing for them? $100 million for the apprenticeship program? >> my conscience is clean. my mission is clear. what i do, i cover what i think matters to people. i test power and i take the consequences every damn day. and thats not going to change. >> okay. >> thank you for helping us do that this morning. >> as do i. were the same way. in were in court right now -- >> im only trying to wrap you because your guys are saying you have to go...

Summary judgment as you say on the civil side and get to discovery and the president has to turnover information about business practices that he has to this point refused to provide? >> at the very least. he has to disclose what the business payments are. we know some of those payments. saudi arabia paying thousands of dollars in rent. the trademarks from china worth millions of dollars. permits in india for development there. possibly, we dont know for sure, but money pouring in from russia. t...

How this will impact them. then theres also the consideration, don, as you indicated what about the victims family of odin lloyd as an example. his mother who is ursula ward i spoke with her attorney today, douglas, shef, he said he actually hopes this wont have any bearing on the civil judgment. he won a summary judgment already and theyre now battling over the liability charges. so he already has one summary judgment on getting hernandezs home and his car and mr. shef said ursula ward the moth...

Interest in handling the case and he said it many times, including in an interview last june with cnns jake tapper. lets listen. >> if you are saying he cant do his job because of his race, is that not the definition of racism? >> no, i dont think so at all. hes proud of his heritage. i respigot him for that. >> youre saying he cant do his job because of that. >> look. hes proud of his heritage. im building a wall. im going to bring back jobs and theyre going to get jobs right now. i think im go...

Handled a number of these cases, isnt always so great at finding its own records. so in this case, just a week or so ago, they requested these records and the government hasnt provided them. so under foya, they can file suit and ask a judge to decide. most of these cases are decided on summary judgment which means judge curiel will likely decide this case in its entirety. >> and finally, before we let you go, how long does that usually take, this whole process? >> in this case, summary judgment ...