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Barack obama was president. when they did more than 100 subpoenas, held hearing after hearing, had investigations that lasted years, like benghazi, like fast and furious, like the so-called irs targeting investigation. republicans would not hesitate to wield the power of their majority to do everything they could to try to litter the name of barack obama, hillary clinton, and any high-profile democrat. and i think that theres a lot of appetite right now for democrats to use that majority, and it...

To celebrate the new year, the news of carlos ghosn�*s escape came in, hidden in a box, if you remember, and on a private jet before reaching his childhood home, which is lebanon, which doesnt have an extradition treaty with japan. he was of course awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, including understating his compensation in nissans financial statements as well as enriching himself at his employees expense. carlos ghosn denies any wrongdoing and claims he had to escape japan be...

Including the first arab party ever to join a government. >> translator: we are not enemies. we are one people. >> reporter: until the final moment, netanyahu was working to scuttle the government and hang on to power. in language echoing former u.s. president donald trump, israels longest serving leader accused his rivals of the greatest fraud in the countrys history. trump gave netanyahu major political gifts, recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel, moving the american embassy to je...

Cnn engaged in any wrongdoing. let me read what the court said. i want to read this. the court has to conclude the theory of relevancy upon which this request is made is not based on sufficient and specific and arcticable facts but rather on more speculative predictions, assumptions, and scenarios unanchored in facts. as we meet with marek garland later today, cnn executives, i wont be there, no answers, no answers about why they did this, and the big question, of course, if they can do it to re...

Day will fight back. how will those in small towns know about potential wrongdoing? as you point out, you have a team of legals at cnn to help you. but this shows you how vulnerable news outlets that dont have that sort of standing, that prominence. how challenge this is for them. >> you know, were all aware community journalism has been at risk for many years, due in some respects to fragile financial situationses, so many newspapers have shut down. we have seen the rise of independent media, w...

Michael taylor and his son peter taylor were extradited from the us in march. our business reporter, mariko 0i is following the story. they have appeared in a tokyo court and both of them have admitted that they illegally helped carlos ghosn escape japan. who can really forget that dramatic escape at the end of 2019 just as we were all getting ready to celebrate the new year, the news of ghosns escape, hidden in a box, if you remember and on a private jet before reaching his childhood home which...

Had been collected and they -- if they renew the gag order three times, that was known for at least three years by someone other than the person who requested the data. >> yeah, to me, gag order means we dont want the person to know were looking at them because theyre a target of some investigation into wrongdoing, including possibly by them. and so, i dont buy the inadvertent theory and i dont even buy the theory that mcgahn was, like, a helpful witness in another case on leaks or another case,...

Here, if its a criminal investigation? >> perjury is making a false statement about a material fact while under oath, but you dont have to be under oath to be charged. you can be charged with making a false or misleading statement, 18 usc 1001 even if youre not under oath. both are equivalent crimes, five years behind bars for each materially false statement. so those would be the charges. civil action comes into play here. its a popular misconception you know, agencies of the american governmen...

Characters. for obvious reasons, it cannot stand. cannot go on like this. the abuses were so great, the threat to the countrys rule of law, the democratic self-governance so severe torsion let it go unrecognized and unreckoned with will bring some cataclysm. it is honestly a question of when. it is the job of everyone in power, democrats, republicans alike, though i dont have much faith, to get to the bottom of what happened in toto. to hold people to account across the various areas of wrongdoi...

There is been neither accountability nor reform for any of the characters in this. and for obvious reasons, we cannot stand. cannot go on like this. the abuses were so great a threat to the countries rule of law, the democratic self governance with so severe. to let it go unrecognized and reckoned with will bring some kind of radicalism. its honestly just a question of when. the job now of everyone in power, democrats and republicans alike, the we dont have much faith, is to get to the bottom of...