adverse inference that your answers would have been harmful to you. also last week we learned that trump's longtime accounting firm sars dumped him, saying they can no longer stand behind indicative an annual financial statements. that sent the former president into a tizzy. he released multiple statements on the matter, most recently writing that the firm was quote, broken. by these radical left racist prosecutors and could not take it anymore. in the latest blow just came on friday when a federal judge ruled that three civil lawsuit seeking to hold trump accountable for the insurrection on january 6th, they can move forward. mcquade is a former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. the co-host of the sisters in law podcast joins me now. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, alex. >> let's talk about the fact that there are -- there is a civil and criminal trial that's advancing at the same time. in parallel tracks. the former federal prosecutor,