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Reporters at "the new york times." those were not just the source of remarkable award winning journalism, they also became the basis of a lawsuit she launched against donald trump in which she alleges he cheated her out of tens of millions of dollars in trump family assets that were rightfully hers. that lawsuit is now just one item in a growing list of legal woes for the former president and his business, including these charges. joining us is mary trump. she's the author of "too much and never enough, how my family created the world's most dangerous man." she has a new book coming out on aug...

And the downside of cooperating with prosecutors, for allen weisselberg, might be larger than the downside of going to jail if it's for a short enough period of time. so again, it's going to be very interesting to see just the -- the case that can be made. and the sentencing, if it comes to that, because i think that will factor in, for sure. but i'm much less sanguine about my cousins' loyalty to their father. >> mary trump. the niece of the former president. author of the number one "new york times" best-seller, too much and never enough, how my family created the world's most dangerous man....

I am looking forward to reading it. >> it is out on august 17th. >> shannon: vivek, great to see you. >> great to see you, shannon. >> shannon: he makes a great point here they are all kinds of diversity initiative based on outward appearance, but diversity of thought is the one that it seems hard to get some action on, whether it is college hiring practices, diversity of thought is -- and having conversations with people who are different than you may be. >> john: and if you follow amazon's rules, tom hanks would not have been in "philadelphia." sean penn would not have been in "milk." where ...

Listen to this. >> i think what donald trump did is the most dangerous thing, the most egregious violation of an oath of office of any president in our history. so the idea that a few weeks after he did that the leader of the republicans in the house would be at mar-a-lago essentially, you know, pleading with him to somehow come back into the fold, or whatever it was he was doing, to me was inexcusable. >> was it inexcusable or was it unavoidable? look what happened to her? that's the state of play in the party. now, here's the problem for trump. one place that he is getting a lot of attention...

Into the fold, or whatever it was he was doing, to me was inexcusable. >> was it inexcusable or was it unavoidable? look what happened to her? that's the state of play in the party. now, here's the problem for trump. one place that he is getting a lot of attention is from criminal prosecutors. so where does the former president go from here? his niece is also a psychologist. she has a new book coming out august 17th. it is available for preorder i am told. it is called "the reckoning: our nation's trauma and finding a way to heal." mary trump, powerful title. thank you for being with us. good ...