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my experience over 20 years in the justice department as the head lawyer at the fbi that i have ever seen charged. that is one where you'd normally see some kind of treatment being the kind of remedies. but with respect to tax charges, those are brought. and, yes, hunter biden is presumed innocent a at this point, but he will have a trial. he has ab extremely able defense lawyer, and the jury will decide whether the case is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. i sort of take the bg picture of this. if you step away from the son of the president is that you really have exhibit a to the fact that joe biden is not engaged in weaponizing the department of justice.

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ABC World News Tonight With David Muir

times its actual size, the former president said, "it was an honest mistake." an attorney for the state said it "screams of an intent to defraud." trump, seated at the defense table, began to attack the judge, who implored a defense lawyer to "control your client." after five minutes, the judge cut off trump's remarks, holding up his phone to signal trump was out of time. trump then making his case to cameras outside the courtroom. >> it's a disgrace and they should pay me damages. >> reporter: in their closing argument, state lawyers saying they proved "fraud was central to the operation of the trump organization's business," and trump was responsible because "the buck stopped with him." the attorney general arguing trump should never be allowed to do business in new york again. >> this case is about the facts and the law. and mr. donald trump violated the law. >> reporter: the judge said tonight, david, he will rule by the end of the month whether trump deserves a penalty. the state wants him to pay $370 million and get kicked out of real estate in new york. a decision that could force

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Deadline White House

refers the contempt of hunter biden, and there was the fact that he did not comply with the subpoena calling for his private testimony, if they refer that to the department of justice for criminal prosecution, hunter biden's defense lawyer hz a pretty good argument in terms of the department of justice and its discretion to say, really, you're going to enfoce the criminal laws for somebody who is willing to testify in public but not privately? is that how you talk at doj? you look at a motion and go, really? >> yes, exactly. you really say you know what, there are a lot of cases to prosecute. there are a lot of things that cases to bring. and you decide it's not just a question of what you can bring, but that's sort of step one. the second is what cases should you bring. and that argument about he was

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The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell

impeachment judgment clause? does the impeachment judgment clause actually say what you say it says? that's all that we really need to decide. >> andrew, that's the whole case. >> absolutely. she was just laser focused. and to your point about why the defense lawyer is basically like i need to sit down, is that there were not very good arguments. i also think one area that he was asked was about president nixon. how is it the president nixon could be investigated? how did he get a pardon? everyone else thought he could be prosecuted, hence the reason for president ford pardoning him and his accepting it, which is an acknowledgment of guilt. well president nixon was being investigated for, and what he was pardoned for is only private conduct. when you and i know, if you look at what's present what president nixon did a new look

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The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell

trump argument, comes down to nothing but the impeachment clause. let's listen to this. >> it just seems to me that if once you concede that presidents can be prosecuted under some circumstances, your separation of powers argument falls away, and the issues before us are narrowed to, are you correct in your interpretation of the impeachment judgment clause? does the impeachment judgment clause actually say what you say it says? that's all that we really need to decide. >> andrew, that's the whole case. >> absolutely. she was just laser focused. and to your point about why the defense lawyer is basically like, i need to sit down, is there were not very good arguments. i also think one area that he was asked and blew it was about president nixon. how is it the president nixon could be investigated? how did he get a pardon?

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CNN This Morning

profound question for the nation. is he immune from prosecution? this morning trump's lawyers will be arguing that the former president has absolutely immunity as they fight to throw out felony charges against him for january 6th and the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election. >> we should note trump does not need to be there. he has chosen to do so just six days until the iowa caucuses. this week he is juggling court appearances with campaign events and rallies. it is a monumental day for history. the implications could change the way we understand what presidents are actually allowed to do. let's dive into this. cnn's senior legal analyst elie honig is with us. joining us from atlanta, trump's defense lawyer during his second impeachment trial. it's great to have you. david, let me begin with you, if you were in front of the d.c. circuit, the appellate court and you were arguing this case today for trump, what is the argument you would make?

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Anderson Cooper 360

and then all of a sudden, it disappeared. >> reporter: the deal was negotiated, the in part, by epstein's friend and defense lawyer, allen der sho wits, and signed off by alexander acosta, who was former president donald trump's secretary of labor. >> he's supposed to be protecting these victims, and he was protecting jeffrey epstein, a pedophile. >> reporter: and despite a federal law, which says victims must be notified of this type of deal, epstein's victims were kept in the dark until after it was signed and approved by the judge. >> somebody with money and power was able to communicate with the government in secrecy, in direct violation of the rights of the crime victims. >> reporter: at his confirmation hearing for labor secretary, alexander acosta tried to explain his decision not to prosecute epstein federally. zblf based on the evidence, professionals with a prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that

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Anderson Cooper 360

the deal shut down the fbi's investigation into additional victims and accomplices, and any chance of epstein going to prison for life based on the fbi's own federal indictment that would have charged him with sex crimes. >> i read the indictment. there were multiple allegations of sex trafficking, trafficking girls across lines using his airplane to traffic girls, witness intimidation. and then all of a sudden it disappeared. >> reporter: the deal was negotiated in part by epstein's friend and defense lawyer, and signed off then by alexander acosta, former president donald trump's secretary of labor. >> he is suppose to be protecting these victims, and he was protecting jeffrey epstein, a pedophile. >> reporter: despite a federal law that says victims must be notified of this type of deal, epstein's victims were kept in the dark until after it was signed and approved by the judge. >> somebody with money and power was able to communicate with the

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Jesse Watters Primetime

society, enabling him to continue the sex trafficking. >> jesse: they sure did, and his handlers within the u.s. government obviously enabled him and didn't give a damn about any of these young victims. and that's what the story should be about, the victims. >> right, and he had a way of figuring it with each person, each prosecutor he was dealing with, how to find their mentor, some lawyer that was close to them. with acosta, and florida. he knew that ken starr was his icon, so he hired ken starr to be his defense lawyer. >> jesse: he was a wizard with finance and with personal relationships, that he was a sick bastard. >> he could hire whoever he wanted. >> jesse: and that's the problem. when you have a sick guy like that is not smart, with a lot of money, and all of these perversions, you just leave a tragedy in your wake. >> and people who are willing to bend to it. >> jesse: you are right.

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The Beat With Ari Melber

then you would know what year it was. i know what year it is. after he's out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scott-free. the department of justice does know what to do with such people. >> we're back with andrew weissman. was donald trump's defense lawyer correct? >> as jack smith said in his papers to the d.c. circuit on this issue, he pointed out that exact quote saying that donald trump told the senate that he

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