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He had been under fire after admitting he lied about his degree on his resume. steve? >> thank you, brian. and everybody else. what would you do if your neighbor wanted to buy your building but when you refused, they wound up and damaged your property. well, that is what -- well, what if that neighbor was actually the government? and instead of fixing the damage, they wanted you to pay for the damage that they caused? well, that's exactly what happened to michael prunty who joins us now along with his attorney jeremy hopkins in virginia beach today. good morning, fellas. >> good morning. >> go...

The -- like jeremy said, i've had that building for 23 years and i do not have a history of any kind of violations, code violations or anything else except for maybe one in 2004 for some tall grass but other than that, i've never been cited for anything and now as soon as i file suit, i'm getting hit with these code violations and being threatened with fines and liens on my property and everything else. >> well, it is a crazy story. we did reach out to the city but they declined to comment. all right. michael prunty and jeremy hopkins, gentlemen, we're out of time for today. is it a real quick...

Unless he fixed the damages they caused? >> that's correct. when the city would not step forward and admit what they had done and do the right thing, he bought suit and after he bought suit, the city cited him for a building code violation because he didn't fix the very damage they caused. and what's so outrageous about this case is we actually have documents that we acquired from the city and in those documents, the city admits that before the demolition, they knew they were going to damage this property and then in other documents between city officials, the officials admit they did in fact ...

Feel they can. as far as the damages, we're still working on that. you know, right now, i'm just trying to make things right. and i had no other recourse. >> why do you think the -- if there was and we've actually got a copy of the e-mail that showed that the city knew that if they took down the building next door, there would be damage. why do you think the government did it anyway knowing full well they were going to damage your client's business and property as well? >> well, this particular city has a long history of treating property owners with neglect. and they view property owners as r...