president. leading off our discussion tonight, tim o brien, senior columnist, he is the author of the book, trump nation. philip brought, near an attorney and contributor to mr. rutner, thank you very much for joining us. along with him, tonight. i want to begin with your legal analysis of the mazars letter to donald trump, dropping him as a client. thanks for having me, lawrence. my political analysis is that trump is in big trouble. you are right to focus on this issue. just look at what s happened. .. his accounting firm, for ten years, fired him. accounting firms don t fire their clients, especially their big clients. they cited a non wave-able conflict of interest, which means that they are adverse to him. they are no longer protecting him. they are protecting themselves.
you are right to focus on this issue. just look at what s happened . his accounting firm, for ten years, fired him. accounting firms don t fire their clients, especially their big clients. they cited a non wave-able conflict of interest, which means that they are adverse to him. they are no longer protecting him. they are protecting themselves. they also warned off users that they could not rely on the financial information that trump has supplied. that is terrible in a business where your lifeblood is access to cash and loans from banks. there are outstanding bones that could be called on the basis of the accounting firm saying that the financial information supplied is no longer reliable. it could be almost impossible for trump to find new sources of cash because who is going to