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he also represented wrestler hulk hogan and his invasion of privacy lawsuit against gawker. hogan was awarded $140 million, that verdict led to gawker s bankruptcy. shannon: trace gallagher, thank you for a double duty to make good to see you. the trump administration applying maximum pressure to iran while taking a different approach to relations with north korea. gillian turner is here with that story. maybe two different approaches. two different approaches, widely divergent tracks today for president trump s maximum pressure campaigns against two u.s. adversaries, iran and north korea. the national security team upping the ante and its ongoing battle with tehran but remaining optimistic when it comes to pyongyang. fresh on the heels of announcing u.s. withdrawal from a decade old pack with a run called the treaty of amity, the trump administration is taking on tehran with no holds barred. iran is a rogue regime. it has been a threat throughout the middle east.
here s an idea. in a washington post profile ford says that she came to understand her assault and significance during a psychotherapy session. what does that mean exactly? s ford story at least in part a recovered memory? this is a central question,al because most psychiatrists consider recovered memories, however sincere, is roughly as reliable as dreams. it s worth getting a clear answer on that, but so far nobody has because nobody has asked that question. why is that? when an adult makes a serious allegation asking real questions is the only correct response. if it s not an attack to ask for follow-ups or probe inconsistencies. it s not a victim shaming. in fact, it s patronizing not to. we don t consider christine ford a child. many of her advocates clearly do. the press obviously does. instead of gathering facts about the story they are busy moralizing and lecturing the rest of us about how brett
goodyear and cooper tires with the midas credit card. request your appointment today. shannon: the new york times running a piece alleging tax fraud by the president and his family decades ago. at the president legal team is fighting back to me. trace gallagher is back with us and he is on the case. hey trace. the new york times story does not include the president s personal tax returns. instead it relies on tax returns from corporate partnerships and trusts that reportedly detail income that donald trump received from various family enterprises. the times is alleging these confidential tax records show that president trump participated in dubious tax games during the 1990s including instances of outright fraud that greatly increase the fortune he received from his parents. charles harter, a lawyer for president trump called the allegations false, defamatory and based on extremely inaccurate claims. in a statement to the times, he says in part all estate matters
truthful, more baseless innuendo and false mirrors, what are they referring to, the democrats? i can tell you the facts. kavanaugh has been nominated in 2006, he s been on the court for 12 years. six background checks because he worked for president bush as his secretary, personal secretary, not doing dictation button managing the oval office, everything around the president. he had a background check to get that job. i derek dick durbin to go through it. me to go through, see how well we would do. so he s wrong. he s just making up another story that s not true. there s nothing in his background checks that suggest anything consistent with the allegations against him and if they had been they would have said something about it. so democrats have been despicable in the way they have treated him and it is true there was something there, they are just incompetent. there s nothing there.