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strong and that was the valuation case this happens where donald trum will have a property and if he needs a bank loan, h will come in and inflate it in order to get the loan and he s dealing with the irs he suppresses the value of things they have a lot of information about that, about false record that were submitted to banks that case has been picked up b the attorney general in ne york and has is being brough as a civil case, it s going to trial in the fall. and alvin bragg is looking a that and he was fairly advanced o it he still may move forward with that case. but why the stormy daniels cas picked up steam and they wen ahead with that first is just fascinating question i think we may know more about it if there is an indictment and we can read the charges an read some of the evidence that they have, they may have picke up additional evidence in th last few months that we don know about but that is just one questio
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the trump era banking law that loosened the rules, plus how the collapse is turning into another culture war. then, michael cohen testifie in front of a grand jury settling his - refusing to do what it could mean for prosecutors. running mates, turned politica rivals donald trump and mike pence go head to head over january 6th. the wind up to 2024 as the 11t hour gets underway, on thi monday night here we go good evening, once again, i stephanie ruhle. normally i start this progra giving you an overview of th most important stories of th day. but tonight, there s only on story. it is all about banking, money government, and politics it is exactly what we cove here every night joining me to dig into all o