2022 campaign. i m very confident i can fight this one. it s very easy. reporter: randi kaye, cnn. a group of new york republican congressman recently introduced a bill that would ban house members like santos from profiting off book, movie, or tv deals if indicted or convicted of certain crimes like financial and campaign finance fraud. just before air time i spoke to congressman brandon williams who has also called for mr. santos to step down. congressman williams, i appreciate you joining us. i m wondering what your reaction was to these allegations that congressman santos was involved in this credit card scheme? well, i tell you, you know, i guess it was an atm scheme. atm. yeah, he s been using the you know, it looks like he s been using nassau county donors as atms and he just upped his game. i think it s a continuation of, frankly, of a confidence scheme very much like bernie madoff,
been using nassau county donors as atms, and he just upped his game. i think it s a continuation of, frankly, of a confidence scheme very much like bernie madoff, and it s all being exposed. so the fact that his deception goes much farther back doesn t surprise me at all. i mean, if the allegations were true, they were made in a sworn statement by the person who was actually prosecuted for involvement in this atm scheme. it s a pretty complex operation. i mean, it involved, according again to this person who was convicted, you know, a warehouse in florida, being taught by santos how to use the equipment, sending him to seattle where they would split the proceeds 50/50. can you imagine how excited, you know, mr. santos must be or must have been to realize that he could, you know, do something on a larger scale even running for congress not once, but twice. you know, remember that bernie madoff cheated a lot of very
be leaderfor life. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. i m joined now by charles parton, a former british diplomat who s worked in china for more than two decades and is now a fellow at the thinktank council on geo strategy. thank you forjoining us. i want to begin by asking you, what did you think of president xi s speech yesterday? think of president xi s speech esterda ? ~ ., , ., , ., yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he has - yesterday? well, it was, as ever, a continuation of what he has been i continuation of what he has been saying for the last ten years. i don t think it was unexpected, one wouldn t expect a whole raft of new policies or trends to come out. he is clear that the last ten years have been a great success and he seesi
this panel, this committee can lawfully issued subpoenas to sitting members of congress. as we mentioned, those they will be exactly one year since the insurrection. the washington post reports it will learn more about the effort to investigate and prosecute those responsible from u.s. attorney general merrick garland on wednesday. tonight the senate majority leader chuck schumer s upcoming anniversary of the january 6th attack to what he and other democrats see as increasing threats to the right to vote. and wilson acted by various republican state legislators. what happened on january 6th is a direct continuation of, the big lie. the idea that january 6th is totally a one-off is wrong. it is now being perpetrated by an attempt to take away voting rights. not today schumer sent a letter to saying he will seek bipartisan
this is a lesson, we, when you call to defund police, beware. you are right, trace. this happened last summer, a continuation of. until joe biden and kamala harris talk about law and order, it s going to continue. let s face it, antiblack, black lives matter control the democratic party. our city in los angeles, district attorney pointed a black lives matter member to evaluate police. it ludicrous. you have prosecutors allow criminals to walk free. there s an situation at the walgreens where a person came in and just walked out. defunding police is popular with democrats. it s a fundamental reason why i left democratic party, they do not believe in law and order. trace: you talk about portland, move all the way down to atlanta