too and become a problem inside the white house. we now have a lot of backbiting and suspicions among the senior staff about who s leaking to whom, who can you trust and it s really a toxic environment. debbie, let me go back to you since we ve got you back now. the list that the new york times put out about possible legal jeopardy for donald trump jr. is collusion, conspiracy, election law violations, illegal hacking, what do you say? oh, my god, he is facing so many different issues it s almost like a prosecutor s dream dealing with it. first, on the campaign finance laws, no american can accept anything or solicit anything from a foreign national and russia is a foreign adversary of the u.s. so what he thought he was going to be getting is like getting the best birthday gift ever or having christmas come from christmas in terms of the election, so there s clear campaign violation laws there. but is naivete or not knowing
potentially subject to these regulations. that is a big issue. we think epo ova overreached. reporter: there s a legislative push from mitch mcconnell which has the bill that would block the epa. mcconnell from kentucky is also trying to speed up permitting for coal mining projects. mike, thank you. the former chief of staff for a democratic congressman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. jeffrey garcia has pleaded guilty to election law violations. he worked for south florida representative joe garcia. no relation. jeffrey garcia was accused of requesting absentee ballots without voter position. we continue our look at what the government could and should cut. this evening, what s essential and what s not. [ woman #1 ] why do i cook?
with multi-jurisdictional, federal investigator, local law enforcement and attorney generals, we have a command center and people can fill out complaints to the extent that they see election law violations and we pursue those aggressively. i was a former prosecutor, prosecuting jay-walking all the way up to murder. but these are not jay-walking cases, because if you have stolen a vote, you have stolen liberty. we take it very seriously. we won t rest, we will pursue you until you are facing tough justice behind bars. eric: you did that with a.r.r.n., you get a conviction from a.r.o.r.n., with the voter registration. you talk about other groups. what have you heard, what do you fear? how can people prevent problems? we had a lot of allegations about voter fraud, which
on or could it be that we are grasping for anything because we have become so bored with what appears to be so bored, they re dressing alike. it s been six days now six days. they ll go back on tuesday. you ve been involved in a number of these types of cases. what the heck is taking so long? i ll tell you what s taking so long. this is a criminal case wherein you don t have as many exhibits in a civil case. in a civil case, sometimes you have thousands of exhibits. here in this criminal case, there s thousands of exhibits. and on top of it, the jury s instructions are extremely lengthy. they probably have to refer back to these exhibits. on top of it, i think the election law violations and statutes are very vague and i think that they re very confusing. so that s probably one of the reasons that s holding them up in this. raul, the longer this goes on, better for edwards, better for the prosecution? generally speaking, ting longer that it goes on, the greater chance
and i believe america is on the way up. jamie: on the way up. here s reaction from the romney campaign. president obama may be patting himself on the back for the slowest economic recovery since the great de pegs depression, but there are 23 million americans struggling for work. president obama has had over three years to turn around the economy and by nearly every measure, he has failed, the romney campaign says. what do you think? fair and balanced debate on the economy and the campaign fight. we will have that later in the show. we want to hear for you too. jon. jon: a bizarre election fraud case, heading to trial today in maryland. a political consultant for former governor robert erlick is charged with four election law violations. juliet hensen, accused of sending robo calls on election day in 2010, tell ing black democrats they did not need to get out and vote. eric shawn, live at the baltimore city circuit court