donald trump was invited to appear. he was given ample opportunity to present his side of the narrative in this administrative hearing. he didn t succeed. his claim that he was denied a fair process is based on nothing in the law. he s absolutely confusing an administrative hearing of the kind that shenna bellows properly held under the law of the state of maine with a criminal trial or with a civil trial in which damages might be
government and tried to stay in office. now, if indeed his lawyers can win in court on the definition of section three of the 14th amendment, then it is as if we are going back and erasing the very reason it was put there in the first place, which, to the radical republicans who wrote it, the original republicans, in 1866, they were trying to prevent a new slave power. a new organized attempt to create a slave holding republic. they were trying to prevent a new confederacy of some kind that would come out of the south if they were not afraid of the law. and above all, john bingham wanted, out of this 14th
meeting with senators wife and davies, that s when senator menendez, quote, according to the indictment, performed a google search for one kilo of gold price. since that was apparently what he was going to be handed in this deal. yeah. what a terrible detail. you prefer to have just the cash. but then they find bars with serial numbers on them. so you know it s the same ones that originated there in his closet. it is very tough evidence. nothing is worse than that. you can see the numbers there, they can trace them back. he is really hurting. as you say, his wife is quite involved in this as well. there is a whole kind of long path for her that may come to trial. harry litman, thank you very much for joining us. tonight s last word is next.