Politics. The superior court in Fulton County, georgia held a hearing. The lead prosecutor in georgia selection interference case against former President Trump and others. In this hearing, terrence bradley, a former law partner in divorce attorney for prosecutor nathan wade, is questioned about his knowledge of mr. Wades romantic relationship with the District Attorney. He was questioned by defense attorney ashley merchan about his knowledge of the relationship. This is just over two hours. On behalf of mr. Clark . We also waive his appearance. Good afternoon, your honor. Richard rice. He waves his presence. Good afternoon. Quex on behalf of mr. Schafer . On behalf of mr. Floyd . Good afternoon. We also waive mr. Floyds appearance. On behalf of miss latham . Anybody here on behalf of miss latham . Before we had mr. Cromwell, and i had not heard anything from him. I believe mr. Cromwell is in a deposition in south georgia. Thats all i know. Thats helpful to know. Mr. Cromwell, can you
On behalf of mr. Clark . We also waive his appearance. Good afternoon, your honor. Richard rice. He waves his presence. Good afternoon. Quex on behalf of mr. Schafer . On behalf of mr. Floyd . Good afternoon. We also waive mr. Floyds appearance. On behalf of miss latham . Anybody here on behalf of miss latham . Before we had mr. Cromwell, and i had not heard anything from him. I believe mr. Cromwell is in a deposition in south georgia. Thats all i know. Thats helpful to know. Mr. Cromwell, can you hear us . We will keep an eye on that to see if he does join us and we will take it up as it comes. So, just a few preliminaries. I have been under the weather so i will try to speak up. If anyone cant hear me, i will try to talk close to the microphone. But were here today for the sole purpose of which is that the conclusion of the hearing on february 16. That meeting with mr. Bradley to assess the validity of his assertion of attorneyclient privilege. I have now been able to do that, i also
After years of keeping a low profile Paula Venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. She started with an apology. I would just like to say, and im gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. There were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. And i mentioned that. Im sorry. I imagine that i was probably. Just pause. Try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. She defended her role. She may have been the boss, she said, but she wasnt responsible for everything. And she wasnt told everything either. You are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. You have to rely on the advice of internal an
Years in parliament. But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mp5 Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mp5 walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Joining me now is lizzy buchan,
Executives will be prosecuted. Too big to jail . We will speak to a woman whose 16yearold daughter died in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch, as well as longime consumer advocate ralph nader. 50 years ago he wrote the Ground Breaking book, unsafe at any speed the designedin dangers of the american automobile. Motors knew about the defect in 2004. They kept getting feedback of fatalities, crashes, airbags not going off, engines being shut off. They covered it up. Amy and we will speak to university of Maryland School of law professor Rena Steinzor, author of, why not jail . industrial catastrophes, corporate malfeasance, and government inaction. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal investigation into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Under the deal General Motors , agreed to pay 900 million as