but then they closed the case without ever bringing charges against that individual. it is one thing to think that individual one, president trump, was safe from indictment himself there because he was president at the time and the justice department won t indict a sitting president, but he s no longer president. nevertheless, that sdny case was closed. in addition to individual one, though, there was also executive one, described by prosecutors. executive one, a top executive at the top of the trump organization who prosecutors said disguised the reimbursements to cohen for those hush money payments. executive-1, a top executive who prosecutors said disguised the reimbursements to cohen for those hush money payments, disguised them as legal expenses on the trump organization s books.
commission of those felonies who actually benefitted from the commission of those felonies. but then they closed the case without ever bringing charges against that individual. it is one thing to think that individual-1, president trump, was safe from indictment himself there because he was president at the time and the justice department won t indict a sitting president. but he s no longer president. nevertheless, that sdny case was closed. in addition to individual-1, though, there was also executive-1, described by prosecutors. executive-1, a top executive who prosecutors said disguised the reimbursements to cohen for those hush money payments, disguised them as legal expenses on the trump organization s books. executive-1 is allen weisselberg. prosecutors described his key role in covering up the commission of that felony by
discussed in the materials are now a matter of national importance. it is time every american has an opportunity to scrutinize the materials. and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. jeremy bash is the former chief of staff at the cia and defense department. frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi, plus former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner is here. the washington post national political reporter roftia costa is back be with us on set, the host of saturday night politics here on msnbc donny deutsche. frank figliuzzi, i have to start with you. we ve all had countless conversations about this sdny case, what they might be doing, what they might be building. and when everyone came out and tried to assert there wasn t an underlying crime for robert mueller s investigation, you and jeremy and others pointed back to this investigation out of sdny where donald trump is named as an unindicted co-conspirator
the labor secretary to continue to serve in the trump administration, no one utterst word victim. no one says a word about a mischarge of justice. all they say is read the james patterson fictionalized version of the sex scandal. i never liked him and i and did the make acosta go. what is happening, joyce? trump just doesn t seem to understand that justice isn t just another deal. and this is so lard i think to watch as a prosecutor knowing that when you enter into a plea agreement in a case, you have equity that s you have to be aware of. you have a community. you have victims. you have the courts and you re trying to do the right thing. you re not just delivering a deal. the president apparently views this as purely transactional. it s an old deal. without any concern for the victims that were left behind when this happened. and the notion that acosta is
so much of what acosta said in his weak defense simply doesn t ring true. for one of the most disturbing portions of my fbi career, i supervised a crimes against children squad in northern california. and i have to tell you, it still impacts me today. and i can tell you this, no u.s. attorney, no assistant u.s. attorney ever said to me, i m feeling a lot of pressure from this defense team. i really think the money they re throwing around on this is going to hurt us. we ve got to cut a deal. it does not happen when you re talking about exploiting children. does it happen in white collar crime, big-time corporate defense? i have been involved in indictments and convictions in cases and fortune 100 corporations and, yes, they have incredibly powerful attorneys and, yes, there s a lot of money floating around. but to hear acosta equate that kind of environment to a case where women, young girls, are being exploited sexually, it simply doesn t happen. something s wrong with this