trump foundation probe. you report cohen personally called the agency to see how he could help according to an official familiar with the call. what s the subject that have investigation. so as viewers might know, the trump foundation this charity was the subject of a long running investigation by the new york attorney general which produced in june a lawsuit, a civil lawsuit by the state against donald trump, his children and the trump foundation alleging that beak the foundation had been breaking the law for years and years. that was a civil suit. the point of this investigation by the cuomo administration sort of in concert with the state ag to see if there could be state criminal charges. there seem to be more bureaucratic hoops to get over. it seems a case better made on the federal level. that s the idea is there a criminal violation at the state level related to the trump organization. thanks for your time tonight. the republicans scramble to avoid talking or even acknowle
disturbing. more than one thousand children were abused in twisted and sadistic cases of exploitation, some of which included alcohol, whips, and holy water. and the state ag says his office believes there are even more. the grand jury report names 301 priests though some remain redacted but the scope of the abuse is staggering. it s staggering because you only get numbers this big if there are systematic coverups going on year after year. chushrch officials helped cor up the disgusting abuse by moving priests, even giving one a job reference to work at disney world. and to put these abusers in perspective, there are only 982
headed and also against the law, violation of due process. on any number of grounds, what donald trump is saying is not going to happen, as long as we stand up to this type of cavalier, rogue activity of the occupant of the white house. i guess i should also close by apologizing. i know you to be a seasoned litigator. it is embarrassing as my job as journalist, i have to ask whether the fifth amendment exists or not. i guess that s where we are. attorney general, thank you, sir. thank you very much. appreciate it. turn back to the panel. your response to what the attorney general says and what he is doing, the state ag stepping up to put a line in the sand so if donald trump decided tomorrow to change the executive order, he can go back and forth, they would try to get a ruling locking this in. first of all, want to thank him, as a lawyer, he is doing a great job defending our rights
department of justice cannot proceed with a prosecution of either officer lake or officer salamoni. this decision was not taken lightly. we came to this conclus aftion r countless hours. that s the conclusion there. what do you think as you hear this, no charges. you hear landry saying that there were several times they tried to use nonlethal actions to get a hold of his hands and they had reason to believe he was armed because the dispatcher had told them that and he said this was well founded and reasonable. their actions were. under the circumstances, and under law. what did you think? well, to be quite frank with you, i m not surprised of the outcome of this investigation. as you just heard, the state ag clearly articulated all the
often do is leverage people to get testimony that they otherwise don t have access to. an easy way to do that is charge them with provable crimes. in this case manafort is under investigation for money laundering possibilities in new york by the state ag and under investigation by tax violations for federal authorities and under investigation for failure to register as a foreign agent. lots of things that he is vulnerable to that they can say look, this is a straight forward case. i can charge you and you can spend five years in prison or we can make a deal. you have michael flynn who has all these ties to foreign powers including russia. a president-elect and before that a candidate who seemed unconcerned with the fact that there was evidence that russia wanted him to be president and was seeking to influence the out come of the election. that kind of pressure that could be put on manafort now can yield