will see if history records that as fact. also today, we learned that it was not one, not to, not three, not four, but five different trump cabinet officials, who during the trump presidency, were referred for a potential federal criminal prosecution. five cabinet secretaries referred for federal prosecution during the brief term trump was president. the first one was his interior secretary, remember the guy who used to run his personal flag up the flagpole when he was in the building at the interior apartment. he was investigated for corruption by the inspector general, the results of that investigation was that they referred zinke for prayers ten shell prosecution. the trump he was first. then the second one was alex
acosta, trump s labor secretary. he was investigated for serious misconduct in office. the third, was trump va secretary, robert wilkie, the va s inspector general referred him for potential prosecution to the u.s. justice department. the trump justice department also declined to prosecute mr. wilkie. then it was only earlier this year, it was a lane chao trumps transportation secretary, investigated by the inspector general at her own department on corruption charges, the results of the investigation was that elaine chao was referred to federal prosecutor for potential prosecution. and the trump justice department declined to prosecute her to. and it was amazing, that there were four of them. now today, numeral five oh. wilbur ross. trump secretary of commerce, the inspector general at the
still available. please let us know. so the day after this reality show guy, donald trump announced his campaign for president we reported on the story. it s a remarkable thing, right? he was being treated by the republican party as her normal republican candidate but it s not normal for a politician to have to pay people to pretend to support his campaign. that sort of crazy, right? especially because at that campaign events old with actors, trump went out of his way to talk about his huge crowd and how much bigger his crowd of supporters was compared to the other candidates had their launch events. yeah, he paid for them? [laughs] that s a story, right? that should become a foundational thing that you know about a candidate. it s like finding out that a politician has a secret second family. you can never forget that and talk about what stints is on light rail. you keep thinking, isn t that the dude that has the second
commerce department. has announced, that their investigation of trump commerce secretary wilbur ross, turned up evidence of potentially criminal behavior. they turned up evidence that he provided false testimony, in his case about the trump administration s efforts to undermine the accuracy of the sense. he falsies subs defied. and the findings were serious enough, that the inspector general referred wilbur ross to the u.s. department of justice, for him to be potentially criminally prosecuted. the office of inspector general of the commerce department, says that referral to the trump. despite the criminal referral though, despite the findings that led to the referral, the trump justice department once again declined to prosecute. cabinet secretary in this case, wilbur ross. that has got to be a record. i mean, honestly. i m not sure there is a u.s. government corruption index that is comprehensive enough to