for his part, district attorney alvin bragg is pushing back aggressively. he released a statement about mark pomerantz s book. pomerantz s book is called people versus donald trump. about that, bragg says that the case against trump, quote, wasn t ready for takeoff, end quote. but what pomerantz says he found evidence of is similar to what cohen testified to. and pomerantz insists he assembled the goods. here s what he has to say to his ex-boss. this was a righteous case. you should bring it. it s important. and if you made the wrong decision, make a better decision. a veteran investigator and prosecutor laying out for the public the criminal case he built against donald trump is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. new york time investigative reporter and msnbc contributor susanne craig is back. we rely on her because she has
appearance here, what does it look like when you have somebody that donald trump wanted to make the attorney general of the united states say that if he answers basic questions about what he was doing, and what he was proposing to the president that he would be potentially giving evidence that would expose him to criminal prosecution. i think a very big moment that may not get anything of substance out of jeffrey clark, but if he goes through with this, if he actually invokes the fifth amendment, to refuse to answer questions about what he was doing and what he was promising donald trump on the basis. it could be implicating him and criminal allegations. i think it s an important moment, an important moment to be marked. an important moment indeed. frank figliuzzi, what exactly should we read if anything into the statement, do we expect weeks of public hearings. i m curious as a veteran
they may not get i anything of substance out of jeffrey clark. but if he goes through with this, if he actually invokes the fifth amendment to refuse to answer questions about what he was doing and what he was promising donald trump on the basis that it could be implicating him in a criminal allegation, i think it s an important moment, an important moment to be marked. an important moment indeed. and frank figliuzzi, what, if anything, should we read into this further committee statement to expect weeks of public hearings? and i m curious, as a veteran investigator, how do you think this investigation is going based on the distance we all must watch from? i think we can glean quite a bit from the mere statement that public hearings are coming soon. and in my opinion, this is prime time viewing. and here s why. for those who have been saying all along they re taking too
everything changed from that day forward. thomas galatti is a veteran investigator for the new york city police department. on 9/11 he commanded a precinct in the bronx, but now he serves as chief of intelligence, overseeing alterist investigations city wide. did you realize at that moment that your life as an officer of the law was going to change? i think everybody before 9/11 changed everything. i didn t know who osama bin lauden was. i never followed terrorism. that woke me and everybody up. how would you describe the approach to terrorism that the n.y.p.d. employed after 9/11? i think that s when the department said, wait a second, this isn t a one-time event. this is something that s going to continue to happen. and i think the n.y.p.d. really reinvented itself. i hate to say it, but the world we live in today, we need to be prepared, and that s why the investment went into, you know, creating these programs.
it is a beautiful blue sky. not a cloud in the sky. except for the huge sickening cloud that still hangs over where the world trade centers used to be. 18 years ago, one morning in september, all eyes fell on new york. and the city s police force, the largest in the country, was left shell shocked. i do recall it very vividly. streets were empty. everything changed from that day forward. thomas galatti is a veteran investigator for the new york city police department. on 9/11 he commanded a precinct in the bronx, but now he serves as chief of intelligence, overseeing alterist investigations city wide. did you realize at that moment that your life as an officer of the law was going to change? i think everybody before 9/11 changed everything.