The mantle of the office. Romney and the president have a complicated relationship to say the least. Back in 2012 it, romney was tried to fended off gingrich and santorum and got help from an endorsement by reality tv star donald trump. He took it despite trump was spreading the racist birther conspiracy thoroughly about president obama. Mitt is tough. Hes smart. Hes sharp. Hes not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country that we all love. So governor romney, go out and get them. You can do it. Thank you, thank you. There are some things that you just cant imagine happening in your life. This is one of them. Being in Donald TrumpsMagnificent Hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. That was then. Four years later with trump winning primary after primary, mitt romney delivered a stunning rebuke of the frontrunner. Now, im far from the first to conclude that donald trump lacks the temperament to be president. Theres plenty of evidence that mr. Trump is a con man, a fake. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. He urged republicans to vote strategically to deny trump the delegates did he needed to secure the nomination. Didnt work though. Trump got the nomination, went on to win the presidency. Things then got better in the trump romney relationship. The two broke bread as romney ended up on the short list to become secretary of state. Look at that picture. That picture says so much, more than i could even just can we put that picture back up . Look at that picture. Wow. Caption that. But romney came up short, right . And trump went on to choose Rex Tillerson for that post. 2017 with rumors tut senator orrin hatch would retire, the president urged him to stay on for another term with some in romneys circle believing the whole thing was an attempt to block him from the senate. Hatch retired. It looked like the feud was over with trump endorsing romneys bid and romney accepting his support. Hours before he is sworn in as senator, mitt romney is speaking out about the president. I would work with the president as i would with any president which is on those areas im in agreement well work together. Where i disagree, ill point that out. In matters that relate to the divisiveness part of our political environment, ill speak out if i need to and i think its important as i begin this new job to make it very clear where i stand. Mark mckinnon is here to discuss. Hey, mark mckinnon, how you doing, sir . Happy new year. Looks like you were kicking it hard new years eve in new orleans. I had a great time. Now im back to business. Whats your reaction to had . Are you surprised to see romney take a public stand and criticize the president . Im fascinated by romney because like a lot of people over time, i keep wondering which mitt romney is going to show up. Right. Part of the answer to that i think is there are two mitt romneys. Theres the mitt romney who acts one way when hes run acanother that acts one way when hes serving or hes not running for office. At the core of mitt romney i thistle is somebody very mccainlike income that he has a sense of honor and the dignity of the office and that will character counts, country first. Soles i think people were really wondering to see which mitt romney was going to show up as the senator. I think its the Public Servant mitt romney. He made it very clear right out of the gate hes not coming here to genuflect, that hes going to be a voice. He said i agree with the president on a lot of policies. The important point i think he makesing is that a lot of republicans are just saying all that matters is the end. We dont care about the means. Mitt romney is saying the means matter. I just want to play, this is mitt romney with jake tapper earlier. Watch this. When you say that you have issues with his character and you talk about his integrity and honesty, the suggestion being that he lacks integrity and honesty, what specifically has he done that has bothers you . What is the rhetoric that has come from his mouth and actions that trouble you the most . Well, over the course of the last two years, i have put out a number of statements that relate to things that were of great concern to me. The charlottesville response by the president was something that gave me great concern, the support for roy moore in the senate race was something i was very, very concerned about, his attack on media. I wrote an entire piece about that. So ive laid out time and again places where i disagree with the president and i think its very important for a president to demonstrate it the qualities of integrity and honesty forthrightness, empathy and respect for the institutions of our democratic republic. I think those are all parts of the job, and while i agree with him on a lot of policy fronts and salute the work thats been done by the Republican Leadership in washington, there are places that relate to the, if you will, forming of National Character that i think we can do a better job. Okay, a lot town pack there. He will still took the guys endorsement, right . But he seems to be suggesting, mark, that the president doesnt stand up for our values. What gives here . Well, like i said, there are two mitt romneys. Theres the guy who is very ambitious, politically ambitious. Will sort of do anything to get where he wants to go, but once hes there, he returns to form of that humble mormon who thought a lot about service and Public Service and humility. You know, we have a show called the circus on showtime thats a documentary designed to kind of show the different dimensions of the candidates and the inspiration for that show in part was the documentary mitt where it was after the campaign unfortunately, it was a decision that they regret now because it showed a side of mitt romney that none of us had seen before. When i saw that, i said i like that guy. I never saw that guy in the campaign. Theres a side i think the public hasnt seen a lot of. Maybe well see more of now that hes in the senate. Its getting a good counter balancing voice. So many republicans havent been speaking out and mitt romney said from day one im going to speak out on these matters of moral conscious and integrity and honesty. I think most people want that. The critics of mitt romney, the supporters of this president dont want it. I think most of the country want a check and they want republicans to speak out and not just go lock step with whatever the president says even if its not true or a lie. Having said that, this is the president s reaction to the oped today. Watch this, mark. I wish mitt could be more of a team player, you know, im surprised he did it this quickly. I was expecting something. Im surprised he did it this quickly. If he fought really hard against president obama like he does against me, he would have won the election. So hes saying romney could be more of a team player. First, were you surprised at how measured he was, you know, and second, is the president effectively saying hey, mitt, fall in line . Well, i think strategically, it was the right tone as opposed to just outright attacking him like he often does, you know, more sort of in anger and sorrow, more in sorrow than anger. But you know, then to say that he didnt work hard against obama, thats pretty hard to get a guy come to be a team player. Listen, i think its going to be kind of a fractured relationship over the next couple of years. Theres going to be times when donald trump needs mitt romney and times when romney will support him. He said theres the video of it. He says hes not running for president but hes undecided on whether he will endorse. Given his critique of the president , his history with this president , can you imagine him endorsing trump in the end . Hard to imagine and you know, he was quite critical. I wrote an article when romney accepted the trump endorsement back in 12. And i was surprised by that. But i think again, i think romney, i think he has great character as the core of his conviction but hes also incredibly politically ambitious. I think hes in part positioning himself for whatever circumstances may happen and if things go south quickly which they could given all the investigations that are coming, hes in a very significant position to see where the future oust Republican Party could go. Yeah. I think the criticism of mitt romney is people want to see the mitt romney from today be the mitt romney that is always out front and center rather than the one sitting at. I think its a fair criticism. But im glad to see it. Or accepting the endorsements of someone who was bredding a birther lie, as well. Thank you. Always a pleasure. Yep. Good to see you. The incoming 116th congress will be the most divers in american history. 126 women will take office, including 43 women of color. One member of this hick incoming historic Incoming Freshman class joins me now. Madeleine dean of pennsylvania. So glad to have you on. Thanks for joining. Happy new year. Thank you for having me. Your first day is set to be in the middle of a Government Shutdown. What is your top priority . My top priority is to get started and get to work. Im thrilled and excited. My family is coming into town. My friends and supporters. We have a couple of buses coming from pennsylvania. So im eager to number one, go through the important ceremonial swearing in, the important moment of being sworn in but really eager to get to work. None of us thought we would be sworn in during a shutdown but that will certainly emphasizes the urgency that this is 116th Congress Must meet at this moment. Is it fair to say that this is the year of the women on capitol hill . You bet it is. Take a look at the freshmen class of the 67 folks in the freshman Democratic Caucus newly elected, more than half are women. Another two women in the republican incoming caucus. So its very exciting. Im going to talk to you more about that. What is behind this big change do you think . Well, i think maybe youve seen it and been covering it. Over the course of the last year, certainly very energized folks have come out from all across this country to support candidates, to run for office, people hole have never run for office before in their life. Theres a real energy in the air. I think a lot of it was driven by the election of our current president that is people thought my vote really matters and i better be engage and bring people to office that want to do the right work. Lets talk more, dig in deeper about what you said earlier and i said id follow up on it. While overall there will be more women than ever in this congress, only one congresswoman elect, one of the 36 freshman female are republicans. Why is the gop behind on increasing diversity . Yorn i dont know for sure. I can tell you what i felt on the campaign trail. That was that democratic voters spoke to issues that women care deep little about and that the Republican Administration certainly did nothing to uplift women and their families. You just felt such an energy as i went around talking to voters, talking to young women in particular, and i think they identified very clearly with what Democratic Women candidates were saying, that we need to make sure we have health care, we need do something about gun violence, about the Opioid Epidemic and make sure the economy is growing for all of our kids and families and we need to educate all our kids. Those values i think lifted a lot of Democratic Women into office. A democratic woman will be in charge of this congress. Nancy pelosi. Once again speaker of the house. Tomorrow she could singlehandedly change trumps presidency. What do you think its going to be like working for her . I look forward to it. I did not know nancy pelosi before i ran for office. She generously came to my office and worked for me and tried to lift up the message i had for voters. She came multiple times. I had the chance to visit with her in other places. Im just one of the many people running for office who helped out. She is a team builder. She is tireless. Youll see her at meeting after meeting in her high heels. She does it with a purpose and her purpose is Good Government and lifting people up and doing good things for people. You previously said you want to work on government reform, restoring decency to Public Service. What does that look liking . As i was out on the trail, it is the one theme that came over and over again. Ive told the story of one rainy day being caught in the rain and i talked to a voter, and i said to the gentleman, what do you care about . He was silent and he said, decency. That was literally all he said, one word. But that same sentiment was echoed over and over. What that means to me is decency in how we speak, how we conduct ourselves. I think thats a direct reaction to the Trump Administration in terms of conduct and rhetoric and voice. And how we treat one another. Do we try to lift people up or do we trial to divide them . Do we treat people humanely or separate children at the border putting their lives at risk . Thats what decency is about, the things American People care about, taking care of our Border Security while honoring our strength of immigration. Congresswoman elect, you mentioned immigration. Where do you stand going in . You know the governments shut down because of the border wall and immigration and border safety. Where do you stand on that . How are you going to get started on the first day . We arent shut down on that issue. This is a government that has cared about in a bipartisan way Border Security. The president chose to shut us down. Over that issue over his wall. His vision of a wall. A wall that his vision is constantly shifting but now it is a 5 billion solid wall. Democrats and republicans care about Border Security and we currently fund Border Security. Congresswoman elect, thank you and good luck. Thank you, happy new year. Is all the diversity in the Incoming Congress a direct result of President Trump . Were going to discuss next. We are now just hours away from democrats taking control of the house, changing everything in washington. Lets talk about it now. Sally kohn is the author of the opposite of hate, a field guide to repairing our humanity. Did i scare you when i said your name . Im just excited to be here. Its late but were here. Keith boykin, sally kohn, and Alice Stewart and rick wilson. Theyre excited to be here, too. Theyre here late every night. I know im not. Its okay. Welcome to the party, sally. Thank you. Dont worry i had caffeine. Happy new year everyone. Keith. Happy new year, don. You brought in the most freshman class in history, the largest class of women ever. Should President Trumps policies and rhetoric get some of the credit for these historic changes . Not at all. Ill give him a little bit of credit. The reality is barack obama, hillary clinton, other candidates along the way have encouraged people of it color, women, did i verse candidates to run for office. And then people in the grassroots have been interested in running for office. The white men are 29. 9 of the population. If you look at 9 statistics, 98 of the speakers of the house of representatives probably 90 of the Supreme Court justices and people are looking at our country and saying this is something dras have been saying for a long time. We want america and congress that looks like america, we want a government that looks like america. Women are the majority of the population. Its time we have more lead women in leadership roles. Its timt v time to have a woman in the speaker of the house. Let me ask you im speaking more about maybe the rhetoric and maybe it was a bit of sarcasm here, sally, because of the president s policies. Sarcastic, you . More women and more diverse candidates said im sick of this. Im going to run and therefore, now we have a Historic Congress with all these women, no . Sure if were desperate 0 give trump credit for something, we can give him credit. Look, i do think keiths right. The time has come, this has been a Long Time Coming historically. And by the way, this is a drop in the bucket. We are nowhere nearly parity. So as much as we should celebrate the moment happening now, were nowhere near parity and we are not to the point where we have a congress, more importantly that not only looks like the American Public but is actually taking on and addressing the concerns that the American Public says over and over and over again they want them to docks address climate change, raise wages, raise taxes on the rich, make the country work for working people, address gender and equality and racial injustice, actually fix things. We may be now are getting closer and closer to a congress that will actually work for all of americans. Alice, the democrats celebrated numerous historic firsts. Americas youngest congresswoman, the first worst Muslim Congress women, as well as two native american congresswoman, the first openly gay man elected to governor in colorado. Alexandria ocasiocortez posted the picture on her social media today that she and her incoming female representatives i just wonder, is this female takeover of congress tomorrow, nancy pelosi and the rest of the women . Its a very important first step. And i think thats a good thing because this help in my view help the dialogue move along. Weve got a long way to go though. Right now women in congress here represent about 23 makeup of congress, yet we have 51 of the population. Ill say hats off to the democrats did a really good job of recruiting women candidates. They have in the House Democrats have 35 new freshmen members and republicans one. Over in the senate, its 113 in the democrats favor. Thats a strong positive step. This help for a lot of reasons. I think it will help the dialogue and getting things done. Its a good sign for voters. I think it will get more women involved in politics, more women next time in the midterm elections certainly, but it will get more people involved in the conversation. Thats always a good thing. Rick, you got to give alice credit for her positive spin, right . Because there is a stark difference between the diversity of incoming democrats and republicans. A gop house caucus jumped from 86 white and male to 90 while the democrats dropped from 41 to 38 white and male. Why cant the gop attract more diverse candidates . Well, look, don, the only criteria right now in american politics for the Republican Party for selection in a primary is, who is willing to polish to be the biggest boot liquor for donald trump. That is the selection mechanism that exists in the gop primary process right now. And you know, white dudes over 55 love donald trump. So you know, theres sort of the demo you are going to get when you narrowed the gate to get into the door to the party, to who loves donald trump more. You know,s who got a donald trump tramp stamp you know, those are the people that are being put forward now. So youre going to end with you know the male and pale contingent got even maler and paler. Why the faces though . I have images that i cant unsee, but also i think thats fair. And at the same time, lets not give donald trump too much credit which is the Republican Party has had a longstanding problem not only having candidates. Exactly. Who are women and people of color but also attracting voters. Thats not because just of the leadership. Thats because of the positions they support. The policies they support. When you support antiimmigrant, antigay, antiwomen policies you turn off women and people of color and gay folks at the ballot box and as candidates. You want to respond, rick . Look, i think theres been a policy shift in the Republican Party in that an theyve moved from, look, the Republican Party used to be strongly pro immigration. This is a fairly recent artifact of trump and trumpism. It really is. That weve decided were going to basically tell hispanics we think theyre all murderers and shouldnt be here and that the caravan is full of assassins is charging our border. Thats a fairly recent development but trumpism has exaggerated and exacerbated it dramatically. Republicans lack the courage to stand up and say this guy is wrong. This is insane. Keith, let me put this picture up for you. This is published in the latest in vanity fair. This is in vanity fair called the watchdogs. These are the new house of Representatives Committee chairs, adam shift, Maxine Waters, jerry nadler, richard kneel will now have the ability to investigate the president. Will tomorrow bring a whole new presidency for trump . I think it will. Thats it the reason im here for a reception for Maxine Waters tomorrow. The chair of the Financial Services committee. Were going to see some change. Were going to see investigations, accountability. Were going to see leadership were going to see new legislation put forward. Donald trump is going to have to for the first time in his adult life and probably his entire life have to have somebody who says no to him because he hasnt had that in the two years hes been president , he probably never had that in his Business Life and its time in america he understands he is not a king. Alice, i promise ill get you on the other side of the break. Ive got to take a break. As i was thinking, it took me back to my first day of first grade. Kindergarten, Nursery School were so easy that first day in first grade where you had, you know all you had to do was color in the lines. Its been like Nursery School and kindergarten because hes had republican control of everything. 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Call, go online or demo in an xfinity store today. Back with me now sally kohn, keith, rick wilson, alice. Alice, democrats are going to take control of the house tomorrow. What do you think this is going to mean for the president and his agenda . This is going to be tough going for him, no . It will. Theres a new sheriff in town tomorrow called democratic oversight. Its a new reality and its going to be certainly more challenging to get things done. How do you think hes going to react . It will be difficult. Hell react just like he did when we starred this shut down fight. Unfortunately hell sit there with his arms crossed and hopefully try to get his way. As weve seen nearly two weeks into the shutdown, its not happening. Democratic oversight will be a good thing. Its important, something the president needs to not call president ial harassment. If they will go in thinking theyre going to focus so much on investigation, not litigation, thats going to be a short i lived honeymoon for democrats. Its important they do the proper oversight that needs to get done but also work on bridging the gap and getting bipartisanship gain and getting legislation passed. Rick, nancy pelosi today said nope, not budging at all. I dont see any signs at all from the senate budging, as well. So where do we go from here . Donald trump, if the democrats give in to donald trump, it would have to come on the senate side. Pelosi has locked down. She has the votes. Her people are not going to budge on it. There will be no wall coming out of the house. If it comes out of the house, it will be because schumer gets strong armed on it and hes a transactional guy right now schumer is standing strong. No matter how many times donald trump tweets, no matter how much he spends his morning executive time hoovering up rails of adderall and rage tweeting, its not going to change where pelosi is. As long as she holds the line, this thing will go on till trump feels the pain level rise. Shutdowns never work out politically for anybody. As much as the republicans think that the rules have changed there are 800,000 people not getting a paycheck right now. Theyre across the country. There are 800,000 federal jobs and as much as he may want to shrink the federal government, these are air Traffic Controllers and folks that perform vital government services. That pain level is increasing by the day. The political cost is on trump and the republicans. Right now about twothirds of people think its trump and the republicans, not the democrats causing the shutdown slow down. Trump stupidly walked into this one, put his head on the chopping block and said ill take credit for the shutdown. Okay. Theres a 30second ad for you. He did box himself in. Sally, you seemed to take umbrage whether he rick said im talking about schumer. No, i think first of all, i wouldnt portray nancy pelosi that way. On the one hand, she is right to oppose the wall not only because its immoral and 9 majority of the American Voters are against it but because even think tanks in trumps own party say its stupid and pointless. And wasteful. We have a fact check coming up. Stick around for that. That was my point. The other thing is she has put, she has put a proposal on the table that will would give trump and the republicans some of what they wanted. Would reopen parts of the government. We know that. Its not going to happen in the house. Shes trying to make it work. His own party is putting proposals on the table. His own vice president. The point was this is rests with Chuck Schumer now. No, it rests with donald trump. It is 100 . No, thats not what im saying. I dont think schumer will cave either. I dont think hes going to gave either. Theres nothing to cave to. What would a cave look like . Like picking up one of the republican proposals or picking up pences proposal which trump already rejected. Go, keith. Donald trump had two years to get this done. He has not done it. He had a Republican Congress unified control of the entire government for two years. Its not the democrats responsibility to bail him out for his lie. He said that will mexico was going to pay for the wall. Mexico did not pay for the wall. He said the Republican Congress would get it done. They didnt get it done. Suddenly tomorrow in, a few minutes, well have a Republican Controlled Congress come to an end and democrats will take control. Its not the democrats responsibility to bail out the republicans for Donald Trumps lie. He made it, hes got to sleep in his bed. How did we get from mexicos going to pay for the wall to. The american taxpayer. Yeah, but there were a couple more iterations. Now were to the american taxpayer paying for the wall. Go ahead, alice. Im out of time. Now he says mexico is actually paying for it but give him a hamburger today and theyll pay for it tomorrow. The reality is, look, both sides, this is a battle of the base. If trump would come down off his 5 billion and democrats would agree to talk about everyone agree to talk about daca, the democrats give some, the republicans give some, we could have what will Everyone Wants which is Border Security. That is a huge issue all americans can agree on. Both sides have to give a little bit in order to get what the American People want. Okay. President miller will never allow daca. Thats true. Thank you. Ool, that hurt. Or president coulter or president limbaugh. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. President making more false claims about his border wall as he keeps the government shut down over funding for it. So were going to check his facts. 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No parts of the wall have been built. Old barriers have been refurbished. And it cant be beautiful, it doesnt exist. You might have policed it but over the holidays President Trump recycled one of his oldest andmost misleading claims about the wall he wants between the u. S. And mexico. Heres part of his tweet. Everybody knows that the wall will work perfectly. In israel the wall, would 99. 9 . This one goes all the way back to the beginning of the 2016 election. Walls work. All you have to do is ask israel. Walls work if its properly constructed. Not the walls that these characters, these politicians that we have running our country who are a disgrace, all talk, no action politicians. They build a wall this big. They drive cars right through it. Walls work. All you have to do is go and see israel. They will tell you that walls working. But the truth and circumstance very different. There are a lot of barriers in israel. Notably there are fences along the southern boarder with egypt and walls and other types of barriers separating israel from the west bank and gaza. Trump doesnt say which wall from israel, would almost 100 of the time to keep people out. So what could he be talking about . If trump is talking about the fence, a structure that is fortified with electricity and barbed wire, but its still not a wall on israels southern border, he might have a point here. This is what politifact says the fence on that border did cut illegal crossings at the southern boarder with africa, but the decline in illegal entries came with the help of other deterrent policies. And its very different from our border with mexico and totally unlike what trump has proposed building there. The geography for one is different. Parts of the Southern New Mexico parts of Southern New Mexico and texas can get mountainous unlike southern israel which is relatively flat. Its a lot less land and an easier task for Israeli Border guards to patrol there. The scale of the project is also different. The u. S. mexico border is some 13 times longer than israels border with egypt. And oh, yeah, its a fence. Not a concrete wall. Or steel slats. And the israeli fence looks nothing like the prototypes commissioned by the Trump Administration, the ones ha cost millions of dollars before construction has even started. Can trump claim that his wall will do the same as israels southern border fence . Probably not. Let me explain. If President Trump is talking about the barriers between israel, israeli and palestinian territories, that is nothing to aspire to. A fact check from the Washington Post notes that there is a vast smuggling industry that manages to thrive in spite of both concrete wall and electronic fence. The New York Times reports that networks of tunnels, ladders and holes enables tens of thousands of people to have unauthorized access to israel at any given time. That doesnt sound like working 99. 9 of the time to me. So as usual, the president , well, has continued to recycle old lies and misleading claims about his promised border wall. But there are new lies, too. Because over the weekend, trump also claimed on twitter with no evidence that former president barack obama has a tenfoot wall surrounding his d. C. Residence. He said we need the same thing but bigger around the country. Well, the Washington Post says the obamas have a fence around their home like others in their neighborhood and there is no tenfoot wall to be found. So whats the truth about trumps wall . John kelly, former white house chief of staff might have let it slip. Over the weekend. He told the l. A. Timesing this to be honest, its not a wall. Not a wall but today someone in the white house is still calling it a wall the president claimed on twitter that much of the wall has been built. He didnt say much of the barrier has been built or that steel slats have been built. What he said is not true. None of his wall has been built. Democrats are taking control of the house tomorrow. And they say the president s chances of getting any wall at all are slim to none. So now the president is holding federal workers paychecks hostage in his fight for the wall he probably wont get. This is the reality. Day 13 of the Government Shutdown begins in just a few minutes, and the president is not paying federal workers because he wants you and me to pay for the wall. If mexico is really going to pay for it and they say they wont, the government would be up and running right now. To distract and deflect from there reality the president has been tweeting lies, old lies and new lies but tweeting isnt believing. Seeing is. 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Lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99. 9 of illness causing bacteria detergent leaves behind. Lysol. What it takes to protect. There are new signs that federal and state investigators may be looking into the Trump National golf club in bedminster, new jersey. Attorneys for two undocumented immigrants moo went public from a New York Times piece last month working at the club in close proximity to the president said that supervisors at bedminster furnished his clients with fake documents and he says he provided the fbi and the Attorney Generals Office with proof. The attorney for the two women joins many now. And cnn analyst. Good evening to both of you. So lets talk. Lets get the facts in here. Youre alleging that supervisors at the golf club gave out fake green cards and Social Security numbers. I mean, its shocking given that the president has been such an immigration hard line. Correct. And i was shocked as well when one of my clients said to me that the picture for her green card was taken inside of the golf club. The very next day she was taken by one of the drivers to a town nearby to pick up the green card and Social Security number. She brought it back to the golf club, copies were made and she was told never to talk about that incident ever again. With regards to my other client, sandra dias, she was only required to provide two pictures. And again a Social Security card and green card was handed to her with thats what we have at this point. You went to the fbi and Attorney Generals Office. Before were clients came forward. Why did you decide to go to authorities after the piece . Sure. So we actually went to authorities before. Before the piece. Correct. Because both of my clients she was still employed at the golf club. She was complaining of physical assaults, threats of deportation. She was basically telling me that she was in a toxic environment, no one was listening to her. So i thought that obviously i had to contact authorities. I was a little concerned. I wasnt sure who to contact at first. This is not what i do. Im an immigration attorney. However, i reached out to federal authorities and theyve listened. What kind of crimes are we talking about . So assuming that these allegations are true, we could be looking at various crimes. First of all, there are crimes for creating false immigration documents, the ceasas, the the visas. The passports. There are federal crimes for knowingly employing somebody whos an unauthorized alien. And the most serious crime that could be implicated again, assuming the facts are true, is forced labor. It sounds dramatic but its actually quite common. This scenario where an employer whos looking to cut costs, not pay benefits, take advantage of vulnerable populations will find someone undocumented, put them to work and as you allege, use threats in order to keep those people in line. You cant go to the cops, right . I will have you deported and in some instances physical abuse. Its actually quite prevalent. Ive done trials involving forced labor. Weve seen it everywhere from Migrant Workers on farms to factory workers, sex trafficking and the hospitality industry. Does it look like theres going to be a formal investigation . It sounds like there is one. The new jersey attorney is working with the fbi. If these facts are proven out and withstand investigation then you could have federal and or state crimes. So it would be federal, and so again who potentially would be leading this investigation . It sounds like the fbis taken the lead. Most immigration crimes are going to be federal, so your immigration documents crimes are going to be federal. Your employment of unauthorized aliens is going to be federal. Human trafficking. Theres both. Federal and state. I would assume they would coordinate and get together, but it should be federal ultimately. One of your clients is still being paid by the club . I actually represent five out of six women that have come forward, and yes four of them are still undocumented. Are they concerned about potential repercussions . They are concerned, but in the United States when you are the victim of a crime, immigration laws protect you. Theres a possibility of an s visa, a possibility of a t visa or u visa, so we feel that they are protected. Yet another trump entity being investigated. Is it staggering the number of investigations around this president . It seems like everything that the president has touched over the years is now being subject to investigation and with some teeth to it. And this one i think theres a particular line of hypocrisy here given the hard line this president has taken on immigration, and yet it appears if these allegations are true, his own golf club was employing illegals and abusing them as well. The white house hasnt commented on this. Have you heard anything from the white house . We have not heard anything. Do you expect to . I have no idea. You have no idea whats going to happen. Its unbelievable as you said considering the hard line this president has taken on immigration, especially illegal immigration as he called it, and undocumented immigrants coming to the country. If theres another investigation into this depending on how this proves out, its just unbelievable. Thank you, both. Best of luck. Come back with an update. Thanks for watching, everyone. Our coverage continues. 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