general, the department of justice. he alleged senior officials and invited a ministration reason fbi to target political opponents of the democratic party. specifically, friend said the fbi leaders would often use heavy armed swat teams to show use of force to arrest supporters of donald trump. purely for political reasons and, steve friend would know. it was on the fbi told swat team. if that s true, it s illegal. in a doj the cared about equal justice it would trigger an immediate investigation but, when steve friend filed his complaint, the doj did not give him any whistleblower protections. which are required by federal law. instead, the doj retaliated against steve friend. they escorted him out of that daytona beach field office. they put him on unpaid leave and pressured him to resign. he left the agency that he testified publicly about all this.he is a brave guy. no one in the democratic party has said a word about what happened to steve friend. they do not care. they
Is made this morning in a new york courthouse. Donald trump will be the first former president and presumptive president ial nominee to face a criminal trial arriving just minutes ago for the start of Jury Selection in the new york hush money cases. He faces 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records to cover up a Hush Money Payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels in the runup to the 2016 president election. The focus of the trial today, choosing the men and women who will decide this case from a pool of thousands. We have a team inside the courthouse watching it all as it unfolds. We have a team as well with us right now to talk you through it. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. Also with us chuck rosenberg, former u. S. Attorney and senior fib official. Maya wiley a former u. S. District attorney. Williams who is a former prosecutor. Thank you all for being part of our coverage. Vaughn, lets start there at the courthouse. Walk us through what we can
Is made this morning in a new york courthouse. Donald trump will be the first former president and presumptive president ial nominee to face a criminal trial arriving just minutes ago for the start of Jury Selection in the new york hush money cases. He faces 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records to cover up a Hush Money Payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels in the runup to the 2016 president election. The focus of the trial today, choosing the men and women who will decide this case from a pool of thousands. We have a team inside the courthouse watching it all as it unfolds. We have a team as well with us right now to talk you through it. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. Also with us chuck rosenberg, former u. S. Attorney and senior fib official. Maya wiley a former u. S. District attorney. Williams who is a former prosecutor. Thank you all for being part of our coverage. Vaughn, lets start there at the courthouse. Walk us through what we can
Is made this morning in a new york courthouse. Donald trump will be the first former president and presumptive president ial nominee to face a criminal trial arriving just minutes ago for the start of Jury Selection in the new york hush money cases. He faces 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records to cover up a Hush Money Payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels in the runup to the 2016 president election. The focus of the trial today, choosing the men and women who will decide this case from a pool of thousands. We have a team inside the courthouse watching it all as it unfolds. We have a team as well with us right now to talk you through it. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. Also with us chuck rosenberg, former u. S. Attorney and senior fib official. Maya wiley a former u. S. District attorney. Williams who is a former prosecutor. Thank you all for being part of our coverage. Vaughn, lets start there at the courthouse. Walk us through what we can
Near Travis Air Force base. Well bring you the latest at 6 00. Bye bye. Tonight, breaking developments. Protests and chaos at the g20. As President Trump arrives, thousands descend on the summit. Many fighting the global economy. Police and protesters clashing in the streets. Water cannons, tear gas and now mounting injuries. Our team in the middle of it. Also tonight, the meeting with Vladimir Putin is now coming with President Trump now offering his toughest words yet aimed at russia. But when asked who meddled in our election, how the president responds on the world stage. The new findings tonight inside the Airport Disaster in chicago. The jet engine, the catastrophic failure. Shrapnel flying. Panic on board. We have Surveillance Video tonight. The veteran new York City Police officer ambushed while sitting in a police vehicle. And the hot car and the dogs trapped. The urgent effort to save them,
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