though he knew necessary precautions weren t in place. have a listen. i ve really struggled to come to terms with because this was somebody who we sacrificed for. we invested our lives and our time, and in a lot of ways, the warning signs were there. we saw other people come forward from his inner circle. essentially, he abandons people when the going gets tough for people. you know, in some ways it s embarrassing to think that in a lot of ways we bought into what essentially turned out to be a bluff or a con. stockton also claims he saw many top trump advisers in the willard hotel in the days leading up to the attack. the d.c. hotel has been a command center for trump allies who were seeking to overturn the 2020 election.
disturbing is the information from some who have been working on this movie, that they were dissatisfied about safety protocols. when you hear that, on a legal level, what is the production company s responsibility? when we re hearing about lack of safety and so forth, that is more of a civil matter. that s general simple negligence. precautions weren t in place. for there to be criminal charges, you need something more than that. you need that intent, that mens rea, that guilty mind. if there was lack of safety precautions, that certainly is not something that anyone condones. you re looking at civil liability in a wrongful death lawsuit there. but not in terms of the actual company itself, you re saying that they would actually have to look at the actions of the individuals involved. but beyond that you re looking at civil liability, not criminal responsibility? general speaking it s very hard to charge an entity criminally. criminal prosecution will focus
families and our community. shepard: congressman curbelo, including station 10, that police have told them that a stress test was underway. it s an observer of process, not a reporter of news. i know nothing about engineering. so many viewers have said if you re doing a stress test, why would you have cars underneath, which is a good question. did you ask it? yes, the secretary and i started having a conversation about what may have happened. obviously it s too early to say with absolute certainly. clearly this was a new bridge. it s not an old bridge. there was some testing taking place. it is a very good question that must be answered, why more precautions weren t taken before conducting this type of stress test, if indeed that was the case. but what i told the secretary is