investigations into the current president s family. ted lieu, democrat of california, set to orient facts as they exist on earth one. watch. let me ask you a series of basic questions to get facts out to the american people about our system of justice. trump adviser roger stone was convicted in a federal court, correct? that s my recollection. trump donor elliott brady was convicted in a federal court. correct? also my recollection. the attorney general at the time for those two convictions was bill barr, which president nominated bill barr for attorney general? president trump. you were the fbi director for all of those cases at the time. which president nominated you? president trump. okay. what these facts show is we don t have a two-tiered system of justice. we have one department of justice that goes after criminals regardless of party idealogy. all of these folks were convicted under the administrations of three separate republican attorneys general. i
saying it seems more likely that it s a personal grievance. as ronnell says, the case now goes forward. i think it was already set up for that because it was ultimately in the decision of judge caplan, who is overseeing this with a stern hand. it s going go in january of 2024. he seems adamant about keeping it that way. he was really tough in the previous trial. and just on the damages point, there is a real possibility of punitive damages because trump has been recalcitrant. so he is all of the sudden quite exposed, and this case in particular we saw it play out before, but this would be even the more vivid example of the defamation. and it s not pretty for trump for sure. you know, ronnell, as someone who covered the entirety of the mueller probe, i remember trump s lawyers saying to me privately, and i think they went on tv and said it publicly that
ronnell anderson jones, harry litman, thank you very much for spending some time on it with us. we re grateful to you. ahead, republicans in another state pass yet another strict and unpopular abortion ban, all while a significant majority of americans say they are opposed to such attacks on access to reproductive health care. we ll bring you that news after a quick break. don t go anywhere.