i m chris hayes. the case against the trump organization has chief financial officer allen weisselberg has charges and indictment and allegations. obviously, it s not the sum total of what prosecutors know, and we haven t read the defense. but if the allegations in the indictment are true in the context they are presented it sure seems like a pretty black and white picture of tax fraud. not some incidental bookkeeping ever but a plan that was systematically engineered over the years to create an alternate hidden means of composition that evaded taxes. historically, the smoking gun of tax fraud, any fraud, is the two sets of books, right? anytime a business or has different financial records you ve likely found fraud, right? because why would you need to? it s telling one set of people like tax collectors lies about your finances while you are keeping another accurate set of records hidden and in order to keep those lies straight you need to sell some books and that is exactly
dramatic reading of backstage events at that south carolina debate when jim clyburn convinced joe biden, as a candidate, to pledge that moment that he would appoint a black woman to the supreme court. and we just got confirmation from simone sanders that, indeed, she and other biden advisers told him that day, during debate prep, no, don t do it. there is congressman and other members of the black caucus debate prep day, simone sanders and others were telling biden, no, don t do it. and then, at the debate, congressman clyburn goes to him at the commercial the and says you have to do it. and now we are living the history of the results. both in the fact of his presidency and in anticipation of his nomination. yes. and so, the story of that movie, where the costar, clyburn, will be joining us to get his version of it. in composing my thoughts about this, leading into talking to clyburn tonight, i decided in the interest of time, to leave out the names of the people i
moment that he would appoint a black woman to the supreme court. and we just got confirmation from simone sanders that, indeed, she and other biden advisers told him that day, during debate prep, no, don t do it. there is congressman clyburn and other members of the black caucus debate prep day, simone sanders and others were telling biden, no, don t do it. and then, at the debate, congressman clyburn goes to him at the commercial break and says, you have to do it. and now we are living the history of that. both in the fact of his presidency and in anticipation of this nomination. yes. and so, the story of that movie, the costar, clyburn, will be joining us to get his version of it. in composing my thoughts about this, leading into talking to clyburn tonight, i decided in the interest of time, to leave out the names of the people in the biden campaign staff who advised against this. so, you know, who wants to have that on them? and then i turn on the rachel maddow show
here are a few. the federal reserve was created way back in 1913 by an act of congress and had two main. maximize employment and keep prices stable, keep inflation under control. those are virtuous goals. but it may be a measure of the way bureaucracies work that over time, the federal reserve has actively undermined both of those objectives. it is the classic story of the firemen turned arsonist or for that matter, the covid czar who helped create covid, irony of ironies, seems like we have a lot of those, lately. in the case of federal reserve, quantitative easing, the main thing it has been doing since the financial crisis of 2008. every month, federal reserve officials print more than $100 billion new, in american currency, and they inject those dollars into our system via buying assets like bonds and security. this is not a normal thing to do, it is a radical thing to do, it was supposed to be temporary, in response to a crisis. in medical terms, quantitative easing is l
,here are a few. the federal reserve was created way back in 1913 by an act of congress and had two main. maximize employment and keep prices stable, keep inflation under control.on those are virtuous goals. but it may be a measure of the way bureaucracies work that over time, the federal reserve has actively undermined both of those objectives.. it is the classic story of the firemen turned arsonist or forbj that matter, the covid czar who helped create covid, irony of ironies, seems like we have a lot of those, lately. in the case of federal reserve, quantitative easing, the main thing it has been doing since the financial crisis of 2008. every month, federal reserve officials print more than $100 billion new dollars, in american currency, and they inject those dollars into our system via buying assets like bonds and security. this is not a normal thing to do, it is a radical thing toot , it was supposed to be temporary, in response to a crisis. in medical terms, quantitati