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. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree said it was only a partial victory for trump. >> the judges decision effecively has the result of narrowing the case against trump and the other defendants. it doesn't eliminate it entirely, though. >> it is a lie. >> reporter: mcafee's ruling comes out of a highly anticipated decision this week about whether willis and special prosecutor nathan wade should be disqualified from the election interference case. last month, the pair admitted to having a romantic relationship for about a year after wade was hired, but denied any wrongdoing. >> the romantic relationship ended before the indictment was returned, yes or no? >> to a man, yes. >> reporter: the sprawling racketeering case against the former president and his associates remains largely intact, but if willis is disqualified, another attorney could be assigned to the case,
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however, the congressional reporter dupree posted part of the statement which showed a change. which reads upon further consultation with my committee, the committee will no longer plan to blur the faces of individuals in the footage given the logistic hurdles involved and the importance of getting this workible. >> c-span is your unfiltered we're funded by these television companies and more, including sparklight. >> the greatest town on earth is a place you call it's our home, too. right now we're all facing our greatest challenge. that's why sparklight is working around the clock to keep you we're doing smart so it's easier to do supports c-span along with these other providers, giving you a front row seat to democra rumors about nato sending military troops to ukraine saying the consequence for these potential invaders will be much more tragic and must understand sooner or later we also have weapons that can hit on their territory. he made these national state of the nation address in moscow and criticized the united states and the west and nato saying they continue to lie
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dupree, still welcome. so typically, first ladies often host teas, especially for the spouses of members of congress. and so she worked to get a special tea for mrs. priest, inviting cabinet wives and other congressional wives. so she knew would make mrs. priest feel comfortable and who agreed with her and the president about the importance of african americans in the republican party and also about having them more involved in the political scene. so she had the tea party and it was a firestorm. they received hate mail. there was incredible criticism in newspapers, editorials about what she had done and all she had done was extended the courtesy of mrs. dupree's to served president hoover to show his support for what his wife had done, then invited booker t washington to the white house. and he also invited some of the presidents of some of the historic black colleges to the white house. so this was a statement by the two of them where they hung together, but they certainly did not let the criticism stand
dupree, still welcome. so typically, first ladies often host teas, especially for the spouses of members of congress. and so she worked to get a special tea for mrs. priest, inviting cabinet wives and other congressional wives. so she knew would make mrs. priest feel comfortable and who agreed with her and the president about the importance of african americans in the republican party and also about having them more involved in the political scene. so she had the tea party and it was a...
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tom dupree in focus now. we look back to yesterday. what did america learn from that?ticularly democrats who couldn't sit with what was in the report about the president's memory or lack there of. >> no lack of show boating yesterday, harris. >> harris: true. >> what america learned, i don't think they learned or maybe confirmed president biden was not exonerated. to me that was a striking as peck we saw yesterday. we saw democrat after democrat pushing hard on the special council saying president biden was innocent. he exonerated president biden. the special council held his ground. i lost track how many times he clarified the word exonerated was not in my report. that's the conclusion. >> harris: what is the difference of not charging a man because his memories are bad. there are audio tapes of the ghostrideer saying that biden had this information and shared it. with robert hur saying no evidence. what's the difference between that and exoneration? >> right. prosecutors don't exonerate people. what happened here is robert hur declined to bring charges or recommend c
tom dupree in focus now. we look back to yesterday. what did america learn from that?ticularly democrats who couldn't sit with what was in the report about the president's memory or lack there of. >> no lack of show boating yesterday, harris. >> harris: true. >> what america learned, i don't think they learned or maybe confirmed president biden was not exonerated. to me that was a striking as peck we saw yesterday. we saw democrat after democrat pushing hard on the special...
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however, the congressional reporter dupree posted part of the statement which showed a change. which reads upon further consultation with my committee, the committee will no longer plan to blur the faces of individuals in the footage given the logistic hurdles involved and the importance of getting this workible. >> c-span is your unfiltered we're funded by these television companies and more, including sparklight. >> the greatest town on earth is a place you call it's our home, too. right now we're all facing our greatest challenge. that's why sparklight is working around the clock to keep you we're doing smart so it's easier to do supports c-span along with these other providers, giving you a front row seat to democra rumors about nato sending military troops to ukraine saying the consequence for these potential invaders will be much more tragic and must understand sooner or later we also have weapons that can hit on their territory. he made these national state of the nation address in moscow and criticized the united states and the west and nato saying they continue to lie
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john yoo is here with us, tom dupree, both legal smarty pants. john, begin with you on your reaction to this. still no formal statement from fani willis herself. what do you make of that? >> if you read the judge's opinion, fani willis shouldn't talk at all. the last time she spoke about the case, she actually created possible grounds to have something changed either by having herself disqualified, having any kind of jury pool considered tainted because she accused the defendants of being racist. what if she says now they're racist? didn't succeed. that could make things worse. the bigger problem here is that even though this indictment wasn't dismissed, even though fani willis herself wasn't disqualified, this is a real body blow to the prosecution. already three of the charges were dismissed earlier this week. this judge said there's -- he called it an odor of mendacity that still surrounds the prosecution. you'll have a state legislative investigation now. you're going to have a new state body that can remove prosecutors looking into this. it
john yoo is here with us, tom dupree, both legal smarty pants. john, begin with you on your reaction to this. still no formal statement from fani willis herself. what do you make of that? >> if you read the judge's opinion, fani willis shouldn't talk at all. the last time she spoke about the case, she actually created possible grounds to have something changed either by having herself disqualified, having any kind of jury pool considered tainted because she accused the defendants of being...
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let's get right at it, bring in tom dupree and former doj attorney hans von spakovsky. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. first to you, tom, it got really heated in the closing arguments today to disqualify fulton county t.a. fani willis due to misconduct charges. tom, where do you think it leads? >> well, liz, today was an explosive ending to what has been an explosive proceeding. the testimony that we heard, the evidence that we saw was stunning. i think what's going to happen next is the judge said he wants to take everything under advise isment. that's judge speak for he wants to look back over the evidence, the testimony and figure out what the law requires. he's going to rend or a decision in about two weeks. my hunch is he was probably very disturbed about a lot of the testimony he heard both from fani willis, from mr. wade and from the other witnesses because so much of what they said during that hearing, liz, or didn't seem to hold up under cross-examination and when they were shown the actual evidence including the phone records in this case. elizabe
let's get right at it, bring in tom dupree and former doj attorney hans von spakovsky. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. first to you, tom, it got really heated in the closing arguments today to disqualify fulton county t.a. fani willis due to misconduct charges. tom, where do you think it leads? >> well, liz, today was an explosive ending to what has been an explosive proceeding. the testimony that we heard, the evidence that we saw was stunning. i think what's going to happen...
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let's go to my friend tom dupree on all of this, former deputy assistant attorney general. know, i do remember a time when the president said he and and his son never talked about his son's business affairs at all, it didn't even come up in passing. now we've learned that's maybe not quite the case. i'm always wondering whether this simmering issue of who knew what and when, you know, might not be such a over and done thing. what do you think? >> i don't think it's over and done by any stretch, neil, and for the reason you mentioned. the white house's story on this well thing has evolved. it's really been a shifting narrative that began with the president had no involvement in hunter's business dealings, and now it's morphed into, well, he wasn't directly involved, didn't have direct contact and that sort of thing. and it's just creating enough smoke to continue this investigation and to continue warranting bringing witnesses in, hearing from hunter biden himself to figure out if there's actually fire there. i think hunter biden's deposition, frankly, gave the investors mor
let's go to my friend tom dupree on all of this, former deputy assistant attorney general. know, i do remember a time when the president said he and and his son never talked about his son's business affairs at all, it didn't even come up in passing. now we've learned that's maybe not quite the case. i'm always wondering whether this simmering issue of who knew what and when, you know, might not be such a over and done thing. what do you think? >> i don't think it's over and done by any...
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well, not the clock. >> elie honig, tom dupree. thanks so much. we're also standing by for a judge's decision and fulton county, georgia decision that will determine whether district attorney fani willis can stay on the election subversion case that she brought against donald trump. why this decision might not be the only thing standing and willis's way that's next >> united states of scandal with jake tapper. sunday at nine on cnn. >> one greeting seven high severity. >> yeah. >> that's not good. happened huge things. happen happened. >> there were three, learn more at rnc.com mornings, digestion, i'm feeling better all in one and done with new mucinex kickstart better now used. >> the next kickstart gives all in one and done relief with our morning joseph. cooling sensation. combat season >> i'm starting to think this is bad idea >> you tell me. i just think we had find a pair give on his new mode once you let me see >> it's a pregnant cake >> don't panic. gift easy with gift mode, new on etsy. >> hi, i'm jason. i've lost 228 pounds angola i don
well, not the clock. >> elie honig, tom dupree. thanks so much. we're also standing by for a judge's decision and fulton county, georgia decision that will determine whether district attorney fani willis can stay on the election subversion case that she brought against donald trump. why this decision might not be the only thing standing and willis's way that's next >> united states of scandal with jake tapper. sunday at nine on cnn. >> one greeting seven high severity....
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. >> jamie dupree posted about an effort to sign a discharge petition which is intend to force the houseon a senate passed a bill for you - ukraine, israel, taiwan. it wld require the signature of 218 lawmakers to bypass the resa nbc news quotes akeem jeffries who is urging democrats to sign th petition as a statement of perspective that ty way forward is the bipartisan comprehensive national security bill that was sent over from the senate, saying that it ders an up or down vote. c-span's craig caplan points out that bri fzpatrick of petition on similar legislation that includes border security provisions. the senate passed its $95 billion aid package last month by a vote of 70-29 with 22 republicans voting in favor. c-span's washington journal, our live form involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy. from wasngton and across the country. wednesday morning, axios tech and policy reporter ashy goal discusses efforts by congress to pass legislation that could force the chinese owners of the social media apps tiktok to sell the platform or face a
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. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree said it was only a partial victory for trump. >> the judge's decision has the result of narrowing the case against trump and the other defendants. it doesn't eliminate it entirely, though. >> it is a lie. >> reporter: mcafee's ruling comes ahead of a highly anticipated decision this week about whether willis and special prosecutor nathan wade should be disqualified from the election interference case. last month the pair admitted to having a romantic relationship for about a year after wade was hired but denied any wrongdoing. >> the romantic relationship ended before the indictment was returned. yes or no? >> to a man, yes. >> reporter: this following racketeering case against the former president and his associates remains largely intact. but if willis is disqualified, another attorney could be assigned to the case which could further impact the proceedings. nikole killion, cbs news, atlanta, georgia. >>> we're watching severe storms hammering the nation's midsection. a major snowstorm is pounding the denver area facing major -- f
. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree said it was only a partial victory for trump. >> the judge's decision has the result of narrowing the case against trump and the other defendants. it doesn't eliminate it entirely, though. >> it is a lie. >> reporter: mcafee's ruling comes ahead of a highly anticipated decision this week about whether willis and special prosecutor nathan wade should be disqualified from the election interference case. last month the...
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. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree said it was only a partial victory for trump. >>udge's decision effectively has the result of narrowing the case against trump and the other defendants. it doesn't eliminate it entirely, though. >> it is a lie. >> reporter: mcafee's ruling comes ahead of a highly anticipated decision this week about whether willis and special prosecutor nathan wade should be disqualified from the election interference case. last month, the pair admitted to having a romantic relationship for about a year after wade was hired, but denied any wrongdoing. >> the romantic relationship ended before the indictment was returned. yes or no? >> to a man, yes. >> reporter: the sprawling racketeering case against the former president and his associates remains largely intact, but if willis is disqualified, another attorney could be assigned to the case, which could significantly impact the proceedings. norah? >> and potentially delay them. nikole killion, thank you so much. >>> turning now to the political turmoil and violence in haiti. a special team of marine
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think what happened to me yesterday is a good step towards that and we just have to keep wo >> jamie dupreefort started by democrats to sign a dischge petion which is intended to force the house vote on the senate passed a bill for ukraine, israel, and twan. this would require the signature of 218 lawmakers the bite house mike john's refusal to bring the legislation up for a vote. julie circuit quotess urging des to sign the petition as a ent of perspective that ly way forward is the bipartisan, comprehensive saying that it deserves an up or down vot c-span's craigaplan points out that republican representative brian fitzpatrk pennsylvania has also filed the discharge petition on several legislation that includes border secured he provisions. the senate passed its $95 billion aid package last month by a vote of 70-29 with 22 republicans voting in favor. next, a meeting with president biden and the president and prime minister of poland. they met following news of a 2 billion dollar loan agreement between the u.s. and poland for military modernization. nato members to spend more on defense a
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. >> harris: tom dupree told me this is a win for donald trump and the defendants, three dropped chargesmp. what is interesting about that, he's been racking up points and they may seem small, but it is eating into the narrative that the indictments will slow him down and he won't be able to run. now they are presumptive nominees, biden and trump and that is not working out the way they thought. he does have court dates coming up and it could get bumpy for him and bumpy with biden and the border. interesting. this is victory for trump and the defendants and another kind of check in the box down the line for those defending president trump. fani willis is more drama outside the courtroom than in. >> kayleigh: the judge's decision could come up until friday of whether fani willis is disqualified and hinging on this is standard he uses appearance of conflict of interest, what a reasonable person would perceive as conflict, many reasonable people say there is conflict there or actual conflict of interest need to be proven that this relationship began prior to the case and fani willis directl
. >> harris: tom dupree told me this is a win for donald trump and the defendants, three dropped chargesmp. what is interesting about that, he's been racking up points and they may seem small, but it is eating into the narrative that the indictments will slow him down and he won't be able to run. now they are presumptive nominees, biden and trump and that is not working out the way they thought. he does have court dates coming up and it could get bumpy for him and bumpy with biden and the...
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when he got back the r's represent was reminding him of things he promises mom five minutes earlier to dupreell you how wonderful this woman was and how much she help my mom and me through the stressful situation. that's actually -- that's what i hear more than a here but irs intimidation. that is what i am proud of them we have to get that message and people like doreen are fighting every day to make sure the image of the government employee is warranted and about what it meant and -- but the paper was piling up. you can't shut down the irs operations for too long without having significa critical issues, so our employees came back in, masked, social distance, they had to dor in a much different environment and importantly and this is where i come back to impact when needed to distribute emergency payments to americans in small business across the country to keepur economy afloat so that people could keep food on the table and really create an economic lifeline, it was the irs that did it and why? because the irs has the infrastructure because we touch every household. we were the logical ch
when he got back the r's represent was reminding him of things he promises mom five minutes earlier to dupreell you how wonderful this woman was and how much she help my mom and me through the stressful situation. that's actually -- that's what i hear more than a here but irs intimidation. that is what i am proud of them we have to get that message and people like doreen are fighting every day to make sure the image of the government employee is warranted and about what it meant and -- but the...
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tom dupree the form assistant attorney general joins me now.'s talk about the case on hand here. it focuses on whether the several federal government entities including the white house, centers for disease control and prevention, surgeon general. f.b.i. and cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency whether they coerced or encouraged the social media sites to block and remove content from their sites which as you know and as they should know, would violate the first amendment. this is a huge case for the first amendment. >> julie, this is a big case and the question before the justices this morning is actually a fairly simple one. whether the government went too far. we heard about the government, this administration leaning heavily on the social media companies to take down content that the government didn't like. some of it concerned vaccine or health-related information. others concerned election-related information. it is different and challenging if you are a tech company and the government calls you up and says we don't like this po
tom dupree the form assistant attorney general joins me now.'s talk about the case on hand here. it focuses on whether the several federal government entities including the white house, centers for disease control and prevention, surgeon general. f.b.i. and cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency whether they coerced or encouraged the social media sites to block and remove content from their sites which as you know and as they should know, would violate the first amendment. this is a...
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truckee business owner kevin dupree said a trickle of customers. >> business has been closed -- businessconsidering the roads are shut down. we get it. the roads have not been safe. reporter: utility crews have been working to restore power to thousands of businesses and residents. meanwhile, in the texas panhandle, it is fire and not waste it is the problem. the largest wildfire in the states history continues to rage fueled by strong winds. the smokehouse creek fire is only 15% contained. it is one of a cluster of blazes that have already burned some 1900 square miles around amarillo. amna: the texas fires are now blamed for two deaths. the fires also destroyed hundreds of homes and killed thousands of cattle. massachusetts in -- an international -- the 22-year-old agreed to serve a maximum of nearly 17 years in federal prison. after the hearing in boston federal prosecutors said they hope the case and the plea deal send a message. >> jack will never get out sniff of a classified piece of information for the rest of his life. we also bring these cases for general deterrence. the messag
truckee business owner kevin dupree said a trickle of customers. >> business has been closed -- businessconsidering the roads are shut down. we get it. the roads have not been safe. reporter: utility crews have been working to restore power to thousands of businesses and residents. meanwhile, in the texas panhandle, it is fire and not waste it is the problem. the largest wildfire in the states history continues to rage fueled by strong winds. the smokehouse creek fire is only 15%...
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tom dupree here. tom, to you first on the significance of this and what it might telegraph for the immunity thing. are there apples around oranges there? >> there's a bit of apples and oranges. today's decision was unanimous as we heard. to my mind, that is hugely significant. it's hard to imagine any issue politically charged constitutional question in this day and age that could command universal, uniform ascent by all nine justices that speak with a single voice. the bottom line, colorado cannot kick former. trump off of the ballot. my best guest is this unanimity may be short listed. the immunity appeal which is coming up is likely to be much more polarizing. it wouldn't surprise me if we saw dissents in that case. today was a day where the court spoke unanimously. >> neil: i don't know, you get the sense that the supreme court does not like being thrust in to these positions since 2000 and yet they'll have multiple cases where that has been or will be the case. maybe a record number of cases. how
tom dupree here. tom, to you first on the significance of this and what it might telegraph for the immunity thing. are there apples around oranges there? >> there's a bit of apples and oranges. today's decision was unanimous as we heard. to my mind, that is hugely significant. it's hard to imagine any issue politically charged constitutional question in this day and age that could command universal, uniform ascent by all nine justices that speak with a single voice. the bottom line,...
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professor fox news contributor jonathan turley but former principal deputy assistant attorney general tom dupreee both of you. thanks for coming in. let's start with this invitation from house oversight share james comer to the president invite you to participate in a public hearing in which you will be afforded the opportunity to explain under oath your involvement with the sources of income and means. the odds are present ever shows up to this invitation? >> zero. i do not go too far out on a limb to answer this if there is no way president biden is ever going to come and testify publicly on these issues. there is historic precedent, presence have come and testify before commerce i do not think this president will do this i certainly do not think this president will do this at this point in time. the present is what do they do next question request the next move are there more witnesses they can call? guess is they will also send a criminal justice department which i will also protect predictmerrick garland will pute back burner and never get to pick what you don't think they'll be action on t
professor fox news contributor jonathan turley but former principal deputy assistant attorney general tom dupreee both of you. thanks for coming in. let's start with this invitation from house oversight share james comer to the president invite you to participate in a public hearing in which you will be afforded the opportunity to explain under oath your involvement with the sources of income and means. the odds are present ever shows up to this invitation? >> zero. i do not go too far...
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michelle's story like those too many others would have ended when sergeant percy dupree stole her lifehad she not been born to a tenacious mother who refused to let her daughters be forgotten fran was determined that her daughter's life and death would not be reduced to statistic no one counted. michelle was killed just five days after a cop gunnedbrown in ferguson, missouri. after seeing the community protests taking shape there fran decided to march michecasket to phenix city hall in brave act oftest. she joined a powerful tradition of black women resisting and denouncing the state violence that directly them and all too often destroys families. friends marched to the phenix hall was afriends acts literally placing her daughter's casket. the door of municipal power not demanded that michelle be seen but also rendered visible the police killings ofmen, the sorrow or procession of michelle's coffin to. city hall left a searing image that spoke to the many ways in which black women's faith has been left in the hands of police. while their stories have been marginalized and erased. while
michelle's story like those too many others would have ended when sergeant percy dupree stole her lifehad she not been born to a tenacious mother who refused to let her daughters be forgotten fran was determined that her daughter's life and death would not be reduced to statistic no one counted. michelle was killed just five days after a cop gunnedbrown in ferguson, missouri. after seeing the community protests taking shape there fran decided to march michecasket to phenix city hall in brave...