kilmartin had a great joke now a kennedy is trying to assassinate us, which is >> oh, laurie, laurie's great the new york post called rfk jr. nuts on a lot of fronts and ten out of ten health officials agree with that. >> it's not like they're giving him a needle to poke in you. i mean, come on, we write the laws. that's the bottom line. because you all listen to him. so you write the laws based on what he's saying? no no. so, wait, so then why hire him? >> who? you ain't going to listen to have i got news for you. it airs tomorrow night at 9 p.m. eastern time. right here

tonight the cabinet fills up while the controversies are adding up new reporting that allegations against pete hegseth have caught trump's team off guard, it seems. >> plus, he's the die hard trump loyalist who wants to gut the deep state. >> according to them there is one now. trump allies are pushing for kash patel to run the fbi and the $100 million lawsuit that says government agencies were involved in the malcolm x. we've got the attorney bringing those claims tonight and laura coates live of this friday, a little more than half of his cabinet picks. >> now, we don't know if they'll all make it through, because naming him is one thing. getting that confirmation title a whole different ballgame. but we do know this. the confirmation hearings are sure to bring some

fireworks between pete hegseth and matt gaetz. rfk jr.. just to name a few. they all come with some pretty serious political baggage, if not more that senators are going to want, explained and trump still has a ton of other seats to fill. look at that. will his pick for the treasury bring a big surprise? how about education if he has one? and speaking of surprises, the trump world is dealing with a pretty big one tonight. this one related to pete hegseth. there's new cnn reporting says that the trump team was caught off guard by sexual assault allegations against him. several people in trump's orbit are now raising questions about the viability of his nomination. it involves an investigation from october 2017, in monterey california. police say that they looked into an alleged sexual assault involving pete hegseth at a hotel there. no charges. no charges were ever brought. and trump's team is publicly standing behind him saying in a

statement, mr. hegseth has vigorously denied any and all accusations. we look forward to his confirmation as united states secretary of defense. but people within the trump team they're still showing some signs of concern, including incoming chief of staff susie wiles. we're hearing she questioned hegseth on a call yesterday, asking him if there were any other issues the team should be aware of. sources tell several people that they are concerned about more potential damaging information coming in. >> it makes you wonder why didn't the trump team vet hegseth by it once again reminds me of what trump himself said about picking people outside of politics it's very dangerous to pick somebody outside of a politician because a politician has been basically vetted for years, right? you pick a business guy and they've never been vetted at all. and they're, you know, the head of a big company or something. but

they've never been vetted. you know nothing about his personal life. you know nothing about where he's been when you put him in. it's a little bit dangerous because all of a sudden they get checked up and you hear things that you're saying, wow, this is not going to work out too well. so it's very dangerous the question tonight, is it dangerous enough that hegseth nomination is in any kind of real jeopardy? >> well, joining me now, cnn political commentator and former obama administration official, van jones, former national spokesperson for the republican national committee, madison desoto and congressional reporter for the hill, michael chanel. good to see you all this friday. i'll begin with you, mike madison, the trump transition team apparently was caught off guard. they say, by hegseth allegation or according to sources. and hegseth was never vetted by an outside firm. >> knowing what the allegations are. that's causing some concern. was that a mistake you know, i'm hearing from many insiders that they were completely shocked by this information, but they are

sticking beside him at this point whatever they know that we don't at this point has led them to believe that he obviously is innocent. >> no charges were brought and that they don't think that there's any more information out there that would be damaging to his nomination to his confirmation hearing. uh, obviously, i think it's always good to do extra vetting to get an outside group involved. i mean, when you run for congress, for example, you always do oppo research on yourself as part of that. and so i think, you know, i think it could have been a mistake, but i think he looks like he'll still get through at this point. >> well, they are certainly standing by him as a nominee at this point in time. but van when you when you look at this week, van the names that donald trump has chosen for his administration and the roles that they are all in, i mean, a pattern emerges, right? it seems like he is putting loyalists in the departments that he feels has wronged him and i'm curious what you addition to maybe their lack of government management experience what effect might that have on our country and

his ability to implement the policies he wants this is a very, very dangerous moment that we're entering, and you have to ask the question, where are the patriots? >> where are the patriots and the republican party? because we have one of the greatest countries ever in the history of the world, because we have standards. we don't let crazy people people who've never been checked out by anybody, people who've never run anything run our most important and our most precious departments and agencies because americans lives will be put at risk. you put the wrong person in charge of intelligence, or you put the wrong person in charge of any of these things. there are literally 300 million people's lives in the balance. you've got to put qualified people. you've got to put competent people. you can't just put, you know, random people. you you are a patriot, you want america's government to be a peopled by the best. this is not being peopled by the best.

and i think people should be very worried it's fine. it was fun. it was cute but it's about to get very, very serious when if any of these people get across the finish line, they're raising so much concern. and so much alarm. >> you know, michael many would have the opposite viewpoint that van has. and they would suggest that overhauling what they see as an inefficient or even a weaponized government, their allegations is patriotic, is returning the united states to remember the phrase, the catch phrase, make america great again, not to mention the person that they've chosen is an unconventional person who himself had faced allegations that would have, you know, described as untoward. let alone civil suits. et cetera. when you look at this and think about the week we've had this idea of whatever the mandate they think they have, what do these picks tell you? >> that donald anything else, right. he had his first administration. he burned through staff rounds and rounds of staff in a number of these key cabinet positions. i think that the thing he's picked up from there is that he wants to be more careful with

who he puts in these positions. and when i say careful, i mean people who are most loyal to him take somebody who was a democrat for most of his career. mike pence, you mentioned him he's bringing up concerns now about rfk jr. stance on abortion as the head of hhs. this is somebody who, again ran against donald trump. but when it looked like he could affect the polls and affect the outcome, he was having a surging third party run. >> and by the way speaking of mike pence tonight a he warned that a populist sentiment was rising in the republican party and threatening to replace conservative values. in fact, listen to what he had to say. michael i've witnessed as i've traveled around the country the last four years, a sentiment rising a populist sentiment in our party that threatens to undermine and replace the traditional conservatism with an agenda fueled in many ways by personal grievance populists want to fix the problem, but i, i submit to you their means

their means are wrong. do people on the hill agree with that sentiment? i mean, look, mike pence has been somebody who has been against donald trump since after january sixth. so to see them clashing on this issue is no surprise. but i do think this gets back to what i was saying before, is that donald trump values loyalty. a lot of folks on capitol hill, i've spoken to, a number of them are, for example questioning what qualifications does rfk jr. have to be hhs secretary? and also added to that concerns about his vaccine skepticism but at the end of the day, it comes back to the fact that, again, he was loyal to him. he endorsed him at a key moment when rfk jr.. s candidacy was surging in the polls. that third party was threatening donald trump and kamala harris, but threatening donald trump in the polls, saying that the sentiment on capitol hill that i'm hearing, not just with the rfk nomination, but with tulsi gabbard, but trump is valuing loyalty above all. and it's going to test the senate republican conference because they're going to have to make a decision. do they stand up to these appointments and vote no, because they don't think

they're qualified? or do they careen to the wrath of donald trump and his supporters, who dangle around threats of primaries and dangle around some harsh language on social media? >> in fact, we have some sound from republicans saying that just very sentiment. listen we should be able to get ahold of it and we should have access to it one way or another based on the way that we do all of these nominations. >> i think there should not be any limitation on the senate judiciary committee's investigation including whatever the house ethics committee has generated let me ask you about this madison, because obviously trump does have the prerogative to decide who he wants to be in his cabinet. >> he not only won the electoral college, he won the popular vote. they believe that there is a mandate, perhaps, to overhaul the government in the way that he speaks about it, but in that, in that quest to get these people confirmed, do you think the house ethics committee report should be released for people like matt gaetz would that be additive for these senators in trying to

promote what trump wants or would hiding it in some way, or not having actually serve them better i think it's been very interesting to watch the shift with house speaker saying last week that they would likely release it. >> and, you know, it's the that's what's going to happen. and now we see this big shift to where he's i think many argue, would be pressured to say that they shouldn't release it and i think for him to get involved, as has just been out of precedent, to be quite honest, because the house ethics committee typically just functions on their own. it's five republicans, five democrats, and we only need one republican, obviously, to vote with the democrats to release it. i do think it's interesting to think that it wouldn't be leaked at this point if there was something very devastating in it, and if there was, i'm very surprised that he wouldn't have been charged by the fbi. they conducted an extensive investigation for i think, close to two years or more. and there were no charges ever pressed on him. and so i think there's a lot going around within the republican

party in which people feel very, very conflicted. some republicans very supportive of the pick and some just very, very upset about this so he'll definitely have the hardest confirmation hearing if he gets there you think so, van, do you agree with that? >> do you think it's going to be gaetz? who would have the most difficult? and by the way, perhaps it's not surprising that a this would not be a disqualifier for maybe trump or to have hegseth as well allegations of sexual impropriety or even assault given the fact that he has himself felt as though he was targeted by the government, an unfounded allegation that he has always denied, i wonder if that would, if he came out to say it was disqualifying in some way, what would it say about himself look, i don't i can't get inside the mind of donald trump. >> i will say this. why do we have a senate why do we have a senate uh, it seems to me that the republicans at this point just want to say whatever donald trump wants, he gets. that's that's called having a

king. the reason you have a senate is because the senate has sacred responsibilities in our constitution to to advise and consent it's their role. it's what the constitution requires if you are a patriot, if you love this country, you have to love its institutions and protect them from a far left dumb people. why do we have a senate if they're not even going to do their job? their job is to advise and consent. they're supposed to ask tough questions, and that makes the president's cabinet better and stronger. and they are the only people in america that can ask those questions in a meaningful way they they have that mandate and by toughening up, by asking, by making people walk that gantlet you have a stronger cabinet. so when you go to bed at night, you have a government that can function. do republicans not want you to have a senate? please let us know what the senate's job is. and will you let the senate do its job? >> well, you know michael, certainly the advise and consent i think some hope,

would be just rubber stamp. but they actually do have a role. but the fact that speaker johnson, to their points earlier came out to suggest that he does not want committee not to release the matt gaetz report saying it's not relevant since he is now out of congress. help me read the tea leaves here. matt gaetz is a common denominator in terms of being a thorn in the side of a previous speaker who was vulnerable as a result of it and eventually had to lose the gavel is this the speaker suggesting that he realizes still maybe the influence of this moment? i mean, there are a couple of things to unpack here a speaker johnson, in any way, is putting his thumb on the scale in terms of what the ethics committee should do is completely unprecedented. as madison mentioned the ethics committee is areas on capitol hill. five democrats, five republicans. the speaker typically stays out of it. now, i asked johnson why he decided to change his decision from saying that he doesn't get involved with the ethics committee to then today saying that he urges the ethics committee not to release it. he

told me he wasn't putting his thumb on the scale. he didn't change his opinion. he was just expressing. he was just he said he was asked for what his opinion was. he was just expressing his opinion. now, whether folks believe that or not, that's for them to decide. but your question about trump, i think this is key here uh, speaker mike johnson was at mar-a-lago just yesterday. he was there for the gala at mar-a-lago. donald trump was there, matt gaetz was there. my colleagues and i asked, did you talk to donald trump about this situation? presumably he would not donald trump would not want this ethics report to come out. it would be embarrassing. on one of his top cabinet picks, mike spoke to trump about it. he said, i'm not going to talk about the conversations i have with the president elect. so then finally, you get to the question about his speakership, which has been tenuous for the past year since he gained the gavel after the fall of mccarthy. and it's going to remain tenuous throughout the next congress with republicans having an ultra thin majority now. right now, the republican conference is in a kumbaya moment. but donald trump came to capitol hill this week endorsed johnson behind closed doors so right now he's in good shape. but that could change on

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and this is cnn with fast and furious. you would think the fbi would be very busy with background checks, wouldn't you? well, we've learned that trump's transition team is bypassing traditional background checks for some cabinet choices. instead they want to use private researchers to perform background checks quickly. and now we've learned some trump allies are pushing him to fire christopher wray and replace him with kash patel. he served as an aide to congressman devin nunes. remember that before joining the national security council under trump. well, with me now, cnn senior law enforcement analyst john miller and tom nichols, a national security scholar and staff writer at the atlantic. good evening, john. let me start with you. here. i wonder what is the risk for people at home? what is the risk in bypassing the current background check

system at the fbi and using private firms to run them instead? >> well, so first of all, just for to make it interesting, let's look at it from both perspectives, right. if you're donald trump and you spent four years saying the justice department is weaponized it's lawfare, they're committing lawfare against me. the fbi is the manufacturer of these phony cases that lead to phony charges that lead to phony trials well, it would make sense if you were a true believer of that that you would be very hesitant to hand over the people you're proposing as your closest aides and say, i want you to do the background on them because you would think i'm just putting them up for character assassination. now let's take a look at the other side of it, which is sure for the transition, you can hire a private firm that can do a background investigation. and what does that mean? it means they can do an internet search on your activities. they can deep dive into your social media. they can deep dive into the dark web and see if you've been there or there's

something there about you. they can interview friends and associates, former employers. they can run financials and see if you're in bad straits and might be vulnerable to pressure from a foreign power that might want to give you a payoff. you know, we've seen that with senator until you look into those corners. but what you're not going to see with a private firm is access to the government's classified holdings criminal databases, things like, were you accused of a sexual assault at a california hotel as an example? were you involved in a 17 year old or something like that? so that's the really the deficit here, which is remember, general flynn, he was going to be national security adviser. the fbi actually captured him with other intelligence agencies on a wiretap of russian officials. he lied about the phone call. he was charged. the case was dismissed. but that's because they were seeing things that the private investigator wouldn't see it's fascinating to look at it from both perspectives. >> then you think about if you are trump, if you are talking

to the cabinet picks, tom what does it tell you that trump actually wants some of his cabinet picks to avoid the fbi background checks, knowing that they may have to explain that as well to the general public, let alone the senators who are confirming them? >> yeah, i don't think he cares about that. and i don't think there are two sides to this because what trump's part of what trump is doing is he's broadcasting to the american people. i don't trust the people that keep us safe every day. the people that work in law enforcement and the intelligence community you know that they can't be trusted to fairly investigate my people. this idea of a private security firm, people forget we're talking about donald trump here, who's going to walk into donald trump and blow up their contract with the campaign and say you know, i'm really sorry to tell you this, mr. president elect, but, yeah, at least three of your cabinet, you know picks have some really serious problems. and they're their risks to national security. no one's going to walk into mar-a-lago and say that donald

trump, if they're if they're working for donald trump this is a process that a lot of americans have gone through. i had a top secret clearance i went through it, um, you know people this this notion that people should be given a pass. it should the conversation we should be having is what is donald trump so afraid they're going to find mhm. that's a good question. of course he may say look maybe i'm doing it beforehand and i'm you don't know about it. i have all these cabinet seats to fill. still john, i mean he hasn't nominated for example kash patel yet, but his name keeps getting floated. what is the reaction inside the fbi so they're nonplused. >> i mean, the the people at the fbi could not imagine kash patel as their director and, you know, let's put the security clearance thing aside for one moment, because kash patel was on the national security council. he was at the department of defense. he was at the dni after i was at the dni. so he's had multiple

security clearances and background checks, but he is also the guy who's been on television and on social media saying, we're going to go after the critics, we're going to go after the people who wronged us, including the media, and we're going to get them, and we're going to use the constitution to do it. and the law and so on. the fbi is literally, literally the organization that is supposed to protect people from having the government or anyone else go after them for their opinions. and here is a guy who is being proposed to lead that organization who says that's going to be his first order of business. if donald trump brings him back. >> well, speaking of the dni, i mean tom, the nomination of tulsi gabbard as director of national intelligence that is concerned many in the intelligence community. and you actually wrote in the atlantic that her nomination is a national security risk. and you said that her appointment would be a threat to the security of the united states. more broadly, why well, given her attitudes about syria and russia and her ongoing defense of vladimir putin you normally

don't put someone in the top spy job who's constantly apologizing for and rationalizing, uh for vladimir putin. >> and that means that we're at risk, especially because our allies are going to be deeply hesitant to share intelligence with us if tulsi gabbard is sitting on top of the american intelligence crown jewels it's it's completely irresponsible nomination. >> well, we'll see what the senate cnn thinks about that. of course, they've got a long way to go to actually go through the whole confirmation. but john, tom, great to hear both of your insights this evening. thanks laura. >> up next we'll take you inside donald trump's plan to dismantle the department of education with someone who not only supports the effort, but maybe just might maybe play a role in trying to carry out. and later, accusations that the government conspired to assassinate malcolm x, what his family is now asking for, and how they plan to prove it have i got news for you? >> tomorrow at 9:00 on cnn

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chief among them, the head of schools in oklahoma ryan walters. this week, he posted on x urging vivek ramaswamy and elon musk to close the department of education and walters is making plans for the day when the department is gone. two days after the election, he sent schools a memo outlining some of the priorities the state would absorb. and this week, he announced the formation of the trump education advisory committee, which would oversee changes if the department of education winds down. now critics call the education department's $238 billion budget bloated its 4400 employees focus mainly on financial aid and data and enforcing federal policy. they do not develop curriculum or set education standards but walters says the department's indoctrinates kids and tramples on the rights of parents and today he ordered schools to play the following video, where he asks students to join him in

prayer dear god, thank you for all the blessings you've given our country i pray for our leaders to make the right decisions. >> i pray in particular for president donald trump and his team as they continue to bring about change to the country now, the state's attorney general says he didn't have the authority to do that, and it runs contrary to individual exercise rights where ryan walters, oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction joins me this evening. >> ryan, good evening to you. i want to get to the education department in just a moment. but i've got to ask you about that video that was released you asked but did not require to be fair, you did not require students to pray with you. you also called teacher unions, woke and said the radical left attacks individuals in schools why do you believe that that was an appropriate message to to share with the school children absolutely president trump is clear. >> he's bringing prayer back to our schools, and we should have prayer in schools. it has

been a drastic overreach from the federal government to not allow religious liberty in our schools look, we want our students to have the opportunity to practice their religious beliefs. and so i was informing all districts, we will protect those beliefs and the rights of individuals, whether they be teachers or students how about the rights not to have a non-secular education you don't have to pray again, but we're not going to tell people they can't pray because it offends others. the left continues. they talk about tolerance, but they won't allow any other religious expression in our schools. that's absurd. it goes against the principles of this country. and i'm proud that president trump is bringing prayer and religious liberty back to our schools. >> well, one republican lawmaker says that you should be focusing on maybe the traditional topics math or reading, not what they believe to be inflaming a kind of culture war. how do you respond to that claim? >> yeah, look we've taken on the biggest issues facing education in our state. and as president trump has promised to take them on nationally. here's a reality. the woke left has pushed the most radical agenda onto our kids

they're the ones who have focused on putting boys and girls bathrooms, boys and girls sports. remember, president biden threatened every state this summer to do that. that's why president trump is going to fulfill his promise to get rid of the federal department of education and focus on free market principles in education. we want every kid to be successful. i mean, people forget this country was the greatest country in the history of the world, was built without a federal department of education. it was a one room schoolhouse that helped forge some of the greatest minds in the world. this whole industrial complex created by the left and the teachers unions has to go. we've got to get back to common sense and education. that's what president trump is going to do. >> so you would say that the period of time since the infancy of the of the united states of america, until now have been a practice in woke education exclusively. that would really belie the facts. don't you agree no. >> listen. hey, look it's very clear. look what's happened since we created a federal department of education. what we have seen is a department that focused on critical race

theory, deny common core math transgenderism. it's absurd. every educational statistic has gotten worse since jimmy carter created the federal department of education. president trump's 1,000% right. we have got to get education back to the states states have to give education back to the families. this federal department of education has preached anti americanism. they want kids to hate their country. that's absurd no civilization will survive that way we've got to get back to promoting patriotism, love of country understanding of those judeo-christian values. the country was based upon. that's got to be part of the curriculum. our schools have to be teaching that we've got to make sure that our students understand what made this country great. and that's what president trump is going to deliver upon. >> yet the department of education is not the one who would establish schools and colleges. they do not develop curriculum. they do not set requirements for enrollment and graduation. they don't determine say, education standards or develop or implement testing to measure whether you're meeting it. they don't hire teachers. they don't write textbooks. so that begs the question if they don't do any of the things that

you're talking about, why is the elimination of that department the way to promote what the states have the ability to do? >> i'm sorry, you're dead wrong on that. well, the federal department has done is every time that a state doesn't do what they want, they threaten them. president biden threatened to take our federal funding away. this summer if we didn't allow a transgender ideology into every school he also threatened to hold us legally responsible he was going to sue teachers and principals and state departments of education. if we didn't bow to his woke agenda. so to pretend like the federal department of education hasn't been pushing critical race theory and that's absurd. they absolutely have been pushing these mandates on states they've been threatening states remember, these are also this is also the agency that partnered with the doj to target parents. president trump has promised to put parents back in charge of education accountability. and again returning power where it should should have been all along is in the states. >> i certainly hear your passion, but it's not inaccurate to describe what the function of the education

department has done. but to mention the biden administration's updating of title nine guidance in april to protect against sex discrimination. they ordered schools to protect against harassment discrimination, to promote accountability and fairness. this is their words to empower and support students and families. and then, of course, the supreme court delayed the changes to title nine and transgender students in 26 states. and so you've got a lot of background and context to provide to better understand where things are in this moment. but let me ask. there are some functions. and i just looked at what oklahoma was doing and the role that the board of education does in your state and you're responsible for developing and adopting the curriculum course of study and other instructional materials you are in charge of licensing and certifying instructional supervisor and administrative staff school accreditation, supervision, all those aspects of it. what powers do does a state like oklahoma for example, have right now or not, have right now that the elimination of the federal department would somehow provide they literally tell us

how to test kids. they literally tell us how we have to treat every special ed student in our schools. instead of saying parents, how do we meet the needs of your individual children? these are all the mandates that come down from the federal department of education. they tried to change math. i mean, everyone remembers what a disaster common core math was that came from the feds. but again, i mean, you're glossing over something here, and i got to go back to that. they threatened to take funding and hold individuals legally responsible to push transgender lies onto kids. if we didn't tell boys they were born in the wrong bodies, they were going to take our money from us. they were going to investigate individual teachers. they already investigated parents who were concerned at school board meetings saying, look, we want better for our kids. we want to understand what's going on. our kids education. every good teacher would want that. but the department of education has had a left wing agenda that, yes, they have used every power they have to threaten it upon the states. that agency, once it's gone, once federal, once president trump gets rid of that department, states will be able to innovate. states will

be able to teach students about patriotism and love for country. states will be able to solve their problems instead of having it forced down to them by dc. when dc bureaucrats don't have a clue on how to educate our young people. >> well, i assume you're speaking about in part, the office of civil rights in the us department of education that enforces title nine and requirements and of course, there has been a lot of litigation with the extent and the scope of that particular title but given and just hearing how you feel, the department should be eliminated. do you have you had a conversation with the president elect, donald trump about your role in a potential department that could be eliminated, but your role as potentially a secretary look, that's a question for the transition team and president trump is going to pick the person he thinks is best. >> and i know that he's going to pick someone who will eliminate that department and bring back the america first agenda, not america last agenda that that department has been pushing and get rid of this agency once and for all. >> would it be you, if he were

to ask you, would you say yes? >> look, i'm honored to be considered. look, president trump has put forth the greatest education plan in this country's history. we've never seen anything like it. this is absolutely how we get the country back on track. it has excited parents across this country. we are so ready to enact it here in oklahoma. that's why we've taken these steps. but this is exactly what was needed. president trump will shake up a status quo in education like never before, with school choice, america first. policy agendas that promote patriotism we've got to get back to that. our kids have to love this country and want to want to continue to contribute to american greatness. and that's what you're going to see under a trump administration. well, we shall see. it is yet to begin. for number 47 again to implement those things. but i suspect your passions will be part of the campaign for the elect election. and the inauguration going forward. thank you. ryan walters for sharing your views thank you for having me on well, here's the question. >> did the government knowingly fail to stop the plot to assassinate malcolm x and did they cover it up in a new

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who killed malcolm x has swirled for decades. he was gunned down during a speech at the audubon ballroom in new york city on february 21st, 1965, three men were convicted as a result. but of course, in 2021, two of the three were exonerated after investigators exposed that the evidence presented in their case was shaky and that authorities held back some very key information. well, now malcolm x's daughters are taking it. one step further, laying out evidence that they say proves the government played an active role in the assassination i'm grateful on behalf of my sisters, as we seek justice for the assassination of our father and that the truth will be recorded in history joining me now, civil rights attorney benjamin crump. he represents malcolm x's family in this matter. benjamin crump thank

you for joining us. can you take us through exactly what you're saying happened leading up to malcolm x's assassination? what what's the kind of evidence that you are ready to present well laura coates, since those two young men were exonerated. >> uh for being falsely convicted, that unearth a lot of information that had not been known and that is a big basis for our fraudulent concealment claims. and then you have the fact that there were nine undercover police officers, federal agents in the audubon ballroom who failed to act and once malcolm was assassinated we have unearthed that j. edgar hoover gave an order that none of those undercover agents were to reveal, that they were present there, and they watched two innocent men go to prison for a crime. they know they didn't commit so why falsely accuse

people if you didn't have something to hide what do you expect the defense to present you know the fact that in the three years since we've every day, every week, every month our legal team have unearthed bit by bit more information, the fact that raymond wood was present in their, uh undercover nypd police officer who had falsely entrapped two of malcolm x's security affidavits for the first time ever. you're talking about people who are 93 years old and 85 years old. never spoken to, say that they believe it was a conspiracy to get them out of the audubon ballroom. so the assassination attempt would be successful. and we know he and eugene roberts both undercover

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