>> politics have no place in the work of the justice department -- >> are you aware of anything the justice department did to that? >> not in the civil rights department -- not in the civil justice department. >> did the civil justice department do anything? in this case? >> i won't bring that back to my colleagues -- >> i will give you the answer, they did not do anything. they did not do a thing. that gives you the answer from earlier. it shows you help clinical you are. when texas passed that bill in september 20 21, eight days later, the department of justice announced something into that bill. help me pass the state senate and the governor. you guys are in there contesting that 8 days later. you guys have something in new mexico. that is an assault from the government. it did not go to the legislator. the department of justice does nothing. >> the civil rights division is deeply committed to enforcing the laws that this body gave us. committed to standing up for the rights of all americans, chairman. >> based on some of your answers, not knowing what is on missouri v. biden. that is wh

we have had some conversation today about how the department of justice is helping our cities fight crime provide lawful policing. i am grateful for the cops grants that have recently been received. can you talk about some of the things that your department is it doing to help communities implement 21st century policing practices in a way that keeps everyone safe? >> thank you for the question. we work on a range of issues and we work cooperatively with law enforcement to make sure they can provide language access to the communities that are limited english speakers. we take seriously our responsibility to address misconduct when it arises. there has been a number of cases opened in cities such as memphis, louisville, the louisiana state police, phoenix, and more. these represent an infant is mall number of the law enforcement agencies across thes country that are -- but are important investigations because we want public safety and we want policing that is bias free. that comports with the standards of the constitution. i engage with organizations such as the international association of

>> politics has no place in the work of the justice department, chairman. >> are you aware of anything that the justice department did to the unconstitutional order in new mexico. >> we enforce the laws that congress gave us, chairman. >> i will bring that question back. >> they didn't. they did not put a statement of interest. they did not do a darn thing. it shows how political you are when taxes -- texas passed a pro-life bill, a days later, the department of justice announces the investigation. this is what amazes me, it actually passed the state senate and you guys are in there, contesting that eight days later. you have something in new mexico which is a direct assault on the second amendment. the governor does a and the department of justice does nothing. >> the civil rights division is deeply committed to enforcing the laws that this body gave us. and committed to standing up to the civil rights of all americans, chairman. >> you can say it, based on some of your other answers, not knowing the first thing about missouri beat biden and about if anything was actually don relative

our committee. the white house is seeking to block the testimony. we've also subpoenaed the department of justice for audio recordings and transcripts of the interview of hur. these were due the morning of the state of the union. only this morning a couple of hours before today's hearing the department of justice finally provided the transcript of president biden's interview with special counsel hur. the timing is not coincidental. we have had little time to review the transcript but it is clear the white house did not want special counsel hur's final report to be released. the white house refused to be transparent with the american people about the president's mishandling of classified documents. and worse, they have appeared to have lied about the timeline, about who handled the documents, and even about the contents of president biden's interview with special counsel hur. that's why today's hearing is important, transparency is what we seek today and look forward to special counsel hur's testimony. i yield back. >> chair recognizes the ranking member of the oversight committee mr. raskin for h

biden turned in classified documents to the national archives and the department of justice consented to the search of multiple locations including his homes, sat for voluntary interview and then other ways cooperated with the investigation, closed quote. president biden acted responsibly, cooperated completely, and the decision to decline criminal justice -- to decline criminal charges was relatively straightforward. in short to borrow a phrase from the last administration, the hur report represents the complete and total exoneration of president biden. and how does that record contrast with president trump? the documents he retained and the criminal charges pending against him in florida? we know that trump deliberately took large amounts of classified information from the white house. he admitted as much. occasionally pretending he classified this information without telling anyone on his way out the door. we know that he stored that information around mar-a-lago and the craziest of places. spilled across the floor of an unlocked closet, next to the toilet. we know that he showed c

i mean, the fact that the department of justice isn't allowed to even communicate with this. t i'm not surprised, because this is what we've seen throughout the last 12 months of our investigation. time after time, government agencies, whether it be the securities and exchange commission, the department of justice, the fbi, the irs, whomever they close in on the bidens, and then someone from the deep state makes a phone call and says, stand down and that's what this whistleblower's alleging. i mean, wouldn't this all go away if joe biden came out and explained some of this stuff? i mean, you're calling on president biden to testify in his own impeachment inquiry after this week's hearing, have you heard back? are you did you make that call yet? no, we've heard from 12 of his lawyers that our tax dollars are 12 of his employees. and his war room, that our tax dollars are paying to attack me and discredit my and jim jordan's investigation, that that he's not coming, but we haven't heard official word. look, if joe biden has nothing to hide, then he should come forward and explai

most of those years with the department of justice. i have served as a line prosecutor, a supervisor, a principal associate deputy attorney general, a united states attorney, and a special counsel. i've served in these roles with gratitude as the son of immigrants to this country. the first member of my family to be born here. my parents grew up in korea, and for young children during the korean war. my father remembers being hungry and grateful for the food that american gis shared with him and his links. my mother fled what is now north korea in her own mother's arms, heading south to safety. my parents eventually met, married, and came to the u.s., seeking a better life for themselves and for their children. their lives and mine would have been very different were it not for this country. no matter the role, no matter the administration, i have applied the same standards and the same impartiality. my respect for the justice department and my commitment to this country are why i agreed to serve as special counsel when asked by the att

most of those years with the department of justice. i have served as a line prosecutor supervisor, the principal associate deputy attorney general, united states attorney and a special council. i've served in these roles with gratitude as the son of immigrants to this country, the 1st member of my family to be born here. my parents grew up in korea and were young children during the korean war. my father remembers being hungry and grateful for the food that americans you guys shared with him and his siblings. my mother fled what is now north korea in her own mother's arms heading south to safety. my parents have actually met married and came to the us, seeking a better life for themselves and for their children. their lives and mine would have been very different, were it not for this country no matter the role, no matter the administration, i have applied the same standards and the same impartiality, my respect for the justice department and my commitment to this country, or why i agreed to serve as special counsel when asked by the at

one is that he turned in classified documents to the national archives and the department of justice on request. is that fair? >> that was a factor that we considered. >> he cooperated with your investigation? >> yes. >> he consented to the search of multiple locations including his house? >> yes. >> he set for a voluntary interview? >> yes. >> that was five hours over two days? >> yes. >> he turned over and notebooks he believed to be his personal property? >> correct. >> with respect to the comparison of former president trump and i believe this is on page 11, that is still in your executive summary,i will just read part of this to you. unlike the evidence from mr. biden the allegations set forth in the indictment of president trump prevent serious aggravating facts. most notably after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, mr. trump did the opposite. he not only refused to return documents but he also -- to destroy evidence and then to lie about it. in contrast, mr. biden turned in information to the department of justice and consented to

independence and how they are separate from the justice department and not not reporting to the attorney general. talked about accuracy and fairness and sort of boring justice department and prosecutor buzzwords that everybody says and nobody believes. but the big one he really does take on the memory point almost recognizing that this was going to be a central point at the hearing. it is, but one of hundreds of pages of that one point in the hundreds and pages of his report, but he chose to latch on to that, devotes a few paragraphs is saying the president chose to make his memory and issue here here, i think he's just trying to preempt and anticipating that it's going to be the source of a lot of questioning and more to the point he seemed to make an issue of the president's memory because that largely was the reason why at least according to the report, they did not choose charge the president because they felt that the president's ability to testify as a witness would have been compromised because he couldn't have they couldn't have established a crime. i think it's important for all of us to step back and not fixate on this president's m

a bipartisan coalition of 16 states along with the department of justice. it in the district of new jersey. >> tell us why it would be good for consumers, people who might be happy with their iphone and line up to get the new version of the iphone. what is the problem here? what are they blocking unfairly, uncompetitively according to antitrust law as you allege? >> look, as the complaint shows, apple is the big player. we know that approximately seven in ten smartphones are iphones. apple has used that power to exclude other businesses and developers from innovating in ways that hurt consumers. consumers today are spending more for an inferior product because of apple's business purchase. >> i will play devil's advocate. what's wrong with relying on apple, which knows its business, presumably, to just come out with a new phone all the time? your answer is because they can ramp up and charge anything they want for every new model. >> they can charge not only consumers significantly more, but they are charging developers. they are taking 30% of what developer

we saw a similar delay coming from the department of justice in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. remember that form that trumps lawyer signed on his behalf in june of 2022? the client that trumps legal team had performed a delegate search and it turned over all the classified documents. thanks, yet again, to extensive reporting in the washington post, we know that it is almost that point is almost where the entire classified document investigation ended. it turns out there was a months long fight between prosecutors who had evidence suggesting that trump and his lawyers might not be telling the whole truth. prosecutors who wanted to search mar-a-lago and the fbi. the fbi wanted to take trump and his lawyers at their word. they did not want to touch donald trump. the objects were too controversial. that infighting delayed the actual search of mar-a-lago for months. of course, when mar-a- lago was ultimately searched, fbi agents found more than 100 classified documents, 18 of them top-secret. by the fall of 2022, prosecutors were reportedly ready to charge trump based on what they

hur, for your testimony and service at department of justice. progress of the investigation and process questions. so you were appointed by attorney general garland in january of 2023; correct? >> correct. >> attorney general garland, as you know, nominated by president biden to serve. >> correct. >> during 15-month investigation, did the attorney general attempt to interfere with your investigation? >> no. did he impede your investigation in any way? >> no. >> did any member of the department of justice refuse to cooperate with your investigation? >> no. >> were you denied access to materials, witnesses, resources from attorney general garland you might have needed during the investigation? >> no. >> you submitted, i think this is right, your final report to garland on february 25 of 2024. >> correct. >> and it was released publicly three days later, on february 8, is that right? >> i believe that is true, yes. >> final report released, any of your findings redacted or changed in any way? >> no. none of the findings modified by the attorney gene

a prosecutor at the department of justice. i want to focus a bit more on the progress of the investigation. some process questions. so you were appointed by attorney general garland, a special counsel to investigate the president's handling of classified documents in january of 2023? right? correct. and attorney general garland, of course, as you know nominated by president biden to serve in his role. >> correct. >> during your 15 month investigation, did the attorney general attempt to interfere with your investigation? no. >> did he impede your >> investigation in any way? know did any other member of the department of justice or within the administration refused to cooperate with your investigation? >> no. >> were you ever denied access to materials, witnesses, resources? from attorney general garland that you might have needed during the investigation? no you submitted i think this is right. that your final report to attorney general garland on february 5 of 2024? >> correct? right. okay. >> and it was then released publicl

he served as the deputy attorney general at the department of justice. s department of he also clerked f kaczynski on the ninth circuit court of appeals. we welcome our witness and anappear today. mr. hur, would you please stand and reach a right-hand. do you swear under firm penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge , information, and belief, so help you god? let the record show that the witness has answered in the affirmative. thank you. you can be seated. please let it be known that your written testimony summarized. mr. hur, you may begin with your opening statement. make sure you have got that mike on if you could. >> thank you chairman. sherman jordan, rag nadler, chairman comer, ranking member raskin, members of the committee, good morning. i am privileged to have served our country for the majority of my career, a decade and a half. most of those years with the department of justice. i have served as a line prosecutor, a supervisor, the principal associate deputy attorney general,

and thanks to the actions like we are taking today alongside our partners in the department of justiceou. reporter: attorney general, can i ask you a question about antitrust. obviously the department is rtments suing amazon and facebook. those are four of the greatest business success stories of modern history, what does it say to you they're all accused of illegal anti-competitive behavior and if you could indulge me in an off the topic question -- >> first the anti-trust fund question and maybe i'll have more success with that one. the justice department doesot■v powerless or the powerful or the rich compared to the poor. we have one rule, we look at the facts and the lawons. with respect to resource allocation, when you have an institution with lots of resources, that in our view is the american economy and the american people, it's important for us to allocate our resources to protect the american pple. case where individual americans have no ability to protect themselves. reporter: and reporter: you personally have come in further criticism, particularly from the white house who

he served as the deputy attorney general at the department of justice. d the united states department of maryland. he also clerked for judge alex kaczynski on the ninth circuit court of appeals. we welcome our witness and thank him for appear today. mr. hur, would you please stand and reach a right-hand. do you swear under firm penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge , information, and belief, so help you god? let the record show that the witness has answered in the affirmative. thank you. you can be seated. please let it be known that your written testimony will be summarized. mr. hur, you may begin with your opening statement. make sure you have got that mike on if you could. >> thank you chairman. sherman jordan, ranking member nadler, chairman comer, ranking member raskin, members of the committee, good morning. i am privileged to have served our country for the majority of my career, a decade and a half. most of those years with the department of justice. i have served as a line pr

attorneys offices are part of the federal department of justice, their prosecutorial offices working under the department of justice, they all involve a fair amount of autonomy. they taketo that sovereignty que seriously. and so,gn yes, they don't alway play well t with other offices, state level prosecutions. like they're doing their own thing quite a lot of the time. and this may be one of those situations. i think the thing toof take fro all ofg this is that this dela is not necessarily alvin bragg's fault. he definitely asked for this information a year d ago. it wasn't forthcoming. now it's been disclosed and apparently it is an avalanche of documents with more to come. and he's done the right thing which is to concede there should be a delay. he's pushed back on the defendant's request for a 90-day delay. he's requested a 30-day delay. that's sufficient to go through the documents. he's prioritized the rights of thehe defendants to review the documents against him, review the documents about those information who might be testifying against him. >> he's the one saying a 30-day d

this is something the department of justice said they were still reviewing the classification forward. jordan also blasted the process by which the transcripts were received by congress just today. and hur responded that he took all of the evidence, not just the transcripts, but also the audio into account when writing his report, when making certain recommendations. i also had an exchange with eric swalwell which is that he omitted something things and did not include in the report. take a listen. is it your impression that hur deliberately omitted certain things from his actual report? >> you know, whether hur omitted something intentionally or not, it was pointed out today that he did tell the president in the interview that the president had a photographic memory. it's just pretty interesting that was not put in his final report but rather the smear job on the president's memory. >> reporter: so, chris, while other democrats had also questioned hur's intentions, they pointed out the fact he's a registered republican to which hur responded he did not have any political calculations

sdm. >> it was. >> you stated the recommendation not to prosecute had nothing to do with the department of justiceto indict the sitting president? >> what the report says that even if it were not current department of -- i would reach the conclusion criminal charges are not warranted. >> have you set new precedent here today? >> do the extent the department of justice makes enforcement or non-enforcement decisions, those are precedents. those are events that future prosecutors do look to in an endeavor to make sure that law -- federal law is applied consistently over time. >> mr. hur, i would say based on your education and your career experience, you are a very competent prosecutor, a very, very well prepared attorney. i will ask you one more time. does the fact that you are republican, does that stop you from a thorough and fair investigation? >> no. partisan politics had nothing to do with the work i did or the report i wrote or the decision i reached. >> thank you very much for being here. mr. chairman, i yield. >> gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. >> attorney hur, webster's dictionary d

we've also so painted the department of justice for audio recordings and transcript to present binds interview with special counsel her . these were due the morning of the state of the union only this morning, a couple of hours before today's hearing. the department of justice finally provided the transcript to present biden's interview with special counsel her. the timing is not coincidental, although we've had little time to review the transcripts from what we have seen. it is clear that the wide out did not want special council. her final report to be released, the white house has refused to be transparent with the american people about the presidents mishandling of classified documents and worse, they have appeared to have lied about the timeline about who handled the documents . and even about the contents of president biden's interview with special counsel her, that is why today's hearing is important. transparency is what we seek today, and we look forward to special counsel, hers testimony. you'll but gentlemen, yields back the chair recognizes the ranking member of the oversi

the federal prisons, which the department of justice has failed ■sto prevent the deaths of 187 inmates suicide over eight years according to the justice department's watchdog. the report led by the justice department inspector general michael horowitz found accommodation of recurring policy violations and operational failurese to inmate suicides. it is based on a review of 344 inmate deaths from the 2014 to 2021 fiscal years. he said numerous operational and managerial decisions he -- deficiencies crated conditions that contribute to many deaths with proper protocols and resources in place inmate suidpreventable, experts say. i want to get reaction to that from you in a moment. i want to hear from collette peters from the federal prison -- bureau of prisons who spoke about this on the deaths and suicides in the federal prison system. here are her comments. [video] >> we worked to combat contraband to reduce homicides and overdoses. this includes drones, monitoring or terminating cellular can indications, and continually monitoring intelligence and gang activity. to harness all of this

department of justice accuses apple of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market. ♪ welcome to worlda. start in the middle east. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says there is consensus between the u.s. and arab leaders on the need for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. mr. blinken's in cairo on his latest middle east tour for talks to shipboard -- to shore up support on a cease-fire. the top diplomat says israel needs to do more to allow humanitarian aid into gaza, where he said the entire population faces significant levels of food insecurity. the ua and also called for a cease-fire on thursday. the u.n. has issued a draft resolution to the security council for the first time calling for an immediate cease-fire tied to the release of hostages. the security council is expected to vote on the u.s. draft resolution on friday. we will take a listen to what mr. blinken had to say. >> there is a clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. first, the need for an immediate, sustained cease-fire with the release of hostages. that would create space to surge more humanitarian a

biden turned the documents to the national archives and department of justice, consented to the search of multiple locations, including his homes, sat for a voluntary interview, and in other ways cooperated with the investigation." president biden acted responsibly, cooperated completely, and the decision to decline criminal justice -- to decline criminal charges was relatively straightforward. in short, to borrow a phrase from the last administration, the hur report represents the complete and total exoneration of president biden. how does that record contrast with president trump? the documents he retained and the criminal charges pending against him in florida? we know that trump deliberately took large amounts of classified information from the white house. he has admitted as much, occasionally pretending that he classified this information without telling anyone on his way out the door. we know that ■xhe stored that information around mar-a-lago in the craziest of places. on the ballroom stage. spilled across the floor of an unlocked closet next to the toilet. we know that he show

special counsel hur these two reports are the culmination in my mind of the department of justice's two standards and an example, again, of the justice department being weaponized against conservatives. there is another piece to this, too, while i have just a few seconds. we know when his ghost writer was speaking to him he also did recordings and when he did those recordings, it was clear. i will try to quote this here. a month after biden left his v.p. he was aware of top secret classified materials that were, quote, downstairs. is that true? >> that is reflected in an audio recording yes. >> reflected in an audio recording. sometimes he may be sleepy, sometimes he may be forgetful, sometimes he may be cognitively impaired. no doubt about that. but man when it came to his personal legacy, the way he wanted to be remembered, to be sure that he was a big deal in plain english in the future, he was willingly and knowingly breaking the law. it's unfortunate that we have a department of justice that will treat one person one way and somebody else a different way. it is a sad day for americ

why is it congress that exposes criminal activity when the department of justice should be. is is a way to get at the you biden family outside of the impeachment inquiry because of the tie votes in the house. have you to depend on the departdepartment of justice to e this going forward. maria: can the department of justice keep blowing this off even as we see different stories? one of the reasons that they've got to go forward with this public hearing, even if hunter biden doesn't show up, is because it's the stories do not match up. president bidens has said repeatedly he had no involvement whatsoever in had his son's business. hunter biden said the same thing, yet tony bobulinski says he met with joe biden twice on may 2nd and may 3rd, 2017, at a dinner, a sideline meeting from the milken conference. this is one of many meetings we've heard from the whistleblowers where joe biden was calling in to meetings or having dinner with himnd a his partners. >> yeah, maria, i think there's too much evidence here to completely disregard what the house has been up to and it really is

one is that he turned in classified documents to the national archives and to the department of justice upon request, is that fair? >> that was a factor that we considered, yes, congressman. >> he cooperated with your investigation? >> yes. >> consented to the search of multiple locations, including his house? >> correct. >> sat for a voluntary interview? >> yes. >> and that was five hours over two days? >> a little over five hours over two days. >> okay. turned over and allowed investigators to review handwritten notebooks he believed to be his personal property. >> correct. >> now with respect to the comparison with former president trump, and i believe this is on page 11, which is still in your executive summary, and i'll just read part of this to you. unlike the evidence involving mr. biden, the allegations set forth in the indictment of mr. trump if proven would present serious aggravating facts. most notably after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite. not only refused to return the documents for man

information -- >> i will not comment on that. >> these two reports are the culmination of the department of justice's two standards, and that's an example of the justice department being weaponized against conservatives. we know that when his ghostwriter was speaking to him and he did recordings, and when he did the recordings, it was a month after biden left as vp, he was aware of top secret classified materials that were, quote, downstairs. is that true? >> that is reflected in an audio recording, yes. >> that is reflected in an audio recording. sometimes he may be sleepy and sometimes he may be forgetful and sometimes he may be cognitively impaired, no doubt about that, but when it came to his personal legacy, the way he wanted to be recommended, to make sure he was a big deal in plain english in the future, he was willingly and knowingly breaking the law. it's unfortunate that we have the department of justice that will treat one person one way and somebody else a different way. it's a sad day for america. thank you, mr. hur. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from californ

earlier today the department of justice joined by 15 states and the districof apple in the u.s. district court for the district of new jersey for violating section 2 of the sherman anti-trust act. over the last two decades, apple has become one of the most valuable public companies in the world. today its net income exceeds the individual gross domestic product of more than 100 countries. that is in large part due to the success of the iphone, apple's signature smart phone product. for over a decade, iphone sales have made up a majority of apple's annual revenue. today of the u.s. performance smart phone market exceeds 70% and its share of the entire u.s. e charges nearly $1,600 for an iphone but as we alleged apple has maintained monopoly power in the smart phone market the competition on the merits but by violating federal anti-trust law. consumers should not have to pay higher■g we allege apple employed a strategy that relies onive antie conduct that hurts both consumers and developers. for consumers, that has meant fewer choices, higher prices and fe, smart phones, apps and a

after the department of justice unveiled an 'tis trust suit issues. shares are down 3.5% now, so the dow and s&p and nasdaq heavily weighted in two of those indexes is down big. but check out some of the other stocks that are perhaps in the ecosystem benefiting from that. we know that the department of justice is going to focus on things like apple's dominance in smartphones, cloud gaming, smart watches. check out paypal holdings block, catching a bid, garmin, and take two interactive, both publishers of mobile gains that are seeing some benefit, at least from the trader perspective on some of the apple anti-trust stuff. so keep an eye on those stocks. back over to you. >> dom, thank you very much. meantime, the fed and the markets are aligned on three rate cuts, it would seem for this year. but our next guest think there is will be one more. he sees a total of four 25 basis point or quarter point cuts starting in june. he says the difference between the fed and his call comes down to one data point. we'll find out what it is in a moment from morgan st

. >>> the department of justice filing a landmark lawsuit tonight against apple. the doj and 16 states accusing the company of monopolizing the smartphone market. how apple is now responding. >>> tonight, major league baseball's highest paid star, and the gambling scandal. did he know about his interpreters gambling debts or not? what our partners at espn are reporting tonight. >>> the major medical breakthrough in boston. surgeons transplanting a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old patient. the doctor today breaking down in tears on this breakthrough, and what this could mean for so many. >>> tonight, another record day on wall street. the stock market hitting a new high, as it nears a major milestone. and the very good news for 401(k)s. >>> and america strong tonight, honoring our heroes. the ghost army of world war ii. you'll see the images, how they pulled this off. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. we do begin with the breaking news, the capture, after a 36-hour manhunt for ans kated

so after he had obtained this bidding and clearance from the department of justice, he proceeded with his a port, a purported attorney who turned against them to the treasury department. and asked for letters authorizing the repatriation of $6000000000.00. first could be as much as 10000000000 additional into the treasury department. and he was given to letters and instructions as to how the wire transfer might be done. then he proceeded to travel to ivory coast where the 6000000000 was being held and it was available for transfer. uh once he had the approval of the us embassy. he was told by his lawyer. yes, she with a mr. billington, who will be the man in charge of the embassy and he will do everything necessary to have the money repaid tree. lo and behold, when the stock arrives with a letter from the treasury department in which is lawyers knowledge that he had been completely vetted and approved by the justice department. mister billington, screams and yells and gives him of criminality, that he and others are all going to be going to prison. he ordered him to be detained by mar

now we have learned that the department of justice and the federal bureau of investigationl investigationecause the ntsb which is rather unusual were irritated the records concerning that particular door plug repair before it left the available to it or were missing. maybe they didn't exist. the chair of the ntsb expressed some frustration or anger that those records didn't and soon thereafter, was the announcement that came in a strange way with letters to the persons on the pladgne, there ia federal act that requires in a criminal investigator to take into consideration the rights and interests of the victims. ?% a letter saying now there is a criminal investigation. that's at least two investigations that are out there against boeing. they concern boeing but to open a criminal investigation records are not available and weren't available and no one at least one last there was a pubbolt ac. that prompted criminal investigation. host: regarding the tragic crashes of max8 boeing aircraft, was there any reap -- anything related to those crasheses? guest: i think there is something related

the big questions here is whether his name was among those names that was turned over to the department of justiceent. that's something we don't know. we don't know whether there's an ongoing investigation. wyden's letter suggests there was a criminal investigation into the matter by the department of justice and the irs. but we don't know the status of that right now, becky. >> eamon, thank you. >>> joining us now to talk about tiktok, possible tiktok ban, let's bring in geoff lewis, bedrock capital founder, managing partner. open a.i. has been in the bedrockbedrock portfolio since 2021. talk tiktok. you call this a ban, i think, not a divestment. would that really work? would that solve the problem? >> look, love to be a tiktok ban. think back august 2022 president trump executive order to ban tiktok and i think an opportunity to divest and a plan for that, benefit back then. i support a tiktok ban or divestment. i think we have a very significant somewhat narrow issue based on a foreign government controlling one of the most powerful algorithms influencing the u.s. here. i worry the practicalit

is looking specifically at the federal bureau of prisons, so the federal prisons, which the department of justice has failed to prevent the deaths of 187 inmates who died by suicide over eight years, according to the justice department's watchdog. a new report led by the justice department inspector general michael horowitz found a combination of recurring policy violations and operational failures contributedde to inmate suicides. the report is based on a review of 344 inmate 44 inmate deaths from 2014-2021. 2021. 187 of which were suicides he said numerous operational and managerial deficiencies created unsafe conditions that contribute to many of c the deas he reviewed itol with proper protocols and resources in place, inmate suicides almost always preventable, experts say. i want to get some reaction to that from you, michelle, in the moment but first i want to hear from colette peter's, t director of the federal bureau of them prisons who spoke about some of his criticism during a wednesday hearing on the deaths and suicides in the federal prison system. here are her comments. >> we can team

never has a comedian been harassed by the department of justice, two agencies within the department of and the secret service, and actually, jason leopold filed a freedom of information act for me, and it showed how serious the oval office and the attorney general were about charging me with conspiracy to assassinate the president of the united states. >> you are someone with means, someone who is high-profile. someone who, obviously, was not threatening the president of the united states in any real manner, so the take away from your experience has been what for the ordinary american? because, if they can do that to you, someone who is visible and high-profile, and again, with means, what can they do to the average american, who does not have the ability that you do? >> the white house can do, pretty much, anything they want to if they set their mind to it, especially when using an arm like the department of justice, and by the way, i am not antigovernment. i would say that i think that the fbi may have saved my life the times that they would come over and go over credible threats, ve