the department of justice the federal justice is investigating now the city of minneapolis and the police department here for all measures are pedants off force used so there has to be reform there has to be reform. reporting from minneapolis said at the funeral at their thank you so very much greatly appreciate it and we have come to the end of this edition of the union said thank you for your company up next is our $1000.00 special. their story their very own personal trauma. people have to do to chesterfield remember. and they share private footage with us that has never been seen before. back to internal starts of april 20 hearings on g.w. . germany's finance minister is grilled over why a cod. tells a parliamentary inquiry that the playing for the scandal does not fly with the government well examine that plan. space is getting crowded with tens of thousands of satellites 2 years ago there over the coming years we'll look at the business. to profit. and they came like a play on was battling an outbreak of the locusts in east africa are finding ways to turn it so that is about. this i

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of great ability and integrity and i am very happy that they have returned to serve again at the justice department. the department is stronger for their presence. the united states department of justice is a federal law enforcement agency our nation's police departments. we are uniquely aware of the challenges faced by those who serve as police officers. we see their commitment firsthand every day and we recognize the complex issues that make their already difficult jobs even harder. the justice department is also charged with ensuring that the constitutional and federal statutory rights of all people are protected. as i explained last week, congress has authorized the department to conduct pattern or practice investigations to help it fulfill that responsibility. those investigations and the recommendations and actions that ensue do not only protect individual civil rights, they also assist police departments in developing measures to increase transparency and accountability. those qualities are necessary to building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, and community trust is essential to making policing more effective and less dangerous for officers on the street. today

departments, federal agencies, airbnb, election laws designed to combat fraud, the workplace, america's dna, the virginia military institute, the health care industry, federal courts and the department of justice. now, you've worked for the department of justice described them as racist in the past? >> i generally use the term discrimination. i'm a lawyer, i follow the facts. >> was officer darren wilson justified or not in the shooting of michael brown in ferguson, missouri, in 2014. >> as a private citizen, there is something that feels unfair. >> the department of justice issued an 87-page report. that's not a private -- that's not grand jury sensitive information. that's not secret. an 87-page report released. it concluded the shooting was justified. >> right. well, my -- >> you obviously do not want to take the position that the shooting was justified despite what eric holder has said given the fact that you won't answer the simple question yes or no. >> well, that guy, senator tom cotton from arkansas, seems to thrive on the politics of vindictiveness. in 2014 cotton reportedly put a hold on the nomination of cassandra butts to be ambassador to the bahamas. she died of leukemia while waiting for cotton to lift the hold on that black wom

racial equality in the justice system means and the speaking of change tell us more about the justice department opening an investigation into the police department there. the federal government is taking the 1st steps to take this to another level the department of justice has announced that they will be looking investigating the minneapolis police department people we talked to here it welcomed it all the way through said it's about time that somebody does this the d.o.j. the department of justice in washington will look at how the measures and procedures processes of the minneapolis police department measure actually out when it comes to justice to not profiling to disproportionate use of force and that means 2 things a the minneapolis police department is now under pressure may have some say in trouble they want to cooperate they will cooperate so they have no other chance that also means that the federal government is really seeing this as a watershed moment you where they can push it forwards meaning they can really work on real change what policing means in the u.s. ok and it's very briefly how similar is the case of dante right to the one towards floyd. i c

for governor of new york came out and spoke to the media not long ago and said this showed an out-of-control justice department, the politicization of the justice department and that the federaled everything in the apartment except the one thing that was actually incriminating, and that thing was not incriminating of his father, rudy giuliani, but was incriminating of hunter biden. what's your reaction? >> look, i've overseen, you know, lots and lots of prosecutions. when prosecutors and agents take an investigative step or bring a charge, they are infrequently sent flowers and chocolates from their targets. that is a thing that people say. that is the thing that the relatives of people say. that is a thing that has been taken to an art form, whether good or bad art depending on your perspective but giuliani, his family members and people around him, attack the people who are bringing the case. rudy giuliani was the united states attorney us a pointed out and had this happen to imhad. i felter all that will out. let's see what the facts and evidence show and let's see what actions publicly are taken by that office. >> we know that there are the crimes relating to locke on beh

what racial equality in the justice system means and speaking of change tell us more about the justice department opening an investigation into the police department there. the federal government is taking the 1st steps to take this to another level the department of justice has announced that they will be looking investigating the minneapolis police department people we talked to here it welcomed that all the way through it said it's about time that somebody does this the d.o.j. the problem of justice in washington will look at how the measures and procedures processes of the minneapolis police department measure actually up when it comes to justice to not profiling to disproportionate use of force and that means 2 things a the minneapolis police department is now under pressure may have some say in trouble they want to cooperate they will cooperate so they have no other chance that also means that the federal government is really seeing this as a watershed moment you where they can push it forwards meaning they can really work on real change what policing means of the u.s. ok and it's very briefly how similar is the case of dante right to the one who torched floyd

departments, federal agencies, airbnb, election laws to combat fraud, the workplace, america's dna, the virginia military institute, the health care industry, federal courts, and the department of justice. you worked for the department of justice and with the federal courts. were those institutions racist when you worked there? ms. clarke: i do not have the context for the list. senator lee: have you described them as racist in the past? ms. clarke: i generally use the term discrimination. i'm a lawyer and follow the facts and i believe there are instances you might find one particular employer or landlord engaged in discriminatory conduct but i do not deem structures or institutions to be blanket lee racist. -- blanketly racist. senator lee: where they racist when you worked there? was the u.s. department of justice a racist institution? ms. clarke: no. it is dedicated employees who work hard every day to follow facts and in here to the law. senator lee: my time has expired. i would like to submit for the record the report from the civil rights commission. thank you. >> without objection. senator coates: thank you. thank you for continuing your dedication to public service. we as a nation are facing a generational crises in t

racial equality in the justice system means and this speaking of change tell us more about the justice department opening an investigation into the police department there. the federal government is taking 1st steps to take this to another level the department of justice has announced that they will be looking investigating the minneapolis police department people we talked to here it welcomed that all the way through it said it's about time that somebody does this the d.o.j. of the problem of justice in washington will look at how the measures and procedures processes of the minneapolis police department measure actually out when it comes to justice to not profiling to disproportionate use of force and that means 2 things a the minneapolis police department is now under pressure may have some say in trouble they want to cooperate they will cooperate so they have no other chance that also means that the federal government is really seeing this as a watershed moment you where they can push it forward meaning they can really work on real change where policing means in the u.s. ok and it's very briefly how similar is the case of dante right to the one who torched floyd

we're getting news now from the department of justice on a related topic saying that the department of justice is going to establish a ransom ware task force at the federal and national security issues here this may not be a conventional piece of wisdom but i did talk to one cyber security group this morning speculating this particular piece of ransom ware, this attack, may be a response to the u.s. sanctions on russia just last week so there's some question about how much companies are being caught in the crossfire of the sanctions and the back and forth diplomatic tussle between the united states and russia meanwhile, for quanta and apple the bad news is, these documents are now circulating on the internet people can go look at them the threat is, that there's more to come. guys, back over to you >> eamon, a couple questions one is, what kind of precedence is there around obviously companies that are leveraged highly to their intellectual property and the sense that we're going to see more episodes like this if the crossfire you're talking about continues >> we talked to a cyber consultancy a couple weeks ago who told us tech companies actually are the

of the justice department to execute warrants like these. paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> the u.s. justice department says, federal prosecutors have indicted three men in the killing of ahmaud arbery. the black, 25-year-old was out for a jog, here, in the state of georgia, back in february, 2020. he was chased down by three men, and shot dead. a video of what happened was posted online, in may, and went viral. the three white men, now, face the new-hate crime and attempted-kidnapping charges, as well as state-murder charges. arbery's mother tells cnn that this is one step closer to justice. >>> protestors in elizabeth city, north carolina, took to the streets, wednesday evening. demanding the release of body-cam footage showing the deadly-police shooting of andrew brown jr. once curfew set in, several arrests were made to disperse the lingering crowd. demonstrators gathered, after a judge denied requests to publicly release the video showing last week's fatal incident. cnn's jason carroll has the latest. >> andy jr. has been silenced. so, his voice now are those cameras. that's how he will speak to us. and that wi

the justice department thus far. president biden has chosen to run the part of the justice department that will manage all of these dayses, the top federal prosecutor in new orleans under president obama. now he is reportedly being chosen by president obama to head up the criminal division at the justice department. will he have a missive but it will include the overall management of the van 6th prosecutions. and as president biden chooses all these nominees for important positions and homeland security positions, basically all these nominees announced as seen as reformers and progressives in their fields, we remain quite struck as a country, stuck in this loop that we seem to not be able to get out of. in virginia, body cam footage release of officers pepper spraying an army medic. the reason he didn't have a standard license plate on his car is because the car was brand new. it did have a proper dealer-issued temporary plate on t nevertheless, they pulled him over and treated him like this. here is the video that was just released of that incident this weekend. >> you received an order. obey it. >> i'm honestly afraid to get out. >> ye

justice. the department of justice is taking its own step, with attorney general merrick garland announcing a federaltion into many of you -- into minneapolis' police practices. here's some of the announcement. >> i strongly believe that good officers do not want to work in systems that allow bad practices. good officers welcome accountability because accountability is an essential part of building trust with the community and public safety requires public trust. the challenges we face are deeply woven into our history. theyid not arise today or last year. building trust between community and law enforcement will take time. and effort by all of us. but, we undertake this task with determination and urgency, knowing that change cannot wait. anchor: while issues with police practices, particular around race, are not confined to minneapolis. the city's police force has been under scrutiny for the past 12 months for obvious reasons. the day after george floyd's death the police stated that george floyd died after a medical incident. no mention of the deadly force used by derek chauvin that caused george

of the u.s. criminal justice system, collecting data on police use of force, barring the use of chokeholds by federal officers, withholding funds to police department that fail to report to the justice department when no-knock warrants are used. just to wrap up some of the provisions in that one. >> that's all in the democratic bill, plus more, like qualified immunity. and that is a huge sticking point, right? so if the dems have all that stuff in already, and who is pro-lynching? so, i mean, it's almost ridiculous, because no one can vote against a lynching bill, but they can vote against stuff that would make real change. now, i do have some very direct things that we could do. the national registry, so cops can't move around. the gop opposes that. why doesn't the gop use this as a moment to sit down with the congressional black caucus? >> keith, one question for you before you go. if democrats can get the things that are in the tim scott bill but qualified immunity is the thing that won't get the 60-vote threshold in the senate, should they go for what they can get or hold out? >> i'm 61 years old, sir. it was getting so much better, even during the nixon era, and after ronald re

of great integrity and i am happy they have returned to serve again at the justice department. the department is stronger for their presence. the united states department of justice is a federal agency, comprised of thousands of law enforcement officers who collaborate with and support our colleagues throughout our nation's police departments. we are uniquely aware of the challenges faced by those who serve as police officers. we see their commitment firsthand every day, and we recognize the complex issues that make their already difficult jobs even harder. the justice department is also charged with ensuring that the constitutional and federal statutory rights of all people are protected. as i explained last week, congress has authorized the department to conduct pattern or practice investigations to help it fulfill that responsibility. those investigations and the recommendations and actions that enp ensue do not only protect individual rights. they also assist police departments in developing measures to increase transparency and accountability. those qualities are necessary to building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. and community trust is es

the department of justice gets started and one of the first thins, it prosecutes the plan. it prosecutes federal cases in southern states, the old confederacy, and they are attempts to murad folks. and the department of justice plays a role as well in some of the local jurisdictions that are resistant to either prosecutions of folks that have killed black people. there is a long history of federal enforcement of civil rights when local jurisdictions are not living up toe quaul justice under law. >> yeah, and that's the point of federal power. you take these things out of the locality, out of the municipality, and you apply frool law that is applicable to all the jurisdictions and the feds will come in, and the department of justice has had the very storied history, particularly in the civil rights era where the worst thing you can do as a civil rights practitioner is to face the judges and majors, and that sort of thing, and the contempt of justice has really symbolized, i think, the idea there is a new sheriff in town and they rupp helding the federal rights and in modern era, going to rodney king. it gave a new pad tern to pattern and practices, to a current era where it's clear nobody trusts the local pol

justice department's civil rights division and the u.s. attorney's office for the district of minnesota. the new civil investigation is separate from and independent of the federal criminal investigation into the death of george floyd that the justice department has previously announced. congress gave the department the authority to conduct civil practice pattern or practice investigations which look beyond , individual incidents to assess systemic failures. those investigations allow the department to determine whether a police department has a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the m.p.d. engages in discriminatory conduct, and whether its treatment of those with behavioral health disabilities is unlawful. it will include a comprehensive review of the minneapolis police department's policies, training, supervision, and use of force investigations. it will assess the effectiveness of the m.p.d.'s current systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure constitutional and lawful policing. broad participation in this investigation from the community and from law enforcement will be vital to its success. the justice department has already begun to reach out to community groups and members of the public to learn about their experiences with the m.p.d. we also seek to hear from the department's officers about the training and support they receive because their , perspective is essential. all these voices will help provide investigators the information they need to conduct a comprehensive assessment. all these voices will be critical to the reform efforts that will follow if the investigation determines the existence of constitutional or statutory violations. if the justice department concludes that there is reasonable cause to believe there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing, we will issue a public report of our conclusions. the justice department also has the authority to bring a civil lawsuit asking a federal court to provide injunctive relief that orders the m.p.d. to change its policies and practices to avoid further violations. usually when the justice department

the federal government. that's why i've appointed leadership of the justice _ appointed leadership of the justice departmenter have complete confidence in the attorney general, general— in the attorney general, general garland's leadership and commitment for to buy also nominated two keyjustice department nominees, anita gupta — department nominees, anita gupta and krista clark, who are entirely— gupta and krista clark, who are entirely qualified nominees. they— entirely qualified nominees. they have the skill necessary to advance our in ministration cosmic— to advance our in ministration cosmic priorities, to root out unconstitutional policing and reform — unconstitutional policing and reform our criminaljustice system, _ reform our criminaljustice system, and they deserve to be confirmed — system, and they deserve to be confirmed to —— our administration's priorities. we also _ administration's priorities. we also need _ administration's priorities. we also need congress to act. george _ also need congress to act. george floyd was murdered almost _ george floyd was murdered almost a year ago. there is mea

led by the justice department civil rights division, as well as the justice department representative there the u.s. attorney's office in minnesota. this is on top of an already existing federal investigation into whether derek chauvin violated george floyd's civil rights, specifically. the new doj inquiry getting underway as chauvin awaits sentencing in minnesota's only maximum security prison for obvious reasons, he is being held apart from other inmates in the most secure unit there. he is reported to be held in isolation for 23 hours a day. meanwhile, another fatal police shooting has sparked more anger adding fuel to the controversy over use of force. shortly before yesterday's verdict was announced in the chauvin trial, a 16 year old, makhia bryant was shot and killed by a columbus, ohio, police officer who was responding to a 9-1-1 call. authorities say, officer nicholas fired as makhia bryant threatened to girls with a large knife. today, columbus police released more footage from the officers body camera and again here, a warning, the video is disturbing. >> what's going on? hey. get down. get down. >> you shot my baby. >> there is now an investigation underway and t

the march toward justice". and the department of justice is also taking its own step forward — with attorney general michael garland announcing a federalnneapolis police practices to look for patterns "of unconstitutional or unlawful policing". here he is making the announcement. i strongly believe good officers who not want to work in systems that allow bad practices. good officers welcome accountability because accountability is an essential part of building trust with the community and public safety requires public trust. the challenges that we face are deeply woven into our history. they did not rise today or last year. building trust between community and law enforcement will take time and effort by all of us. but we undertake this task with the termination and urgency knowing that change cannot wait. while issues with police practices, particularly around race, are not confined to minneapolis alone — the city's police force has been under particular focus in the past 12 months. on may 26th — the day after george floyd's death — the police released this statement — stating that george floyd died after a medical incident — failing

the justice department doesn't just go and raid people's apartments. actually has to get an order from a federal judge not a part of the justice department who reviews the warrant and the affidavit attached to it where a federal agent swears under oath to the facts that establish probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and that the search will enable investigators to recover evidence of those crimes. so for giuliani to, in essence, call in a witch hunt really flies in the face of everything that he knows. i understand it's easy to look at this as being political. this is, after all, the former president's lawyer, and we live in a politically charged environment, but he'll have access to information like that if there is an indictment and a trial. on its face right now, this is doj doing its job, and in this case it appears that that started during president trump's administration when bill barr was the attorney general signing off on some of these investigative matters. >> so, clint, the "new york times" is reporting that this is about giuliani's attempts to get marie yavonovitch ousted as ambassador. the president can oust whoever he

department of justice filing a lawsuit against roger stone today, a blast from the past. the headline of your story reads, "the justice department sues roger stone, a longtime trump ally, alleging tax evasion." what's the story about? >> the federal government is saying that roger stone for a series of years from 2007 to 2011 did not pay his taxes, that he actually entered into an agreement with the government and was paying his back taxes on a monthly payment plan when he decided to stop. he created different entities, they were actually controlled by him, in which to start moving money and assets around in order to hide things from the government. this sort of kicked into gear after he was indicted as part of the russia investigation, the mueller investigation. he even went so far as to try to hide his house by selling it to a sham entity that would buy it. so the government is alleging not only does he owe a tremendous amount of money, that he deliberately tried to defraud the government. they filed a civil lawsuit to recruit the money which according to the government totals $2 million. >> wow. we'll continue to add that to the list of katie benner stories we're following in the new york sometimes. katie benner covers the jus

the entire federal government caters to the racial injustice complex, the department of justice has become the department of sharpton. >> yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address systemic policing issues in minneapolis. the justice department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern of practice of unconstitutional or unlawful police. we undertake this task with determination and urgency knowing that change cannot wait. laura: by saying change cannot wait garland revealed himself. he is prejudging the outcome. where others are buying real estate portfolios, the democrats just want power, power to transform america by effectively dismantling state and local police and putting the feds in charge so the doj's pattern and practice investigation he is referencing, they've done nothing to make life safer or better in america. list in the bureau of economic research issued a disturbing report that said we estimate these investigations cause 900 access homicides and 34,000 excess felonies. the leading hypothesis for why these investigations increased homicides is an abrupt change in the quantity of policing activity. yet the powers that be in politics an

the memory of her son. she knows that it is her life's mission to ensure that justice is done in 2015 the justice department under president obama opened a federal investigation into officer loehmann and the cleveland police department which led to federal oversight into the department's practices. but in friday's letter lawmakers say it, quote, did not provide accountability for tamir's death in 2020 the trump administration shut down the civil rights investigation into officer loehmann's actions which the letter claims, quote, provides very little insight or information about the process. in a statement cleveland police union president jeff almer tells fox 8, this is been investigated by the city county and the federal level with the same result. no charges. the use of force after being investigated by numerous people was found to be justified. the justice system has been contorted by certain players to try to reach a preordained outcome rather than having an honest thorough and impartial investigation. >> here kron 4. we have a new way for you to download our mobile apps. there are 2 new qr code you should know once for kron 4 news is apple.

the u.s. justice department. and indeed, matt is right. here is the justice department announcement of this indictment today. it is actually amazing. look at this. quote, a federal grand jury in miami has returned an indictment of charging a florida man and his three sons with fraudulently marketing and selling miracle mineral solution, a toxic industrial bleach, as a cure for covid-19 and other serious medical conditions. according to the indictment, they manufactured, promoted, and sold a product they named miracle mineral solution, a chemical solution containing sodium chloride in water which when ingested became chlorine dioxide, a powerful beach. they claimed that ingesting their miracle mineral solution could treat, prevent, and cure covid-19. the fda, however, has not approved miracle mineral solution for treatment for covid-19 or for any other use. rather, in prior official warning statements the fda has strongly urged consumers not to purchase or use miracle mineral solution for any reason, explaining that drinking the solution was the same as drinking bleach and could cause dangerous side effects. whereupon the justice department in this announcement a

of the department of justice and department of hud, we saw thousands of victims of discrimination come forward because they had the support and backing of the federal government. the policies implemented in a way to advance justicend fairness are necessary. >> thank you very much. do you have a comment? >> yes, i wanted to come back to senator brown's question about moving forward, in terms of the benefits of planning to address these issues. i wanted to state that the plane profession still has its place, with regards to aligning our infrastructure in an efficient way, avoiding land-use conflicts, and creating the capacity and consensus needed to guide the development of cities moving forward with macro economic changes we know are coming. you have learned from the painful history of the past, in terms of these past practices we have talked about. our profession has evolved considerably since then, placing great emphasis on engaging marginalized communities and centering the context of how we plan for the future. this is why believe planning still has -- a role, in terms of guiding investments forward, and how we address these ongoing housing challenges facing many communities of color. thank you. >> thank you

department of justice and the fbi release the audio recordings that were made under their supervision. >> reporter: the justice department, though, has so far declined to comment, but according to a source familiar with the investigation, federalrs are examining these allegations of extortion, it is separate from the ongoing investigation into gaetz. the lawmaker alleges a former doj official is the one trying to extort him. >> his name is david mcgee. >> reporter: mcgee a private attorney in florida left the justice department in the '90s. his law firm release ago statement today. the allegation by the congressman is both false and defamatory. while he was with the doj he would never have entertained a scheme such as what congressman gaetz suggests nor would he today. gaetz's interview with tucker carlson took a strange turn. >> you and i went to dinner about two years ago, your wife was there and i brought a friend of mine, you will remember her, and she was actually threatened by the fbi. >> i don't remember the woman you are speaking of or the context at all honestly. >> reporter: carlsson distanced himself afterwards. >> that was one of the weirdest interviews i have ever conducted. >> reporter: cnn has also learned that

justice department's civil rights division and the u.s. attorney's office for the district of minnesota the new civil investigation is separate from and independent of the federal criminal investigation into the death of george floyd that the justice department has previously announced congress gave the department the authority to conduct civil practice pattern or practice investigations which look beyond individual incidents to assess systemic failures those investigations allow the department to determine whether a police department has a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force including during protests investigation will also assess whether the m.p.t. engages in discriminatory conduct and whether its treatment of those with behavioral health disability is unlawful it will include a comprehensive review of the minneapolis police department's policies training supervision and use of force investigations it will assess the effectiveness of the m.p. d.'s current systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure constitutional and lawful policing broad participation in this investigation from the community and from law enforcement will be vital to its success the justice department has already begun to reach out to community groups and members of the public to learn about their experiences with the m.p.t. we also seek to hear from the department's officers about the training and support they receive because their perspective is essential all these voices will help provide investigators the information they need to conduct a comprehensive assessment all these voices will be critical to the reform efforts that will follow up if the investigation determines the existence of constitutional or statutory violations if the justice department concludes that there is reasonable cause to believe there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing we will issue a public report of our conclusions. the justice department also has the authority to bring a civil lawsuit asking a federal court to provide injunctive relief that orders the m.p.t. to change its policies and practices to avoid further violations usually when the justice department fin

justice correspondent pierre thomas following late developments tonight. pierre? >> reporter: david, federal charges just being brought with the justice department making stark and sobering allegations. prosecutors claimed that ahmaud arbery is dead because of his race. they claimed that arbery, who was simply jogging on a public street, was targeted, kidnapped and fatally shot because he's a black man. father and son gregory and travis mcmichael and their friend william bryan tonight are charged with federal hate crimes, including attempted kidnapping and firearms offenses. the men also face state murder charges, but tonight, the justice department's weighing in, alleging that arbery's civil rights were violated. david? >> all right, pierre thomas, who has been following this case for months. pierre, thank you. >>> for the first time, we are now hearing from one of the jurors who convicted derek chauvin of murdering george floyd. telling us he did not feel pressure to find chauvin guilty, that he and the other jurors studied the evidence. and the one charge, he says, that took them the longest. and what he revealed about the jury, wishig derek chauvin had taken the stand. what the juror told our robin roberts and here's abc's alex perez tonight. >> members of the jury, i will now read the verdict. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, we're hearing from one of the jurors who convicted derek chauvin of murdering george floyd. >> first, i want to start off by sending my condolences to the floyd family. >> reporter: juror brandon mitchell speaking to our robin roberts on "gma" about that gut-wrenching video of chauvi

federal prosecutor, founded the u.s. government's first crypto task force when i was at the department of justice. and did some of the big early money laundering cases at the justice department. by the way come also with fiat, not just crypto. i was asked in 2012 to investigate bitcoin. and i quickly realized that what have been a complete fool's errand. it would not have been possible but also not desirable because there are just so many socially beneficial aspects, not just to bitcoin, but also to crypto. we are just excited about what we see as an entirely new crypto economy. it is about much more than just one asset. of course we are very excited about going as a category and asset class but we are excited about many other assets. and apart from assets, we are excited about what we see as a new computing platform, much like the iphone was for mobile. taylor: interesting. can you expand on that a little? of course you are a board member. you have keen insight into the direction of where you would like to take this company. what does that sort of ecosystem look like to you? katie: let me give you a couple of examples. we talk about decentralized finance, but ano

federally. so, you know, what gaetz has done from the beginning of this is very much keep with the trump playbook, which this is the justice department. even though it's the trump justice department, you know, that is on some kind of witch hunt and going after anyone who would be supportive of trump. >> the "post" is reporting that when matt graits was in florida legislature was one of two republicans who worked against a revenge porn piece of legislation, just a for-instance, by the way. how easy is it to prove the charges? they're not charges yet, but how hard is it to prove a case like this? >> david is right. the feds have already made a case. they've charged a case against this guy, joel greenberg. watch this name. joel greenberg just had 21 new counts added to an indictment. he's now looking at a 33-count indictment. he's appearing in federal court late ther week on friday. there's an enormous amount of pressure on this guy, joel greenberg. he, too, is facing sex trafficking charges. he's alps looking at a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence. if he flips, it's potentially bad, bad news for matt gaetz. i know they're buddies, but i've seen a stronger bond broken.

justice department's civil rights division and the u.s. attorney's office for the district of minnesota. the new civil investigation is separate from and independent of the federal criminal investigation into the death of george floyd that the justice department has previously announced. congress gave the department the authority to conduct civil practice -- pattern or practice investigations which look beyond individual incidents to assess systemic failures. those investigations allow the department to determine whether a police department has a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the mpd engages in discriminatory conduct and whether its treatment of those with behavioral health disabilities is unlawful. it will include a comprehensive review of the minneapolis police department's policies, training, supervision and use of force investigations. it will assess the effectiveness of the mpd's current systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure constitutional and lawful policing. broad participation in this investigation from the community and from law enforcement will be vital to its success. the justice department has already begun to reach out to community groups and members of the public to learn about their experiences with the mpd. we also seek to hear from the department's officers about the training and support they receive because their perspective is essential. all these voices will help provide investigators the information they need to conduct a comprehensive assessment. all these voices will be critical to the reform efforts that will follow if the investigation determines the existence of constitutional or statutory violations. if the justice department concludes that there's reasonable cause to believe there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing, we will issue a public report of our conclusions. the justice department also has the authority to bring a civil lawsuit asking a federal court to provide injunctive relief that orders the mpd to change its policies and practices to avoid further violations. usually when the justice department finds u

federal charges, has been cooperating with the justice department since last year including about matt gaetz's activities. here with the latest is katy benner of "the new york times." katy, you're a reporter on the justicefrom the reporting is like, this is some real serious stuff, doesn't mean he's guilty, doesn't mean there will be charges, but if there were your best friend telling you this, you would be worried for them. >> it's a worrisome investigation to be sure. i think one of the things we should be looking at is the timeline. we know investigators have been to go mr. greenberg for about four months, learning as much as they can from him. he's not what you would call a truthful person, as you can see from the indictment. he's lied before, there's no reason for investigators to believe anything he's ever said. so they start to gather evidence, including at least two key cellphones we know of, one from mr. gaetz and one from mr. gaetz's girlfriend. they did that at the end of last year. they can verify some of the things that greenberg told them. they can see whether or not they discuss it and whether or not they had any worries about that investigation. >> so the phone seizure here, i want to ta

department of justice and the white house to do that work. >> i will walk through some of the key components with the george floyd justice and policing act. it would ban choke holds and no-knock warrants on a federald mandate the use of deadly force as last resort, and it would have an overhaul of qualified immunity, which has been the biggest hang up. are there other issues that you believe could be hang-ups, and often conservatives have philosophical views that this should not be a federal power, and do you believe it could all be worked out to a progressive like you and a conservative like tim scott? >> i think it can be worked out. this is not just about me, this is what the american people are calling for and this is what we organized on and marched on and pushed the white house and members of congress on. we pushed and worked to get this done. it all has to be worked out. america is ready to move forward. we are tired of being killed by the police. the police need to stop killing us unjustly. it's unacceptable and it's inhumane and happening far too often. when we introduce the congressional oversight of unjust policing act after the january 6th insurrection, it forces us to form a commissio

department of justice, has the ability to assert federal jurisdictions if they determine there's possibly a practice of a police agency engaging in civil rights abuses and that appears to be what the biden administration and department of justice is doing with the minneapolis police department. take a listen. >> the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the mpd engages in discriminatory conduct and whether it's treatment of those with behavioral disabilities is unlawful. >> we expect the lawyer from the department will intervene here, and interview and go through police files to determine if there's a pattern of the police agency engaging in civil rights violations and it remedy could be looking at reform, and this is the fourth investigation into this police agency that resulted from the death of george floyd. we know there was a state investigation and there's an fbi investigation that remains ongoing and the human rights commission launched an investigation, and now the u.s. department of justice. >> i think this is a case that touched just about

of a no-knock warrant on the apartment where she was sleeping. the new police chief in louisville, interestingly, welcomed this move, this announcement by the justice department today. that is important. these investigations by the federal justice department are a really big deal. they can bring about significant and fairly fast changes in policing. it's a big deal for the justice department to do something like this. this happened quite a few times during the obama administration, trump did it once total in four years now it seems like the biden justice administration will be using it more regular essentially to force police reform by intensive federally-led police oversight in individual cities. so we are going to have more on that ahead tonight as well. and on covid, two big moves on two big issues today. one international and one domestic. first the international, the white house announcing that in addition to medical supplies and equipment that the federal government is going to rush to india to help india deal with the just apocalyptic conditions they have there. people dying outside hospitals on the streets that can't admit them without access to oxygen that might keep them alive. in addition to the specific help that th

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