and we've gotten to sort of white house counsel, doj. so i'll continue that theme because it's to be more of a discussion. so i don't think we're going be limited to two yet. i think it is. maybe there it is. okay. yeah, that would explain it. what i said was the the was really more what what of rule of law issues are going to emerge. and we've already kind of right into doj and, the white house. the interesting thing that's coming up, i think, is different than what happened in 2016. trump this time very loud, notorious, open and very clear that he thought the department of justice and the fbi needed significant and reform. so there is a lot of that baked into the so to speak, particularly given his victory, which was pretty strong, pretty decisive. so elections have consequences. the people have spoken despite the side claiming threat. the rule of law and threat to democracy and all this other stuff. so if you're the incoming president, you think you were very clear what you were going to do and you won. now, that doesn't really get th

it's no secret the doj is facing a public trust crisis. after democrats spent years weaponizing the justice system and the entire federal government. it's become an agency that attacks the american people instead of defending and protecting them. that will change under pam bondi. under her leadership the doj will actually fairly enforce the laws protecting the rights of the american people and keep our nation safe and crackdown on violent crimes and dangerous drugs. the american people will trust her to do so. i know that because i worked alongside pam bondi for years -- eight years and i was governor and she was elected attorney general. working to approve the lives of floridians, make florida the best date in the nation to live, work and risa family. pam was an incredible partner working to keep florida safe and helped hold the laws of our state, ensuring crime was aggressively pursued by law enforcement and prosecutors. president trump has made clear when of his top priorities is to reverse the rising rates of crime and specifically vio

the doj has its pardon process. pardon counselor recommendations come over to the white house counsel, go to the president. sometimes the white house counsel can do recommendations. sometimes people just of come in through the side door and ask for a pardon. and sometimes that's resulted in legal action. thinking tail end of the clinton administration. there were some investigations over some pardons and, you know, it's one of these powers that i think is plenary the president gets to gets to do it. if he writes it on a post-it note, i guess that's a pardon. but if you try to sort of present that in court to quash an indictment, a judge is probably not going to really think that's a real pardon. so there is this kind of balance. and i think that you it's up to the president how he wants to do it. i tried to you know, we always wrote memos. we always brief to. and at least in my time, there were a lot of robust discussions about pardons and, you know, it wasn't necessarily the traditional through doj process the time

so doj's move is to get cannon's order vacated.f the 11th circuit vacates that order, if smerz some knowledge she lapsed that jurisdiction they're free to go ahead with the release. you know, alex, she never had the january 6th case in front of her, it would be a real gamble for the justice department to release at least the january 6th part of the report despite the existence of this order. but it's a real hash for doj knowing that their work will disappear if they don't get a court to order them or at least permit them to release the material before trump takes over. >> what happens to the report if it doesn't get released, if it stays within the confines of the doj is there a chance it could get leaked? is there a chance in the archives trump could be persuaded to flush it down the toilet? zp so there's a records retention policy inside doj like many government agencies that actually requires that these records be retained. i have lots of old case files that lived in my office and then would get shipped off to a filing area wher

the doj ad tech case stayed put in virginia. in the long-running state's generic drugs price-fixing case finally had a breakthrough when it returned to connecticut where it was filed. and so again, while i don't speak on behalf of the attorneys general, i feel comfortable that they would not object to me saying, thank you so much. we needed this for litigation against big tech which we have focused on for years. and his past counsel for the state of wisconsin on many of the big tech cases, if not all of them, there is only so much i can say about them. but i can say it is remarkable, we have talked about it before, how these cases were brought by a huge groups of attorneys general in the federal government. at five cases against google with google search having a combined 52 attorneys general litigating with the u.s. department of justice, facebook, amazon and apple, all filed by large reps of bipartisan states new york and the apple case is led by new jersey, if senator booker wants to give them a shout out. with continued dili

tkr alleges the doj antitrust probe was "politically motivated". we are joined by bloomberg news reporter covering antitrust in washington serio ford and. sarah: -- sara forden. when was the last time we saw a private equity giant of this scale be sued by the doj? sara: this is an exceptional case. there have been actions against private equity firms and firms refusing to disclose relative information in a merger review. but this is a representative of the biden administration that stepped up focus on the private equity market concerned about roll up's, interlocking board seats. this represents a very strong focus on what documents companies are providing the government to help them assess the competitive facts of the deal. in this case they allege kkr failed to provide key documents in 16 deals including things like internal reports, board presentations, material that they say -- that they claim, prevented them from really assessing whether a merger was anticompetitive. sonali: what is the outcome? think about the department of justice's moves in

so he dropped the lawsuits, and told to by the doj because there was no lawsuit. they lost in court in front of a very strong and a very brilliant judge. they lost in court. and that pertained to other cases in other courts. so he wanted to do a report. just before i take office, probably. so he'll do, like, a 500-page report and it will be a fake report just like the investigation was a fake investigation. and i said, well, wait a minute, this guy was thrown off in disgrace. in disgrace. he's gone back to the hague or whenever they're going to send him in disgrace. because he failed so badly. because it was a fake case against a political opponent. they thought they were going to use this to beat me. so what you're saying is they -- and i'm just hearing that. they're not allowed to issue the report. so if they're not allowed to issue the report, that's the way it should be. because he was thrown off the case in disgrace. why should he be allowed to write a fake report? it will only be a fake report. that's great news, good. >> if i can follow it up quickly. a com

because then the matter gets settled at the doj.d, presumably the best outcome, there will be new management and management that by the way is made up of lawyers that have defended trump in these very cases. >> absolutely. this is a delay game for trump. all he has to do is get past inauguration day and he can shelve the report so doj's move is to get cannon's order vacated. if the 11th circuit vacates it, that she lacks jurisdiction, they free to go ahead with the release. she never had the january 6th case in front of her. it would be a real gamble for the justice department to release at least the january 6th part of the report despite the existence of this order. but it is a real hash for doj knowing their work will disappear if they don't get a court to permit them to release the material before trump takes over. >> what happens to the report if it doesn't get released? if it stays within the confines of the doj, is there a chance it could get leaked? someone in archives that could be persuaded to flush it down the toilet? what

as you mentioned it's all doj, doj, doj, doj. this is not just a problem for mike johnson. this is problem for trump as well. they're going to steer this administration into a conversation about how much social security should we cut should we cut this out of the school budget, the defense budget, cut this out of this program? that's not where they want be. donald trump wants to get rid of the debt ceiling increase, and he wants to spend a ton of money on doing things like he wants to do like big deportation programs and things like that. i think it's a really interesting sideshow to this process how big doj has become and how much pressure is on it. this is something that could make the administration stutter and stumble in its opening days, if you ask me. >> this is why you're seeing steve banp come out and say because he sees, he talks explicitly about the fact there was the killing of the health care executive. he thinks that's a huge thing for the american public, and he thinks that donald trump needs to respond to this, and i think you're going to sea huge clash right

the doj is very involved. you have a gentleman sitting there from the doj who was from the doj's office and was involv with the new york state attorney general's case and he went from there toere. he went around and did what he had to do. he got them to move on m but in the meantime, i won the election in a massive ldslide and the people of the country understand what has ne on. this has never happened to any extent like this, never happened in our country before. i would just like to explain that i was treed very, very unfairly and i tha you very much. judge merchan: thank y, mr. trump. mr. trump, you appear before this court today to conclude this criminal proceeding by the disposition of sentence. although i have taken the unusual stepf informing you in advance of my inclinations, before imposing sentence i believe it is important for you as well as those observing these proceedings to understand my reasoning for the sentence that i'm about to impose. the imposition of sentence is one of the most difficult

so there's nothing that the doj did that was wrong. i believe my colleague anthony colby was correct in that clip because he pointed out the fact that the historical record matters. and when you're talking about an administration that is potentially keen on narrative control as well as donald trump, just as an individual with respect to his multitude of platforms, it's really important for the historical record that the public know the truth now that they can know it. >> okay, i want to take a look at a blemish on our history, which is the doj also releasing a new report on the 1921 tulsa race massacre. it is the first full official government account of this horrible event whose history, by the way, is not taught in schools. one official cited its magnitude, barbarity, racist hostility and its utter annihilation of a thriving black community. charles, first remind us what happened there and why this report is important. >> the tulsa massacre was the result of essentially a race riot in tulsa, oklahoma that occurred after a number of d

in a court filing the doj said garland will publicly release at least part of that report related tos to overturn the 2020 election but will withhold the portion that's related to the classified documents investigations, at least for now, while the case against trump's two codefendants remains pending. but that is only if a federal appeals court vacates an injunction put in place by none other than trump appointed judge aileen cannon, which temporarily blocks the release of any part of the report. back with me as senator adam schiff of california. he's a member of the senate judiciary committee and a former member of the house jen reese asked select committee. jack smith, for now that casey's on hold. what do you make of aileen cannon's role in this? isn't she no longer relevant to the case? she threw it out. >> she shouldn't be relevant to the case at all but of course it's fruit of the trump lawyers to go to her as she has been unfailingly willing to carry donald trump's legal water in her own courtroom, making judgments that are unsupported by any resident and nevertheless that ob

trump is trump is going to have his doj drop that appeal.why not just drop the case against them, drop that appeal against them now and then? you can release this report. it's silly. it's not pragmatic. that report to me the classified documents report is actually the more interesting report because jack smith has said that if he were to go to trial, there is unclassified evidence that he would have relied on to answer the question of why donald trump so desperately wanted to keep all of these classified documents and what he planned to do with them. and that, to me, is a really important thing for the american people to know what he was looking to do with the nation's secrets. as he is set to assume office for the next four years. and also, who is he potentially sharing information with? that seems like it's important information the public is entitled to hear, but doj ag garland has made the decision that we don't get to know that. and i think he's wrong really quickly. >> christie, let's just say jack smith, doj merrick garland drops the

doj did not want to enter into that particular case.ey actually filed a motion against it. yet, the federal judge ruled in favor of the attorney general and a consent decree is in place now even though the doj is not the plaintiff in this case. i think we will see a little more of that in the next four years, as it is clear to me the next administration is going to simply not engage in the practice of consent decrees across the u.s. stephanie: alex del carmen, thank you so much for joining us with your insights. alex: thanks for having me. geoff: the u.s. has long been one of the world's largest donors of foreign aid. but in recent years, its effectiveness has been called into question by a chorus of critics who say the impact of assistance programs falls well short of their intended goals. they blame what some have called the aid industrial complex. fred de sam lazaro begins the first of three reports. it's part of his series, "agents for change." fred: it is the softer side of american foreign policy and power, seen in the world's mos

meanwhile, doj released a report on the hunter biden investigation.id weiss criticizing joe biden for how he pardoned his son. the elder biden calling the probe a miscarriage of justice. >> jarred hill in new york. thanks. >>> coming up, scary close call. how two passenger planes came within hundreds of feet of each other in the air. >>> and a man accused of stalking basketball star caitlin clark, why he says he did it. cn clark. why he says he did it. prevent asthma attacks. treat syp airsupra should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. get medical help right away if your breathing doesn't improve or worsens or for serious allergic reactions, like rash, mouth or tongue swelling, trouble breathing or swallowing, or chest pain. using airsupra more than prescribed could be life-threatening. serious side effects include increased risk of thrush or infections, or heart problems like faster heart rate and higher blood pressure. ask your doctor if airsupra is right for you. (vo) zuke's tasty, tender dog treats can turn every outing into an adv

and doj lawyers looked at that. it was raised by the lawyers for donald trump's codefendants and say yeah. that seems to apply here. >> ken, can the prosecution drop the cases against those codefendants in order to lift that to make that rule not pertain? >> in theory, tthey could do that. they are appealing. the reason they haven't done that, they are appealing what they view as a bad order by judge cannon saying the way they selected the special council was unconstitutional. if they come in and drop these cases this report would be subject to the freedom of information about and you and i could sue to get it. what i was saying is the justice department has concluded they may not be able to release jack smith's report about the classified documents portion of this case. they do believe judge cannon has no jurisdiction as barbara said. was brought in washington dc. but right now, they have to get some courts to say that. to counter man judge cannon's order. >> could they release it to congress as is mandated? >> not

the doj is very involved. a gentleman sitting therfrom the doj, he was also involved with the new york state attorney generacase. he went from there to here, wen around and did what he had to do, got them to move on me, but in the meantimi won the electionn massive landslide and the people of this country understand what has gone on. this has been a weapization of government. they cl lawfare. it has never happen in our country before. i was treatednfrly. thank you very much. judge merchan: thank you mr. trump. mr. trump you appear before this cour today to colu this criminal proceeding by the imposition of sentence. although i have kethe unusual step of informing you in vae of my inclinations, before imposing sentence i believe it is important for you, as well as those observing these proceedings to understand my reasoning for the sentence i am about to impose. the impositi o sentence is one of the most difficult and significant decisions any criminal court judge is called upono make. our legislature sets the

president elect trump considers the doj to be his law firm. i ask you this, president elect trump suggests or hints that u.s. attorney general should investigate one of his perceived political enemies, would you do so? >> senator, i wish you had met with me. >> respond to the question. >> you are the only one that has refused to meet with me. the job of the attorney general to follow the law. >> under oath, ms. bondi. i think it is important to us that the attorney general be independent of the white house. have a president elect to considers the office his law firm. i would like to know. whether it is a president suggests, hints, asks that u.s. attorney general should investigate one of his -- >> i certainly have not heard the president say that. what i will tell you is two thirds of americans have lost faith in the department of justice. it is statement like that that i believe people continue to lose faith. if i'm confirmed as attorney general, it will be my job. >> you are not responding. >> that was for integrity to that department. every

moving on to doj's independence from politics, mr. bondi, if you are confirmed as attorney general, you will take an oath to the constitution and not to any individual, including the president. to start, i'd like to know whether you agree with some of the statements president-elect trump made during the election. during the campaign, first, are the felons convicted of breaking into the capitol on january 6th? hostages or patriots? quoting the trump. as president elect, trump has said repeatedly, do you agree with his characterization of the felons that i referred to? >> i am not familiar with that statement. senator. >> i just familiarized you with that statement. do you agree with that statement? >> i'm not familiar with it, senator. >> no answer. he has also said illegal immigration is poisoning the blood of our nation. he said that in december 2023. do you agree with that statement, senator? >> i am not familiar with that statement. but what i can tell you is i went to the border a few months ago. i went to yuma, arizona, and what

. >> reporter: this summer the doj alleged their software facilitated a price fixing scheme. >> this market and allowed companies to put profits over people. >> reporter: in the updated complaint the doj says competing landlords conducted phone and e-mail discussions, even cocktail hours, and participated in monthly user groups promoted by realpage to share information. they quote one greystar employee telling a competitor that a property manager had declined to fully participate due to, quote, price fixing laws. that competitor replied, "hmm. price fixing laws, huh? that's a new one." >> price fixing scheme as alleged is not only affecting the properties managed by realpage's clients. it's causing a rent increase across the board. >> reporter: realpage told nbc news they deny the doj's claims and plan to fight them, saying their practices are legal and it's, quote, "past time to stop scapegoating realpage and now our customers for housing affordability problems." two landlords did not respond to nbc news for comment. two others denied the claims, vowing to vigorously defend themselv

one former doj official telling evan perez they wasted time, they were not strategic. it was a year of nothing. now, of course, you got this filing saying that he will be too hasty. trying to release the information. who is right? >> the allegation that merrick garland is a partisan bent on politicalization or weaponization of the department it is ludicrous. he is some of his own internal doj lawyers said, arguably resistant to pursue this case in the first place given its political nature. garland is a cautious, by the book lawyer. since here, the book, the federal statue which authorizes special counsel calls for a report, i don't see him varying from that clear standard of law. >> don't forget he was an appellate judge, an eye towards those issues they are trying to raise and contemplated at least that. >> that is right >> tim, thank you and stand by. we will talk about pardon news and your new book later in the show. as well as i want to bring in jeremy, a manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney as well. jeremy, look, trump does not want it out. he wants

residents tell me the doj will be meeting with them on thursday in antioch. amber lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> the santa rosa police department is expanding its mental health support team, known as in response. in response is now offered 24 over seven. the team is designed to respond to calls for service with a mental health first approach. the team will consist of a licensed mental health clinician, a paramedic, and a homeless outreach specialist. in response, is trained in de-escalation. social work interventions along with physical and mental health evaluations. santa rosa police say the goal for the team is really to reduce the number of police and fire department calls in instances when mental health resources are needed. well, just into our newsroom, a strong 7.1 maitud earthquake has rattled to bed, killing at lea 53 people and leaving many others trapped in rubble. t earthquake caused dozens of aftershocks across western china and in nepal.hina's state run news agency say about 1500 fire and rescue workers were deployed to search for survivors. the usg

the doj is very involved. you have a gentleman sitting right there from the doj who was from the doj's office. he was also involved with the new york state attorney general's case, and he went from there to here. he went around and did what he had to do. he got them to move on me. but in the meantime, i won the election. and a massive landslide. and the people of this country understand what's going on. this has been a weaponization of government. they call it lawfare. never happened to any extent like this, but never happened in our country before. and i just like to explain that i was treated very, very unfairly. and i thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. trump. mr. trump, you appear before this court today to conclude this criminal proceeding by the imposition of sentence. although i have taken the unusual step of informing you in advance of my inclinations before imposing sentence, i believe it is important for you, as well as those observing these proceedings, to understand my reasoning for the sentence

the doj is very involved. you have a gentleman sitting right there from the doj who was from the doj's office. he was also involved with the new york state attorney general's case. and he went from there to here. he went around and did what he had to do. he got them to move on me. but in the meantime, i won the election and a massive landslide. and the people of this country understand what's going on. this has been a weaponization of government. they call it lawfare. never happened to any extent like this, but never happened in our country before. and i just like to explain that i was treated very, very unfairly. and i thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. trump. mr. trump, you appear before this court today to conclude this criminal proceeding by the imposition of sentence. although i have taken the unusual step of informing you in advance of my inclinations before imposing sentence, i believe it is important for you, as well as those observing these proceedings, to understand my reasoning for the sentence

perhaps doj is still pursuing that case.nd so because of that, doj is not allowed to to prejudice that case. and so they agreed. they already agreed that they're not going to release that tonight. right. they're hoping at some point when that's over they can do that. >> why are you champing at the bit on that point, ma'am? >> is there anybody in america who thinks that when donald trump gets office, he's already promising these sweeping, expansive pardons that he's actually going to continue with the prosecution of his valet, nauta and his employee, de oliveira? >> no, but to your point, right. >> no, i think to your point, no, we expect that pam bondi the new attorney general when she gets into office, will move quickly to just dismiss these cases. right. i'll tell you one one quick thing. i don't know how much time we have. one quick thing about the battle tonight, donald trump's lawyers actually asked the judge to to to not allow this volume one to be released, but in that one of the things they argue is that this will in

i think doj should prevail there, but as it currently stands, even doj has no intention to make that other report public. >> elie honig, thank you so much for walking us through all those details. appreciate it. all right. >> and we are standing by for the start of a critical day for donald trump's cabinet nominees on capitol hill. pete hegseth one of donald trump's more controversial picks is in the hot seat this morning. he's about to sit for his confirmation hearing. it begins next hour and is likely to face then hours of grueling questions from the senate armed services committee. let's go to cnn's alayna treene. she is live in west palm beach, florida, for us this morning. elena, what are you hearing from the trump team heading into today? this is a big day for them. >> this is and it's a big week. you're going to. donald trump is going to see 13 of his nominees have their confirmation hearings this week. or at least start them. but of course, today is a huge day because pete hegseth, donald trump's pick to lead the department of defense, is one of the most controversial picks t

weather it is the fbi or weather it is the doj.matter what it is, under president trump we will put americans first and we're going to go back to doing the business of the american people. instead of dealing with weaponization and woken us, we will be dealing with safety and security of our citizens. >> you've been asking for briefings from the biden administration and it's a huge emerging threat, it's a big deal. have you gotten any of those briefings? >> absently not. and senator graham and i, i'm happy to provide those to you, have asked for them. we know that we deserve answers, american people deserve answers and once again the biden administration is turning a blind eye. and when you look at the american media, they are as well. 's mainstream media that refused to call president biden's tenure what it is, which is just watching him deteriorate in front of our eyes. when you look at what has happened, weather it is the fbi actually in philadelphia saying the number 1 priority was diversity and off the safety and security of th

it just means the doj is not going to be holding your feet to the fire. >> in san francisco is not the only police department that has faced scrutiny by the department of justice. alejo's of police agreed to a five year court oversight by the attorney general's office, and oakland pd remains under federal oversight. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much, suzanne. antioch just appointed a new interim chief of police days after the department reached an agreement with the federal department of justice following an investigation into a racist texting scandal. abc seven news reporter anser hassan is following the story. >> community, trust and crime reduction are our priorities. >> captain joe vigil was introduced tuesday as the new antioch interim police chief. it comes just days after this 25 page memorandum of understanding, or mou, was signed with united states department of justice following an fbi investigation into the antioch police department that uncovered a racist textingthat scandal. >> i have been working with the doj and the federal doj since the very beginning of thei

the doj is very involved. you have a gentleman sitting right there from the doj, from the doj's office and involved with the new york state attorney general's case and he went from there to here. he went around and did what he had to do. got them to move on me but in the meantime i won the election and a massive landslide and the people of this country understand what has gone on. it has been a weaponization of government. they call it lawfare. never happened to any extent like this but never happened in our country before. and i just would like to explain that i was treated very, very unfairly and i thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. trump. mr. trump you appear before this court today to conclude this criminal proceeding by the imposition of sentence. although i have taken the unusual step of informing you in advance of my inclinations, before imposeing sentence i believe it is important for you as well as those observing these proceedings to understand my reasoning for the sentence i am about to impose.

they bring you a hard copy, a special courier comes from doj. >> this was hand delivered. you're saying tonight it is it is a recognition that congress will be very, very cross. >> if you or i or evan got a hold of this report before those who are addressed in merrick garland's letter, the chairs of the senate and house judiciary committee and the ranking members get their opportunity. and it's it it's a historic moment because of the full circle that we've traveled with. this report, these, um, uh, acts by donald trump so heavily documented of attempting to overturn the 2020 election so he could stay in the white house. he's now going back to that white house. so this is a historic document that we are now going to review. >> and look, a lot of this letter that opens this this report, i think is directly confronting what donald trump has been accusing jack smith and his team of as recently as last week. as recently as as today, you know, he's been putting on social media calling. he calls jack. jack smith deranged. he says to all who know me well, the claim from mr. trump

what would you do if your career doj prosecutors, came to you with a case to prosecute, grounded in the facts and law, but the white house directs you to drop the case. >> senator, if i thought that would happen, i would not be sitting here today. that will not happen. will not happen. every case will be prosecuted based on the facts and the law that is applied in good faith. period. politics have got to be taken out of the system. i agree with you has been weaponized for years and years and years and it has to stop. >> thank you. let me, if i might, madam attorney general, refer you back to senator durbin's opening comments about previous attorneys general, our former colleague jeff sessions, bill barr. i don't think it's credible to say that it may never happen, that the president elect would direct an unethical or illegal act. i think both of those attorneys general found themselves crosswise with the then president by doing things he didn't welcome or approve of. just to answer the question for me, if you would, i know you may not expect it. i know you wouldn't have accepted this no

it just means the doj is not going to be holding your feet to the fire. >> and san francisco is not the only police department that has faced scrutiny by the department of justice. the antioch police department agreed to state oversight. last week, vallejo pd agreed to a five year court oversight by the ag's office, and oakland pd remains under federal oversight. back to you. >> all right, suzanne, thank you. in the east bay now, a sense of optimism in antioch with the appointment of its new interim chief of police. it comes just days after an agreement was reached following an investigation into a racist texting scandal within the department. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the very latest. >> community trust and crime reduction are our priorities. >> captain joe vigil was introduced tuesday as the new antioch interim police chief. it comes just days after this 25 page memorandum of understanding, or mou, was signed with united states department of justice following an fbi investigation into the antioch police department that uncovered a racist textingthat scandal. >> i have b

if are years, uas, doj and other having briefed on these committees. we have seen drones shot down at airports around the country and around the world. major sporting events have been interrupted with players rushed from the fields when unauthorized drones with unknown motives, entered restricted air space. and just weeks ago, arrested a white supremacist. however, must also be said that drones are useful tools for many occupations and hobbyists. and these positive aspects must remind that we take positive results from the issue. i look forward to hearing how to balance the benefits and risks of uas. moreover, i hope this lays getting the groundwork of this. >> thank you, gentleman. the chair recommends gentleman from florida. mr. jimenez. >> thank you, mr. chair. today, we're addressing the issue of unmanned aerial systems, uas, or drones. the popularity of drones has skyrocketed in recent years today. there are more than 880,000 registered drone operators in the us. with countless other operating drones without proper regalation or training. while th

so he dropped the lawsuits he was told to by the doj because they had no lawsuit. they lost in court in front of a very rong and a very brilliant judg they lost in court. and that pertained to other case in other crts. so he wanted ta office, probably. so he'll do like a 500 page report and it will be a fake report, just like the investigation was was thrown off in disgrace, in disgrace. he's going ba to the hague or wherever they're going to send him in disgrace because faid so badly because was a fake case against a political opponent. they thought they were goingo use thiso beat me. so what you're saying is, and i'm just hearing that, that they're not allowed to issue the report. so if they're not allowed to issue the report, that's the way it should be. because he was thrown off the case in disgrace. why shoulde be allowed to write a fake report? it'll only be a fake report. that's great news. good. and i'm not going to just follow up real quickly. >> you want to comment? uh, many americans are angry that we're sending millions of dollars every month to the tal

have put their army on the ground in government agencies and departments from the dod o the fbi to the dojaponized justice. they have politicize the intelligence community. they have sees our department of defense from the men and women who have the audacity to serve and where the cloth of this country and they have tarnished the reputation. they have led to disasters in afghanistan, in ukraine, initial and elsewhere but they blame us. one of the main themes about government gangsters is we cannot take their bait. we cannot take the overcorrection approach they want to government. what we must do is identify that people in government that are crippling our constitutional republic. what does that mean? we have to identify them. it's not a republican or democratic thing. the people to start russia gate are back in power now. if you think in the following to be to use to prove with devin nunes, that a political party in the united states of america to go overseas to hijack the fbi go to a federal secret court and i to judge just to surveilled their political opponent, that's conspiracy stuff

i mean, does this surprise you that doj officials are leaking this kind of information? >> no, unfortunately, it's not surprising at all. of course, you had comey, who was the former fbi director, who actually removed classified material from the fbi, gave it to a friend who leaked it to the media. you had andrew mccabe, who was accused of leaking material to the media. this is a pattern within the department of justice, and it does show this culture that makes the department of justice the most hardened silo for the incoming trump administration. i think that's why the president wanted someone without any connections to the department of justice, because he wants to change that culture. >> it's important to change. professor turley, thank you very much. >> thanks, kayleigh. >> well, coos, cover ups and pardons dems come to grips with joe biden's legacy. >> israel, the birthplace of our faiths. for christians and jews. that christmas morning, wise men brought gifts from outside the holy land. >> but in this year of war, this holy land and her people are living in fear. >

court or wherever, ordinarily it would be fully within the rights of the current administration and doj to throw that report up on a website. >> but they cannot do that right now because a federal district court judge, judge cannon, has said no, hold on until the 11th circuit. the court of appeals, where they're arguing now, comes out with some sort of ruling. >> and so if that doesn't happen before inauguration day, it's possible this thing could get buried. is that i mean, not to belabor the point, but what do you think yeah, the way that would happen is, again, doj has now announced what we're going to do is we're only going to make this report on the classified documents case available to congressional leaders unless and until the case against nauta and de oliveira goes away. >> the problem there is that's ing to happen until donaof the report and deciding what to do with it. i don't think there's any way the new attorney general, pam bondi, or maybe there's someone who's in an acting capacity, briefly says, okay, these two have been pardoned. now we're going to make the report publ

what is a doj policy that says that? let me make it easier.r than donald trump with the justice department determined and investigated persons not exonerated, innocence was not conclusively determined? >> i can up with his unique situation. >> you can't pick time is short. let's leave it at you can't fight it because i'll tell you why. doesn't exist. the special counsel's job know what does it say you were to conclusively determine donald trump innocence or the special counsel report should determine whether or not to exonerate him is not in any of the documents come not in your order, not a special counsel regulations. thought in the opinions come that in the justice menu at a stop in the principles of federal prosecution. know where do those words appear together because respectfully, respectfully director it was not the special counsel's job to lu

. >> this summer, the doj alleged their software facilitated a price-fixing scheme.profit over people. >> competing landlords conducted phone and e-mail discussions, even cocktail hours, and participated in monthly user groups, promoted by real page to share information. they said a property manager had failed to communicate due to price-fixing laws. that competitor replied, price fixing laws, huh? that's a new one. >> price fixing, as alleged, is not only affecting properties managed by real page's clients, it's causing a rent increase across the board. >> real page told nbc news that they deny the doj's claims, and plan to defend them, saying their practices are legal. and saying the -- time to stop scapegoating real page for our housing problems. two others denied the claims, vowing to vigorously defend themselves in court. >> cushman and wakefield, a management company told nbc, that they should not have filed the complaint. and nbc saying they have developed their own software. antonia hilton, nbc news new york. >>> anand next, what was lost in los angeles. the

and that's why the doj has now gone to the 11th circuit. it's a bad order.and she didn't have jurisdiction in the first place, but they have to undo it rather than just, you know, ignore it in a current pending order. okay. >> and by the way, you're calling her eileen cannon. i'm going to use that as well. i think that's right. okay. this fight over the release of jack smith's reports, can it go all the way to the supreme court? and if it does, will the justices allow trump to run out the clock? i mean, the typical trump playbook so he can then order them sealed when he takes office on january 20th? >> very possibly. and we all have to be afraid that he goes in there and everything, all the copies are there. there are other ways they could be lodged with congress. they could be lodged with biden, who can do things with them. they could be lodged with a court. but you're absolutely right. if the 11th circuit makes clear, i think on monday you've got you've got a green light here. d.o.j. trump can appeal to the supreme court. very weak claim, but can he eat up

so that piece was confounding to me that that doj made that decision.port, i mean, judge cannon has no jurisdiction over this case, right? it's on appeal to the 11th circuit. with respect to those two co-defendants, she's got no skin in the game. and yet these co-defendants know if they want something done for donald trump, you go to judge cannon. so that's what they did. she halted the report despite the fact that january 6th was not her case halts the report for three days after the appellate court can look at it. appellate court looks at it on thursday and says, yeah, you can go ahead and release this, no problem. but they didn't kind of do the belt and suspenders of also vacating her order. so the co-defendants go back to judge cannon and they say, hey, why don't we have a hearing which we know she loves to do, and she knows she's got eight days until donald trump takes over. and these reports would never see the light of day. so what is she doing? she's doing what she needs to do. like she's like a real housewife who got the assignment. she's tryin

the current doj has brought such a criminal case involving a presidential election.hink the new doj could do the same again against these law fair conspirators. >> sean: technically you are not a convicted criminal until you get a sentence. that also allows for a real appeal. and a back doorway, maybe that might not be a bad thing for the president. >> what they want is a hunting trophy with donald trump's head. they want to say they have a convicted felon. even if he gets appealed and he winds the appeal they can still say at least for a period of time, 34 convictions. 34 times zero equals zero because there is no case. i have never seen a case like this in the united states and rarely in any other countries. we make up a case and you base it on testimony which is constitutionally not subject to being used in a case. but they don't care. they want that trophy. they want, even if it's only for a few days to be able to say a convicted felon, he's been sentenced 34 charges. they know it will be reversed on appeal but that's why generally it would be a good idea to let