and there is an email where ivanka trump says stop those charges? no.laims of partisanship, we live in america. i can bring a complaint, they get a chance to defend it. our system of justice, a judge will be the final arbiter. that's where the justice will come. and let me point one other thing out, some of my colleagues in the democratic a.g. room brought a lot of lawsuits against the trumps in the last almost four years. abo about 130 lawsuits. we hop 80% of those lawsuits. that means that democratic and republican judges, courts of appeals, final neutral arbiters agreed that the administration was a lawless administration, that needed to be held to account. and that's why we're bringing these lawsuits. >> attorney general, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> pretty incredible statistic. >>> tonight, another purge by the trump administration. the white house removing nine members of the pentagon's defense business board. why are they doing this? we have a few days until this all switches. and in their place, they replaced the

factsonhand.com today. >>> i mentioned this late-breaking news at the top of the show, that we learned that ivanka trump was deposed yesterday in the case brought by the attorney general of washington, d.c., over alleged misuse of funds by the trump inaugural. we've also learned from those court documents tonight that first lady melania trump has also been subpoenaed in that case. we believe that that case was brought by the attorney general there in large part based on documents and materials that were handed over to that a.g. by stephanie winston wolkof, a longtime friend of melania trump, who wrote a tell-all book called "melania and me," that came out earlier this year. that case and those materials have never been more relevant than they are right now. we have just learned that stephanie winston-wolkof is going to be joining us here live and exclusively tomorrow night to talk more about that. i will see you then. "way too early with kasie hunt" is up next. >>> this may be the most important speech i've ever made. i want to provide an update on our ongoing efforts to expose the tremendous voter frau

were listening. >>> i mentioned at the top of the show the late breaking news, we've just learned ivanka trumpd yesterday in a case brought by the attorney general of washington, d.c., over alleged misuse of funds for the trump inaugural. we've also learned first lady melania trump was also subpoenaed in that case. we believe the case was brought by the attorney general there in large part because of documents handed over to the a.g. by a longtime friend of melania trump who wrote a tell-all book called "melania and me" that came out earlier this year. that case and those materials have never been more relevant than now. we have just learned that stephanie winston willkof will be joining us here tomorrow night. i'll see you then. right now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel, we'll be watching that interview tomorrow night. it's one of those indicators of, this is a civil case that ivanka

day medicine. >>> i mentioned at the top of the show the late breaking news, we've just learned ivanka trumpught by washington, d.c. over alleged misuse of funds for the trump inaugural. we've also learned first lady melania trump was subpoenaed in that case. we believe the case was brought by the attorney general there in large part because of documents handed over to the ag by a long time friend of melania trump who wrote a tell-all book called "melania and me" that came out earlier this year. we have just learned that stephanie winston

>> anderson, we have learned from a new court filing that ivanka trump sat for a deposition yesterdayt brought by the attorney general for the district of columbia, the top lawyer in the state. he sued the trump organization and the president's inaugural committee earlier this year alleging they had misused funds for the inauguration, specifically alleging they grossly overpaid for the use of event space at the trump hotel in washington, d.c. so ivanka trump sat for a deposition yesterday. she had been on e-mails she was warned that the rates quoted were quite high and the optics wouldn't look good when this did become public. we also learned that the attorney general's office also subpoenaed the first lady for documents relating to the inaugural. this investigation is a civil lawsuit, so the president's pardon powers cannot protect the family or the family business from this investigation. but it is yet another one of these allegations that have come out where they're alleging that the president has improperly profited from his position and it is another lawsuit and investigation tha

ivanka trump was trying to tout this administration. this was a base motivated by trump.n candidates shouted down by chance of stop this deal and fight for trump. that shows you where the base is at the moment. they're not looking for that forward message. hey, vote for these people to stop president biden. >> let me actually play the moment you are talking about because you were at the ivanka trump's event earlier today. you have loeffler addressing the crowd trying to get them to turn out to vote for her and this happen happened. >> that's what we are fighting for. we are fighting for -- that's right, the original outsider in washington fighting every single day. >> she was stopped in the middle of the remarks. there was more focus on the presidential race in the past and not her upcoming senate race. what do you think all this means for kelly loeffler. >> it is a reminder that the base is holding them accountable and attempt to subvert the election even as we see the white house going further and further down that path of disinformation and conspiracy of un-evidence cl

. >>> in our politics lead now, today ivanka trump offered to publicly take the coronavirus vaccine tohington for very long. president trump already discuss ing his children, what could their futures look like for the white house? >> reporter: when january 20th ushers out president donald trump, it does the same for his three eldest children, donald trump jr., eric trump and ivanka trump. the trump kids, along with tiffany trump, spent thanksgiving at camp david, the retreat not often used during this administration. a far cry from oppulent family thanksgivings at mar-a-lago or white house, where president trump dined with melania trump, with secret service protection and camp david staff called to work the visit smacks of the privileges they have enjoyed and will shortly lose. each trump child now faces a different future path than the one they were on prewhite house. donald trump jr. before in the shadows of trump's public appearances, now a republican firebrand. one source telling cnn junior is, quote, the future of the base. sources tell cnn trump jr. will also return to his day jo

the investigators in the district of columbia are looking into this, as they are and now deposed ivanka trump the relationship to the trump family to the inauguration will be of great interest. one of the things that i keep thinking about is that if ivanka trump does return to new york after she leaves washington when her father leaves office, her apartment is a scant block away, in the building where michael cohen lives. that is why she -- >> that will get fun. is it your reporting and understanding that it is the trump kids asking for or requesting or hinting at the potential for preemptive pardons? >> i know this reporting is sound. it would not at all surprise me based on what i have learned over the last five years about the trump family. this is truly the ultimate rich kid perks. some kids get a bmw and others access to a trust fund when they are 25. the trump kids pulled off the ultimate rich kid perk. 42, 39, 36, they ask daddy for a pardon. it is an indication of how they have behaved in this reality where they wanted to take advantage of every possibility that their father could bri

let's go to cnn's cara. >> reporter: ivanka trump was deposed yesterday in a civil lawsuit brought by district of columbia's attorney general. his office sued the trump organization and the president's inaugural committee in january alleging they had been involved in a scheme for a gross misuse of funds, more than a million dollars that was raised by the president's inaugural committee, that was spent at the trump hotel in washington, d.c. according to a new court filing, ivanka trump was deposed yesterday as part of the civil investigation. this investigation has taken depositions of other people close to the president's orbits, including tom barrack, one of his advisers, who was the chairman of the president's inaugural committee. now, as part of this lawsuit, they have alleged there was a gross misuse of the nonprofit funds that were raised. they have subpoenaed for documents the first daily melania trump. this is another headache and legal lawsuit that will follow the president and his family once they leave the white house. it is distinct, though, from any of the criminal investi

the complaint alleges that she met with donald and ivanka trump sharing her concerns about cost and trumpirected ivanka to quote handle this issue. she famously had this publicly falling out with the trumps and talked about taping conversations and discussed some of those very concerns with rachel. >> i do know that at the time that i questioned where the money was going or how much everything costs, i was asked to not attend the budget meetings. people need to follow the money. the last thing any of these people want is for the truth to be told. i'm part of three different investigations yet i'm a witness to all of them and it really is a charade of shenanigans and i feel that the trump presidency is hurting the country. >> we'll go to professor melissa murray from ny us here. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> one of the core principles of the law that people understand is fairness is if you think someone did one thing bad, you can't just go after them about something else. that may happen in life but that's not fair in law and so whatever people's feelings about the trump adm

and why ivanka trump was questioned under oath. some of the headlines on the morning news stand. >>> the associated press reports president trump's daughter ivanka was deposed by attorneys in a lawsuit alleging mr. trump's 2017 nonprofit inauguration committee misused donor funds. a court filing first reported by cnn shows that ivanka trump was interviewed tuesday by attorneys from washington, d.c.'s attorney general's office. she is a senior white house adviser. the suit claims more than $1 million was spent on improper payments to the trump hotel for event space during the inauguration. >>> new york staten island advance says a protest was held outside a bar that refused to follow city and state coronavirus restrictions. mac's public house declared itself an autonomous zone in defiance of the rules to stop indoor dining. it is in an area designated as an orange zone because of an uptick in cases. indoor dining is prohibited but customers can eat outdoors and order take out. there is also a 10:00 p.m. curfew. the manager of the bar

>>> i mentioned at the top of the show the late breaking news, we've just learned ivanka trump was deposed yesterday in a case brought by washington, d.c. over alleged misuse of funds for the trump inaugural. we've also learned first lady melania trump was subpoenaed in that case. we believe the case was brought by the attorney general there in large part because of documents handed over to the ag by a long time friend of melania trump who wrote a tell-all book called "melania and me" that came out earlier this year. we have just learned that stephanie winston willkof will be joining us here tomorrow night. i'll see you then. right now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel, we'll be watching that interview tomorrow night. it's one of those indicators of, this is a civil case that ivanka trump was subpoenaed in, but the more you read it, it's pretty easy to see how that could turn into a criminal case with the way the funds were used in that. and that would be covered by a presidential pardon of federal crimes of ivanka trump,

. >>> also breaking overnight, president trump's daughter ivanka deposed as investigators look into millions of dollars in spending on president trump's inauguration. what we're learning. >>> plus, in a separate development, attorney general william barr in the hot seat. after contradicting the president's claims on voter fraud. >>> package pause. the new slowdown on shipping after a record-breaking week of shopping. how to make sure your gifts arrive on time. >>> plus, the reality housewife being sued accused of helping her husband hide millions of dollars. >>> it happened again. yet another monolith suddenly appears. >>> and cashing in on christmas. >> keep the change, you filthy animal. >> how you can get paid to watch your favorite holiday movies. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. one public health official calls it terrifying. we just set a major new record in the struggle against the coronavirus. >> and it is sobering. more than 3,100 people in the u.s. died from the virus in the last 24 hours. that's the highest daily death toll since the pandemic began breaking the previous record

people like ivanka trump, jared kushner, donald trump jr., his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. and that, legally, this adviser said other advisers feel that, yes, the president could go ahead and pardon himself. never mind, the fact that constitutional scholars say that is not constitutional. the president appears to be in a mood to try it out, and his advisers seem to be supporting him, at this point. >> jim acosta, appreciate it. more on that and the very real need so many americans have going into what could be a very grim holiday season. bernie sanders. senator sanders, thanks for being with us. the president dangling 2024 run out there. you have said that the republican party has, quote, virtually collapsed and become a cult. if president trump has a hold on the party for the next four years, does -- is there any hope of bipartisanship or getting stuff done? >> well, it's hard to say, anderson. but, what is unbelievably disappointing is that, when you have a president who is working overtime to sabotage and destroy american democracy, you don't have more than a handful of

was investigated by special counsel ivanka trump was questioned yesterday as part of the investigationo misused funds. donald trump jr. was investigated by special counsel robert mueller for contacts with russians during the 2016 campaign, and kushner provided false information while applying for his security clearance. but granting preemptive pardons is very rare. >> but legally, there's no problem with granting a preemptive pardon. the famous nixon pardon was a preemptive pardon. nixon had not been formally charged with any crimes yet. >> reporter: and while president trump continues to allege the election was stolen... >> everyone is saying, "wow, the evidence is overwhelming." >> reporter: ...at a white house christmas party last night, he teased a reelection run in 2024. >> reporter: the president is still not conceding and administration officials tell cbs news they do not expect him to attend joe biden's en'sguration. inauguration. that would mak heat would make mr. trump the first sitting first sitting u.s. president to snub his successor since andrew johnson back in 1869. nora

ivanka trump posted several photos from the event on her social media accounts.nka trump's spokesperson if she and her husband came in contact with ellis or if they intended to quarantine. as of this moment, no response. all eyes on two senate runoffs in georgia. they would impact or could impact the balance of power in the united states senate. with all that high profile attention comes a surge in misinformation. two campaigns getting a lot of attention, with a lot of attention comes a lot of mischief. >> reporter: absolutely, john. as georgia takes center stage in the political universe, so too does misinformation in the states. i will tell you, some of trump's supporters, a bit like the president are living in a parallel universe, do not believe trump lost the election, to not accept that he lost the state of georgia, and they believe despite all of the evidence, elections in this state are rigged. the president was here at a rally saturday. i spoke to some supporters. have a listen. republicans who are supporters of president trump who believe that trump didn

. >> what we do know from tuesday is that ivanka trump was deposeds by the d.c. general for a lawsuit claiming trump's 2017 inauguration committee misused donor funds. then in a tweet posted thursday, ivanka trump called the investigation another politically motivated demonstration of vin dicttidict and waste of taxpayer dollars. >> some of my colleagues in the democratic ag room brought a lot of lawsuits against the trumps in the last almost four years. about 130 lawsuits. guess what? we won 80% of those lawsuits. you know what that means? that means that democratic judges and republican judges, courts of appeals, final neutral arbiters agreed that the administration is a lawless administration that needed to be held to account. >> i'd like your reaction to all of this, chuck? >> well, first of all, alex, important to remember that ivanka trump was deposed, which means it was a civil case. not a criminal case. a civil case. the d.c. attorney general, you just saw mr. racine on television, is trying to recoup money for the charity. so let me explain. you have the

>> well, "vanity fair" has an obsession with ivanka trump. biden headline you read show me how many donald trump jr. headlines in any regard. he is not under federal investigation. the parallel universe of ivanka trump, one of the most privilege and powerful people in the nation to tell the students about how important is it to listen to her when she should be doing the listening." this makes mean girls book look like judy bloom nothing. >> harris: why does it happens? >> because they are giving the audience in this case the readers comfort food. they think it's what they want to do. so they go snarky route and they say the readers are left so give them what they want. >> harris: it's incredibl incre. good to see you today. new york city central park got more than ten inches of snow. still snowing when we started broadcasting a little while ago. what will the storm do to the restaurants who are already struggling? they spent all the money on the outdoor dining and the takeout service. now they have to take some of it down. >> no one is trying

he has been discussing potential pardons for his three children, donald trump jr., ivanka trump, and eric trump in addition to jared kushner and his attorney. and tonight we are told we should expect the president to issue more pardons before he does leave office come january, and he did acknowledge to guests at a christmas party last night at the white house that if they do not stay in the white house past january 2021, hopefully he'll be back in 2025. he's planning to leave but not saying as much publicly despite what the press secretary said there earlier. >> thank you. it amazing me he would use the word if. it's unbelievable. i want to go to the man who gave that poignant and passionate speech, gabe sterling, the voting implementation manager in georgia. i always tell people, in the world we're in now, it's important to note, you happen to be a republican, and i want to get to whaut you said, but firs, what sidney powell said, she's out at the stop the steal rally. i would encourage all georgians make it known you will not vote at all until your vote is secure. she's telling peop

and now you've learned that just in the last week in washington, ivanka trump sat for a five-hour deposition in one case? >> reporter: she sat for a five-hour deposition with the d.c. attorney general into an investigation into whether the trump international hotel excessively profited from the trump inauguration. ivanka trump put out a statement calling the investigation, quote, a politically motivated demonstration of vindictiveness and a waste of taxpayer dollars. but david, this may just be the tip of the iceberg. we know of two other investigations just into the trump inauguration. >> jon karl with us again tonight. thank you, jon. >>> and in the middle of this pandemic, in california tonight, they are battling a second emergency outside los angeles. thousands of acres are burning right now. families being forced from their homes. the bond fire roaring through the canyon southeast of los angel angeles. growing to 7200 aches in just 24 hours. mandatory evacuations under way tonight. and what should the families do, what the governor preparing california for regional lockdowns again, as m

stephan stephanie wolcoff sent emails including to ivanka trump raising alarms about the prices that l was seeking to charge the inauguration committee. interestingly, ms. trump does not cite any email after ms. wolcoff's red-alarm email saying, oh my goodness, this should not be charged at these high levels and, in fact, as we know, the foundation was charged at extraordinarily high levels. if i could give you one example that i think really tells you exactly what was going on, on one of the days of the inaugural committee, it paid $175,000 for full use of the hotel's event space including use of a large ballroom for a half day which was double booked by a different not-for-profit. the presidential inaugural prayer breakfast, not-for-profit. that not-for-profit paid $5,000 for that same ballroom. $175,000 charged to the inauguration committee, $5,000 to another not-for-profit. doesn't sound like market rate to me. >> d.c. attorney general karl racine, sir, thank you for being here. thank you for helping us understand this case. >> thank you. >> all right. we'll be right back. stay wi

are thinking about entering politics now, their sister, ivanka trump seems poised to take her lean in changed donald trump. donald trump has changed washington. >> reporter: while don jr. has been whipping up the base back home, ivanka spent much of the last four years on obscure diplomacy missions with plenty of photo opportunities to discuss things like economic support for women-owned businesses. >> are you sure what worked for you as a first daughter what has worked for every other daughter in the world. >> i think we represent 50% of the population, so there is no one size fits all when you think about women. >> reporter: or portray herself on the same footing as world leaders at global summits. according to sources, ivanka has a desire for a bigger political career. recently stating her pro-life stance and becoming more vocal in defense of trump's policies, attracting his base as now many moderates and democrats will be a more challenging group to draw. kate bennett, cnn, washington. >> well, koalas usually live among the eucalyptus trees, when this young female climbed up the c

kara scannell joins us with the latest. >> reporter: we've learned from a new court filing that ivanka trump sat for a deposition yesterday. this was part of a lawsuit brought by the attorney general for the district of columbia, essentially the top lawyer in the state. he had sued the trump organization and the president's inaugural committee earlier this year, alleging that they had misused funds for the inauguration, specifically alleging they grossly overpaid for the use of event space at the trump hotel in washington, d.c. so ivanka trump sat for a deposition yesterday. she had been on emails where she was warned that the rates that were being quoted were quite high and the optics wouldn't look good when this became public. we also learned that the attorney general's office has also subpoenaed the first lady, melania trump, for documents relating to the inaugural. now, this investigation is a civil lawsuit, so the president's pardon powers cannot protect the family or the family business from this investigation. but it is yet another one of these allegations that have come out where the

we've had ivanka trump, don jr.h an op-ed on fox news and is going to make the case on election eve and we are going to keep fighting. >> brian: 36,000 georgians who did not vote in november, 1.4 million have already showed up to vote. they say it's one fifth of the total of the 4.5 million they expect to vote. to the people of georgia have any pride in the fact that they were told by hollywood let's boycott, let's not shoot there, let's not do a commercial there, let's not do a movie there. we don't like some of their policies and other same hollywood elites are coming back to the georgian residence and saying vote for the democrats because i'm famous. >> absolutely, georgia voters lena red, independent-minded, fierce individuals who believe in the pride of hard work, the free market in a free economy, having coastal elites come in and try to dictate their policies is exactly what's going to turn them off but what i would say with jon ossoff and rafael warnock, you have two trojan horses for socialism and far left

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the mod has been caught again tonight pushing yet another anti-trump hoax, this time about ivanka trump who was this week abusively deposed in a lawsuit filed by the district of columbia. against the trump inaugural com, that suit alleging that the inaugural committee spent $1 million to rent than space at the trump hotel, and the deal was way before he considered running for president which they claim was above the market rate. guess what? ivanka trump released an email from december of 2016. she sent explicit instructions to the hotel to charge "a fair, market rate. that's called exculpatory evidence. they had the email on the record before she was harassed for five hours in the democratic processors still brought her in and did it anyway. the far left lawyers, andrew weissmann, he wants the witch hunt to never end. spent three years doing this. look at the op and he wrote, reads i believe the next attorney general should investigate mr. trump and warranted prosecute to him for potential federal crimes. he investigated -- he's talking about russia and of course, obstruction associated

ivanka trump also traveling to georgia.ned to do multiple events but with two sitting senators involved they need to be in d.c. as well for the vote. so they're going to do just one event. this is so critical to both sides who emerges victorious in the runoffs. if the democrats win that puts them at a 50/50 split with kamala harris being the tie breaking vote. that shows you just how tight it is. poppy. >> quickly before you go, what else do you know? anything more on the update on when the president-elect and the incoming first lady get the covid vaccine today? >> reporter: we know it's later this afternoon, poppy. we're waiting on an exact time but we know that will be done publicly. so you will all see as it happens as the president-elect gets that vaccine, wants to get the message out there that the vaccine is safe and effective. >> thank you for the reporting. thanks to all of you for joining me today. i'll see you back here tomorrow morning. i'm poppy harlow. "newsroom" with kate bolduan is right after this. this year

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you know, sort of help them make the case publicly that this is not just a political vendetta as ivanka trump has claimed on twitter, that in fact, if she accept as pardon, it will mean there is real criminality that democratic attorney generals and democratic district attorneys have a right to be investigating. >> yeah, i think you put it really well because again, this is so important for the record and going forward and governing this nation. the fact there is 20 people you can come up with beyond the well-known folks like manafort who have been convicted or flynn who have been pardoned is really striking and the supreme court has clarified and held that it is an admission of guilt. you don't want your name in any of this if you feel you're completely innocent and there is no doubt, you know. then you have the way this is all playing out as not exactly the best closing message that you'll fix the economy or covid or anything else especially in georgia reading from your piece, michelle, you said the maga revolution def vowers it's own and a president that spreads malicious conspiracy theori

ivanka trump. ivanka trump is reportedly thinking about running for u.s. senate in florida, where she and jared just bought a luxurious home. the trumps are trying to become a dynasty, i guess. not a political dynasty. a dynasty like the old show. where women fight in water fountains. [ laughter ] some critics say ivanka lacks experience to represent a state at the national level. and those critics are right, she does. [ laughter ] but what she lacks in knowledge and experience, she makes up for in beans. [ laughter ] glorious goya beans. so looks like the trumps are about to move on marco rubio like an elf on the shelf. [ laughter ] we are barreling towards the most depressing holiday season of our lives. santa is behind plexiglass this year. the elves are wearing n95 masks. we'll miss our families at christmas. we'll also miss our holiday parties at work. unless you work at the white house. those parties have been canceled. but one company is turning this unfortunate situation into opportunity. >> as the pandemic rages on, americans are missing yet anoth

there has been nobody, nobody except maybe ivanka trump who is ennobled by connection with donald trump, right? he turns on everybody in the end. in the end no matter how much slave viish degrading loyalty y show him, he always asks for you to go one step too far and kind of can't tolerate it when people say no to him and so yeah, he's putting republicans in an impossible position but it's an impossible position that frankly they deserve to be in and on this $2,000 sitimulus, it will e real really, really interesting to see if that is a bridge too far for them. some republicans, sexual assault wasn't a bridge too far. attempting a coup wasn't a bridge too far but it might well be that kind of demanding checks to struggling americans is a line they can't cross. >> elyce, this effort to contest the vote is obviously going to fail as we heard from joyce and others. there is no legal basis for it. what are republicans enabling trump at this point stand to gain? why are they still latching on to this president despite the fact he's a loser and won't be around in any capacity or substance in

ivanka trump.l pardons, however, do not provide protection against state or local crimes. mr. giuliani's potential criminal exposure is also unclear although he was under investigation as recently as this summer by federal prosecutors in new york for his business dealings in ukraine and his role in ousting the american ambassador there. the plot was at the heart of the impeachment of mr. trump. potential legal liability for all of them in addition to the president himself. now the news breaking that trump has discussed with advisers pardoning all his kids and rudy. joining us now is one of the reporters who broke that news tonight, michael schmidt, washington correspondent for "the new york times." and also author of the "the new york times" best-seller, donald trump versus the united states, inside the struggle to stop a president. mr. schmidt, it's nice to see you. thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> so, mike, can i ask you what advisers the president is talking about? is t

he is concerned about the biden justice department going after donald trump jr., eric trump, ivanka trump, and rudy giuliani. last week, mr. trump pardoned michael flynn. he had pleaded guilty to the fbi about his russia contacts. >>> elliott page came out as transgender. the 33-year-old took to social media and said his decision to come out as transgender came after a long journey and much support from the community. elliott went on to say how remarkable it feels to love who he is enough to pursue his authentic self. >>> coming up, a man found clic clinging to his capsized boat is speaking out. >>> the fight for a level playing field. the u.s. soccer team reaches a deal in a gender discrimination lawsuit. this is the cbs morning news. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is the only way to manage it. is it? maybe you think... it's occasional constipation. maybe it's not. it could be a chronic medical condition called ibs-c, and time to say yesss! to linzess. linzess works differently than laxatives. it helps relieve belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bow

ivanka trump. mr.liani's criminal exposure is unclear although he was under investigation as recently as this summer by investigators in new york in his role in ousting the american ambassador. the plot was at the heart of the impeachment of mr. trump. potential legal liability for all of them in addition to the president himself. now the news breaking trump has discussed with advisers pardoning all his kids and rudy. joining us now is one of the reporters who broke that news tonight, michael schmidt. he's author of "donald trump versus the united states: inside the struggle to stop a president." thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> mike, can i ask you what advisers the president is talking with this about? is this the sort of thing that the white house is handling as a matter of the appropriate actions of the president and how this might affect the presidency or is this the sort of thing that the president is calling his buddies and yapping about? >> the president will talk to an

trump's concern about any potential criminal exposure of eric trump or ivanka trump is unclear.tion by the manhattan district attorney has expanded to include tax write-offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees by the company, some of which appear to have gone to ms. trump. joining us now is mary trump, author of "too much and never enough: how my family created the world's most dangerous man." mary trump, thank you very much for joining us once again. could you help perhaps "the new york times" report on the line where they say, it's unclear -- unclear why eric trump or ivanka trump might need a pardon? >> well, whether it's unclear or not, donald certainly seems to think there is a reason to pardon them. i'm a bit hurt that i'm not on the list, but then again, i didn't do anything wrong. you know, this should raise some red flags for people. why pardon somebody when there is not an obvious reason to do so? i don't know if donald understands that the federal pardons don't apply to state charges. but i think his continuing to push the envelope, if he does indeed try to pard

we know that ivanka trump has potentially been benefiting from the tax schemes of her father, we knowushner reportedly lied about it. it's not clear those people would be prosecuted, but it is clear that they may have some liability. so it looks like the president is just going to put a blanket pardon, potentially, over all of them which wouldn't allow them to be prosecuted in the federal government for any of it. >> i hear you highlighting federal government and preemptive pardoning. what is preemptive pardon? you said blanket, because i'm wondering would this cover a specific crime or could it be this blanket pardon for any potential crimes in the future? and is that lawful? >> they have to specify something, but if you remember richard nixon, remember gerald ford pardoned him for all conduct while gerald ford was president. what we saw with michael flynn was that he was pardoned for anything he had discussed, even, with the mueller team, any of the information he had provided. so, again, that could be any federal crime that he committed. what's important to recognize is that you do

. >> host: in fact, you say that ivanka trump had a nickname for her as the portrait. i'm sure that reflects that she was always beautifully dressed and poised but not that silent, and that melania trump called ivanka trump the princess. >> guest: to be clear, it didn't use those words to their faces. [laughing] but i thought, this is when ivanka was young, a teenager and her dad started going outcome had been divorced now twice. he was too in the middle of the divorce with marla maples when he took up with melania ivanka said oh, my god, you know, she talks about as much as a painting of the wall, then they started calling her the portrait. ivanka and melania both former models could not be more different. it's not a big surprise that they don't get along. >> host: let's go back to -- her parents continue to be enormously important in her life. life. you can tell that. they lived nearby. tell us about her mother and father. >> guest: i am most fascinated by her mother. she is most important person according to everyone i i talkd to come by far the most important person

. >>> ivanka trump sitting for a deposition tuesday as part of a lawsuit alleging the trump inauguralsed more than a million dollars. the deposition of the president's daughter and adviser was revealed in a court filing by the attorney general's office in washington, d.c. the office sued the trump organization and the presidential inaugural committee back in january, accusing them of grossly overpaying for event space at the trump hotel in d.c. for that inauguration in 2017. the suit claims the city's own event planner advised against it, noting the charges were twice the rate. >>> the parents of 628 migrant children separated from their families by the trump administration have still not been found. the justice department and the aclu have been trying for more than two years to reunite migrant families that were ripped apart when the administration started enforcing its zero tolerance policy at southern border. they were ordered to reunite by a court. president-elect biden has pledged to issue an executive order forming a task force on reuniting these separated families. >>> two majo

himself because you have the manhattan da looking into his business practices, but do giuliani, ivanka trumpred kushner face any potential legal liability in state courts? >> well, we know that in new york they are looking at the trump organization and obviously trump's family members are high-ranking, you know, officials in that organization. in addition, some of those trump family members have been interviewed or sought an interview, for example, of eric trump. as for giuliani, most likely not. he is under investigation by the southern district of new york, that's a federal investigation and that might explain why giuliani is so eager for trump to potentially consider these pardons. >> okay. so the other potential target might even say likely target of a presidential pardon is the president himself. tell us what we know about whether the law respects a self pardon by a president. would it stand in court. >> we don't know is the short answer. i would say there is a lot of legal scholars who suggest that it doesn't make sense that a court would not uphold a self-pardon because the pardon pow

if ivanka trump or jared cakushr take them, that is from the precedent in america, that is they're, according to the supreme court, their confession of guilt under law for the rest of their lives. and in the same pardon reporting, donald trump relaying some sort of fear that a quote biden justice department might secrek retribution against hillr his family. joe biden ruled that interference out of cases when he takes over administration and while that reporting i decided is brand-new it's ageing poorly amidst reports biden will keep the fbi director trump hired to honor a non-partisan tradition which of course, donald trump famously broke because he fired the current director's predecessor james comey. we have more on that later tonight. this comes as fox' sean hannity floated this very controversial guilty sounding pardon plea on tv this week when he was back at it with a trump friendly congressman calling for as wide a pardon net as possible. >> why wouldn't he pardon himself and his family on the way out the door because he would be right to do so because these people are nuts? >> the pres