ms. kaplan? >> supervisor preston: i want to thank you ms. kaplan for your presentation. i want to underscore an issue you raised. around liability and i see you were talking about this from the perspective of potential a.d.a., liability which is significant issue. i want to note the liability sort of unspoken thing. not only is a good policy to fix these sidewalks conditions but as the chair of g.a.o., we are the committee that reviews the lawsuit when someone is injured or is filing a disability discrimination case. regardless when it's settled, the case comes before our committee. just for the public know, we are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars every year because of conditions that could have been avoided. this is just an area, there's a struggle on the resources. this is probably one of the clearest examples of where in that plan, significantly at the front end and not sparing any expense to make sure we are ahead of necessary repairs. is not only right thing to do to prevents people

ms. kaplan? >> supervisor preston: i want to thank you ms. kaplan for your presentation. i want to underscore an issue you raised. around liability and i see you were talking about this from the perspective of potential a.d.a., liability which is significant issue. i want to note the liability sort of unspoken thing. not only is a good policy to fix these sidewalks conditions but as the chair of g.a.o., we are the committee that reviews the lawsuit when someone is injured or is filing a disability discrimination case. regardless when it's settled, the case comes before our committee. just for the public know, we are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars every year because of conditions that could have been avoided. this is just an area, there's a struggle on the resources. this is probably one of the clearest examples of where in that plan, significantly at the front end and not sparing any expense to make sure we are ahead of necessary repairs. is not only right thing to do to prevents people

ms. kaplan?> supervisor preston: i want to thank you ms. kaplan for your presentation. i want to underscore an issue you raised. around liability and i see you were talking about this from the perspective of potential a.d.a., liability which is significant issue. i want to note the liability sort of unspoken thing. not only is a good policy to fix these sidewalks conditions but as the chair of g.a.o., we are the committee that reviews the lawsuit when someone is injured or is filing a disability discrimination case. regardless when it's settled the case comes before our committee. just for the public know, we are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars every year because of conditions that could have been avoided. this is just an area, there's a struggle on the resources. this is probably one of the clearest examples of where in that plan, significantly at the front end and not sparing any expense to make sure we are ahead of necessary repairs. is not only right thing to do to prevents people fro

ms. biden's lawyers told mr. ede of project veritas that project veritas should treat this diary as stolen property. the lawyer suggested that serious crimes might have been committed. ultimately one of ashley biden's lawyers, roberta kaplan, told mr. ede, quote, this is insane. we should send sdny, meaning federal prosecutors in the southern district of new york. shortly thereafter, ms. biden's lawyers, in fact, alerted prosecutors at the united states attorney's office at the southern district of new york, which is the federal prosecutor's office that is now overseeing this case. you know, nixon went for the guy's medical records from his psychiatrist's office. here we've descended even from there to the personal diary of the daughter of the president. and now it is literally a federal criminal investigation. how is this real? how is this not bad fiction? joining us now is michael schmidt, washington correspondent for "the new york times" who initially broke the story for "the new york times" lat month and is fficially here on this scoop. mr. schmidt thank you for making time for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> did i screw any of this up or have i missed anything important that helps us understand this >