wilbur ross. trump secretary of commerce, the inspector general at the commerce department. has announced, that their investigation of trump commerce secretary wilbur ross, turned up evidence of potentially criminal behavior. they turned up evidence that he provided false testimony, in his case about the trump administration's efforts to undermine the accuracy of the sense. he falsies subs defied. and the findings were serious enough, that the inspector general referred wilbur ross to the u.s. department of justice, for him to be potentially criminally prosecuted. the office of inspector general of the commerce department, says that referral to the trump. -- despite the criminal referral though, despite the findings that led to the referral, the trump justice department once again declined to prosecute. cabinet secretary in this case, wilbur ross. that has got to be a record. i mean, honestly. i'm not sure there is a u.s. government corruption index that is comprehensive enough to look this up in some sort of comparative way. but, in any other presidency, any other single te

wilbur ross. trump's secretary of commerce, the inspector general at the commerce department, has announced that their investigation of trump commerce secretary wilbur ross turned up evidence of potentially criminal behavior. they turned up evidence that he provided false testimony, in his case about the trump administration's efforts to undermine the accuracy of the census. he falsely testified. and the findings were serious enough that the inspector general referred wilbur ross to the u.s. department of justice for him to be potentially criminally prosecuted. the office of inspector general at the commerce department says that referral to the trump justice department was made last year, january 2020. despite the criminal referral there, despite the findings of the investigation that led to the referral, the trump justice department once again declined to prosecute cabinet secretary, in this case trump cabinet secretary wilbur ross. that has got to be a record. i mean, honestly. i'm not sure ther

they sanctioned wilbur ross? i think maybe they don't know wilbur ross is a commerce -- is not calmer sick or tearing more. he was commerce accra terry under trump but he's been gone since trump -- maybe hong kong authorities cannot get good news anymore. they don't get equality journalism anymore. so they don't know that wilbur ross has been gone since january. sure? why not? target your sanctions at him. with statements like we've seen from president biden and secretary of state tony blinken, the u.s. state is obviously no longer calling the press the enemy of the people. which is a nice change. the u.s. government is now trying to both insist on the rights of journalists around the world, and to a certain extent, they're trying to model that behavior within the u.s. government itself. the justice department, just this, week putting out new rules that limit the ability of u.s. law enforcement to go after journalists and their communications and their sources. that new rule put out by attorney general marlin gar

the wilbur ross is of the world often escape accountability. we've been here before.efore barack obama became president, he said he would hold people account for the war crimes the united states authorized and then committed during the bush administration. and i do not use that term lightly. there were orders to allow torture and like waterboarding in other things, that were clearly a violation of can geneva convention in domestic law. he was clear eyed about that in the transgression. also the political reality of prosecuting formal officials. >> we are still evaluating how we are going to approach the whole issue of interrogations, intentions, and so forth. and obviously we're going to be looking at past practices. i don't believe that anybody is above the law. on the other hand i also have a belief that we need to look forward, as opposed to looking backwards. >> forward not backwards. that would be an important slogan at that time. warcrimes had been prosecuted in the wake of the abuse -- the most interest in recorded document or crime in the bush. here's 11 u.s.

just today, we got the inspector general report that wilbur ross, and all the details of how that investigation concluded on how wilbur ross lied to congress on multiple occasions to cover up with the trump administration's work to cover up the census. which we just got in detail today it gave us all the details that we don't have before, on this fifth trump's cabinet secretary who was brought to court. and all four of those course -- all five of those cases, it was the trump justice department that refused to bring criminal justice despite those criminal referrals. but, like, why didn't the lens a little bit, meanwhile, the lawyers who brought the cases, brought the lawsuits that the former president wanted after the election to get the courts to somehow over throw the election results and keep him in office. those lawyers were acting on his behalf. they are all facing court sanctions and potential disbarment in at least four different jurisdictions. his other personal lawyer, not the one who went to prison, the other one, has just gotten his law license suspended it, both in new york and wash

we just today got the inspector general report on trump congress secretary wilbur ross and all of the details of how that investigation concluded that wilbur ross lied to congress on multiple occasions to cover up what the trump administration mp was trying to do to mess with the census. that report, again, which we just got in detail today gives us all of the details we didn't have before on this fifth trump cabinet secretary who was referred to the u.s. justice department for potential criminal prosecution. in all five of those cases, all five trump cabinet secretaries, it was the trump justice department that refused to bring criminal charges despite those criminal referrals. but like, you know, wind the lens a little bit. meanwhile, the lawyers who brought the cases, brought the lawsuits that the former president wanted after the election to try to get the yet courts to somehow overthrow the election results and somehow keep him in office, those lawyers who were acting on his behalf are all facing court ll sanctions and potential disbarment in at least four different jurisdictions

the justice department had declined to prosecute wilbur ross. that was according to reporting from the associated press and government executive. that decision not to prosecute came after the commerce department own inspector general found ross had lied to congress about a citizenship question that he wanted to add to the 2020 census. we have an important update to that story. the ap and government executive have both issued corrections clarifying that in fact it was the trump justice department that made the decision not to prosecute ross not the biden administration. which is of course a very, very big difference which is right in line with the rule of law in the trump era and what is to be done about the criminal enterprise that was the trump administration because this is an astounding fact but it's true. wilbur ross is the fifth member of donald trump's cabinet who is referred to justice department prosecutors, the fifth, all five the doj decided not to prosecute. the first was ryan zinke involved in multiple scandals getting involved in a

this morning, china imposed sanctions on former commerce secretary wilbur ross and some others.he visit by the undersecretary of state wendy sherman and of course, less than a week after president biden decided not to take action after we found out that massive microsoft cyber attack came out of china. why aren't we pushing back? >> well, the real bottom line is that what you're seeing is a systematic attack on people who were associated with president trump, and wilbur ross was a loyal secretary for all four years, it's just an easy target but they've gone after tom barrett, gone after lots of people. it is clear that the department of justice and anyone they can co-opt including the chinese government, will continue to go after former trump supporters. it's part of the worst hard ballgame i've ever seen in politics in 20 years. charles: i hate to even think that's possible. it's one thing, we can go at each other and be civil and hopefully always love each other but to let any other country do that is way, way, way off the map. congressman, always a pleasure great seeing you a

please, wilbur ross.oss admitted he start thinking about the issue and then, reached out to doj to suggest adding the question. can you send me a request to add the question because i want to add the question. luckily, supreme court ruled in 2019 they could not include the citizen's request on the census. mostly, they ruled because the whole thing was so shoddy and obviously manifestly manipulated and deceitful but it was a pretty blatant attempt to intimidate immigrants and by intimidating immigrants, reduce their representation in the census. okay. now, ross, you remember him. 83-year-old multimillionaire. most notable for falling asleep in meetings in wearing $600 slippers. well, they often escape accountability. again, we have been here, before. before barack obama became president, he said he would hold people to account for the war crimes the united states authorized and then committed during the bush administration. and i do not use that term lightly. there were orders to allow torture, like water

commerce secretary, wilbur ross.t's in nice climate with relations so challenged and so fraught that's prompted a number of china watchers includy louie lamb to say the significant outcome of the meeting is not that high. take a listen. >> given the fact that both sides have so many things not in common including mutual imposition of sanctions, accusations of hacking, geopolitical contention in the south china sea, hong kong, it's not a meeting to resolve differences. >> reporter: if talks do go well, it could set the stage for a possible xi-biden summit that could take place in italy in october. >> christy lu stout with the latest on that. >>> when we come back, the rescue crews are in a race against the clock to find survivors after heavy monsoon triggered rains and land slides. we're live in new delhi coming up. >>> also the victim's florida's surfside condo collapse remembered at a memorial concert. (upbeat music) - [narrator] this is kate. she always wanted her smile to shine. now, she uses a capful of therabrea

individuals, including wilbur ross, the former u.s.those sanctions actually become, it does highlight the ramped up rhetoric between the west and china. this time it's not just the u.s. and china. it's also europe as well. there is a lot more cohesion when it comes to pushing back against china t could get potentially uglier. than maybe had been thinking when president biden first got elected. i was mentioning earlier this tuesday we saw jeff bezos and his team gole to space. they did it on the anniversary of the apollo 11 historic flight of landing the first human on the moon. even if you were skeptical when you watched this, one thing is clear. billaires, their capital, their targeted businesses, and their innovative culture, have transformed the industry. like it or not. bloomberg special report tonight at 7 p.m. i look at these new opportunities in space. before we can see that future, we have to know how we got here. >> seven, six, five four -- >> nasa space shuttle program was a shining new face to america's journey to the stars.

the last one the chinese communist government has sanctioned a number of americans my friend wilbur rossa jealous i wasn't sanctioned i feel left out but they're getting tough and on the other hand team biden is underscoring their investment restrictions and so forth do you think biden is being tough enough on china? >> i do think it's possible to be tough enough on china, the myth sees of this country know no bounds in the ambitions of china and xi jinping is frightening the entire world. i did think it was very positive that joe biden got her allies on board to confront china over the origins of the wuhan virus, that didn't go down very well because it wasn't done immediately. i don't think we'll have a problem getting our allies on board for sanctions or import fees or anything ofoo the sort, there's too much money at stake follow the money on china and relations of policy and i'm afraid that's what speaks loudest. larry: this is tricky business, we undoubtedly prefer free-trade but would china trade is not really free. so catherine tie is the trade route and she wants to keep the tru

was the trump administration, because keep in mind, this isn't an sounding fact but it is true, wilbur ross is the fifth member of donald trump's cabinet who is referred to justice department prosecutors, the fifth and in all cases, all five, the doj decided not to prosecute. the first was former secretary of the interior, including -- and being involved in the land deal of his state of montana, he infamously gave sex trafficker jeffrey einstein a plea deal when he was u.s. attorney in florida, knows robert wilkie, remember him? remember how he questioned the credibility of the veterans who reported being sexually assaulted at a va hospital. and then who could forget elaine chao, miss mcconnell's spouse, and the former transportation secretary or legibly directed staff to do personal work for her and her father, the trump department of justice declined to prosecute all of those people, which brings us to today's news, astonishingly, yet another highlight full trump associate, a key figure of the campaign was charged with serious crimes. as i mentioned, his name is thomas barrack, you may re

we have seen william barr, wilbur ross both held in contempt in 2019.tigate but really contempt has just been a symbolic thing. historically, congress had its own inherent enforcement power. send out the old sergent of arms throw them in the prison near the capitol. that hasn't happened in over 80 years. the realistic option here, john, is they can go to the courts, they can file a lawsuit to force these people to testify and then if they don't you could have a real criminal issue. don mcgahn is a case in point of what should not happen. it took over two years of legal battles, jerry nadler took four months to go to court, fought it, dragged out forever. the house needs to do better and move more quickly and our courts need to move more quickly if we get this battle. >> the department of justice in the past hasn't been involved in the contempt sigcitations but t could. merrick garland could get involved. >> it's their choice. the people held in contempt barr and holder is in charge of doj. >> mo brooks, a lot made of the fact that mo brooks said that he

china imposing countersanctions on some americans, including former commerce secretary wilbur ross, followingst chinese officials involved in hong kong crackdowns these measures coming days before the u.s. deputy secretary of state is said to visit china. key endorsement from regulators that could make it the only second shot approved for 12-16 year olds. it's the only one approved by europe and the u.s. for adolescents. close call for firefighters battling the tamarac wild fires, driving through sparks and flames near the border with nevada the tamarac blaze remains just 4% contained >>> on "the news" later tonight the latest on the wild fires and progress against the bootleg fire in oregon i'll be filling in for shep. >> we'll see you then. frank holland. >>> dominos gets chewed up, starbucks spending and amongst monster energizing markets here's your friday fast forward. >> reports, rates and livelihood are the key themes next week the busiest weeks of earnings season kicks off with resolve from tesla after the bell. alphabet, apple, microsoft, visa and starbucks are just a few of the name

for example, we learned this week that an inspector general found that trump commerce secretary, wilbur rossress about the census, and presented those findings to the trump justice department but trump's doj declined to prosecute him, and when ross heard he wasn't getting prosecuted, i'm guessing he celebrated by cracking open a beer and a can of soup i mean, look at him. it looks like the poster for a movie called "retirement frat. "wilbur, did you replace the oxygen tanks with helium, again? >> "i'll never tell, dude. [ laughter ] >> seth: that is -- what you just saw is 100 percent my fault. [ laughter ] and then, there's trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort. a week ago, we found out that a banker who arranged millions in loans to manafort was found guilty of trying to use those loans to secure a job in the trump campaign and administration >> it took a federal jury less than two hours to reach a guilty verdict in the case of former federal savings bank executive, stephen calk he was accused of pushing risky loans through for former donald trump campaign manager, paul manafort,

chinese officials in hong kong one of the high profile names is the former commerce secretary, wilbur rossn human rights watch's sophia richardson, as well as hong kong human rights counsel the foreign ministry said that hong kong is china's hong kong and that this is an internal affair the background of this is just this weekend the u.s. deputy secretary of state is supposed to hold discussions with her counterpart as well as the foreign minister in the port city of tangen near beijing. in fact, earlier today, the foreign ministry spokesperson had accused the u.s. of preaching and of arrogance ahead of this discussion that's supposed to take place in the next several days. wolf >> thanks so much. and interesting as well to see it's down 18% now. it was already down about 14/15% either way, as a sort of barometer for the chinese-listed stocks, it's down 18%. thank you. >>> let's check on the boarder markets as we check into break all of those embassies up for the week as a whole. the dow's up half a percent. and of course, feels like a very long way from monday's sell off. the best perform