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>> So we've been talking about the New York  investigation, obviously there are a number  

of different investigations into Donald Trump.  And his inner circle, particularly around for  

instance, January six and I've been very  frustrated. I think a lot of people have  

with the fact that Merrick Garland seems to be  scared of a shadow in taking any action here.

The January six committee members are a little  bit more active but they announced just a week  

or two ago. That they weren't gonna be bringing  in any Congress people to testify in a number of  

other people have defied them so far. What do you  think about some of these other investigations?

And how many of the people that  

are in positions to potentially investigator  provide some sort of consequences that seem  

very worried about, taking particular actions? >> Well, I think that we are seeing a real  

breakdown of white collar criminal enforcement,  something I've written about for 30 some years.

And that's a fundamental core problem. Now Donald  Trump has other investigations that he's facing.  

The Westchester County New York District Attorney  who is a former federal prosecutor is looking into  

him for property tax fraud. The District Attorney  in Fulton County, Georgia, which overlays Atlanta  

has a special grand jury over Donald  trump's infamous call to Brad Ratzenberger.

The Georgia chief elections official  then there are civil investigations by  

the Attorney General in Washington D C.  Which could morph into a criminal case  

and by Letitia James, the Attorney General of  New York is an independently elected officials.  

Donald trump is gonna be involved  in litigation until the day he dies.

But it is really remarkable the lack of resolve  

to pursue this. Now Merrick Garland as attorney  general, faces a problem that we do need to give  

some thought in respect to. If he indicts  the former president of the United States,  

it invites the indictment of future former  presidents by other administrations.

That's a can of worms that we need to think  about in France in Israel and India we've had,  

the former heads of the government indicted,  but we've never done that in the United States.  

And I think Merrick Garland's fervent hope is  that the states will take care of this, which  

makes it all the more important that Kathy  Hockel come under so much public pressure.

But she has to assigned this case to Letitia  James, the attorney general to be reopened.  

All she has to do is write a letter. And I merely  point out my piece, it has to be a broad enough  

investigation because the Mueller investigation  was hampered by the very narrow grounds.

That which was written and almost nobody reported  that because they didn't read the letter. I mean,  

there's a fundamental problem here that most  journalists accurately tell you what their  

sources tell them, but they don't know  the law. They don't know regulations,  

they don't read economics, they don't do their own  calculations because most of them are enumerate.

>> And it's common practice to, say we'll go to  an accounting firm and they'll do the numbers  

for you. And then of course all you know is what  the accounting firm told you. So really is there  

are lots of things coming down on Donald Trump's  head. But the one that's most important I think  

is the New York criminal investigation that for  the moment is dead but can absolutely be revived.

Just enough people contact Kathy Hockel  

and we put a number up at DCReport.Org. >> Everyone should definitely do that. And  

the peace that David's alluding to is available at  DC report, everyone should go take a look at it.  

I did wanna ask you one more question though  because you talked about the potential  

precedent that could be set if we start  investigating or indicting past presidents.

Obviously Donald Trump is in this very  interesting middle ground right now where he  

is no longer president, but he is in seemingly  if you believe him incredibly likely to run  

again very soon. So thank you for enumerating  all of the different investigations of him.  

What do you think will happen to  those if they haven't been resolved?

Certainly by the time the election  happens. But even theoretically,  

once he's a declared candidate again, could  he use that as some sort of legal shield. 

>> Well, no, he only if he gets into office,  the Republican National Committee is paying  

a lot of Donald Trump's legal bills and Don  Junior's or conduct before he became president.

Why would they do that? Because they're afraid he  will bolt and run as a third party and if he does,  

the Democrats win the White house and no matter  who they run. But if the Republicans nominate  

Donald Trump, if all of these cases come to not  given the money he has and more more importantly.

The voter suppression which we're seeing  this year and which two years from now will  

be radically worse. If we don't vote out the  people behind this, then goodbye democracy.  

The only reason we still have a  democracy is Donald Trump's incompetence.  

Something I've been documenting for almost 34  years and I mean you should be very worried.

What happens if instead it's a wannabe dictator  other than Donald, Ron DeSantis, the governor  

of Florida Rick Scott, the U S. Senator who  should be in prison for stealing a billion  

and a half dollars from Medicare, Josh Hawley from  Missouri or Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz or Greg Abbott.

Any one of those people is competent. You  may not like them, but they are competent,  

they know how to use the levers of government  and they will do everything they can  

to make the end of our democracy.  and to make sure that we are a white  

males, white supremacist male dominated  society for as long as they possibly can.

>> Exactly yeah, we won't have any, we already  know that we won't have any norms to defend us.  

We won't have a proto dictator who so easily gets  distracted and undermines his own efforts. I share  

that same fear. And so everyone, you could  potentially be a part of the solution.

Go to DC report, read the report and  then get involved. Try to get this  

investigation back online and, David, I  appreciate your ongoing work in trying  

to protect us from that future, but also  for joining us on the damaged board. Thank  

you as always. >> Thank you.