At a hearing, Ted Lieu lays out how Trump said New York Attorney General Tish James should be "prosecuted" and "arrested and punished," and how the Trump DOJ then opened what Lieu calls a sham investigation into her alleged mortgage fraud. Lieu says interim U.S. Attorney Eric Siebert, appointed by Trump himself, spent five months investigating James and concluded there was not enough evidence to go forward.
The receipt
- Who
- Ted Lieu
- Where
- hearing - House Judiciary Committee, questioning former Special Counsel Jack Smi
- Original footage
- Project America | News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 46 seconds, unedited within the cut
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- 3,730 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Now, okay. Now that Trump made it clear he wanted to seek retribution against New York Attorney General Tish James. Trump relentlessly attacked her saying quote, she should be prosecuted and quote, arrested and punished. Because she dared to hold Trump accountable for a Trump's fraud in New York. Trump weaponized the Department of Justice, and the Trump DOJ opened a sham investigation into her alleged mortgage fraud. We know it's a sham investigation because they could even get twice grand juries to secure indictments against her. What interim U .S. Attorney Eric Siebert, who Donald Trump himself appointed, spent five months investigating Tish James, he concluded there was not enough evidence to go forward.
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