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President Trump has added veteran lawyer John Dowd to his legal team to navigate the special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller. Dowd is known for defending John McCain during the Savings and Loan scandal and for his role in the investigation that led to Pete Rose's lifetime ban from baseball. The segment notes the "lawyering up" occurring on both sides of the Russia probe.
Financial expert Bill Black appears on the Bill Moyers Journal to discuss his book, "The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One." Black argues that the current economic meltdown is driven by elite fraud, deceit, and the betrayal of trust. He describes a "Ponzi-like" system where CEOs make bad loans to generate short-term bonuses, inevitably leading to long-term disaster.
Nancy Pelosi and the Savings and Loan Crisis Historical Allegations
A report in the San Francisco Express details historical allegations linking Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Charles Keating during the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s. The article suggests Pelosi received campaign donations from Keating's associates, a connection that has largely disappeared from contemporary public discourse.
