[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... A MARATHON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON CITY VIOLENCE BEGAN AT 11:00 A.M. AND JUST WRAPPED UP WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN GAVE REMARKS AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM 47 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WERE PRESENT.

THE MEETING WAS CALLED BY ALDERPEOPLE IN DEFIANCE OF MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

BROWN BLASTED THE MEETING FOR TAKING AWAY TIME HE AND OTHERS WOULD BE WORKING.

>> THIS BRIEFING BEFORE YOU TODAY COMES AT A COST.

OF CRITICAL SCHEDULED TIME FOR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO DISCUSS DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS THAT WE ARE ALL FOREGOING TO INSURE YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION ONCE AGAIN.

>> THE CITY'S TOP INVESTIGATOR ANNOUNCES HE WILL STEP DOWN IN OCTOBER.

CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL JOSEPH FERGUSON SAYS HE WILL NOT SEEK ANOTHER TERM FROM THE MAYOR AND WILL LEAVE AFTER 12 YEARS ON THE JOB.

HIS OFFICE IS TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING AND OVERSEEING BOTH CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY AGENCIES.

FERGUSON WAS FIRST APPOINTED BY MAYOR DALEY AND REAPPOINTED BY MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL.

HE HAS FOUGHT WITH CITY COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS NOTABLY ED BURKE ON EXPANDING THE OFFICE'S POWER TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER ALDERPEOPLE.

>> FIREWORKS ARE BACK ON IN CHICAGO.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCES THERE WILL BE A FIREWORKS SHOW ON THE LAKE AT 9:30 AFTER AN ANNOUNCEMENT FIREWORKS WERE CANCELED.

THIS YEAR'S SHOW WILL BE DEDICATED TO RESIDENTS WHO FOLLOWED THE COVID GINS TO HELP GET THE CITY BACK ON TRACK AND IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN THE TYPICAL FOURTH OF JULY DISPLAY.

>> ATTRACTING CROWDS TO A PARTICULAR LOCATION.

THAT IS IMPORTANT.

THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN FROM FAIRLY FAR NORTH TO FAIRLY FAR SOUTH BUT WE ARE NOT HAVING PEOPLE GATHER IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION.

>> AND CHICAGO SPOT SERVED AS A BACKDROP FOR CITIZENSHIP NATURALIZATION CEREMONY, PEOPLE FROM 45 COUNTRIES BECAME NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZENS AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY TOM RICKETTS AND NOTED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WRIGLEY HOSTED AN EVENT AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER PRAISED THE GROUP FOR THEIR JOURNEY TO CITIZENSHIP.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR DRIVE AND YOUR PATRIOTISM TO THE UNITED STATES.

YOU RENEW OUR FAITH IN OUR NATIONAL FUTURE.

TODAY, I'M VERY PROUD TO WELCOME YOU ALL AS MY FELLOW AMERICANS.

>> AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL.

JOINING US ARE PATRICK SMITH OF WBEZ, ALEX NITKIN OF DAILY LINE.

LYNN SWEET OF "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES" AND WTTW'S AMANDA VINICKY.

WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU ON THIS BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

ALEX NITKIN THIS MARATHON SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE C.P.D.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN FACED QUESTIONS FROM 47 ALDERMEN.

DID ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE COME OUT OF THIS?

>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A KIND OF AIRING OF GRIEVANCES THAT ALDERMEN HAVE WANTED TO HAVE WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FEELING FRUSTRATED LIKE THEY WERE OUT OF THE LOOP AND THE POLICE WERE NOT MEETING WITH THEM AND COMMUNITY GROUPS THERE WERE A WHOLE RANGE OF OPINIONS AND QUESTIONS.

SOME WERE SAYING THEY WANTED MORE COLLABORATION AND OTHERS WERE ASKING ABOUT NONPOLICE RESPONSES TO CRIMES AND WHETHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD CONSIDERED DIFFERENT METHODS.

WHAT WE DID NOT HEAR A LOT OF I THINK WAS SUBSTANTIVE NEW INFORMATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT HE HAD NOT PROVIDED BEFORE.

AND WE CERTAINLY DID NOT HEAR ABOUT VERY MUCH EXCEPT AT THE BEGINNING WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO HEAD OFF CRIME SPECIFICALLY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND THE REPORTED REASON FOR HAVING THE MEETING.

IT BECAME MORE WIDE RANGING.

>> BROWN KEPT SAYING HE DID NOT WANT TO SHOW ALL OF HIS CARDS ON THE JULY 4TH AND SUMMER VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGY.

LYNN SWEET THE FACT THAT ALDERPEOPLE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S TERM CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING AGAINST THE MAYOR'S WISHES.

IS IT FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT SHE DOES NOT COMMAND A WHOLE LOT OF CONTROL OF CITY COUNCIL?

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

ONE DOESN'T MEAN THAT JUST BECAUSE THE ALDERMEN DECIDE TO FLEX THEIR MUSCLE DOESN'T MEAN WHEN IT COMES TO A VOTE.

YOU HEARD THAT NOTHING REALLY CAME OF THIS.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT ARE THINGS THAT PASS OUT OF CITY COUNCIL.

NOT WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A MARATHON MEETING.

I WOULD NOT USE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING AND IT'S RARE AS ANY IMPORTANT YARDSTICK AS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MAYOR IT'S LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING.

>> AND ALDERPEOPLE PERHAPS GETTING GRIEF FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

AND BROWN BLAMED THE NUMBERS ON THE CRIMINAL COURTS AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR ALLOWING OFFENDERS TO WALK FREE.

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.

>> IT IS AN EXPLOSION OF PEOPLE ON ELECTRON MONITORING THAT IS HARMING OUR CITY.

THIS IS MADNESS.

OUR COURTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

THESE DECISIONS ARE HARMING OUR CITY.

HARMING OUR CHILDREN.

OUR BABIES.

>> PATRICK SMITH THIS HAS BEEN THE MESSAGING STRATEGY FROM THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT OVER THE LAST WEEK CASTING BLAME AT THE COOK COUNTY COURTS FOR LETTING MORE PEOPLE OUT ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND NOT HOLDING IN-PERSON JURY TRIALS.

DO THE STATISTICS BEAR OUT THE COMPLAINTS OF THE MAYOR AND BROWN?

>> THEY JUST DO NOT.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ACADEMIC STUDIES FROM LOYOLA AND CHICAGO AND PEOPLE OUT ON BAIL AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING THERE ARE TRAGIC INSTANCES WHEN PEOPLE ARE CHARGED WITH A NEW CRIME SOMETIMES A VIOLENT CRIME BUT THE NUMBERS ARE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE -- TO BE DRIVING THE VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

AND THIS IS NOT JUST THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS THIS IS THE TALKING POINT SINCE BROWN TOOK OFFICE.

I DID A STORY SAYING THERE'S INTERNAL E-MAILS SHOWED SOME PEOPLE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THEY ARE NOT BACKING OFF OF THIS TALKING POINT.

>> PATRICK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD IT, YOU GOT NAME DROPPED FOR THAT STORY MARATHON MEETING.

>> AND AMANDA VINICKY IS IT A SCAPEGOAT?

THE MAYOR PERHAPS NOT COMING UP WITH ANSWERS FOR WHY GUN VIOLENCE IS SPIKING THIS YEAR AT ABOUT THE SAME RATE THAT IT DID LAST YEAR?

>> SHE THE SUPERINTENDENT POINTED OUT OR SEVERAL ALDERPEOPLE POINTED OUT THIS IS A BATTLE YOU HAD SOME MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMING THE DEFENSE OF THE BLUE.

AND BEGGING SUPERINTENDENT BROWN WHAT MORE CAN WE DO FOR YOU?

THEY WERE BASICALLY SAYING WE WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE MONEY THEY BELIEVE THAT OVERTIME IS HURTING THAT COPS ARE STRAPPED FOR ENERGY AND SUPPORT.

AND HE DID NOT GO THERE.

OTHERS WERE CERTAINLY BASHING HIM.

IT COMES UP THERE IS A LOG ARE HEAD WHERE YOU HAVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO SAY NO TOO MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO THE POLICE AND THAT THE SOLUTION IS TO STOP FUNDING TO REINVENT THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND OTHERS ARE SAYING WAIT WE WANT MORE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THIS REGARD RESOURCES MEANS POLICE OFFICERS.

SO I GUESS PART OF A SCAPEGOAT THE TRUE BELIEF THE MAYOR WENT ON TO SAY SHE DOES SUPPORT THE NOTION OF NO MORE CASH BAIL THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BEHIND BARS BECAUSE YOU ARE POOR.

HER POINT IS THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE DANGEROUS THAT ARE BEING RELEASED.

AND IT IS THAT STATISTIC THAT SHE IS TRYING TO HONE IN ON.

>> BUT AS PATRICK SMITH SAYS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT REALLY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE MORE FOLKS ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING RELEASED THAT ARE COMMITTING REOFFENDING WITH VIOLENT CRIMES THAN HAPPENS TYPICALLY OR HAPPENED YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

BACK TO THE SPECIAL MEETING, ALEX NITKIN, LIGHTFOOT BLAMES BURGER KING ED FOR BEING THE MASTERMIND ALL THE OPPOSITION.

HERE IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.

>> BURGER KING EFD IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL AND HE IS MESSING AROUND AND TRYING TO CREATE CHAOS.

HE CAN'T DO IT -- HE CAN'T DO IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES HIM PUBLIC BUT HE IS DOING IT THROUGH PUPPETS.

AND TRYING TO ORCHESTRATE CHAOS.

>> ALEX NITKIN IS ED BURKE WHO IS BURGER KING ED THE MASTERMIND BEHIND ALL THE OPPOSITION CALLING SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ARE PEOPLE LIKE RAY LOPEZ AND OTHERS HIS PUPPETS AS SHE ALLEGES HERE?

>> WELL, IF HE IS HE IS QUIET ABOUT IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE POINTED OUT THAT ED BURKE WAS NOT PRESENT.

I THINK I MAY HAVE SEEN HIM VIRTUALLY BUT CERTAINLY NOT IN THE CHAMBER.

THIS IS A LINE WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE MAYOR WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT CONTENTION OR OPPOSITION FROM PEOPLE LIKE RAY LOPEZ WHO CONTINUE TO BE A THORN IN HER SIDE AND TRY TO BE CRITICAL AT ALL TIMES AND ED BURKE IS ORCHESTRATING THIS KIND OF SILENT COOK COUNTY IN THE -- COUP IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND A LOT OF CRITICS OF LIGHTFOOT WOULD DISPUTE THAT AND THAT WAS A RACIALLY MOTIVATED RESISTANCE AGAINST HAROLD WASHINGTON SPECIFICALLY.

AND THIS IS MORE NUANCED.

YEAH, CLEARLY HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF ON THE SUBJECT OF ED BURKE'S INDICTMENT OF COURSE WHEN HE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO NOW WAS INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHAKING DOWN A BURGER KING TO TRY TO STEER BUSINESS TOWARD HIS PRIVATE LAW FIRM AND SHE IS CONTINUING TO BRING THAT UP.

>> SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING IS THIS NOTION OF HAVING THIS EMERGENCY MEETING LEADING UP TO THE JULY 4TH MEETING IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR THE ALDERPEOPLE BEYOND THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES THAT NEEDED TO BE LET.

THE MAYOR CONTINUALLY SAID AND BACKED A POINT BY BROWN THAT HE TRIED TO SAY I'M NOT SURE THIS WAS APPRECIATED BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL HE SAID THIS IS A WASTE OF MY TIME TO BE TODAY.

IT'S THE MOST VIOLENT WEEKEND IN CHICAGO ANNUALLY AND MY ATTENTION COULD BE BETTER SERVED AND THE MAYOR SAID THIS IS PRODUCTIVE IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANY OTHER TIME.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH PEOPLE AT THIS POINT ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WENT ON.

IT'S LEADING INTO A HOLIDAY.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN CHICAGO.

OTHERS AND REPORTERS I DON'T KNOW WHO FOCUSED ON IT OTHER THAN PERHAPS ALDERPEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SAY COME MONDAY, TUESDAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE PREDICTIONS OF VIOLENCE BEAR OUT THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THIS IS WHAT WE DID.

WE DEMANDED ACTION FROM THE C.P.D.

>> AND IN FACT, WEEKEND HAS GOTTEN OFF TO A VIOLENT START.

LYNN SWEET YOU ARE THE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF OF "SUN-TIMES" AND YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENS HERE AT HOME.

HOW IS CHICAGO'S VIOLENCE PROBLEM PLAYING NATIONALLY AND THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND CITY COUNCIL?

>> WELL, IT IS THE CRIME IN CHICAGO HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO LAST WEEK WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN UNVEILED HIS MULTIPLE PROPOSALS TO DEAL WITH CRIME IN BIG CITIES.

CHICAGO WAS ONE OF THEM.

HE HAD A ROUNDTABLE WITH A DOZEN PARTICIPANTS.

HE HAD A VIOLENCE PREVENTION EXPERT FROM CHICAGO WHO WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HIM.

IN HIS SPEECH HE MENTIONED IT.

KIND FROM MY VANTAGE POINT THE SPECIAL MEETING IS MESSAGING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT AS THE EXECUTIVE HERE USING A WASHINGTON ANALOGY IS USING THE TECHNIQUE OF DEFLECTING.

YOU SAY SOMETHING SHE DOESN'T LIKE WE WILL USE THE TERM BURGER KING EFD TO GET THE LIFE OFF OF IT.

THE PROBLEM IS CRIME NOT A MEETING WHERE ALDERPEOPLE THINK THEY CAN SEPARATE FROM CRITICISM THAT THEY WILL GET AND ALL SHARE IT IS NOT JUST LORI LIGHTFOOT IF WE HAVE A TERRIBLE WEEKEND AND GOD FORBID WE HAVE ONE.

I HOPE THE PREDICTIONS ARE WRONG.

CHICAGO'S REPUTATION IS STILL AS A CITY WITH AN ENORMOUS CRIME PROBLEM AND THAT HAS BEEN TRUE DURING THE PRESENCE OF BARACK OBAMA, DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN.

>> AND DIFFERENT KIND OF CRIME, ALDERPERSON CARRIE AUSTIN IS CHARGED WE KNEW SHE WAS UNDER SCRUTINY AND NOW INDICTED WITH HER CHIEF OF STAFF THERE WAS A DROUGHT THERE WITH NO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INDICTED.

EXPLAIN THE CHARGES THAT AUSTIN AND HER CHIEF OF STAFF FACE.

AUSTIN IS CHARGED WITH TAKING BRIBES THINGS LIKE SUBPUMPS AND WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS TO HER HOME IN EXCHANGE FOR ACCESS TO TIF MONEY.

I'M SURE ALEC AND AMANDA KNOW MORE.

AND THE THREE MOST SENIOR MEMBERS UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENT IS THAT RIGHT?

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> ED BURKE, PATRY DALEY THOMPSON AND CARRIE AUSTIN.

>> AND SHE ONLY ACCEPTED CAKE FROM THE DEVELOPERS WHEN IN FACT YOU READ THROUGH THE INDICTMENT SHE GOT PUMPS AND KITCHEN TILES IN WHITE OR VEIN WHITE.

MY VEINS ARE NOT WHITE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

ALLEGEDLY IT'S NOT JUST HER IT'S ALSO HER CHIEF OF STAFF.

>> ALEX NITKIN, PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON DENIES THE CHARGES, ED BURKE DENIES THE CHARGES THE BATTING AVERAGE FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT GO UP DEPENDS THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS NOT GOOD.

WHAT DO YOU AN SIS PARTICIPATE THAT AUSTIN'S RESPONSE WILL BE?

>> WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY RESPONSE FROM HER OR CHESTER WILLSON OR ATTORNEYS.

AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY HAVE NOT ENTERED A PLEA WE ARE WAITING ON AN ARRAIGNMENT.

WE ARE I DO THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON INDICTMENT WE SAW AND THAT WAS RELATED TO HIM ALLEGEDLY LYING TO THE I.R.S.

ABOUT HIS TAXES AND DEALINGS WITH A BANK.

AND THIS CARRIE AUSTIN IS MORE SIMILAR TO THAT IT IS A CLEAR-CUT PLAY TO PLAY.

>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING FOR A MOMENT?

THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.

IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE GREEDY WHO THINK THE LAW DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM.

YES, I KNOW THE INDICTMENTS ARE DIFFERENT IN HOW THEY CARRY OUT THE SCHEMES.

BUT THE SCHEME TO CHEAT AND TAKE STUFF THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET IF YOU WEREN'T AN ALDERPERSON AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CUTZPAH TO THINK SOMEHOW YOU WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED FOR IT?

IF NOTHING ELSE YOU WOULD THINK THEIR SELF PRESERVATION WOULD KEEP THEM HONEST.

I'VE BEEN COVERING THIS FOR A LONGTIME AND ALL YOU HAVE TOO, IT DOES NOT STOP AND THEY GET CAUGHT.

AND THE PATRICK THOMPSON INDICTMENT ONLY TAKES IT TO A HIGHER LEVEL.

CARRIE AUSTIN'S GARDEN VARIETY GREED.

IT'S TRUE IF IT'S TRUE.

HERE IT IS A GUY HE GETS A BREAK AND GETS A MORTGAGE AND THEN THE BANK DOESN'T CARE IF HE PAYS INTEREST?

HE HAS MORE -- HE THEN DEDUCTS THE MORTGAGE INTEREST THAT HE DIDN'T PAY AND YOU THINK YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE?

>> ALL THE PREVIOUS PROSECUTIONS AND CONVICTIONS DO NOT SEEM TO SERVE AS A DETERRENT.

JOSEPH FERGUSON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, PATRICK SMITH MUST HAVE PLAYED A BIG ROLE AS THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE.

BUT HE IS THE ONE THAT STARTS OUT INVESTIGATING CITY COUNCIL AND INVESTIGATING CITY ETHICS PROBLEMS AND CORRUPTION.

IS THIS GOING GOING TO LEAVE BEHIND A STRONG LEGACY HERE OF OVERSEEING CITY COUNCIL WHEN HE GOES IN OCTOBER?

>> I THINK THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

HE IS NOT GOING TO BE SEEKING WHAT WOULD BE A FOURTH TERM ABSOLUTELY WITH THE INVESTIGATION THAT HE STARTED AND THE WORK ON THE LAQUAN McDONALD SHOOTING, FERGUSON CLEARLY BY HOW LONG HE IS IN THE OFFICE AND THE WORK HE DID.

CLEARLY LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY AND HELPED SHAPE THE CITY AND CHANGE THE CITY IN CERTAIN WAYS.

>> ALEX NITKIN WHAT IS BEHIND THE DECISION NOT TO SEEK ANOTHER TERM?

RAHM EMANUEL APPOINTED HIM.

AND LIGHTFOOT HAS BEEN A LONGTIME ASSOCIATE AND THEY WORKED TOGETHER IN THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THERE A PERSONAL FALLOUT?

OR IS FERGUSON DECIDING THREE TERMS IS ENOUGH?

>> WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC PERSONAL PROBLEM.

HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS.

THE MAYOR DID HINT LEADING UP TO THIS MAYBE IT'S TIME.

SHE SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY APPRECIATED HIS LEGACY AND EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE.

WHAT I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING IS WHETHER THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO REAPPOINTS DEBRA, THE NEW DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THE NEW OFFICE THAT GREW OUT OF THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCE A BRANCH OF THE AG'S OFFICE DEVOTED TO TRACKING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REFORMS.

HER TERM IS UP IN LINE WITH THE END OF FERGUSON'S TERM I WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE IF SHE COMES UP AGAIN AND THIS IS A REASON WHY FERGUSON SAID I WANT TO GET STARTED ON THE PROCESS NOW.

I DON'T WANT AN INTERIM TO BE PUT IN PLACE I WANT US TO HAVE TIME TO GET ALL OF THIS PLANTED.

AND HE NOTABLY DID NOT SAY WHY HE WAS LEAVING OR ANY EXPO WHAT AN HONOR THIS IS HOW I WANT THIS PROCESS TO GO.

>> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MEMORABLE BATTLES OVER THE YEARS AS THE IG SOUGHT TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THAT OFFICE OVERCITY COUNCIL AND ED BURKE LED THE CHARGE TRYING TO DENY THAT.

LYNN SWEET LET'S MOVE TO NATIONAL NEWS, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION C.F.O.

ALLEN WEISSELBERG FACING FELONY CHARGES OF FRAUD, GRAND LARCENY ALLEGEDLY FOR FAILING TO PAY TAXES ON BENEFITS AND GIFTS THAT THE ORGANIZATION GAVE OUT AND HE SIGNED OFF ON.

AFTER THREE YEARS OF INVESTIGATING AND SEEKING TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS DO YOU BELIEVE THIS IS THE END GAME FOR THE AG IN NEW YORK AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF MANHATTAN?

OR THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG?

>> TIP OF THE ICEBERG, BECAUSE I READ THE INDICTMENT AND PEOPLE IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT HOW SOME PEOPLE THINK THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO THEM, I KNOW IT IS A THEME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS SHOW, THAT THE TAXES THAT I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE SHOW PAY THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THAT PEOPLE THINK THEY DON'T.

THIS OFF THE BOOKS SCHEME THAT HE DID.

HE HAS MULTIPLE GRAND LARCENY AND OTHER SCHEMES HE DID TO AVOID TAXATION.

BUT THE ONE THAT I THINK MIGHT, MIGHT IMPERIL AT LEAST THE TRUMP CHILDREN AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THAT ORBIT IS THAT THEY HAD TWO SETS OF BOOKS.

AND YOU GOT COMPENSATED IN THINGS THAT THEY PUT ON OFF THE BOOKS SO YOU DID NOT HAVE TO PAY TAX LIKE PAYING RENT ON AN APARTMENT.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WEISSELBERG IS ACCUSED OF IS A LIE.

HE LIED AND SAID HE DID NOT LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY IN ORDER NOT TO PAY NEW YORK CITY INCOME TAX.

OK. THAT MIGHT NOT BE A SYSTEMIC VIOLATION THAT COULD EN SNARE MORE PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION.

THAT MIGHT BE A UNIQUE THEM TO HIM.

BUT ONCE YOU KNOW THAT TWO SETS OF BOOKS EXIST THAT PUTS EVERYONE HIGH UP IN THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION AT PERIL.

THEY HAVE THE BOOKS.

THIS IS NEW YORK'S STATE PROSECUTORS AND NEW YORK CITY PROSECUTORS.

AND NOW WHAT WE ALSO DON'T KNOW IS AND THEY WROTE THE INDICTMENT VERY ARTFULLY THERE'S ROOM IN THE TAX ISSUES FOR THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO STEP IN.

>> AND AS WE SEE IN FEDERAL INDICTMENTS AND THESE ARE STATE CHARGES.

OFTENTIMES A LOT OF TIMES WITH ComEd AND MICHAEL MADIGAN IT'S CLEAR THAT PROSECUTORS ARE PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON THE FOLKS THAT THEY CHARGE WITH INITIAL CRIMES LIKE THIS TO FLIP EVERY LEGAL OBSERVER THINKS THAT THE PROSECUTORS THERE WANT TO GET ALLEN WEISSELBERG TO FLIP.

>> IT DEPENDS.

AS OUTRAGEOUS AS THE TAX CHEATING SCHEME IF TRUE IS IT DOES NOT CARRY A SENTENCE THAT IS ONEROUS.

MEANING UNLESS THEY HAVE MORE STUFF TO THROW AT HIM, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AS IN OTHER CASES.

IF HE WERE FACING A 20-YEAR TERM WHATEVER FOR THE ALLEGED CRIMES IT'S ONE THING.

IT MAY BE THAT HE DECIDES TO TAKE THIS FURTHER.

AND THIS IS STILL VERY, VERY EARLY AS THESE THINGS GO.

SO IT'S TOO SOON TO SAY THAT HE FACES ENOUGH POTENTIAL TIME TO HAVE A GOOD INSIGHT AS TO WORNT HE WILL FLIP AGAINST TRUMP.

AN INDICTMENT AGAINST THE DONALD TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS SERIOUS SINCE IT IS A SMALL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN LED BY TRUMP.

>> LET'S MOVE TO THE -- GO AHEAD.

>> A FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE IS ONEROUS.

>> SOME OF THE CHARGES CARRY A MAX OF 15 YEARS AND THEY POSSIBLY ONLY CARRY PROBATION.

>> THE OTHER NATIONAL NEWS THE JANUARY 6 SELECT COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER BY HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI EIGHT MEMBERS ONE IS REPUBLICAN LIZ CHENEY AND KEVIN McCARTHY CAN APPOINT FIVE MEMBERS.

WHAT IS HIS PLAY?

>> THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN WITH CONSULTATION WITH KEVIN McCARTHY, SHE CAN DO IT.

THAT MIGHT KEEP SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN REALITY OFF THE PANEL IF McCARTHY JUSTS WANT TO BLOWUP THE THING.

IT IS NOT WORTHY OF THE TWO PEOPLE WHO VOTED WITH DEMOCRATS ON THIS SELECT COMMITTEE.

WAS ADAM KINZINGER FROM ILLINOIS WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LEADERS IN TRYING TO FIGHT THE TRUMPISM WING OF THE PARTY THAT BELIEVES IN ELECTION DENIAL CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND NON-REALITY-BASED THINGS AND THE OTHER IS LIZ CHENEY WHO DID GET PICKED FOR THE PANEL.

I HAVE A COLUMN ON IT.

WHEN I WATCHED HER AT THIS PRESS BRIEFING YESTERDAY IT DID STRIKE ME, WOW THERE SHE IS STANDING WITH JUST A GROUP OF DEMOCRATS DEFIANTLY CONFIDENTLY AND PROUDLY THAT SHE TOOK A POSITION FROM PELOSI AND KEVIN McCARTHY TRASHED CHENEY AND EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

>> LIKE KINZINGER AND LIZ CHENEY THE ONLY REPUBLICANS ALL IN ON MOVING THE PARTY AND THE COUNTRY BEYOND THE ELECTION.

AND THAT IS IT FOR US WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO PATRICK SMITH, LYNN SWEET, ALEX NITKIN AND AMANDA VINICKY.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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>> FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY.

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