REPUBLICAN. >>ALI VITALI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> WERE TURNING TO THE TRUMP CASE, AND THERES A SPECIAL GRAND JURY THAT WILL RESUME THIS WEEK. THEY COULD ULTIMATELY FACE A DECISION UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY. ITS IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS OR THAT POLITICAL SITUATION. ITS A QUESTION OF, IF THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS IT, WHETHER TO POTENTIAL INDICT THE COMPANY OF OR THE PERSON OF A FORMER PRESIDENT. WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST ON THIS AND SO MUCH MORE. THIS IS A CANDIDATE FROM THE CONSEQUENCE QUEMPLGTIAL RACE TO VANCE. VOTING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. >> MANHATTAN D.A. CY VANCE, WHOSE OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE WILL NOT RUN FOR REELECTION. >> IM LOOKING AT THE RACE WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE WITH DONALD TRUMP. >> IM ELIZA OR LENS. >> LUCY LANG, FORMERLY AN ASSISTANT D.A. IN VANCES OFFICE. >> MANHATTAN CANDIDATE LUCY LANG, YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT, JOINS US NOW. SHE COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE HEAD OF IT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, ARI. >> ABSOLUTELY. A LOT OF IMPORTANT ISSUES, BUT LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE OFFICE WHERE YOU HAVE WORKED. YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING THATS BEEN DEBATED, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF RACISM IN THE LAW, AND HARSH SENTENCING. THIS IS AN OFFICE WHERE ABOUT A FIFTH OF NEW YORKS POPULATION IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE. IM CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. OBVIOUSLY YOUVE GOT MANY DIFFERENT CASES, BUT WOULD YOU CHANGE THAT? >> I WOULD RUN A NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ORGANIZATION AND SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY RIGHT HERE IN MANHATTAN, HANDLING THE MOST SERIOUS, VIOLENT AND COMPLEX CASES. THERES NO DOUBT THAT THE MANHATTANS D.A. OFFICE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN PART OF FUELING -- AND PART OF THAT HAS BEEN SEEKING UNDULY LONG SENTENCES. SO RECKONING WITH THE CRIMINAL HISTORY HAS TO INCLUDE ADDRESSING EXCESSIVE SENTENCING. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOURE SORT OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE TWO ROLES YOUVE HAD. ON THE TRUMP ORG CASE, WEVE SEEN FROM PUBLIC REPORTS THERES SOME SPECIAL GRAND JURY IMPANELED, THAT MEANS WHOEVER WINS THIS RACE COULD INHERIT AN OPEN CASE OR POTENTIAL INDICTMENTS. DO YOU THINKS BAYS ON THE PUBLIC EVIDENCE, THIS GRAND JURY IS LEGALLY JUSTIFIED? >> I HAVE THE MOST EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THESE -- AS YOU KNOW, I CANT COMMENT ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT CASE, BUT I DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE OVER ALL OF THE CASES PENDING BEFORE THAT OFFICE FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY. I KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF NEW YORK CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, AND IM PREPARED TO MAKE SURE, BASE ON MY EXPERIENCE, THERES CONTINUITY OF PERSONNEL IN ALL OF THE CASES PENDING BEFORE THE OFFICE. >> YOU SAY CONTINUITY. DOES THAT MEAN YOU WOULD BASICALLY INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE PENDING CASES OR MAY LOOK AT THEM ANEW OR DROP SOME OF THEM? >> I WOULD EXPECT TO FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE AND ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE HELD APPROPRIATELY ACCOUNTABLE, REGARDLESS OF HOW POWERFUL OR WELL CONNECTED THEY MAY BE. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION THERE, DO YOU THINK THAT LEGALLY THIS OFFICE, THE MANHATTAN D.A., HAS THE AUTHORITY TO INDICT AN EX-PRESIDENT? >> I DO. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP AND THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, DO YOU SEE THE OUTLINES OF A CASE HERE? IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE WEVE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH OTHER PEOPLE ON THE PROGRAM, SO VIEWERS MAY BE FAMILIAR, THE CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL AS A CANDIDATE WAS PRETTY CLEAR IN TELLING VOTERS SHE SAW A PROBLEM WITH DONALD TRUMP WITHOUT PREJUDGING CASES. THATS THE WHOLE REASON THERES A RACE IN THE FIRST PLACE, VOTERS GET A SENSE OF WHERE YOURE HEADED. WHAT DO YOU VIEW AS THE POTENTIAL LEGAL EXPOSURE OF DONALD TRUMP? IS THAT SOMETHING YOURE ABLE TO STAND UP TO? OR SHOULD VOTERS SEE YOU AS A BLANK SLATE? >> I THINK THE WORST THING WOULD BE TO SAY SOMETHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHICH WOULD SUGGEST ANYTHING OTHER THAN COMPLETE IMPARTIALITY, AND PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY MAY FACE A RECUSAL MOTION OR REMOVAL OF JURISDICTION. IVE BEEN VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE ITS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO TAKE OVER THAT CASE AND ALL THE OTHER PENDING CASES. I WILL TELL YOU THE SENIOR-MOST ADVISER FOR MIRE CAMPAIGN WAS THE FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO HANDLED THE FIRST INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION. I KNOW WHAT HE WENT THROUGH WHEN THAT CASE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT CASE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN. >> THAT WAS UNDER THE CURRENT D.A., YOURE TALKING ABOUT THE CY VANCE SOHO PROBE? >> YES. >> WHY, IN YOUR VIEW, SHOULDNT THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN? >> I DONT THINK ITS APPROPRIATE TO THE EVIDENCE. IM SPEAKING REALLY TO THE FACT THAT THAT CASE, LIKE OTHERS, INVOLVED BACK-ROOM MEETINGS BETWEEN SENIOR STAFF AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND WELL-HEELED DEFENSE LAWYERS.
DECISIONS WERE MADE IN RESULTING DECISIONS WERE MADE IN RESULTING THOSE CASES TO BE CONCLUDED. >> VERY INTERESTING, YOURE GIVING US YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH
