Well see you again on monday provided i still have a job. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin, so fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course, among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case, the lead prosecutors. Theyll join us in this hour. They wouldnt have been there, they wouldnt have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the plays and putting them in that courtroom. And to have had not only the conviction but to have had this landmark sentence today, i mean, that number is going to mean Something Different to everybody who is looking at it, but to have the judge conclude that on a 12 1 2 year presumptive sentence under minnesota guidelines, to end up a decade higher than that for an officer, when so few officers are charged, let alone convicted, let alone sentenced to more than negligible time, it was historic today. And we have jane richard, a little girl who grew up in the neighborhood i grew up in boston. She was seven years old when she lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, her Brother Martin Standing beside her was killed, her mother was injured, her father was injured, they were all there as a family at the marathon. She stood up at fenway park and sang the National Anthem. I cant even talk about it now, rachel, its so moving. Well show that at the end of the hour. Its special night in boston. Im already falling apart thinking about it. I should not have mentioned it until the time comes because its going to be hard for me to compose myself for that. But thank you, rachel. Its time for you to go fishing, its friday night. Do you want me to tell you a quick dad joke to help you reset emotionally . Please. Whats the best thing about switzerland . The mountains . I dont know, but the flag is a big plus. Okay. That worked. That did it. Your weekend starts now, rachel, thank you. Thank you, lawrence. The Breaking News for defendant trump tonight. Donald trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer told nbc news that he expects the Manhattan District Attorney to file criminal charges next week. The Manhattan District Attorneys office is expected to hit Donald Trumps company with criminal charges as soon as next week. Multiple people familiar with the matter tell nbc news. The New York Times reports that both the Trump Organization and its chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg could face criminal charges. The times reports the Manhattan District Attorneys office has informed donald j. Trumps lawyers it is considering criminal charges against the Trump Organization, the family business, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. If the case moves ahead, the district attorney, Cyrus R Vance jr. , charges against Allen Weisselberg could be announced as soon as next week. Prosecutors are looking into whether taxes were paid on compensation. An attorney representing Donald Trump Tells nbc news in a statement, it looks like they are going to come down with charges against the company and that is completely outrageous. Ive been practicing for over 50 years and ive never seen a case like this where they would indict or charge an individual or a company on tax evasion for using a company car or Company Apartment and then tie it to the company that he is working for without any evidence that what he did benefitted the company. They are doing this just to get back at donald trump. They could not get Allen Weisselberg to cooperate and tell them what they wanted to hear and thats why they are Going Forward with these charges and they could not get him to cooperate because he would not say that donald trump had knowledge or any information that he may have been not deducting properly the use of cars or an apartment. That attorney also told nbc news that Trump Organization lawyers met with cy vances Office Yesterday and tried to per said the Manhattan District Attorneys office not to go forward with charges. Quote, we met with prosecutors on thursday and i asked for the meeting with cy vance and he agreed that we meet. There were a number of prosecutors and our lawyers. We tried to persuade them that they should not go forward with these charges because they are minuscule and dont affect any of Donald Trumps companies. Minuscule. Free rent in New York City and private School Tuition in New York City could easily be worth millions of dollars. The New York Times reports that at least one representative of the new York Attorney Generals Office also attended the meeting with trump lawyers. The office of new York State Attorney general Letitia James is conducting a civil inquiry into some of the same issues, but they joined cy vances investigation in recent weeks. Trumps lawyer told nbc news the legal steps he expects to be taking next week. Quote, the Corporate Office will plead not guilty and we will make an immediate motion to dismiss the case against the corporation. Mr. Trump is outraged that they are still going after him by going after his company, where he has loyal employees for decades. On sunday, Allen Weisselbergs former daughterinlaw, jennifer weisselberg, who is cooperating with cy vances investigation, said this on msnbc about Allen Weisselberg. Hes blindly loyal. He doesnt have the same moral compass, i think, that i do, where you tell the truth. And hes stayed blindly loyal to not just donalds businesses, but his practices and the way he treats people and the way hes willing to destroy people that arent silent, just the way he is. Theyre morally they have the same moral compass, the same integrity. Hes always been blindly loyal to donald. I also think its about control. Allen is a control freak. I think once things start to get nasty and people are flipping or flopping, that scares him. So hell stay due diligent and stay the course and keep going to work and hold out. Joining us now for this discussion, daniel goldman, former federal prosecutor. Daniel alonzo, former assistant d. A. In manhattan. David k. Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter on taxation. Daniel alonzo, since this is your old office, you would have been in that meeting if you were in your old job at the d. A. s office this week. What do you make of this, you have Donald Trumps lawyers saying we expect to be charged next week, the company will plead not guilty, well ask for dismissal. We should take Donald Trumps lawyers at their word, fischetti is a very good lawyer, ive tried cases against him. Its unclear that theyre going to charge weisselberg but fischetti says they are. It sounds to me, if they really are focusing only on the perks, that that is a real case, but it is not the main case that we have heard it being prepared all these months. It doesnt mean such a case wont come down the road, but right now theyre focusing on the failure by weisselberg to pay taxes on Fringe Benefits that are taxable and the companys complicity in that what would be an alleged fraud. So it looks like theyre going to indict the corporation, which is obviously authorized under new york law. And mr. Weisselberg sounds like he has called their bluff, sounds like hes not cooperating, and it sounds like theyre going to charge him, and they may charge him with more down the road. Daniel goldman, what do you make about this news . Im not doubting at all that what Ron Fischetti said is true. I also have done a trial against ron, who is an old time New York City lawyer, very good. But hes also a Defense Lawyer and likes to slant things in favor of his client. So i have some questions as to whether all were talking about here are these Fringe Benefits. I would be very surprised if any prosecutor would move forward to indict a Company Based solely on that conduct. As dan alonzo notion very well because he wrote the memo for the manhattan d. A. s office, you would need to show persistent and pervasive conduct. And im guessing theres more than these Fringe Benefits. But lawrence, lets underscore how serious an indictment is for a corporation, particularly like the Trump Organization. If the corporation is indicted, you can expect all of its lenders to call their loans, meaning they want to be paid back because banks do not, and in some cases cannot, deal with indicted corporations. So they will try to call their loans. The Trump Organization of course has way more debt than they have equity, meaning that they cannot repay all of their loans right now. And that could lead ultimately to bankruptcy. So this is incredibly serious, the discussion about charging the Trump Organization. David k. Johnston, if this is about these Fringe Benefits that Allen Weisselberg gets for free or his kids get for free, a free apartment in New York City could easily be a quarter Million Dollars a year, that adds up pretty quickly. Private School Tuition, New York City, 60,000 a year, how many kids are we talking about . This number is not minuscule to anyone not named trump. But theres two ends of this. The company, presumably, is deducting those expenses as some kind of business expense, because there is really no other way the company can book those expenses. And then the recipient owes income tax on it and is not paying income tax on it. Is that basically the shape of this . Well, it may not be in the case of the Trump Organization. Remember that donald trump, by his own count, often has far more Tax Deductions than he can make use of. So we dont know how theyre being accounted for. Lets also remember something central here. Ron fischettis job is to sell the press on the most minimal view of this case. The leaks dont come from prosecutors. They never come from grand jury prosecutors. They are all from the other side or People Associated with the other side, one way or the other, who are trying to shape the news and public perceptions. So i think its reasonable to assume that Ron Fischetti has significantly narrowed the scope of what he learned in that meeting yesterday that went on for 90 minutes. Now, donalds books and records could be completely fraudulent. Donald in the past has been known to produce completely fraudulent records. He did this with his 1984 tax return where his own lawyer testified against him and said that the tax return was a forgery. And this is records violations in new york are a 25year felony, if i remember correctly, so its a serious matter. But this is probably more than that, as described by Ron Fischetti. Dan, what would you expect us to see next week, based on what we think we know tonight . Im basing it not just on mr. Fischettis statement, which wasnt a leak, it was an on the record statement. Also reporting from the New York Times and nbc news. It sounds like they have it from multiple sources that they are going to go forward with things surrounding the Fringe Benefits. And youre right, lawrence, it is a not insignificant amount of money. I will not say its the case of the century, even if you have over a Million Dollars in undeclared income, thats still under new york law going to be 100,000 plus in taxes that werent paid. So its not an enormous tax laws. That said, its a taxpayerfinanced fringe benefit. So it is serious enough to prosecute. And there is, as dan goldman pointed out, this policy that i issued on behalf of the d. A. Years ago, where there are a whole series of factors and some of those factors are whether the company cooperated, whether the company selfreported, obviously they get low marks on that. One factor is collateral consequences. And dan mentioned that perhaps the company would go into bankruptcy. I would say that prosecutors have considered that quite kwafl carefully as well. I am a little skeptical on whether the banks will call the loans because the banks want to be repaid and if the loans are performing, theyre not going to call them. Im not sure theyll call loans over an indictment, especially one as narrowly drawn as i expect this one to be. We wont know until next week. Dan, will the federal prosecutors in the Southern District of new york be kind of looking over their shoulder at this and wondering, look, if there are Tax Violations within New York State law, that might translate into federal Tax Violations . I dont think so, lawrence. The Southern District had an investigation, and appears to have closed it, after turning over their materials to the manhattan d. A. s office. I think the Southern District is for whatever reason is out of this game and out of this investigation. In some ways thats a shame, because for the conduct that were talking about, the federal penalties are much more severe than the state penalties. I think a federal rico charge is much more obtainable than the equivalent little rico in New York State. And certainly some of the fraud, as dan said, the tax fraud and maybe perhaps some other fraudulent activity, would be punished much more harshly. The reason why that matters, i think, is that Allen Weisselberg is probably playing a game of chicken here, and he is essentially saying, i dont think you have anything on me thats going to put me in jail perhaps for any time and certainly not for a long time, and so im going to stay loyal to my guy donald trump, and im not going to cooperate. That may be very different if he were facing five, eight, ten years. Daniel goldman, dan alonzo, and david k. Johnston, thank you all very much for starting us off tonight, really appreciate it. Thank you, lawrence. Coming up, 22 1 2 years. Ten years more than the sentencing guidelines. Thats what Derek Chauvin got today as a sentence for the murder of george floyd. The lead prosecutors in the case, Jerry Blackwell and steve schliser, will join us next. Ll. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. The new citi custom cash℠ card, a different kind of card that Rewards Rashida and dan where their spending is trending. Just ask fifth class this week rashida. Rashida dan, no pain, no gain. Okay . Dan yeah i know, its just. Hello . Claire, what . Fire . Or always road tripping on empty dan. Rashida i told you this would happen. Dan the light was not even on. No, it was on. Dan what . With the new citi custom cash℠ card it pays to be you. 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Today the final session of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of george floyd was legalistic in some ways and very emotional in other ways. The Sentencing Hearing began with statements from George Floyds brothers and his daughter about what his loss means to them. What kind of games do you want to play with him . I want to play with him, have fun, go on a plane ride, and thats it. We used to have every single night before we went to bed. My daddy always used to help me brush my teeth. Aww. Do you miss him helping you brush your teeth . Yes. We will never be able to get george back. Daddies are a daughters first love. He will never be able to walk gianna down the aisle at her wedding, attend those magical moments of her life like a daddy daughter dance. Sweet 16 party. Seeing her out for prom graduations. And she will never be able to have any personal memories of her father. Terrence floyd had one question for Derek Chauvin. Why. I wanted to know from the man himself, why . What were you thinking . What was going through your head when you had your knee on my brothers neck . When you knew that he posed no threat anymore, he was handcuffed, why didnt you at least get up . Why did you stay there . We heard Derek Chauvin actually Say Something in court for the first time today, when before he was sentenced, the judge asked him if he had anything to say. Thank you, your honor. At this time, due to some additional legal matters at hand, im not able to give a full formal statement at this time. But very briefly, i do want to give my condolences to the floyd family. There is going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest. And i hope things will give you some peace of mind. Thank you. Before announcing the sentence, the judge acknowledged the pain felt in the courtroom and throughout the country. I acknowledge and hear the pain that you are feeling. I acknowledge the pain not only of those in this courtroom but the floyd family who are outside this courtroom and other members of the community. It has been painful throughout hennepin county, throughout the stateof minnesota, and even the country. But most importantly, we need to recognize the pain of the floyd family. And then the judge delivered the sentence. Im not basing my sentence also on public opinion. I am not basing it on any attempt to send any messages. A Trial Court Judge, the job of a Trial Court Judge is to apply the law to specific facts and to deal with individual cases. And so, mr. Chauvin, as to count 1, based on the verdict of the jury, finding you guilty of an intentional murder, under the statute, it is the judgment of the court that you now stand convicted of that offense, pursuant to minnesota Statute Section 660904, counts 2 and 3 will remain unadjudicated as they are lesser offences of count 1. The sentence for count 1, the court commits you to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for a period of 270 months, thats two seven zero. That is a tenyear addition to the presumptive sentence of 150 months. This is based on your abuse of a position of trust and authority and also the particular cruelty shown to george floyd. 270 months is 22 1 2 years. Derek chauvin is still facing federal charges in the death of george floyd which could bring a much longer sentence. Joining us now are the lead prosecutors of the Derek Chauvin trial, Jerry Blackwell and steve schleicher. Thank you both very much for joining us tonight. Jerry blackwell, let me begin with you, since this was your very first case as a prosecutor. This is the very first time youve been involved in sentencing and in effect sending someone to prison. What was your reaction to the sentence . My reaction was a sense of peace, lawrence, i suppose is the word i would use, a sense that there had been a measure of justice obtained. As you know, its difficult to convict a Police Officer in the first place. And if you look at the history of Police Officers convicted of the unreasonable use of deadly force, this 22 1 2 years is right up there at the top of any officer ever convicted of this in the country. And the fact that the judge tacked on ten years on top of what would be a typical sentence of 12 1 2 years speaks both to the courts attempt to follow the guidelines and finding there are aggravating factors that justified an upward departure of ten plus years. So nothing will bring george floyd back, so no number of years will do that. But if we can do what we can in the law to approximate some kind of justice, i think that we can all feel good about the fact that there was a conviction and that the judge put it in the upper range of convictions of this sort ever in the history of america. Steve schleicher, as a former prosecutor, and now special prosecutor, youve been through Sentencing Sessions many times before. What did you expect going into this one, and how did it feel for you when you heard that 270 months from the judge . I expected, when the families spoke, that to be powerful for the judge and for everybody watching. And i think that that was borne out. I mean, the words of his daughter gianna, the expression from philonise and terrence and brandon about what they lost, i think was something that really resonated. And its something that can only be appreciated i guess from the position of people who have actually felt the loss, especially with gianna, and talking about shes lost with her father. I was particularly moved when philonise spoke about her missing those moments with her father, the sweet 16 parties, father daughter dances, the prom, walking down the aisle. It was very powerful. When i heard the sentence pronounced, you know, i shared jerrys sentiment, it was a feeling that we had achieved a measure of justice. No number is going to quite capture the enormity of the loss thats felt by the floyd family or frankly the enormity of this case. But 22 1 2 years is a substantial sentence. Its a long time. And it reflected the seriousness of this matter and the effect that its had on the floyd family and the whole world. The judge recessed to collect his final thoughts about this. He came back into the courtroom with an over 20page written memo about the sentence already written. So he may have plugged in the numbers at the last minute. He could have done that. But he clearly had already thought about all of the evidence in this case. And one thing that i was really struck by, in reading the judges memo all the way through, is how completely he embraced every element of the case you presented, saying that it was proved beyond a reasonable doubt. And i just want to read this one entry for the audience about how specifically and closely the judge has accepted every bit of the key evidence in the case. He said, the slow death of george floyd occurring over approximately six minutes of his Positional Asphyxia was particularly cruel in that mr. Floyd was begging for his life and obviously terrified by the knowledge that he was likely to die but during which the defendant object olive remained indifferent to mr. Floyds pleas. And Jerry Blackwell, in that passage alone, there are several days of testimony, including expert testimony. Darnella fraziers video. Theres so much evidence that he incorporates into that passage that you presented and adopts fully as proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Absolutely, lawrence. I couldnt agree more with that. And its consistent with the overarching message that we had throughout the entire trial, starting with opening statements, that you can believe your eyes, this is homicide, its murder. So the court saw what we all saw and heard the testimony. And the arc of this trial was simply having the jurors, the court, the public, to understand that what you thought you saw in that video was in fact what you saw, a man screaming, pleading for his life, who was simply being choked out, asphyxiated, one breath at a time. So the court got that. The court made those findings consistent with the evidence, proven beyond a reasonable doubt. And we think that was absolutely correct. Steve schleicher, both of you were in private practice when the Attorney General asked you to come in to handle this case. How did you feel today at the end of that session about the decision, the decision both of you made to come back, for you to come back into the Prosecutors Office to handle this case . Grateful. I was grateful to be called back into Public Service. And as i heard the sentence, and as i read also the judges order, recall that he placed great emphasis on the violation of the position of authority that Derek Chauvin was in. And as a former public servant, and in this capacity were both public servants, Public Service is something thats important. Public service as a public trust. The abuse of authority in this case was such a gross violation of that public trust. And the judge acknowledged in his order that it made the crime worse, and it was justification for giving a greater sense, that, you know, frankly the crime couldnt have happened without Derek Chauvin being in a position of authority, and any other situation, the victim would have had the option of resisting their attacker. But george floyd was not in a position to be able to resist his attacker because his attacker was a Police Officer. Or the bystanders would have gotten such an attacker off george floyd. Absolutely. But for his authority. And with that, the uniform and what that signifies, the power of the government, the power of the state, to use that to actually facilitate the crime, it did make it worse. So as i heard the judge reflecting on this and thinking about that call that Keith Ellison made to both of us, i was grateful to be able to be a part of a process that is going to take a step towards restoring that public trust that was so violated on that day. Jerry blackwell, a quick last word from you, from the moment you got that call from Keith Ellison, to today, how you feel about that decision you made to do this. Its the absolute best professional decision i have made in my entire year as a lawyer. And in a sense, i feel that its the culmination of all of the cases ive been involved in up to this point, defending, frankly, companies in cases that involve difficult witnesses, difficult documents, difficult narratives. All of that experience came to bear, where we had certainly definite challenges in this case, in attempting to convict a Police Officer. So i felt this was the culmination, frankly, of everything i have done in the practice of law up to this point. And i was grateful to be able to serve this way. Jerry blackwell and steve schleicher, one way to read that judges memo today is a real commendation for your work in that courtroom. He adopted every bit of the evidence that you presented and adopted it beyond a reasonable doubt. Thank you both very much for joining us, really appreciate it. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you. Happy to be on. Thank you. 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Our complaint today alleges that several provisions of sb 202 were passed with a discriminatory purpose in violation of the Voting Rights act. These legislative actions occurred at a time when the black population in georgia continues to steadily increase. And after an historic election that saw record Voter Turnout across the state, particularly for absentee voting, which black voters are now more likely to use than white voters, our complaint challenges several provisions of sb 202 on the ground that they were adopted with the intent to deny or abridge black citizens equal access to the political process. Attorney general Merrick Garland said the Justice Department is evaluating other restrictive laws recently passed in states with republican legislatures. He also asked for help from congress. We are using every method at our disposal in our enforcement efforts. But that is not enough. We urge congress to act to provide the department with important authorities it needs to protect the Voting Rights of every american. Joining us now, Latosha Brown and michael waldman. Latosha, let me start with you. The Justice Department is saying that the intent of this law is discriminatory, not just the effect, but it was written with the intention of discriminating against black voters. Absolutely. I think that thats what section 2 gives them the provision to be able to to do that, which is why we have to have im so glad that they are filing this case. We filed a case immediately, right after it was signed, when sb 202 was signed, we filed a case immediately. So im so glad that theyre going after this, because i think those are some provisions around the most egregious, discriminatory practices in the bill. Weve been vocal that we need to repeal the bill and we need legislative support as well. What republicans put in the bill in georgia, it actually does not deal with overturning of election boards. It does not deal with them having the ability to be able to invalidate election. So thats why were calling for repeal. But were very happy to see that the Department Of Justice is going to take this on as a core issue. Hopefully it will send a message to other states that have been specifically what we feel has been targeting black voters, actually being able to marginalize our power and impact in elections. Michael waldman, what is your reading of this case as filed by the Justice Department . Its a very powerful case. It shows the Just Department is back in the Business Of Protecting Voting Rights. It shows with great detail how uncannily this georgia law targets black voters. As strong as the case is, its in the courts. Its got its limits. The Supreme Court may limit the Voting Rights act further in days to come. Attorney general garland is exactly right. Ultimately there is no substitute for what has to happen, with Congress Passing s 1, the for the people act, passing the john lewis Voting Rights advancement act. Theres new legislation that would deal with whats just been described, the removal of nonpartisan officials from counting the votes. Congress, just the like the Justice Department, needs to step up. And latosha, thats a problem. The aftermath of voting in georgia under this new election law is one of the really scary parts of it. Absolutely. This past friday, before we kicked off our initiative, the Secretary Of State announced he was purging 100,000 voters from the voting rolls. Now were seeing in one county, a majority africanamerican county in southwest georgia, theyre attempting to close Polling Sites there. In addition to that theyre actually pulling people off the board of elections. This is a blatant abuse of power and we need federal legislation to stop that, to actually expand some protection, and we need to make sure the courts are aligned. Michael waldman, is there a way to get at some of these provisions around the country that appears to actually manipulate the outcome of the election by the way they deal with the processing of votes and the challenging of counts . People can call out and try to stop them from getting passed. And they need to have the sunlight of public attention, just like the Voter Suppression did last year. Congress has power, strong power under the constitution, to govern federal elections. Its called the elections clause. That includes how the votes are counted. Time, place, and manner of elections. So once again, there are things that can be done to override this. That kind of provision is showing up all over the country as these states are considering laws like this. In texas, in arizona. Often sort of snuck into the bill late at night, at the very end of the process, which is what happened here in georgia. Its very pernicious, its like boss tweed said, you know, i dont care where i get the votes as long as i can count them. Thank you both for joining us tonight. Thank you. Coming up, ali velshi is on the convenient of the apartment complex in surfside, florida. Hell join us with the latest, next. Xt a delicious, salty, crunchy ratio. Planters. A nut above. Crunchy ratio. I dont just play someone brainy on tv im an actual neuroscientist. And i love the Science Behind neuriva plus. Unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of Brain Performance. More Brain Performance . Yes, please neuriva. 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