countries while he was president. e. jean carroll is asking for more in damages for what the former president said about her one day after she won her civil lawsuit against him. i have no idea who this woman is. this is a fake story. made-up story. i swear to i have no idea who the hell she s a whack job. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington with the fallout from the scare outside the white house overnight. a 19-year-old missouri resident in custody after crashing a u-haul into security barriers in lafayette square just a few hundred feet from the white house. a law enforcement official telling nbc news he made threatening statements about white house at the scene as he was being detained. officers seized a nazi flag found in his vehicle. ryan nobles has been covering the story throughout the night,
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including their former leader enrique tarrio were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other lesser charges for the attack on the capitol. and the attempt to overturn the election. a fifth member was acquitted of seditious conspiracy but found guilty on serious felonies related to the riot. legal experts say the conviction of enrique theriot even though he was in baltimore during the riot because of a court order against him in washington in an unrelated case is a caution flag for donald trump and others that they could possibly face charges even though they were not at the other end of pennsylvania avenue during the riot. joining me now is democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren who served on the january 6th select committee. great to see you. thank you very much for being here. first your immediate reaction to thursday s convictions. are you expecting that, quote, higher ups including the former president potentially could be next? well, it s possible. as you know, we referred
up the evidence and making an assessment whether or not to charge. given the high profile of this case, i mean, a former president, i don t believe they will charge unless they feel confident that they have enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed a crime. so we are just going to have to wait and see on that, but i do hope that the doj while being thorough acts promptly. i think the country hanging to find out the answer is not a positive and whether they indict or not, it would be good to know. do you think it s significant that a jury admittedly a washington jury with a jury pool, because of the population is mostly democratic leaning, at least, but it was significant that a jury was willing to convict someone who was not present at the riot. enrique theriot was in baltimore because he is under a court
to be a big week and i think this jobs number makes this week an even bigger one really for both sides. i mean, it would be heartening certainly if somehow the decoupling of the budget and the debt ceiling could happen. we know that s probably at least one off-ramp to what s going on now. and, look, i think the strong jobs numbers, now everybody will wait for the next set of numbers what happens with consumer prices, but, again t just makes resolving this in a smooth way all the more important because we are running this gauntlet of continuing to grow the economy, trying to get inflation under control and not having a risk of recession. the hard landing that we ve been talking about really for six months. so big meetings next week in washington for a big solution that has to happen relatively quickly. it s a pretty dire situation. maya, don t go far, we are going to need you for the next couple
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