Taxrelated conduct. Nbc news reported that the Manhattan District attorney was probing schemes where Trump Organization employees were allegedly able to avoid paying taxes in exchange for benefits such as apartments. And forgive the pun, but this headline was just too good. The tentacles of the investigation now reach trumps former Body Guard who, believe it or not, is the companys Chief Operating Officer over whether he received tax free benefits. As for the former president , he was in wellington, ohio, Last Night for what was a score settling Endorsement Rally for republican Congressman Anthony Gonzalez who voted to impeach trump for the January 6th insurrection. Trumps rambling remarks were littered with Fear Mongrg but comes as the Oath Keepers has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the January 6th attack on the cappal to. One other member of the Extremist Group pleaded guilty to lesser charges and so far 16 members of the Oath Keepers have been charged. Following rep
i ll ask new hampshire republican governor chris sununu if washington s dysfunction is one reason he decided not to run for the senate. also, trump adviser steve bannon indicted for refusing to comply with the january 6th congressional subpoena. could former chief of staff mark meadows be next? i ll talk to democratic adam schiff, member of the house committee investigating january 6th. and the kyle rittenhouse trial there were people right there could the teen who shot three men, two fatally during a protest in kenosha, wisconsin i didn t do anything wrong. i defended myself. be acquitted in part because of a flawed prosecution? don t get brazen with me. joining me for insight and analysis are former democratic senator claire mccaskill, matthew continetti of the american enterprise institute, nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell and eugene scott of the washington post. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. announcer: from
good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is going to have a week. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, november 15th. we ve got a lot of news. let s get started. a law enforcement official tells nbc news former trump adviser steve bannon is expected to surrender today and appear in court this afternoon. a federal grand jury indicted bannon on friday, charging him with two counts of contempt of congress, one, failing to appear for a deposition and the other is for failure to produce documents. nbc news reports this indictment is a first. no one who has ever exerted executive privilege has ever been prosecuted for contempt before. if convicted, he could face up to a year behind bars and a fine of up to $5,000, but a conviction cannot force him to testify. liz cheney described the indictment as a warner to other trump officials who are attempting to stonewall the committee, adding, quote, no one is above the law. former president trump responded to the indictm
your mouth and pull the trigger if you re in part of this [bleep] fraud. howie: reuters tracked down nine people who left such messages. this is the incredible part. they admitted to it. they thought it was fine to curse and threaten people who were doing their jobs. one man left a message with arizona secretary of state katie holmes office saying she would hang, quote, from an f dashing-e tree. most of the cases don t get prosecuted. while the press is starting to pay attention, there should be a much bigger story. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: ahead of the media totally botched the kyle rittenhouse homicide case, the media hadn t been all that concerned with rising prices, not the world s sexiest topic but when the biden administration announced the annual inflation topped 6%, even some pundits sympathetic to the president acknowledged he faces a major political problem. everything from a gallon of gas to a loaf of bread costs more and it s worrisome.
arming missiles to taiwan for their fighter jet. there s concerns that they may be planning to arm russia now. in a moment, what former director of national tell john ratcliffe thinks the u.s. should be doing to address this and democratic senator joe manchin on if we are risking war with china over all of this. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto on a very busy news day. let s get to it with the latest from the pentagon. we ll find jennifer griffin. jennifer? neil, the state department has approved the sale of f-16 munitions worth $619 million for taiwan. since 2010, the u.s. has september $37 billion in foreign military sales. taipei has requested to buy 100 harm missiles along with various missile launches that can be used by the f-16 fleet. we don t believe an invasion is imminent. we re going to continue to work closely with our allies and partners to deter potential aggression. we re ininterested in the status quo, to preserve the peace that has been there a very lo