rhetoric over the weekend. in addition to dangling pardons for those convicted of crimes tied to the capitol attack, trump also tried to stir up some vitriol against the people investigating him or his businesses. if these radical, vicious, racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, i hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in washington, d.c., in new york, in atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt. they re corrupt. that call to action already has one district attorney asking the fbi for more security. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is joining us. the district attorney investigating trump s election interference scheme in georgia is now taking new precautions following those comments. what are you learning? this is da fannie willis. she s asking for the fbi s help.
discuss their contracts with general ahmed. the same general ahmed. so apparently the guy who is going to be assigned to take the fall for the jamal khashoggi murder, he can maybe also take the fall for whatever election interference scheme the saudis may have been pitching to the trump campaign, the one that robert mueller is nailing down right now. nice. two birds with one stone, right? nice. congressman eric swalwell from the intelligence committee will be our guest live, next. of good start packaging. we distribute environmentally-friendly packaging for restaurants. and we ve grown substantially. so i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. that s right, $36,000. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. my unlimited 2% cash back is more than just a perk, it s our healthcare. can i say it? what s in your wallet?
that same general, was the main contact for elliott broidy and journal mader in the saudi government. for whatever nader and broidy were up to in the election, and thereafter. nader wrote to elliott broidy about a terrific, magnificent meeting with the saudi crown prince. he was very positive overall, the prince even asked them to discuss their contracts with general ahmed. the same general ahmed. so apparently the guy who is going to be assigned to take the fall for the jamal khashoggi murder, he can maybe also take the fall for whatever election interference scheme the saudis may have been pitching to the trump campaign, the one that robert mueller is nailing down right now. nice. two birds with one stone, right? nice. congressman eric swalwell from the intelligence committee will be our guest live, next. commit be our guest live, next. you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal.
the election interference scheme. well, today richard pinedo got sentenced for that. he got six months in prison, six months house arrest and two years probation after all of that is over. but we also found out at the sentencing hearing today, because we just got the transcript from the hearing, we also found out what happened when the special counsel s office caught richard pinedo in the first place. here s what happened today. at this point, the judge is asking the prosecutors from the special counsel s office to explain how much richard pinedo helped them as a cooperator, because the judge needs to factor that in when deciding on the sentence. so here s the judge. can you elaborate on how he saved you time and resources?
role in the scheme. basically, what we learned was that he had been running an illicit business online where he bought and sold bank account information and helped people set up paypal accounts using that stolen information. the russians involved in the online propaganda effort to tilt the 2016 election to donald trump, they used accounts they said up with his help to buy online ads and to pay for other stuff related to their part of the election interference scheme. well, today richard pinedo got sentenced for that. he got six months in prison, six months house arrest and two years probation after all of that is over. but we also found out at the sentencing hearing today, because we just got the transcript from the hearing, we also found out what happened when the special counsel s office caught richard pinedo in the first place. here s what happened today. at this point, the judge is asking the prosecutors from the