Bribes and stole money to pay off Massive Campaign debts and to fund lavish lifestyle. The scandal led to his defeat in the 2017 Democratic Congressional primary he would quit his Second District seat shortly after his june conviction on 18 corruption counts. The government had requested a sentence of 17 to 22 years but u. S. Attorney hem minimum injury assisted he was not disappointed by the judges ruling. He used his position in congress to benefit himself rather than his constituents and engaged in kimly activity for his own financial benefit. Hes also an individual whos done significant thing on behalf of the city of philadelphia for a number of years. The courtroom was packed with fattah supporters some of whom testified his character witnesses describing a career of helping his constituents and others in areas like education and scientific research. You believe he was goodman . I know he was a goodman. And i think a goodman who made some grievous mistakes. We lose a guy whos got
Process of handing over the reins. Abcs lionel zakas and washington on with more on that meeting today. The peaceful transition of power. We will want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed, the country 60s. this is what makes american i very much look for to dealing with the president in the future including counsel. Check obama and president elect met in the oval office for an hour and half. Their bitter wounds apparently healing. Mr. President , was a great honor team with you. Signaling to the nation ideal of country over party. But its an ideal difficult to achieve. President elect trump pledged to his supporters to roll back much of the work of the Obama Administration just like mr. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and an adversary from within the republican party, speaker of the house paul ryan. Showed him where he will be inaugurated in the two men discussed what they plan to do when that happens. Will talk about immigration and so many differe
Mountains. We could get snow, but not until the end of next week. Were in a state of extreme in the high desert. Another dry day. Were going to find from our vero wire camera in sterling, thats gorgeous. A beautiful, but bright drive early on this friday. A cold fronttthat has pushed through, moved through overnight. So were right now in the 30s. Its a chilly start. Well be in the upper 40s by 10 00. And then highs today in the upper 50s to near 60. So its still but were above normal. Du, 62. Congress park, 59. Highlands ranch, 62. We havent seen snow yesterday, but we could. Details coming up, jason. We have a fire not too far from kipling and morrison road on the west side of town. Well look into that. Otherwise, the freeways look nice. North, south, east, west, anywhere you go. We have an accident around and the south side of town getting busier,but overall, the freeway drive at least is pretty quiet. Denver seven first alert. Now to the latest nationwide on the antitrump protest in
President elect trump. Reporter well, this is awkward. We had never met each other. I have great respect. Reporter after an hour and a half behind closed doors barack obama and donald trump set aside years of personal attacks saying they share a common goal now. A transition that insures our president elect is successful. Reporter the transition. Its a multimillion dollar project. The federal budget includes 9. 5 million to help donald trump take over the ra that pays for office space, transition staff, consultants, travel costs, government and charter aircraft, communications, printing and postage. We discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. Reporter we didnt get a lot of specifics. Staffers were not in the meeting. Despite the new cooperative tone, theres still bad blood according to president obamas press secretary. He said on monday froth is is temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief, uniquely unqualified. The American People decided. Th
Last nights. The protesters are currently next to the pepsi center, just as the nugget golden state game is letting out. You have a huge confluence of people at this point. Police are trying to shuttle the nuggets attendees to downtown. Along with the protesters tonight as they first gathered at gathering with donald trump supporters. Reporter kyle, it was very interesting to see how this protest started first. It was a small group of people, and then grew to a massive crowd. These protesters saying they just want their voices heard. No word on the exact number of protests, but they peacefully stretched for blocks. Sometimes stopping traffic at times. The organizers said trump as election left her heartbroken. The woman, who calls herself phoenix says she believes the Trump Administration will usher in an area of bigotry, sexism, homophobia, and lack of compassion of the. I just honestly didnt feel like after the hate on my news feeds. People are openly using the n word, saying theyre