members of congress were still dodging the disgraced ex-president s phone calls on the floor of the house. kevin mccarthy was still cutting back room deals, negotiating with his hostage-takers, trading away everything but the gavel so he could ascend finally, at long last, to the speakership. now less than one week into republican rule of the house of representatives, here we are, one newly minted republican of the house, george santos, is facing multiple open investigations and mounting evidence that he is both a pathological liar and a potential campaign finance violator among other things. speaker mccarthy is dangling the possibility of expuning one of the disgraced ex-president s impeachments. republicans are unleashing a so-called weaponization with mccarthy. democrats of the house are now receiving death threats like this one against congressman eric swalwell. getting your kicked off the committee is the least of your problems. the american people aren t going to be
go from here, but i think and earlier this week people that watch this network heard from carey dunne, one of the original prosecutors. yeah, yeah, yeah. helped secure the guilty plea of allen weisselberg. you know, he mentioned don t let this moment pass in time, the fact that we were able to prove this there was a tax fraud scheme at the trump organization, and don t let it slip by that we were able to convict its cfo, allen weisselberg. i thought that was an interesting. i was about to say no, it is so interesting because neither you guys aren t political brains, but in the political world, it deprives trump of his entire brand that he ran on successfully in 16. that s an interesting point. some legal observers may say certainly andrew of all people has experience with this in the mueller investigation, they were able to secure so many guilty pleas in that.
it remains to be seen because alvin bragg has said on this network repeatedly, they were asking him that question at the end of the press conference, can you go back to allen weisselberg, and now that he s sitting in rikers island, which is an uncomfortable place for anybody to be, let alone someone of his age, can you put more pressure on him again, a theory floated by several people. michael cohen also told you i believe on monday stated that he expects a phone call from alvin bragg s office. i m still trying to figure out a legal analyst tell me what is the nexus to a new york state crime, if, in fact, it was the payments to stormy daniels, pursuing that as a criminal charge. but we haven t heard any signs so far of any new subpoenas that have been issued, any new
today a piercing, scathing rebuke and the maximum punishment for the disgraced twice-impeached ex-president s company. the trump organization was fined $1.6 million this morning, a slap on the wrist for the company perhaps, but after a conviction last month in the manhattan d.a. s case for the company s 15-year tax fraud conspiracy, it is a major blow to the business and the ex-president s reputation and image, one that michael cohen on this program called a death spiral. the manhattan judge says he finds it interesting that the trump corp. once again tried to point the finger elsewhere today, including to the lone person charged in the scheme, chief financial officer allen weisselberg, who began a prison sentence at rikers island in new
long time but five months in rikers, a place where i don t think any of us would want to spend one day, so he is now going to be in jail and e, and there is evidence laid out by letitia james in the civil case that implicates allen weisselberg in a separate additional crime in connection with the trump organization. one of the things i ll be interested to see is whether there are charges brought on that. the evidence laid out by letitia james admittedly in a civil complaint sets a different standard, seems quite compelling about his lying in a very blatant way to an outside investor and insurer with respect to the trump organization. so if there are additional charges and you re 75 years old and you re already in jail, you re thinking how do i get out. yeah. so i will be interested in