a judge in virginia sentences a neo-nazi to a second life term, plus 419 years behind bars for the deadly charlottesville car attack. james alex fields junior admitted to deliberately ramming his car into counter pr protests killing heather hire and injuring dozens more. he pled guilty to federal hate crime charges. jillian: kamala harris blasts jeffrey epstein s former lawyers but still took money from the firm. there was a fundraiser for the 2020 presidential candidate last week. she said their work, quote, calls into question the integrity of our legal system, according to the associated press. harris campaign said people involved in epstein s case are not supporting her. epstein is facing new sex trafficking charges in new york.
today as the life plus 419 year sentence for that murder in charlottesville was handed down, spruchl getting that same tuning fork attacking members of congress as vicious, disgusting al qaeda loving america haters. this after hitting them with the go back to your own country slur this weekend. last time around after charlottesville, some republicans expressed some disgust at what the president said. this time not so much. not as much. a handful of republicans have worked up the gumption to say something, but most made clear that whatever else you say, they are not racist, no racism here. the president of course is enjoying this. as always. the outrage in the press and among democrats, he is milking it for all its worth.
church goers who were killed by white supremacists. two years later, he is succeeded in office by a new president who responds to the murder in charlottesville by a neonazi by praising the very fine people on the neonazi size? lamenting they got a raw deal in the press? when joe biden declared his run for the presidency this year, his announcement video centered on the moral collapse represented by trump s response to charlottesville, calling it a threat to the nation unlike any i have seen in my lifetime. today as the life plus 419 year sentence for that murder in charlottesville was handed down, president trump getting that same tuning fork attacking members of congress as vicious,
his car into those counter protesters and injured dozens of people and killed heather heyer was sentenced to in prison plus 419 years. that was the sentence on state charges. on federal charges he already got an additional life sentence. but that moment when donald trump refused to condemn white supremacists in charlottesville who just killed somebody, talk about a defining image or moment. those remarks from trump after charlottesville rang like a instructed tuning fork. a moment of tonal clarity about our new president and our country now with him as our political leader. it was only two summers before that where there was president barack obama singing amazing grace at the memorial for nine mostly elderly african-american
the friends and family of mckenzie lueck. her alleged killer faced a judge via video. we just immediately lost our breath. i think we were holding hands and just i refuse to say the person s name. this is probably the last time i ll give him any sort of attention. heather: he did not speak or enter a plea. to virginia now. a virginia judge sentencing a neo-nazi to a second life term, plus 419 years behind bars for the deadly charlottesville car attack. james alex field junior admitting to deliberately ramming his car into counter pro protesters at the unite the right rally, killing heather hair and injuring dozens in 2017. last month, fields was sentenced to a separate life sentence after pleading guilty to federal hate crime charges.