hi, the nicolle. i am ari melber. we begin in a sense with how we left off last night, and how it fits with brand-new developments today. donald trump, now convicted felon, stands atop these three criminal enterprises, which we ve been reporting out for you. we made this based on legal analysis and reporting for the first time last night. the underlying facts are known, but here they are together. the leaders have been convicted of serious crimes across quite a long range of time. trump s new conviction is still sinking in across the nation, and the process will play out. he s awaiting sentencing. it completes this picture criminality that surrounds him because of the people he picked and who he often stood with and they stood by him as long as they defied police and law enforcement defended him, they stayed together, this band of quite literal convicted felons, criminals. while last week was understandably first focused on the conviction of one man, in order to see the bro
congress than most other professions. true. we can joke about that and we can talk about that. but for something this serious, i would observe that that means they know better. the random person at the end of the bar, michael steele and i having a third or fourth round, who innocently might say, i don t follow politics, i m busy trying to make a living, but i heard they all do that. i don t think that person is as culpable having been fed that as they go about their lives, as these lawyers who know exactly this isn t the norm, know exactly what watergate was, know what trump was saying at the time i showed there were some that warning about it on the right and now go along with it in congress, which, as the times put it today, john, is a low point. your view? it is definitely a low point. and i can t imagine a worse situation than the people that have the gifts to understand the law misleading the nation.
doing, that person would certainly did prosecuted as the new york times put it today. the economist magazine arguing the real injustice would have been not to indict trump. prosecutors who ran the justice department under trump and obama administrations with the same conclusion there s overwhelming evidence to indict. basically it s a clear call. barr saying the evidence suggests trump is toast. pretty damming evidence. it may inform how some republican lead we are viewing this, the party basing for a conviction may make different determinations than one betting trump will get out from under this again. while trump sat at his arraignment, he s presumed innocent. that doesn t mean this he starts with a blank slate either. the public evidence is here. his second arraignment day has come in as many months.
re opened an investigation into claims the labour leader broke lockdown rules last year. sir keir has strongly criticised borisjohnson about parties held in downing street, and has denied doing anything wrong himself during a campaign trip before the hartlepool by election. an itinery leaked to a sunday newspaper suggests sir keir s beer and curry event had been planned in advance. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticus has more. he s always styled himself a man of probity mr rules, one of his shadow cabinet put it today. and sir keir starmer would like the focus to be on the election results, yesterday celebrating advances in scotland. this was sir keir in april last year on the campaign trail. covid rules said you could gather indoors if it was reasonably necessary for work, but not to socialise outside your household or bubble. so was he breaking the law? durham police investigated and said no. they re reconsidering.
himself during a campaign trip before the hartlepool by election. an itinery leaked to a sunday newspaper suggests sir keir s beer and curry had been planned in advance. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticus has more he s always styled himself a man of probity mr rules, one of his shadow cabinet put it today. and sir keir starmer would like the focus to be on the election results, yesterday celebrating advances in scotland. this was sir keir in april last year on the campaign trail. covid rules said you could gather indoors if it was reasonably necessary for work, but not to socialise outside your household or bubble. so was he breaking the law? durham police investigated and said no. they re reconsidering. a labour party schedule for the visit leaked to the mail on sunday shows the dinner was planned. that doesn t mean it broke regulations, but mr starmer is now in the spotlight and this makes