Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. For most of his life donald trump has sold o himself as a successful businessman. He tid it first as a minor new york celebrity and then as a new york tv host and then as probably as a candidate as a president of the United States. Trumps mainni asset, his selli point, if, you will, the reaso we were all supposed to take him seriously and he was a successful leadery of the Real Estate Sfempire that bears his name. But today a judge in new york found that trumps Business Empire has been built in part onrampant fraud. And the judge ordered the disillusion of trumps businesses in the state of new york. Heres what she wrote. Ordered that any certificates filed by any of the entity defendsants or by any other entity controlled or beneficially owned by donald j. Trump, donald trump jr. , eric trump, allen weisselberg, or trump controller Jeffrey Meycconnie are canceled. To put that in laymans terms for now the Trump Organization effectively has
Frasiers left hook. He connected. Feet off the ground, flying through the air, left hook, boom. Really hit him hard. Before we even got to a trial. He said we know fraud when we see it. Weve looked at all the evidence, this is fraud. There will be a version of the trial maybe starting next week. Well get more details in a minute. The judge could not have been more clear in his ruling yesterday that what donald trump and the organization perpetrated over many, many years, in his eyes, is fraud. Yeah, part of the case brought by new York Attorney general Letitia James. Well get to that in just a moment. Thats our top story. Also ahead, the History Making Stop on the picket line for President Biden. Well show you what he had to say to striking autoworkers who are demanding a significant pay raise. Plus, senator bob menendez is refusing to resign despite calls from 2 dozen colleagues to do so following his indictment on bribery charges. You wouldnt believe the republicans who are now defen
Legal analyst, glenn kirschner, reacting to a major legal ruling against donald trump. Well break down the fraud case against the former president just ahead. Plus, the current President Joe Biden makes history as the first sitting Commander In Chief to join a picket line. Well show you what biden said to auto workers and take a look at his support could impact negotiations. And also ahead an update on the budget battle on capitol hill. House republicans are making some progress on a package of spending bills, but congress is still very much on a path to a shutdown. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 27th. Im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a busy news day today and well begin with the monumental ruling in a civil case against donald trump which could serve as a deathblow for his family business. In a 35page decision yesterday manhattan judge Arthur Engoron found the former president , his two oldest sons, and t
we ll get an update on the current state of the virus amid a rise in hospitalizations across the united states. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 6th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the stiffest punishment handed down so far for anyone involved in the january 6th capitol attack. enrique tarrio, the former national chairman of the proud boys, was sentenced to 22 years in prison following his conviction on a seditious conspiracy charge for playing a central role in the 2021 insurrection. his sentence is the longest so far, surpassing the 18 years given to oath keeper s founder stewart rhodes. now, prosecutors had sought a 33-year term for tarrio. wearing an orange jumpsuit, an emotional tarrio offered apologies to law enforcement and washington, d.c. residents for his involvement. he asked the judge to show mercy and vowed that he is done with politics. the judge timothy
energetic in pursuing a hunter biden contempt of congress charge. bill: byron, stand by. 10:00 on the east coast and capitol hill. watching our continuing coverage of the hunter biden saga and what was scheduled to be a closed door deposition to begin 30 minutes ago at the moment it looks like this will not happen. i m bill hemmer along with dana perino and our coverage continues dana: one he would show up, do the deposition, leave and get a transcript and wait for the next shoe to drop. the other option he goes to the deposition and ends up pleading the fifth. bill: or picking and choosing which questions to answer based on what his lawyer says. dana: i gave a long public statement which he said his father was not financially involved in his businesses, he also said that he was very proud of the degrees he had from georgetown and law degree. proud of his business career and he also said i ve made mistakes and wasted opportunities and for that i m responsible and acco