the once trusted confidante of the former president writing, mr. wisenberg testified under oath that he betrayed the trust the company placed in him and that he at all times acted solely for his own personal gain, took that out of his own personal greed. highest levels of sentencing next month. the company faces a one point seven dollars million fine as early term consequences could be more severe if no one wants to do business with our mayor or abc news senior investigative aaron terracycle joins us now. erin, just to underscore the importance we take, what it means for the trump organization are components of the u.s. government, and the trump organization is now, for all intents and purposes, a convicted felon. and although at sentencing they face what amounts to a nominal fine collateral consequences of the verdict here today, more far reaching in the future. a lot of businesses have policy against doing business with felons. you ve got so banks could start calling in loans. busi
wisenberg testified under oath that he betrayed the trust the company had placed on him and that he at all times acted solely for his own personal gain and out of his own personal greed. a sentencing next month. the company faces a one point seven dollars million fine, but long term, the consequences could be more severe if no one wants to do business with a felony. the manhattan district attorney s office has an ongoing criminal investigation that could still result in an indictment of trump himself. the new york attorney general has filed a two hundred and fifty million dollars civil lawsuit against trump. and so this verdict is not the end of it. in trump s former home state. where to go to garran kotecki, abc news criminal court in new york . for herschel walker, a former theranos executive who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy over the summer, will be sentenced today. sonny bill wonnie was a former lover and business partner of elizabeth holmes, was already serving 11
0 matters and makes the storytelling stronger with the guy. just some phenomenal images. there are things to go for that and for one last picture before we go tonight, the image of the day this player scored the clinching penalty kick to help morocco pull off a stunning upset in spain in the world cup. but what s more noteworthy, city was actually born in madrid, spain. his dad is a vendor on the street and his mother cleaning houses. he says he never felt at home in the european country despite being signed by real madrid, just seven years old, spanish, born in morocco, lives to play another game. but thanks to him and his team, as you can see. and that is our show for this hour. be sure to stay tuned to abc news for more context and analysis of the day s top stories. the hammerback so much are streaming with us. sir john winston, the calm recording all my life. so you are getting away with about ten minutes ago now was flip toward war not a difference right now? twenty two thousa
right? blind, politics looks, lady justice does not, sol wisenberg is no stranger to investigations. deputy independent council during the whitewater and lewinsky investigations, let s start with executive privilege, what is it? at its core, it covers confidential communications between the president and his most senior advisers, and national security, and diplomatic communications and communications that president s closest advisers have with other executive branch employees as part of their function of advising the president. the core areas. it can only be invoked by the president. or by someone who is acting
laura: yet the ones who really need to be punished here are the democrats and their enablers in the press and the deep state. those are the ones who need to be punished because washington has got to learn once and for erl they work for us, not the other way around. we are not going to let them take our jobs, all the wage increases people have seen, our stronger investments, or any of the other benefits we now enjoy because of this economy. they tried to convince all of us that america could never get better, but they were wrong andw we cannot and we will not go back to the way things were before and that s the angle. and the punishment party is using what was supposed to be an explosive whistle-blower complaint that turned out to be anything but. joining me with reaction sol wisenberg.hi former whitewater deputy and defending counsel, john eastmanr