Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Story With Martha MacCallum 201

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Those charges, those guilty charges 47 months which works out to three years and 11 months. Paul manafort made his appearance in court to hear that today and did not look well, according to our courtroom producers who were inside. He came in on a wheelchair, literally had to lift each leg out of the wheelchair to be seated in the courtroom. He also carried a cane. He said and the judge before the sentencing was handed down, quote. To say that i am humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement. He talked about the outpouring of love and support he has received. Having been separated from his family for the last several months has been hard. He said he told judge ellis that he appreciated the trial that the judge has conducted and he choked up over saying that. He said that being in solitary confinement has affected his health in a very serious way and it was plainly evident to all in the courtroom. Next stop the d. C. District court and judge Amy Burman Jackson who is inclined would probably be safe to say less sympathetic to manafort. She is the judge who imposed solitary confinement on him some nine months ago proactive solitary confinement where he has remained all of these months. It is a form of isolation, which Amnesty International has called inhumane. That happens next wednesday. Martha, back to you. Martha just to keep you here for a moment. Those are the charges, judge ellis pointed out today that the charges that he dealt with here had nothing to do with russian collusion. A lot of this relates to the work that he did as a foreign lobbyist. You know, there were questions about his late fara, which is a registration as a foreign lobbyist. This has been really based much more in the period of his work when he was a lobbyist with roger stone and charlie black back in those days, correct . Thats very correct. Good you point that out, martha. The judge made a few different references to russian collusion and not in a positive way. He made that reference that this was not about russian collusion. Sort of out of the blue which it struck people as kind of odd. It maybe suggested to some that he thought the whole russia collusion thing was bogus. And then later on in the trial doug andres, the government attorney, made reference to being on the special counsels team. The judge interrupted him and said no, its the government position i dont want to hear special counsel as if to suggest the whole special counsel operation is not a part of the american legal system. Martha. Martha so four years and the next sentencing in five days in d. C. Court. Thank you very much Doug Mckelway covering this throughout the day. It was really delayed for several hours as we waited for that decision. Now its out. Doug, thank you. Also breaking tonight a sharp divide between House Democrats as they battled over how to condemn what many saw as antisemitism from their freshman member ilhan omar. Her supporters appear to have won here tonight leading to an 8page resolution that threw in every kind of hate you could imagine, practically. An official proclamation that if you didnt realize it hate is bad. In a moment reminiscent of the debate over black lives matter vs. All lives matters it seems in this case they went with all hate matters and those who wanted her to be called out for antisemitism are not getting what they wanted tonight. So they produced a document that condemns antisemitism, antiislamic acts, White Supremacists citing many of the recent horrific crimes that we have seen, but, also, reaches back to a cornucopia of hate that would appear to many to have been long agreed upon such as the incarceration of americans of japanese dissent during world war ii. The loyalty of president john f. Kennedy being questioned because of his catholic faith. The dreyfus affair and muslim bigotry post 9 11. This document is 8 pages. Can you see now how legislation turns out to be 5,000, 10,000 pages at times and perhaps why congress has an Approval Rating of 18 . Something to think about tonight. Earlier i spoke with former connecticut senator Joe Lieberman who has been very outspoken on all of this and asked him if we really need a rest liewlings to we all agree to say that hate is bad. I red the resolution and it reminds me of the old line that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. [laughter] so this is a resolution drafted by a caucus. So it started out being a resolution to condemn antisemitism because of the antisemitic remarks made by congresswoman omar. Her name is left out and now. Martha do you agree with that that her name was left out . I dont. This resolution as its passed though its a bit of a hodgepodge, nonetheless is a statement against all forms of hatred as your introduction said. It went way back to the dreyfus affair and john f. Kennedys catholicism, et cetera. Okay, lets say its a basic statement against hatred. Really what the house of representatives still has to do and it didnt do today is to call out and hold accountable congresswoman omar for the antisemitic comments she made. What people of public life say matters and if the house of representatives doesnt deal specifically in response to what congresswoman omar said, its going to give a message to other people in congress the next time they want to get up and Say Something racist or homophobic or against another religion. So i think they only did part of the job today. Martha a resolution doesnt have much teeth anyway. It just says something here is something we all agree on. Whether you have a resolution that doesnt call out the behavior you discussed it seems like it has even less grit to it. Cair, the council on American Islamic relations has put out this statement unfortunately this resolution was introduced to see you lens legitimate criticism of Domestic Support for the discriminatory and segregationist policies of a Foreign Government that receives billions of american taxpayer dollars. What do you say to that, senator . Thats just not true. Unfortunately, in my opinion therunfortunately fortunatelytht for israel. People sometimes object to israeli policies thats appropriate in our democracy. What congresswoman omar was not just a reasoned democrats disagreement with the policies of the israeli government. It was plain antisemitic going back to raising questions of dual loyalty of jewish money. It is deeply offensive. I always say to people when i speak that, you know, i feel blessed to have been born in america. I love this country. That is the typical reaction of American Jews. A lot of American Jews and christians also profoundly support israel but thats not at all in our conflict in devotion first to america. Martha seemed at first she was conciliatory to the first round of comments but now she is not. She is pushing back. I think you could make an argument looking at this resolution that she won that battle and James Clyburn said this which i want to see what you think about. He said there are people who tell me well my parents are holocaust survivors, my parents did this. Its more personal with her. I have talked to her. I can tell you she is living through a lot of pain. So he is referring to her background as a somali. Worn in somalia living in a kenyon refugee camp. What do you make of that comment . I know jim clyburn, is he a fine person. Im surprised he said that first off, i can tell you to be really personal about this, my wife is the child of survivors. She grew up in a household where her mother, who was in auschwitz screamed out in the middle of her sleep at night because of nightmares about what she went through. Im sure congresswoman omar went through some hell in somalia. Its no excuse for coming here and getting elected to congress, having the special responsibility that goes with being a member of congress in our democracy and making antisemitic statements. She really ought to be criticized for it by her colleagues in the house so it doesnt happen again. Not just against jews but against any group in our society. Martha there is a line in here that rejects the perpetuation of antisemitic stereotypes dual loyalty and foreign allegiance. It does not name her as we said. When you look at what is happening in europe and rise of antisemitism and hate crimes we have seen here in the united states, and you see this group in your party, in the house, that is getting together around some of these ideas, how much does that concern you . Well, it concerns me a lot. I mean, look, its hard to believe that antisemitism is beginning to express itself in europe and in some ways in america. The kind of statements that congresswoman omar made, which are antisemitic do not reflect the rank and file of the Democratic Party. But if people in the Democratic Party dont stand up respectfully and hold her accountable for her antisemitic remarks, then others are going to feel they can do the same or they can take on other groups religious, racial or anything else with hatred. And that undercuts the unity that has always been the great strength of america. Martha senator lieberman thank you very much sir. Good to have you with us tonight. Thank you. Martha here to respond jump my green dnc chair and candidate. Thanks for being here. Good evening, martha. Martha obviously jerome who has been around thejoe liebs been around the party a long time concerned about what it represents in big picture for the democrats. What do you think about that . Well, let me start by saying for full disclosure i have known Representative Ilhan Omar for several years. I serve on a board where we help train her run for office. And knowing as a victim of oppression as a refugee herself, i know that she does not have hate in her heart. And i know for a fact that she is not an antisemitic. The intent is what i think matters here and there has been a lot of, you know, muddying of the waters by republicans who want to politicize this and have this be a black mark on democrats. But, its her intent to simply have the same amount of scrutiny on a group like aipac that we do when it comes to the nra or pharmaceutical companies. She has shown, martha, as a leader that she unequivocally apologized. She has also shown that she is willing to grow. She has shown that she is willing to listen. What im most proud of her is that she has shown that she also stands by her convictions and i know that as a woman of color she comes under more scrutiny and is an easier target than other people in the political limelight that something im going to be talking about at south by southwest here in austin, texas in a matter of days. Martha she did apologize for the early comments and she said that she is not an antisemitic, and then after that, you know, she sort of got support, you know, and i think people rallied around her somewhat. And then she made more comments about dual loyalty. Those are real sort of, you know, dog whistle phrases that jews take very personally that indicate that their loyalty to this country is not truthful and as you heard Joe Lieberman say, you know, he feels that that is clear antisemitism, those comments were made after she apologized and she seemed somewhat emboldened. Well, i think that, again, this is about her intent. She wants to talk about the substance of this issue. Perhaps she got some of her words wrong and that happens to many people. Martha right. It is a little bit shocking to look at the hypocrisy of republicans who we just found out that there were literal nazis phone banking for representative steve king and fundraising for his campaign. Martha he was reprimanded and called out by name. This support for him has been going on for 10 years. Martha he was pulled off of all of his committees. This is not a political issue. Martha i think its very fair to say that it took too long. But he has been reprimanded by name and he also was removed from his committees. Thats what they would probably say in their behalf but your point is welltaken jehmu. Thank you very much. Great to see you tonight. Thanks, martha. Martha thank you. Coming up next the new legal drama that could expose salacious details in the case of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein new information after this. 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This panel of judges on the second court of appeals in new york didnt issue a ruling but suggested it was leaning toward releasing all the 1,000 plus documents in this case. The belief is many of these records could reveal significant evidence of the underaged sex trafficking ring allegedly run by the billionaire sex offender jeffreJeffrey Epstein. Here is the origin a woman named virginia claims she was recruited into the sex ring by Jeffrey Epsteins former girlfriend maxwell. In 2015 when maxwell publicly denied the allegation she was sued for defamation. On 2017 on the eve of the trial the case was settled and the documents sealed. The attorneys for maxwell want the documents to remain sealed to protect the privacy of those who gave depositions. The miami herald argues that keeping those documents sealed violates the First Amendment and the right to access court records. Harvard law professor alan dershowitz, who was accused of participating in the sex ring also wants those documents to go public. Watch. They will categorically show that Virginia Roberts goofray intentionally deliberate britly intentionally in a very well planned way decided to frame me for something she knows i didnt do. Heres the other thing back in 2008 Jeffrey Epstein was given a sweetheart of a plea deal that gave him and others who may have been linked to the underaged sex ring immunity from federal prosecution. That deal was brokered by former miami u. S. Attorney alexandria owe cass that who is now President Trumps labor secretary. Last week the federal judge ruled the plea bargain was illegal because acosta and other prosecutors failed to inform epsteins victims about the deal. Those victims have now sued and their case is being handled by prosecutors in atlanta. 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