Charged. Do you think this is only going to get bigger . I think thats right. I still dont know whats going to happen, as i said, with kind of the other tentacles of the investigation as far as manipulating Asset Values for Bank Fraud and Tax Fraud and that side of things, the hush money payments, et cetera. But as far as this particular scheme is concerned, the indictment was very careful to not only talk about weisselberg and his son but to make clear that other people benefited and other people were involved on the Trump Organization Side as far as making this scheme happen. So i fully expect that more people will be charged in this particular scheme in the weeks to come. Michael, if weisselberg was being paid off the books, what are the chances others like the Trump Family were too . Well, i think the chances are very good. In fact, the first person id imagine theyre looking at is Ivanka Trump because it was revealed in the press a couple of years ago that she was paid in a way tha
Thanks for staying with us. Im victor blackwell. Im alisyn camerota. Truth or trump, thats the choice facing House Republicans as we speak. They are getting ready to vote on a bipartisan deal to create an independent commission to investigate what exactly happened leading up to January 6th and then during the deadly insurrection and why it took so long for Backup Help to arrive. The top republican In The House, kevin mccarthy, does not want a commission to Look into that. Neither does senator mitch mcconnell. Mcconnell opposes the bill now after directly blaming former President Trump for stoking the riots. This was just a few months ago. Its not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could actually lay on top of existing efforts by Law Enforcement and congress. What is clear is that house democrats have handled this proposal in partisan bad faith. Ive been an outspoken critic about all of the episodes of political violence that our nation has se
Seat of democracy on earth turned to a battleground. In addition, this is happening as you know with the capitol still ringed by fencing and the house in recess due to a potential threat surrounding a date on the qanon conspiracy calendar. Our Shimon Prokupecz joins us now with the latest. So explain what youve learned about what the fbi knows and doesnt know. Reporter right. One of the things that weve learned for certain is that there is information that the fbi has gathered from Cell Phone Towers here at the capitol that indicates that members of congress were communicating with the rioters. There are pings off of cell phones that connect with lawmakers, the cell phones belonging to lawmakers. Certainly raising a lot of questions. The fbi has gathered a lot of information. What they did is they went through the Cell Phone Data to see who was inside the capitol on the day of the insurrection. Also they were looking at data leading up to the insurrection. And what they found was these
Here in orange. What we do know is there are a number of houses and apartments all up and down this street, and at about dinnertime last night, people started to hear the sound of gunfire, rapid gunfire. Shortly after that, Police Officers arriving, the sound of sirens. Right after that, more gun fire. That gunfire, Law Enforcement tells us, was the exchange of gunshots between the first responding officers and the suspect. The suspect was wounded and taken to the hospital, but then as police entered this business park, they found four people dead. Among them, a child. We dont know if its a boy or a girl. A fifth woman injured, taken to the hospital in Critical Condition. Police are still looking for a motive. Take a look at this lieutenant on the scene. Over the next hours, days, and weeks, we will be attempting to determine and get as much information on the victims, our suspect, and the relationship between those as well as the type of business. Reporter the relationship between all
sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news donald trump faces about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment of course we ll know more when the indictment is nsealed, and of course next week will be a big week as it s expected he will surrender to authorities early next week. that does it for us this morning, josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, it is 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, and we begin this friday in uncharted territory, a former u.s. president indicted moments ago we learned from two sources familiar with the matter that there are about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment. the case, of course, involves a hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels who said she had an affair with trump, when he denied. we expect donald trump to surrender to the manhattan d.a. s office to be arraigned next week. he ll have his fingerprints taken and will be ph