were convicted today of seditious conspiracy. it s a rarely used, often difficult to prove charge. a fifth member was acquitted of seditious conspiracy, but he has been convicted on other very serious charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting an officer. but today s verdict means so far 14 people, including members of another far right group, the oath keepers, have either pleaded guilty or been found guilty of conspireing and plotting a violent overthrow of the united states government. this victory by the justice department, while it is a milestone and a massive and hugely consequential federal investigation into that plot to overturn an election and overturn democracy on january 6th, only underscores questions about holding accountable the man, who the vice chair so memorably puts it, quote, some in the mob, assemble the mob and lit the flame of this attack. we re talking about the disgraced ex-president himself. as the washington post report
it is top of the hour. just in to cnn, michael cohen, the former personal attorney to president trump is meeting at the manhattan da s office. this is a very strong indication that the sweeping investigation into the trump organization is continuing. and perhaps the focus has returned to this hush money payments to stormy daniels. we re following the story. what did michael say when he went in? we have video, you played it of michael walking into the manhattan district attorney s office. cohen said he could not comment on what the topics they would be discussing would be. but he might have more to say when he is leaving. but this is the first time cohen has been in since this investigation has been led by the manhattan district attorney. he previously been in to meet with investigators 13 times over the previous years. the trump organization and the financial statements, now sources tell me that the investigators have refocused back to the hush money payments. of course
good morning, welcome to way too early on this monday, january 16th, martin luther king jr. day. thank you for starting your week with us. one week after we first learned that a small number of classified documents had been found in president biden s personal collection that number of files continues to grow. in the same box where a single other document was found the previous day. the president s personal attorney discovered the documents, they stopped searching because they lacked the security clearance needed to handle classified material. and they return the next day with department of justice officials, he says he discovered the additional five documents in the same box. those files are separate from two other batches we report on last week. one found inside president biden s garage and another found inside an office he used at the penn biden senter in washington, d.c. sources tell nbc news that one of the documents was marked with the highest security classificatio
country. i believe in the very soul of this nation, and most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe in my core there isn t a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. we have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there s nothing beyond our capacity. that s why so many foreign companies decide to invest their make chips in america, billions of dollars. we re the best. we have to believe in ourselves again, and now i m going to take action that i ve been looking forward to doing for 18 months. [ applause ] i m going to sign the inflation reduction act. [ applause ] hey, everyone, it s john heilemann here, i forgot to say aloha, namaste, and gutentag. i m here for nicolle wallace yet again, and we are here interrupting our regularly scheduled programming which you re all too familiar with, to bring you a special bulletin regarding what president joe biden would in an earlier incarnation surely have referred to as
expect from that prime time event. plus, new charges against members of the far right proud boys for their alleged role in that attack. we ll explain what the justice department will have to prove in a case that experts say is difficult to make. and the latest in the debate over gun safety. top negotiators in the senate say a bipartisan deal could be reached later this week. good morning and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 7th. i m jonathan lemire. we start with more aggressive action taken by the justice department connected to the january 6th attack on the capitol. the former leader of the proud boys, a right wing extremist group and four other members are facing seditious conspiracy charges. the justice department says enrique tarrio and four of his lieutenants were involved in the plans to storm the capitol and try to prevent congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election. tarrio was not in washington on january 6th. a judge has ordered