This morning, trumps former chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail for perjury, for lying under oath before and during trumps new york civil fraud trial. The sentencing comes one day after a new York Appeals Court judge blocked trumps bid to stop his Hush Money Trial, while he appeals the partial gag order put in place by the judge overseeing that case. Jury selection in the Hush Money Trial is scheduled to begin on monday. With us now to talk more about all of this, msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin and charles coleman, former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, now a civil rights attorney, also an msnbc legal analyst. So, lisa, you were inside the courtroom for the sentencing. What was that like . It was somber, jose, because, of course, this is the second time that Allen Weisselberg has pled guilty to a crime, associated with his service to the trump organization. However, it lasted only a matter of minutes. Allen weisselberg entering the cou
we have five months until election day. now every poll that comes out we know it s me particular alsoly dissected as we all try to analyze where the momentum is. this time around we have seen trump looking strong in poll after poll. but, a few recent surveys including one from us here at fox, shows the race tighter and it triggered some wishful thinking syndrome in some corridors. big shift among independent voters could signal some new momentum for president biden. every poll suggests a tight race. this one shows a little momentum, perhaps. probably than biden has had in really months. it underscores that the biden campaign theory of the case here is which is that as people started to dial in they would find trump less and less appealing. laura: before they start making plans for the second biden inaugural, let s break this down and look at things in some context here. now, first, even with the latest polls, factored in, trump is still leading in the national rcp a
that seeks to deny the real fears in the communities. as a result of historic racism exacerbated by a former president and media allies who describe the coronavirus pandemic as the china virus or kung flu for more than a year up to and as recently as this week. the right is doubling down on the violence trutherism with this comment from congresswoman chip roy. we believe in justice. there is an old saying in texas find the rope and get a tall oak tree. you know, we take justice very seriously. we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. my concern about this hearinging is that it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric in a free society. now we are talking about whether talking about china, the chi coms, whatever phrasing we want to use, if some people say we think those people are the bad guys. i think the chinese communist party are the bad guys. and i think that they re harming people. those remarks prompted an immediate outcry, among these colleagues in
this judge sees the alleged crimes and i wonder what do you think the import is of this trial playing out in the information silos we now live in. we ve talked about this on your show. i interviewed members of the georgia 3% militia before many similar militias stormed the capitol on january 6th and they talked about kyle rittenhouse, even back in october. they saw them as a hero. they named jack kemp and the mythologizing of the geography of kyle was perplexing was something that happened. he is seen add a freedom fighter, true patriot. i think what you re hearing from the judge, language matters. it s a reflection of belief. any writer will tell you that. language is a reflection of our world view. and to say that two men unarmed, one of whom was seriously mentally ill are not victims or
i now yield to the minority whip. at kl one continuation of section two. the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every 30,000 but each state shall have at least one rep sen ti. the state of new hampshire shall been entitled to choose 3, massachusetts 8, rhode island and providence plantations 1, connecticut 5, new york 6, new jersey 4, pennsylvania 8, delaware 1, maryland 6, virginia 10, north carolina 5, south carolina 5, and georgia 3. when vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority there