cfo allen weisselberg was one of those executives. he is charged with grand larceny, tax fraud, after being accused of dodging taxes on one point $7 million in parts that should ve been reported as income. those port perks include red luxury cars, private school tuition for family members as well. weisselberg surrendered to authorities earlier this morning, then came the walk as he was marched in handcuffs to his booking appearance where he was ordered to surrender his passport, where he pleaded not guilty. reports indicate he is so far resisted to cooperate with investigators. michael cohen, who is cooperating in this investigation pointed out that, today s ex grow shading public experience might push weisselberg to start talking. i can tell you that the feel of the handcuffs behind your back, it s not comfortable. nor is it sitting there and having your photograph taken. allen could be a tough guy for donald, which is what we all want him to be, but that s when you re b
company. he ran what is a well-worn play for his multiple brushes with criminal investigations calling the probe, which was boosted by a united states supreme court decision that cleared the path for trump s financial records to be turn over to the new york investigators a, quote, scorched earth attempt to harm him. the charges come as the twice impeached ex-president is stepping back into the political limelight as a rogue kingmaker in the adherence to the big lie, the one that incited the deadly insurrection and is at the intersection of current warnings about domestic violent extremism. an indictment of the company that carries his name strikes a blow to the former president just as he has resumed holding rallies. even if trump parlays the charges into some immediate good will from his supporters, he has denounced the investigation as political persecution, he could face the costly distraction of a trial if he attempts to mound another presidential campaign. and there ar
wouldn t call you nonjack. but i m talking about ron desantis, the governor of florida and the president of the united states. tonight and having a cordial meeting, complimenting each other, saying we live in a world where people should get along. desantis saying he s got all the resources. the president was nice and the president stopping to talk to everybody and he apologized because, i mean, what a difference a year makes. but anyways, go on. this is how it should be. the job should come first. you have absect tragedy, trauma, a community that has no time for pettiness. they are dealing with the heaviest of human consequence. and i ll tell you what i like about it. is that everybody is doing this the right way including the media. nobody is magnifying fringe fools on twitter and saying some don t like it, some don t like it. shut them down. this is the time for the big voices, not to make the most of the least. and desantis should do his job, and that s taking care of hi
prosecutors allege rhodes and his ten co-defendants traveled from across the country to d.c. with stockpiled weapons, ammunition and other tactical equipment, video from january 6th captures oathkeepers wearing military gear forcing their way into the building in a military stack formation. prosecutors say the group even stationed quick reaction forces outside d.c. to rush into the capitol if needed and that rhodes was planning for violence well beyond january 6th. rhodes estranged wife also spoke to cnn. he sees himself as a great leader. he almost has his own mythology of himself and i think he almost made it come true as seeing himself as some sort of figure in history. reporter: meanwhile. trump allies, like senate moornity leader mccarthy are refusing to cooperate with the house select committee investigating january 6th. vb though mccarthy previously supported an investigation and said that president trump admitted responsibility for the attack. cnn servicing t
in a chokehold for several minutes on a new york subway on may 1st now stands accused of second-degree manslaughter for recklessly causing his death. the manhattan district attorney s office bringing the charge after numerous witness interviews, a review of photo and video footage and discussions with the medical examiner. the prosecutor telling the court witnesses observed neely making threats and scaring passengers, adding penny approached neely from behind and placed him in the chokehold, taking him down to the ground. when the train arrived at the next stop, penny continued to hold neely in the chokehold for several minutes. two other men helping to restrain his arms. at some point mr. neely stopped moving. the defendant continued to hold mr. neely for a period and then released him. penny s lawyers argue he risked his own life and safety to protect himself and fellow new yorkers, resulting in the unintended and unforeseen death of mr. neely. adding they are confident pen