hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on state of the union day when president joe biden delivers that state of the union address to we thought it was important to remember that that address will take place in what amounts to a crime scene. for which there has yet to be accountability for many of its perpetrators. members of the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th have been swept into the largest investigation in justice department history. more than 950 of them from all 50 states have been arrested. at least half of them have pleaded guilty to charges. on trial right now at this very moment on the rare and historically significant charge of seditious conspiracy, the right-wing militia groups, the oath keepers and the proud boys, the groups that form the tip of the spear of the mob that reached the capitol on that day, january 6, 2021. what about the campaign staffers? attorneys, activists, officials, the members of congress who helped put into motion complex
Reviewing it. We are also expecting additional comments from the white house. The Daily Briefing happens a little later this hour with john kirby, so we will get new information we expect then. The other big story were following, just about 15 minutes, testimony will resume in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It has been quite the morning. The jury spent it hearing from jeffrey mcconney, a former Top Executive at the Trump Organization. He handled the reimbursements to Michael Cohen for paying off Stormy Daniels. There are a pile of documents were seeing for the first time, including these checks. If youre familiar with Donald Trumps signatures, those are checks that were signed by donald trump himself after an explanation about the difference between a trust, which was an account for the company, and a, essentially, private account for donald trump. Well, mcconney detailed how he kept notes and Bank Statements related to cohen stored in a locked door and how the Hush Money Checks had t
Of the conspiracy to defraud. trump in the oval office of committing the crime of writing hush money checks. why have there been no consequences for that? federally, i can t answer that question. i am at a loss to understand what happened at the conclusion of the hush money investigation. or for that matter, why there was no federal investigation of trump s business finances, his tax returns, his financial statements. when the new york times came out with its long series on trump s taxes in october 2020, i asked the question, and i said, well, gee, this is going to prompt a federal investigation. i don t know why it didn t. it may be that they were deferring to the d.a. s investigation. but that s total speculation. it s unfortunate.
This time from the attorney general in manhattan. his name is cy vance. today he subpoenaed the trump organization. he s asking for documents related to the hush money payments for porn star stormy daniels. those hush money checks were signed by donald trump, donald trump jr. and allen weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the trump organization. prosecutors said the payments were in coordination with and at the direction of donald trump. prosecutors say that even though the payments were for hush money, the trump organization logged them as legal expenses. turns out that might be a problem for trump s business, because now as the new york times reports, the manhattan d.a. is trying to determine when senior executives at the trump organization filed false business records about the hush money, which would be a state crime. specifically if they falsely listed the reimbursements as a legal expense. the district attorney is expected to scrutinize the senior ranks the company, alth
And tonight we have breaking news about a new development in an investigation aimed squarely at the trump organization. this time from the attorney general in manhattan. his name is cy vance. today he subpoenaed the trump organization. he s asking for documents related to the hush money payments for porn star stormy daniels. those hush money checks were signed by donald trump, donald trump jr. and allen weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the trump organization. prosecutors said the payments were in coordination with and at the direction of donald trump. prosecutors say that even though the payments were for hush money, the trump organization logged them as legal expenses. turns out that might be a problem for trump s business, because now as the new york times reports, the manhat senior executives at the trump organization filed false business records about the hush money, which would be a state crime.