Financial officer allen weisselberg at this point just charges and indictment. They re allegations. It s not the sum total of what prosecutors know and we haven t read the defense response. But if the allegations are true in the context they are presented, it sure seems look a pretty black and white picture of tax fraud, not some incidental bookkeeping error, but a plan that was systematically engineered over the years to create a means of evading taxes. The smoking gun of tax fraud is the classic two sets of books, right? any time a business or individual has financial records you have found fraud because why would you need two. The cornerstone of fraud is telling one set of people like tax collectors lies about your finances while you were keeping an accurate set of records hidden. And you need to two sets of books. That is what prosecutors allege they have evidence of here, just one example of many. Prosecutors say, quote, the payment of tuition expenses for weisselberg s family. Wa
And i m poppy harlow. Four months after the capitol insurrection was threatened, democracy, democrats and republicans house minority leader kevin mccarthy opposes a bill that would create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the january 6th attack. A domestic terrorist attack. This comes as the full house votes tomorrow on that legislation which may still pass. Votes still have to be counted. Our correspondent is live. Tell us, one, what is actually driving mccarthy opposing support for this and other republicans stated their support. Well, his stated reason is he believes that this investigation should be a broader investigation, that should not just look at what happened on january 6th, but should include other matters as well such as protests and the racial injustice protests that happened last summer, black lives matter protests and this has been what he has discussed for some time. He is sticking to it. What a lot of people on capitol hill believe this is an effort t
the search for the rioters, authorities asking for the public s help. dozens now charged and what we have learned about this man putting his feet on a desk i nancy pelosi s office. capitol police under fire for the massive breach. president-elect biden s strong words condemning the mob that tried to subvert his victory as domestic terrorists. and our nbc news investigation into the dark web fueling this rise of extremism in america. were warnings missed this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone we woke up to a different country today, one that can no longer easily turn its back to the poison that s seeped from the oval office nor the radicalization i fomented that exploded in fury and that stomach turning assault on the u.s capitol and on our congress yesterday now the fallout, resignations from the president s inner circle, loyalties tested his public voice virtually silenced b social media companies and somber discussions frankly none of
the charges are warranted from the point of view of the prosecution. that s often how these things are structured. along those lines, here s what we got from an fbi agent s affidavit filing criminal charges against a woman named bancroft. on or about january 12, 2021, the fbi received a tip with a video purported to be filmed by bancroft. the video was a selfie video which depicted bancroft and another woman identified as santos-smith, in the process of attempting to exit the u.s. capitol. the video further captured a large mob of individuals who had become bottlesynnexed ate capitol exit point. during the video, bancroft stated, we broke into the capitol. they believe bancroft referenced in this quote is house speaker nancy pelosi. bancroft was wearing a make america great again hat. the screen shot of this video is depicted below and they you lly included a color screen shot in the complaint. there she is. quote, bancroft was interviewed on or about january 20 by your affia
in tennessee and late friday, a ruling on a abortion pill that could hav enormous implications for wome all across the country senator catherine cortez masto described that texas rulin with a word i can t say on television and that exclusive interview i coming up first. plus, what is next for justi j. pearson, one of the tennessee three who captivated this country this week i will ask him when he joins m in a few minutes meanwhile, after donald trump arraignment in new york, republicans stepped up their calls to defund the fbi and th doj. i will explain all the reasons why the gop is anything but in the party of law and order and later, what was th governor of california doing a alabama? i traveled to montgomery for a wide ranging conversation with governor gavin newsom. i asked him about gun reform abortion rights in the, trum indictment, and of course hi favorite foil, ron desantis. i try not to be alarmist on the show, but every now an then there is good reason to