And Behind The Scenes, as americas biggest fourth of July Celebration makes its spectacular Comeback Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening, everyone former president Donald Trumps real Estate Company is facing criminal charges tonight, as is its cfo. New York Prosecutors unsealing a grand Jury Indictment against the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg. 15 counts in all related to Tax Fraud prosecutors calling it a scheme that allowed weisselberg and other trump execs to be paid under the table in the form of sometimes pricey perks, including a manhattan apartment, a luxury car, and private School Tuition for Family Members expenses disguised on the companys books and unreported in tax filings. Both defendants pleading not guilty. Not mentioned by name or title, mr. Trump himself. Tonight he is calling it all a Witch Hunt. Hallie jackson leads us off Tonight Reporter the Trump Organizations longtime cfo appearing in handcuffs, indicted tonight along with
politicsnation. tonight s lead, a christmas blizzard. right now, americans are preparing to celebrate christmas in the midst of a blizzard of legal developments surrounding donald trump. in just the last five days, the supreme has blocked special counsel jack smith s request to expedite a ruling on whether trump has legal immunity over his january 6th conduct. earlier, new recordings published by the detroit news reportedly showed trump pressing republican electors in michigan not to certify joe biden s victory in the state. three years ago. the state supreme court justices in colorado have been reporting death threats all week since they ruled that trump could not run for office in the state. all that plus what to expect when the senate comes back to washington next month. in new york governor kathy hochul joins me shortly as the empire state officially takes up the question of reparations for its black residents. i had a firsthand view this week as head of the national acti
youngstown, jd vance got back on stage and started shaking his hands, taking pictures saying aren t we having a great time here tonight? all the former president s men. jd vance, herschel walker, adam laxal, it s an odd ball field of maga candidates running this year with our democracy on the line. congressman tim ryan, who walloped the hillbilly elegy hedge fund guy on the debate stage last night, joins me live. also tonight, our reedout democracy defending has a warning about the infiltration of election deniers as poll watchers and judges and what needs to be done to fight back. plus, new developments in the trump documents case. the doj filed its response to trump s request for the supreme court to intervene. we begin tonight with what mitch mcconnell euphemized as candidate quality. just a few months ago, the republican party was crowing about a red wave. today, with a month left, the election really is a jump ball. honestly, though, if you look at the field of r
called me up three or four times. oops. for the first time, donald trump lets slip that he actually lost the 2020 election to joe biden. the journalist who extracted that confession joins me in a moment with even more never before heard clips that will make you wonder what s going on with this guy s mentals. also tonight, trump s getting exactly what he needs from his allies on the supreme court, who continue to drag out their decision on presidential immunity. plus, louisiana s governor forces the ten commandments into public school classrooms. when his state has far more pressing concerns. like its extremely low education rankings. but we begin tonight a week out from the first and historically the earliest presidential debate between biden and trump, and how it will set the tone for the final months of the presidential campaign. over at the new york times, trump whispering maggie haberman has new reporting on how trump is preparing or not to face president biden