he says that senator robert menendez s attorney is patting him on the back. but again, for the senator who s been in public office since the late 1980s as our colleague steve kornacki has just been talking about, he s been a member of the united states congress since the early 1990s. the 70-year-old senior senator from new jersey, the former chair of the powerful senate relations committee charged with acting on behalf of a foreign government, not the government he s supposed to represent and he s been found guilty on that. just like every other count that he s faced. katy, andrea? just really quickly, tom winter, and this involved egypt and qatar, both of those countries. just very briefly, what are the potential penalties? we don t know what range he might be obviously he s going to appeal. but what is involved in 18 guilty convictions? on all of these. the potential for decades in prison. but of course those are the statutory maximums. and as you well know, andrea, t
report. [ music ] good evening, it is 10:00 p.m. on the east coast and 7:00 p.m. on the westward i am stephanie ruhle, continuing our special coverage of the assassination attempt of former president donald trump. it happened last night at a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania. tonight, president joe biden addressed the nation, calling for unity and emphasizing that violence can never be the answer to our disagreements. of violence has never been the answer, whether it is with members of congress with both parties being targeted and shot or a violent mob targeting the capitol on january 6th or a brutal attack on the former speaker of the house nancy pelosi. more information and intimidation on election officials, with a kidnapping plot against a sitting governor , or an attempted assassination on donald trump, there is no place in america for this kind of violence, for any violence ever, period, no exceptions. we can t allow this violence to be normalized. you know,
together. we re together. there s so much happening. i do want to go right to politics with you before i lose you. sure. j.d. vance, a rookie, someone who has evolved, as they say, in politics or switched sides with himself, but do you think this is a strong pick? like bill barr, it s a bs word, evolved. he flip-flopped. normal people who changed their mind, it s hypocrisy. what s interesting about j.d. vance is he was out of the gate really hot attacking joe biden in the media after the tragic assassination attempt of donald trump, and j.d. vance s rhetoric against trump is the most vitriolic i ve ever seen. i mean, he called him, quote, america s hitler. he called him an idiot. he called him things i mean, i ve had a lot of guests on and i don t think anyone has said the things that j.d. vance said about donald trump. he called him cultural heroin. coming out of finance and yale and all that, having spent less time in politics, but the way he rose in politics wa
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is 10:00 on the east coast and this is where we have developments still pouring in from tonight assassination attempt against former president donald j trump. take a look, this is an image we will never forget. donald trump thank god, alive and well but less than an inch away from losing his life tonight. this could have been within a millimeter away from a different program tonight. sadly, one person attending the rally is dead tonight. many others seriously injured. let s be clear, our prayers are with all of them and their families. they went to a political rally. this should not happen. the shooter here on a rooftop was eliminated seconds after opening fire. there will be many questions in the days and weeks ahead. questions surrounding how this individual was able to carry out this heinous act from a location, a rooftop that close to the venue. we are going to get back in just a second. in butler, pennsylvania where this took place earlier today about four hours ago on t