federal courts for alabama redistricting could have huge implications for the control of congress, went all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes this evening. one of the leaders of the far-right gang the proud boys a guy by the name of enrique tarrio, received the longest and harshest sentence to date for attempting to end american democracy and the rule of law. 22 years in federal prison. tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the insurrection. that sentence, which we got just a few hours ago, is the most severe sentence of the more than 1100 people charged in connection with a january 6th attacks. in court today the proud boys leader says that january six was a, quote, national embarrassment, for the judge was not moved, saying, quote, i don t have any indication he s remorseful for the things he s convicted of. the judge went on to say that tarrio was, quote, the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who hogue organized, wh
case, they have pleaded not guilty to racketeering and other criminal charges. so, unity, i guess. beyond that though, these 19 defendants are not exactly marching in lockstep. five of trump s codefendants have filed to have their cases removed to federal court. they argument they are trying to make to ensure that that happens, those arguments do not look good for the former president. take, for example, three of georgia s alleged fake electors. david schaffer and kathy latham in sean still. they have all said in their court filings, their cases belong in federal court, because they were just, quote, acting to assist the president, or acting at the direction of the president. now, those arguments might help these three folks in claiming they were defective federal employees, which weird, if true. and then maybe that will help them argue that they should be tried at the state level, but wow, does that argument not help their codefendant in all of this, mr. donald trump. it is
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good afternoon. a major new deadline hangs over washington and the heads of federal employees across country. just one week from today the federal government face as midnight shutdown and unless a funding bill can be passed and signed by the president. with every passing hour that looks more unlikely. house speaker kevin mccarthy sent lawmakers home for a long weekend after federal agencies becoming a formal process preparing for a shutdown of military personnel. their paychecks could be delayed for weeks as a crisis grows at the southern board perp federal officials sending more resources to help with this week s surge of migrants crossing into the u.s. today house speaker kevin mccarthy conceded he has to win over republican s hard-liners but hopeful they ll fall in line to pass a stopgap spending measure and prevent a shutdown. finally agree on this, and shutting down i don t see and cnn chief cong
racketeering and other criminal charges. so unity, i guess. beyond that, though, this 19 defendants are not exactly marching in lock step. five of trump s codefendants have filed to have their cases removed to federal court, and the arguments they are trying to make to ensure that that happens, those arguments do not look good for the former president. take, for example, three of georgia s alleged fake electors. david shafer, kathy latham and sean stone. they said their cases belong in federal court because they were, quote, acting to assist the president or acting in the direction of the president. now, those arguments might help these three folks in claiming they were de facto federal employees, which weird if true, and then maybe that will help them argue they shouldn t be tried add the state level, but wow does that argument not help their codefendant in all this, mr. donald trump. it was essentially, judge, we were fake electors acting at the direction of the president.
federal courts for alabama redistricting could have huge implications for the control of congress, went all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes this evening. one of the leaders of the far-right gang the proud boys a guy by the name of enrique tarrio, received the longest and harshest sentence to date for attempting to end american democracy and the rule of law. 22 years in federal prison. tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the insurrection. that sentence, which we got just a few hours ago, is the most severe sentence of the more than 1100 people charged in connection with a january 6th attacks. in court today the proud boys leader says that january six was a, quote, national embarrassment, for the judge was not moved, saying, quote, i don t have any indication he s remorseful for the things he s convicted of. the judge went on to say that tarrio was, quote, the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who hogue organized, wh