Provide support to the russian leadership. Laura yes, during the obama administration, if you were wellknown oligarch from the soviet union or old block country, you knew there was serious risk you could be placed on u. S. Sanctions list and hobbled. Some oligarchs had friends in high places, as of biden. Meet these oligarchs, both of who escaped obama sanctions. How did they do that . I dont know, maybe funneled big piles of cash to the family of obamas vpam. We know 3. 5 million was paid to a Shell Company associated with devon archer and money was wired to another bank account used by hunter and archer. That was an odd sum, i thought until i realize on april 23rd, 2014, hunter biden paid 142,300 to purchase an expensive new toy, a fisker sports car. That wasnt flashy enough, he switched to a porsche convertible. Who knew porsches were hooker magnets . I didnt. The two oligarchs had dinner with joe biden in 2014 and 2015, just another silly coincidence. If you thought the white house
for you, a jury in new york finding donald trump, the republican presidential front runner, by far liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, e. jean carroll. the jury also awarding the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by mr. trump. carol walked out of the manhattan courthouse just moments ago with her lawyer who said that they re quote, very happy with the jury s decision. carol s lawsuit stemmed from an encounter between her and trump in a new york department store dressing room in 1996. she claims donald trump sexually assaulted her. donald trump reacted on his social media platform, writing in all caps, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is, this verdict is a disgrace, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time, unquote. this all comes as trump is facing another very serious case in new york city, just last month the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges related to hush money payments to ad
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store you are watching our live continuing special coverage of today s unanimous guilty on all counts verdict. in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. i am rachel maddow, i m here with my colleague, stephanie ruhle and jen psaki and alex wagner and chris hayes, in a courtroom in downtown manhattan, just after 5:00 eastern time this evening, a foreperson of the journey rose and delivered the jury unanimous , guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to conceal the scheme to correct the 2016 election. the scheme that was described by the prosecution in their summation as something that may very well have been the reason that donald trump won the 2016 election. as of tonight, it is official a criminal scheme, he has been convicted on 34 counts. with those convictions, we enter uncharted territory as a country, for the first time, a president has criminally convicted and for the first time for one of our two main political parties is about to
and we have brand-new images of president biden from just moments ago embracing his now-convicted son, hunter. the president blowing up his entire schedule, rushing back to delaware to be with him. hunter biden found guilty on all three counts in his gun trial. the verdict still sending shock waves through out the white house, with karine jean-pierre even canceling today s press briefing. that is something she rarely does. hunter is now facing up to 25 years in prison, but it is unlikely that he will get the maximum since it is his first offense. and it all happened so fast this morning, as judge jeanine will tell you, and the first lady, jill biden, she was not even physically in the court yet to hear it being read aloud. she arrived just afterwards. president biden says he will respect his son s conviction, but talk about irony. after the trial revealed that hunter s revolver was dumped into a trash can, the president spoke at a gun violence prevention summit where he calle