Manhattan after surrendering to authorities this morning to face charges on tax crimes. At the arraignment assistant district attorney kerry dunn described the 15year tax fraud scheme orchestrated by senior executives of the trump organization. The indictment unsealed dated back to at least 2005 and the trump organization and wiseleberg frauded tax authorities and compensated wiseleberg and other trump executives off the books. He received $1. 76 million in indirect compensation which was neither reported nor taxed. In all, there are 15 felony counts against wiseleberg and the trump organization including second degree larceny, conspiracy, tax fraud and falsifying business records. Both wiseleberg and the trump organization pleaded not guilty to the charges. Wiseleberg was released without bail but agreed to surrender his passport. The former president was not charged. A spokesman for the trump organization said make no mistake, this is not about the law, this is all about politics. Th
Officer thomas webster who is facing several federal charges including assaulting police, unlawfully entering capitol ground with a dangerous weapon and civil disorder. You ll see webster in red carrying a flagpole and this video is disturbing. [ bleep ]! [ bleep ]! hey! hey! [ bleep ]! [ bleep ]! get over! [ bleep ]! no, no, no! stop! stop! okay, ron johnson and others, for months you guys accused the left of hysteria over claims that what happened on january 6 was dangerous. And that protesters weren t armed. Now more proof that the right continues to lie about what actually happened. Another one of their arguments is handicapped overnight. The justice department is charged a january 6 defendant, 48yearold guy wesley with bringing firearms to the capitol which our own scott mcfarland described as a tough break for the not an armed insurrection crowd. That s the late ers evidence emerged in the last 24 hours. In today s the washington post there s the case that the longstanding attemp
further two week recess. there is more on this glimmer of bipartisan progress just ahead. by then administration also putting its weight behind fighting a surge of violent crimes in the country. homicides up 24%, gonna salts up 22% over the same period last year, late today the president and attorney general outlined a new anti crime strategy focused on getting more money to police departments and to violence intervention programs while cracking down on so-called rogue gun dealers. zero tolerance for gun dealers who will fully violate the key existing laws and regulation. if you will fully sell a gun to someone who s prohibiting from processing it, if you will fully fail to run a background check, if you will fully falsify a record, if you will fully we will find you, and we will seek your license to sell guns. we will make sure you can t sell death and made him on our streets. biden also noted crime traditionally rises during the summer months. he warned things could get
The climate crisis is being felt. We celebrate juneteenth, a texas tradition where young black women are free to be themselves. This is american voices. Today is the first juneteenth in america as a federal holiday. Commemorating the day the last enslaved people in fwal vesston, texas, were informed of their freedom in 1865. Free at last, free at last communities are celebrating the day with parades, cookouts, and demonstrations. Yet amid the celebrations is a call to action to acknowledge there is much more work to be done. Yet not one of them are willing to vote for the john lewis voting rights act. I feel like you are give us a crumb and it s a diversion from the real issue. And that leads us to the split screen moment facing america this juneteenth. Republicanled states all over the nation have enacted or are considering legislation that would make it increasingly difficult for people of color to vote. Their constitutional right as americans. Signing the juneteenth legislation pres
Future leaders, and the congressional gop remains preemptively against the voter protection legislation democrats have compromised on. But it would help black voters in the same state that birthed juneteenth to begin with. So here s my challenge to republicans in congress. Ahead of tuesday s senate vote on the for the people act, do not hide behind a holiday that black americans frankly deserve, a recognition of the historic and continuous waiting for various freedoms that black americans have endured because that recognition is heartening. But we still understand that currently we re under an assault of your party s making, occurring in nearly every state. And while the nation stands to benefit from another teachable moment, it should not be an either/or proposition, not while this suppression campaign never takes a day off. We start tonight with congressman hakeem jeffries, chair of the democratic caucus and a member of both the judiciary and budget committees and, most importantly f