it's wednesday, december 7th, and the november 2022 elections are finally done, with rafael warnock defeating herschel walker in the georgia runoff countdown to criminal referrals. the january 6 committee is preparing to give their recommendations to the justice department executives paid off the books and with gifts for over 15 years. now that the trump organization has been found guilty of all counts in the tax fraud case, who's gogoing g to prison? and how much will the penalty cost we'll take you inside the

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but one of the thinsgs i want to tell all of you, i don't want to you ever stop dreaming or stop believing in america i want to you believe in our ele elected officials most of all. >> after the race was called, donald trump posted this message, saying "our country is in big trouble". >> president biden called to congratulate senator warnock saying georgia voters stood up for our democracy. chuck schumer called it a win not only for warnock and georgia but a democratic senate and our country. >> it gives democrats the 51st seat in the senate and it means no single democrat like west virginia's joe manchin, can make or break the party's agenda. we could now see criminal

referrals from the january 6 committee very soon as the committee gears up for one final meeting later this month joining us for the latest is brie jackson >> reporter: the january 6 committee plans to make criminal referrals to the justice department any day now chairman bennie thompson has not provided any specifics on which individuals would be referred, but if is ut is up to federal prosecutors whether to pursue charges. they bestowed the highest medal they can bestow on capitol police and metropolitan police >> no recognition can bring back the officers we lost to the attack we mourn their loss. we pray for their families and we honor their limitless heroism in the face of the

unthinkable. >> reporter: leaders from both house and senate honoring those on the front lines with the gold medals five officers died in the days after january 6, brian sicknick was one of them. his family was in attendance but chose not to shake the hand of republican leaders mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy mcconnell did not respond directly to the families but did have this to say. >> today we gave the gold medal to the heroes of january 6th we admire and respect them they laid their lives on the line, and that's why we gave a gold medal today to the heroes of january 6 >> reporter: 21 house republicans voted against issuing this honor, frances? >> okay, brie, thank you officials in north carolina are hoping to finally turn the lights back on in moore county, by the end of the day. but as for now, about 30,000 residents there are still in the dark after a gun attack crippled two power sub stations according to our raleigh

affiliate, one more count resident has died amid the outages, but it's unclear if the death was related. investigators are still searching for the person responsible, whoever it was is believed to have known how the system works the trump organization convicted on all counts in a sprawling tax fraud scheme to line the pockets of top executives with unreported perks. >> reporter: gyuilty on all counts a manhattan jury convicting two of trump's businesses. the case against the trump organization reaching back more than a decade. >> this was a case about lying, cheating, false documents. to the end of evading taxes for the benefit of individuals and the corporations

they've now been held accountable in a court of law. >> reporter: the verdict marking the first-ever criminal conviction of one of former president trump's companies. the case centered around what prosecutors described as a sweeping 13-year tax fraud scheme by the trump organization allan weisselberg, the star witness. weisselberg, who pled guilty to tax evasion charges in exchange for a five-month sentence received a rent-free apartment, expensive cars and tuition for his grandchildren all off the books so he did not pay taxes on them other executives were compensated with similar perks, prosecutors said, many signed off on by former president trump himself. mr. trump was not charged in the case the trump organization pleaded not guilty, saying weisselberg acted on his own the company says it will appeal. the trial comes just as mr. trump launched another bid for the white house. the former president regularly

attacking the case on his social media platform maryland has become the third state to ban tiktok on government devices governor larry hogan is barring state employees and contractors from using the app because of a cyber security risk. they are the latest state to do so last week, chris wray warned china could use the app to collect data on its users. months of rumors have been dispelled. actor anne heche was not impaired impaired by drugs or alcohol when she had her crash she crashed her car into a los angeles house in augment her death resulted from the fire that broke out and injuries from the crash. after two days in the hospital she was declared brain dead and ultimately taken off life

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