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trading concealed weapon permits for cash in the form of political donations says district attorney jeff rosen, holding public officials accountable for their misconduct. >>is an essential part of our mission and our duty to the people of santa clara county. >>we immediately started a criminal investigation and sheriff's captain james jensen is named in the indictment says along with local attorneys, christopher sharm and harp all the hall and milpitas gun store owner michael nichols. they are accused in a scheme where bribes were exchanged for hard to get concealed weapons permits which are issued by the sheriff's office our investigation found that weeks after the scheme was hatched. >>the conspirators settled on a $90,000 donation. >>in exchange for 10 to 12, carrying concealed weapons permits at the indictments are part of a yearlong investigation into allegations the sheriff's office was granting concealed weapon permit. >>tilly, i peas donated money to the 2018 campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign in

jeff rosen later this morning at a press conference. sheriff smith has been under investigation by the d.a.'s office for nearly a year. >>> hayward police have released body camera video of a fatal shooting involving officers and a person of interest in a murder investigation. we did wado want to warn you th video is graphic. >> keep your hands up. hands up. [ bleep ] put it out. put it out. >> the shooting happened may 20th on wildwood street in hayward. officers city thsay they had be looking for the 20-year-old as part of a murder case and they found him parked in the driveway of a house. investigators say ramirez rammed a police vehicle several times before three vehicles opened fire killing him. no officers were injured. >>> happening today, a key vote on a measure that would eliminate barris t compensate victims of police violence. the bill by four area lawmakers would revise the state's definition of crime in the context of compensation to apply to the conduct of law enforcement officers. so it would make victims of police violen

district attorney jeff rosen announcing multiple charges in connection to a scandal over the long time sheriff's 2018 re-election bid. >> the mission of the district attorney's office is to vigorously pursue justice in a way that is fair and treats everyone equally under the law and with respect. >> reporter: named christopher shoom, michael nichols and captain james general son who once oversaw the carry application program. the charges include bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. and in the case of jensen falsifying public records. he faces up to 11 years in prison. the others face up to four. >> the d.a.'s office is continuing to investigate more crimes and more individuals related to sheriff smith's issuance of ccw licenses. the investigation is active and ongoing. we will follow the evidence where it leads. >> reporter: prosecutors say jensen worked with the defendants as well as seattle-based executive security contractor a.s. solution to secure a number of hard to come by ccw permits in exchange for $90,000 in donations to the santa clara county public safety alliance, an i

trading concealed weapon permits for cash in the form of political donations says district attorney jeff rosen. >>holding public officials accountable for their misconduct is an essential part of our mission and our duty to the people of santa clara county. >>we immediately started a criminal investigation and sheriff's captain james jensen is named in the indictment says along with local attorneys, christopher sharm and harp all the hall and milpitas gun store owner michael nichols. they are accused in a scheme where bribes were exchanged for hard to get concealed weapons permits. >>which are issued by the sheriff's office our investigation found that weeks after the scheme was hatched. >>the conspirators settled on a $90,000 donation. in exchange for 10 to 12, carrying concealed weapons permits the indictments are part of a yearlong investigation into allegations the sheriff's office was granting concealed weapon permits to the eyed peas donated money to the 2018 campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >>i

district attorney jeff rosen announcing the indictments today. the four defendants. the d.a. says the investigation is still ongoing. earlier this year, our investigative unit cross-referenced campaign records and concealed carry requests and found those who contributed to the sheriff's campaign were 14 times more likely to get a concealed carry permit. the d.a. says applications from unconnected people were treated differently. >> it just got thrown in the garbage and was never looked at. but if you made a campaign donation and if captain jensen knew you to be a vip, then you got special treatment and you got a ccw license. and, you know, that's wrong. >> captain james jensen is the sheriff's department employee who was indicted. the d.a. would not comment on whether he believes sheriff smith was aware of these deals. our investigative reporter stephen stock broke the news of a grand jury investigation. you can see his full report at nbcbayarea.com. >>> still ahead here at 11:00, what are the odds? dr. fauci with an update on the search for a vaccine and the chances of it be

. >> to be district attorney jeff rosen promised more suspect would be revealed. in a bribery case involving concealed carry weapons permits, and a campaign donation to sheriff lori smith. >> i expect more charges will be filed against more individuals in the coming weeks. >> for now the more than one year investigation uncovered four suspects, including sheriff's captain james jensen, a former spokesperson for the department. >> if you are an in the words of chair of james jensen a vip, he will meet you at starbucks, personally review your application, and help you fill it out. >> jensen allegedly agreed to falsify information to get the sheriff to approve a dozen hard to get ccw permits, for protection agents and an international security company in 2018. in exchange the company manager agreed to give a $90,000 campaign donation for sheriff smith's reelection campaign that year. >> there are real victims here. they are people like my client, who did not get a permit. >> reporter: attorney donald represented ache santa clara county man who owned a private securit

we're speakinging to get an answer from jeff rosen at 10:00 a.m. >>> the family of 22-year-old sean monterrosa claiming it was an act of cowardice which should be counted as murder. >> to me this is flat out murder. >> announcing a civil rights lawsuit against the city of vallejo and the officer. on june 2, the police responded to reports of looting outside a walgreens. he was kroufg down in a half kneeling position moving his hands toward his waist area revealing what appeared to be a handgun. it turned out to be a hammer. the video does not show what he was doing. according to the lawsuit, the officer whot ail him tack sea of an unmarked police vehicle. >> it was like a wild looking animal. he sees some mxt. >> he didn't know what if anything he had on him. >> he pointed a gun at us. >> the lawsuit alleges he has a history of excessive force, having been involved in three other officer-involved shootings. the shootings were not fatal. >> we're very, very disturbed by not only that he's still in an apartment, still on the streets, but engaged in this. >> we lost our brother. we need accountab

but according to district attorney jeff rosen, there is a special way to get them in santa clara county. if you were a vip or made contributions to sheriff laurie sheriff captain james jensen made sure your name jumps to the front of the line. >> if you made a campaign donation and if captain jensen knew you to be a vip, you got special treatment and a ccw license and that is wrong. >> reporter: rosen gathered with top staff including the head of the public integrity unit to announce criminal indictments against business owner michael nichols an attorneys harpaul nahal and christopher schumb. >> they settled on a $90,000 donation in ex change for ten to 12 carrying concealed weapons permits. >> the sheriff was not indicted but rosen expects more charges to come. >> my concern is not whether the sheriff grants many or few ccw licenses, but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. >> reporter: for the past year nbc bay area's investigative unit has been digging into the bribery allegations as well. we compared campaign contributions with concealed carry records and

the district attorney jeff rosen announcing multiple charges into the scandal over the 2018 re-election bid. named in the indictment, the local attorneys, weapons manufacturer michael nichols, and captain james jensen who once oversaw the sheriff's concealed carry application program. the charges include bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery? in the case of jensen, falsifying public records. he now faces up to 11 years in prison. >> the d.a.'s office is continuing to investigate more crimes and more individuals related to sheriff smith's issuance of licenses. it is active and ongoing. we will follow the evidence where it leads. >> prosecutors say they work the defendants as well as the contractor, to secure a number of hard to come by ccw permits ident expendituith's most reason re-election. a sheriff's office spokes person said jensen would be placed on administrative leave and they would continue to monitor the situation and have no further information to provide at this time. the sheriff who has not been charged with a crime, also declined to come. however, abc7 news did speak to

. >> reporter: da jeff rosen announcing a 16 page grand jury indictment of four people, including sheriff'sn. all are accused of bribery and can you see in connection with the awarding of concealed carry permits, or ccw. >> this has apparently been a question in the sheriff's office for the past decade. people have been asking questions about how concealed carry permits are provided. >> reporter: during sheriff smith's reelection effort and 28 teen international security company a illusion paid $90,000 to an expenditure committee supporting smith's reelections. at the time she was in a close race with retired undersheriff john harrah,. >> prosecutors say there was an initial meeting during the sheriff's best of the best competition with some or all of the defendants. half the amount was subsequently to jensen at a coffee shop, resulting in seven ccw permits. >> it seems like a grand jury found pretty compelling evidence that there was some kind of exchange of these concealed carry permits for some kind of political favors. >> reporter: the sheriff's department emailed a statement, which rea

jeff rosen announcing a 16-page grand jury indictment of four people, including sheriff's captain jaymee jensen. all are accused of bribery and conspiracy >>> this has apparently been a question in this sheriff's office for, you know, the past decade. people have been asking questions about how concealed carry permits are provided. >> reporter: the district attorney said during sheriff smith's release effort in 2018, international security company a.s. solutions paid $90,000 to an extendture committee supporting smith's rere-election. . >> reporter: presidenters say there was an initial meeting during the sheriff's best of the west competition with some or all of the defends, christmas schumb, harpaul nahal, michael nichols and captain jensen attending half of the money was subsequently delivered to jensen at a coffee shot resulting in 7 concealed carry permits. >> it seems like the grand jury found some pretty compelling evidence that there was some kind of exchange of these gun concealed carry permits to are some kind of political favors. >> if the sheriff says that she didn't know any

trading concealed weapon permits for cash in the form of political donations says district attorney jeff rosen. >>holding public officials accountable for their misconduct is an essential part of our mission and our duty to the people of santa clara county. >>we immediately started a criminal investigation and sheriff's captain james jensen is named in the indictment says along with local attorneys, christopher sharm and harp all the hall and milpitas gun store owner michael nichols. they are accused in a scheme where bribes were exchanged for hard to get concealed weapons permits which are issued by the sheriff's office our investigation found that weeks after the scheme was hatched. >>the conspirators settled on a $90,000 donation. >>in exchange for 10 to 12, carrying concealed weapons permits at the indictments are part of a yearlong investigation into allegations the sheriff's office was granting concealed weapon permits to lee eyed peas donated money to the 2018 campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >

jeff rosen announcing 16-page grand jury indictment of up for people, includes sheriff's captain james jenson. conspiracy. >> this has been a question in this sheriff's office for, you know, the past decade, people have been asking questions about how concealed carry permits are provided. >> reporter: the district attorney says during sheriff smith's re-election effort in 2018, international security company a.s. solutions paid $90,000 to an expenditure committee supporting her re-election. >> i'm not going to say i was cheated. think the voters voted on the information they had at the time. >> reporter: prosecutors say there was an initial meeting during the sheriff's best of the west competition with some of all of the defendants attending. half the amount was subsequently delivered to jenson at a cafe shop, resulting in 7ccw permits. >> it seems like that the grand jury found some pretty compelling evidence that there was some kind of exchange of these gun concealed carry permits for some kind of political favors. >> reporter: the sheriff's department e-mail add statement which read

jeff rosen announcing a 16-page indictment of form people including sheriff's captain james' jefferson. all are accused of bribe and i have conspiracy with concealed permits. >> this has been an issue in this sheriff's office for the past decade. people have been asking questions about how concealed carry permits are provided. >> the district attorney said during sheriff smith's re- election campaign in 2018, a.s. solutions paid $90,000 to an expenditure committee supporting smith's re-election. at the same time she was in a close race with the undersheriff who was retired. >> i'm not going to say i was cheated. think the voters base voted based on the information they had at the time. >> reporter: prosecutors say there was an initial meeting during the sheriff's best of to the west competition, with some or all of the defendants, christopher schumb, harpaul nahal, michael nichols, and captain jensen attending. half of the amount was delivered to jensen at a coffee shop resulting in 7 concealed carry permits. >> it seemed the grand jury found some pretty compelling evidence that there

trading concealed weapon permits for cash in the form of political donations says district attorney jeff rosen. >>holding public officials accountable for their misconduct is an essential part of our mission and our duty to the people of santa clara county. >>we immediately started a criminal investigation and sheriff's captain james jensen is named in the indictment says along with local attorneys, christopher sharm and harp all the hall and milpitas gun store owner michael nichols. they are accused in a scheme where bribes were exchanged for hard to get concealed weapons permits which are issued by the sheriff's office our investigation found that weeks after the scheme was hatched. >>the conspirators settled on a $90,000 donation. >>in exchange for 10 to 12, carrying concealed weapons permits at the indictments are part of a yearlong investigation into allegations the sheriff's office was granting concealed weapon permits to lee eyed peas donated money to the 2018 campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >

trading concealed weapon permits for cash in the form of political donations says district attorney jeff rosenaccountable for their misconduct is an essential part of our mission and our duty to the people of santa clara county. >>we immediately started a criminal investigation and sheriff's captain james jensen is named in the indictment says along with local attorneys, christopher sharm and harp all the hall and milpitas gun store owner michael nichols. they are accused in a scheme where bribes were exchanged for hard to get concealed weapons permits. >>which are issued by the sheriff's office our investigation found that weeks after the scheme was hatched. >>the conspirators settled on a $90,000 donation. in exchange for 10 to 12, carrying concealed weapons permits the indictments are part of a yearlong investigation into allegations the sheriff's office was granting concealed weapon permits to the eyed peas donated money to the 2018 campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >>in the words of sheriff's capt

tetrault from carnegie mellon university, national constitution center president jeffrey rosen will lead the discussion. jeff, over to you. >> welcome to our panel about the past, the untold, unknown history of women's suffrage. i'm so honored to be here with two of america's leading historians of the women's suffrage movement. both of them have new books out and i can't wait to share the phenomenal arguments with you. lisa taytro and martha jones, welcome. >> thank you. >> i have to thank you for your great advice with the national constitution center's new exhibit on the 19th amendment, how women won the vote. it's that beautiful building which is on the backdrop behind me that's going to open on august 26 which is the actual 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. today of course we're talking to our friends on august 6, the 100th anniversary of the voting rights act of 1965, or rather, the day of the anniversary. you, in your great book about seneca falls, the myth of seneca falls, memory and the women's suffrage movement, argue that seneca falls was not the beginning of the women's suffrage movement whic

jeffrey rosen will lead the discussion. jeff, over to you? welcome to our panel on the past, unknown history of women's suffrage. so honored to be with you with two of americans leading historians of the women's suffrage movement, both have new books out and i can't wait to share the arguments with you. lisa tate throw. i have to thank you for your great advice, new exhibits on the 19th amendments, how women won the vote, and that beautiful building that is in the backdrop behind me, and the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. today we talk to our friends on august 6th, the 100th anniversary of the voting rights act of 1965, or rather the day anniversary. you, in your great book about cynical false, the myth of cynical fall, memory and women's suffrage movements, argue that cynical falls was not the beginning of the women 's suffrage movement. in fact, it began for earlier. tell us about the origin story of the fight for women's suffrage. >> i think the first point is that there is no single fight. it is many, many, many fights. it depends