attorney damian williams for hosting us today. it is a great commitment and collaboration between irs criminal investigations, the fbi and sdny that today's verdict was possible. i would like to recognize the work of the fbi public corruption c squad, the sdny public corruption unit, trial attorneys and paralegals for the tremendous effort in presenting this case and the sdny tax attorneys. i want to specifically recognize the irs c.i. special agents who worked this case in tandem with fbi special agents. today's verdict is a reflection of all their hard work. job well done. >> thank you, everyone. >> mr. williams, will you seek the maximum -- >> you're getting just a taste there of the breadth of this case that was out there. not only all the lawyers that you see but everything from fbi special agents who did the investigation to tax attorneys. and kristy greenberg, i'm guessing given your background you might even recognize some of the people who were involved in prosecuting this case. >> i do. so i prosecuted cases with dan ric

the fbi and as well, beginning there, the us attorney from the southern district of new york, damian williams, i want to bring harry litman back in to talk a little bit about this williams saying there harry, that this was about shocking levels of corruption. he wanted to be clear. this wasn't politics as usual. he said this was politics for profit, and he said that menendez is years of selling his office to the highest bidder has finally come to an end. we still obviously have to see what his political fate is in the senate, even as we see the top senate democrat saying that he needs to resign, but we're going to see what happens there. what do you think having heard this from the prosecution? >> excuse me, i'm a former us attorney and he was as us attorneys ought to be bland and on triumphant. but there was one word that jumped out at me and that was the word finally, after years. so they're really i think was a sense. you knew it from people in the department of justice of a real sort of pride go with before fall, just after that first prosecution many years ago came on done he began this

violado mi declaración pública juramentada, indicó el fiscal del distrito sur de nueva york, damian williamsares en sobornos en efectivo, lingotes de oro, un mercedes benz. esta no era la política habitual. esta era una política con fines de lucro. y ahora que un jurado ha encontrado culpable a bob menéndez, sus años de vender su cargo al mejor postor finalmente han llegado a su fin, indicó el fiscal del distrito sur de nueva york. su sentencia será dada a conocer el 29 de octubre y aunque algunos de sus colegas le piden que deje el senado, él ha dicho que no lo hará. hay que recalcar que el mismo senado tiene la opción de votar para expulsarlo. la jefa del servicio secreto, kimberley sidle, asumió la responsabilidad por las fallas de seguridad en el mitin donde se registró el intento de asesinato de donald trump y calificó el hecho como inaceptable y se comprometió también a que no volverán a ocurrir episodios similares. paralelamente, el secretario de seguridad nacional, alejandro mayorkas, dijo que se realizará una investigación independiente, mientras que el congreso anunció que realizar

damian williams and the southern district of new york said that hwang intentionally lied to try to up capacity of the firm in order to intentionally move the prices of stocks in the portfolio higher and that this move just continued and continued. the defense said it couldn't have been a pump and dump scheme because hwang never sold a single share. the feds saying that the wipeout was due to a black swan event or a week where there was a perfect storm. that week came march 22 of 2021. the week where viacom issued more shares and the sec said it was cracking down on some china companies listed in the united states. two events there -- detrimental to the portfolio. within hours, margin calls started coming in from various banks. by friday, they were no more. collectively, banks were down $10 billion. sentencing which could be up to 200 years. obviously likely to be a fraction of that. for october 28, both hwang and halligan are likely to appeal. haidi: take a look at the csi crackdown on shortselling in china. these are some of the short interest stocks that we are watching at the momen

this is prosecutor damian williams speaking after yesterday's verdict. >> this case has always been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, a mercedes-benz. this was not politics as usual, this was politics for profit. now that a jury has convicted job menendez -- bob menendez, it has come to an end. amy: two menendez associates, new jersey businessmen wael hana and fred daibes, were also found guilty on all counts faced. senator menendez's wife nadine menendez was also charged in the corruption schemes but has not yet been tried. senator menendez faces years in prison when he is sentenced in october. eight of his convictions carry possible 20-year sentences. democrats are calling on menendez to resign, which would allow new jersey's democratic governor phil murphy to fill his vacant seat. if menendez refuses to resign, he could face expulsion by his fellow senators. here in milwaukee, activists and community members have gathered in the streets to condemn the police killing of 43-year-old milwaukee resident samuel sh

this is prosecutor damian williams speaking after yesterday's verdict. >> this case has always been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, a mercedes-benz. this was not politics as usual, this was politics for profit. now that a jury has convicted job menendez -- bob menendez, it has come to an end. amy: two menendez associates, new jersey businessmen wael hana and fred daibes, were also found guilty on all counts faced. senator menendez's wife nadine menendez was also charged in the corruption schemes but has not yet been tried. senator menendez faces years in prison when he is sentenced in october. eight of his convictions carry possible 20-year sentences. democrats are calling on menendez to resign, which would allow new jersey's democratic governor phil murphy to fill his vacant seat. if menendez refuses to resign, he could face expulsion by his fellow senators. here in milwaukee, activists and community members have gathered in the streets to condemn the police killing of 43-year-old milwaukee resident samuel sh

i'm delighted to say that damian williams and simon cartwright, tommy cooper and bob monkhouse join me great to see you. >> great to be here. >> great to be here. >> nice to be here, >> nice to be here, >> listen, you've all starred in solo shows about these individual stars. yeah. so, damian, why did paul decide to bnng damian, why did paul decide to bring the three of these men together into a play? >> well, do you know what it started when? >> so i did a one man play. well, it wasn't a one man play. it was a play about tommy cooper called being tommy cooper. and bob had done morecambe in the west end and toured it, and bob was directing simon in a play about, bob monkhouse and me and paul went to see it. and i remember in the interval he said, i've got these guys, i've got you that does tommy, i've got you that does tommy, i've got bob, that does eric, and i've simon does. you know, there's got to be something here. we've got to do this, got to be something. and anyway, he, you know, he went away and he came back with the short film the last laugh. and that's where it all started. >

. >> attorney, damian williams. he's the attorney for the southern district of new york.also spoke to the camp and he said that this was a shocking level of corruption prosecutors accuse menendez of accepting gold bars nearly half a million in cash that was found in his home in new jersey as well as the mercedes benz convertible. and in exchange, they say he sold the power of his office by taking steps to help some of the men involved in the case were charged alongside him and found guilty, as well as helping the government of egypt all while he was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, certainly significant. now this won't automatically directly remove senator menendez from the senate. that is something that's senate would have to choose to do. but as of now, the senior senator from new jersey thank convicted of 16 felony counts, it's part of a sweeping bribery scheme. brianna, big news today, kara scannell, thank you for that. >> live for us from new york. a one way for we're former president trump to win in november could be by picking up more votes from

attorney for the southern district of new york, damian williams also came out to speak to the cameras. he said this was a shocking level of corruption that was not to an end by this conviction, prosecutors say that menendez sold the power of his office in exchange for gold bars, nearly half a million in cash, and acted as an agent for government of egypt while he was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, there are growing calls for his resignation, including tonight from senate majority leader chuck schumer, as well as new jersey senator cory booker, no conviction is no automatic expulsion from congress. so it would require a two-thirds vote by the senate. jake kara scannell no, thank so much. a video of a phone call between donald trump and rfk junior. what we see is not causing a stir yet what you hear is sparking alarm that's next let me introduce you to class 500, the two it is an easy to use trading app that gives you a glimpse into the future of futures trading see a trading opportunity you'll be able to treat it in two clicks once your account is open no matter wh