Some of today's top stories
- Donald trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 gop nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a hush money scheme that silenced a porn star, in effect interfering with the 2016 presidential election.
Nbc's brie jackson is in washington with details on this historic criminal case. - Our political anaylsts joined us in studio yesterday to talk more about this historic verdict...
Cathy Abernathy on the right.. and Marisa Wood on the left.
Both weighed in on the verdict with their opinions. - Former Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy reacting to the guilty verdict.
His post on social media reads, quote, "President Trump's only crime is running against Joe Biden in 2024.
The American people see right through this weaponization of the legal system"...end quote. - And 20th Congressional District elect Vince Fong also weighing in on the verdict...
His post on social media reads, quote "Today's verdict against President Trump is a historic turn in the politicization of our institutions."
"The American people are rightfully concerned with the weaponization of the legal system," end quote.
Our political analysts will join us in studio again this morning at 6:30, so stick around for that converstation. - A Sacramento man has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison -- after being convicted 17's Aleeya Fitzgerald was there for the sentencing and the tense courthouse exchange between the family of the predator and relatives of his young victim. of sex trafficking a Bakersfield teenage girl.
- At least 1 person has died in a crash northwest of Bakersfield. Details are limited at this time...
But we do know it happened this morning just after 1:30 a.m. on northbound Highway 99 near Merced Avenue.
The identity of the victim has not been publicly released.
We will continue to follow this crash as those details become available.
