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Vladimir putin and kim jongun, soon to meet for an exclusive summit for dictators. What u. S. Intelligence says they believe they are plotting. And also today, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell returned to capitol hill, as some of his fellow republicans even are raising concerns about his health. What he could say Behind Closed Doors to them tomorrow. I am Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. He pleaded for leniency, and he ended up with the longest sentence of anyone who has been charged in the deadly attack that happened on the capitol. 22 years for former proud boys leader Enrique Tarrio. And it could end up being the longest sentence of all of those. During the hearing today, a federal judge timothy kelly, who i should note was appointed by former president donald trump, scolded Enrique Tarrio, and said, quote, he was motivated by revolutionary zeal while slandering the father of our country, referring to george washington. He called Tarrio The Ultimate Leader of a Seditious Conspiracy to overthrow the United States government by force. I should note, tarrio was not actually even in washington on january 6th, but thats because he had been arrested two days before the attack and was ordered by a judge to leave the city. Prosecutors say he did help create a command structure, that that he was in touch with codefendants on the ground that day, as the attack unfolded. He is now the final proud boys leader convicted of Seditious Conspiracy to receive his punishment. For more on this, lets go to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. Evan, obviously one of the longest sentences of anyone who has been charged in the attack. The judge clearly seemed to think that a stiff punishment was necessary to deter future political violence. Thats right, kaitlan. He mentioned the idea of deterrence, that the importance of the sentence was one of deterrence. So that the next time, the next attempt that a peaceful transfer of power, which is something that was broken by the january 6th attack, at least we can try to rebuild that. And as you noted, Enrique Tarrio wasnt even here on january 6th. As a matter of fact, he was arrested for some previous alleged offenses. And the fbi, the u. S. Attorney, they did that on purpose. Because they were hoping to try to get him out of town, and try to prevent any mass gathering of proud boys. Of course, we now know that that didnt work. And one of the things his lawyer said today, in speaking to the judge was that, he wasnt there. He wasnt in control of this crowd of proud boys. And he said, tarrio was not a terrorist. He is a misguided patriot. Of course, the judge said, look. This is something you argued to the jury and the jury did not buy it. So, in the end, thats one reason why you saw such a stiff sentence for Enrique Tarrio. Its longer than any of the other proud boys. The other four proud boys that were sentenced in the last few days. Yeah, he had that enhanced terrorism penalty here. As we were talking about the others whove been charged with Seditious Conspiracy and already got their sentences, Dominic Pezzola is one of those. He cried to the judge last week and then, after he was sentenced, he walked out and declared trump won as he was leaving the courtroom. But it seemed to be a very different scene today, evan, as Enrique Tarrio was speaking, essentially asking the judge to take easy on him. Absolutely. Look, they all cried. They all cried in the previous sentences. In this case, tarrio kept his composure, except for when his mother spoke to the judge. And she tearfully cried. She said, she wanted her son to have another chance. She said, this is not the person that we know he is. Of course, the judge also said that he did not detect any indication that tarrio had any remorse. I will note, Enrique Tarrio made a reference to Dominic Pezzola and the fact that he stood up after the judge had exited the room and said, with his first raised, that trump won. Tarrio said, after this is all over, im going to leave behind politics and not be involved in politics. The judge, once you leave the room, you are not going to hear anything else from me. I think that was a clear indication, or at least an effort, by Enrique Tarrio to try to undo whatever damage, whatever influence, from what pezzola had pulled last week, from having an influence on this judge and his sentence today. And yet he still got 22 years. Evan perez, thank you. Sure. And for more on this, i want to bring in New York Times senior Political Correspondent and trump biographer maggie haberman. Ontarios attorney, maggie, for the later sentences, he was making that argument not he was basically saying, dont blame my client. Blame the former president. Its his actions and his words that and clearly the judge disagreed. The judge clearly disagreed and people will have to take responsibility for their own actions when theyre convicted, and i dont think thats a surprise. I think you are good to see courts of law uphold the rule of law. But it is not the first time that we have heard any defendants related to january 6th or their lawyer suggest that trump is behind what they did that day. And i think you are going to continue to hear that. And that is where, kaitlan, im not saying this is specific to this case, but more broadly, this is worth your is an issue for trump facing liability for the day. Something that his own aides warned him about and continue to see that going forward. And what evan was noting about as the terrorism aspect of this, the judge was essentially ruling that, basically, that is something that can be a clause applied here and he agreed with prosecutors that can be part of the sentencing here. Because of what Enrique Tarrio did on that day, and what they were ultimately trying to achieve. Trump has said he would leave open the door to pardoning a lot of people convicted that day. The fact that domestic terror is now part of this change on calculus, do you think . I dont think its going to stop trump from saying what hes been sick. Saying. Hes been fundraising to try and help some of the different january 6th related cases. I dont think this will have him adjust anything. Im sure his lawyers would like it if he would just some of what hes saying and doing, but i dont think, for what hes seeing himself, he sees political advantage in continue to see him apart people. He thinks it rallies his supporters. What about the fact that his attorney is blaming trump . Do you think that could factor into whether or not i mean, this is all hypothetical, but whether or not he will pardon . Him i dont think it helps in that specific case. But as you and i know very well, what donald trump sees as beneficial to don trump can change moment to moment. The other thing that happened today, we saw jack smiths team issue this new filing, as trump has been posting links about the judge in his case and washington, and in the same courthouse where Enrique Tao Rio was sentenced today, hes calling jack smith deranged. He says he has insane and unchecked aggression. The reason we are highlighting that is that the special counsels arguing that those comments, which are happening on a daily basis, multiple times a day, could taint the jury pool. What is your sense of whether or not trumps attorneys are concerned about Testing Prosecutors patience here, about maybe seeing sanctions from the judge for trump on what hes saying . They are certainly aware of that this is a possibility, there is going to be a request for sanctions and to just take action. What theyre going to argue is that this is infringing on trumps free speech rights, that hes a political candidate, and that he has to be allowed to say what he wants to say. In that context. And also that he is a defendant who is entitled to say things about his case. But, to your point, that is a different measure. That is not just saying im an innocent person, that is really attacking prosecutors. But and as hes attacked other people connected to these cases over and over again, as weve said many times, he will test the limits of what he can get away with up yet. Hes attacking the judge repeatedly. Jack smith, that has been a new york conson. But the judge who makes these decisions and has such control over these trials, he attacks her on a daily basis. And she has warned him about not tainting the jury pool. So hes how far you can get away with it and we will find out what the answer is. But weve talked about this before. It typically, in cases like, this one defendants are given a warning about what they say, if they post on social media, what they say on public interviews, they tend to be much more circumspect than donald trump is being. He is just sort of letting it all fly. Yeah. Tomorrow is going to get interesting in georgia, because we have now seen all 19 codefendants their plead guilty. That means none of them really show theyve all wave their right to the appearances. But we will see the judge there. Scott mcafee Hold A Hearing For Sydney Powell and kenneth chesebro, essentially on their arguments over severing the case and whatnot. But whats notable is its going to be televised. Tomorrow well see whats going to happen. Do you think people being able to actually watch that will affect at a view . This i think it might, kaitlan. So much of this has been Behind Closed Doors or in a way that you can see in realtime. Its being relayed through us, in the media. I think the public to be able to see this i think, its important. Look, i am very pro cameras in courtrooms in general. I think journalists generally. Our but i do think this is an important moment, just in terms of people understanding whats taking place. And forming their own opinions. Its going to be a lot harder for defendants in this case is to say this is going for a filter and this is somehow funded, in terms of tainting public understanding when its televised. And these are people who trump is not paying their legal fees, like in the other cases it weve seen. What is your sense of the calculus inside his world, and of course it really expensive if he was going to cover it for all of them, but if he doesnt, they could be more encouraged to make a deal with prosecutors to cooperate, through to get their sentences potentially reduced, if they were convicted . I think theres a couple of things that have gone into this. Weve seen georgia a little different in terms of how theyve handled that case in his world, compared to the federal cases. And compared to the manhattan case. So, its not totally surprising. Bluntly, i dont know what money theyre used to pay for all these cases at this point. Save america doesnt really have a ton of money. How much money have they spent . Ballpark . A lot. I dont want to get the figure wrong off the top of my head. But it is tens of millions of dollars on his legal fees and on and the reason im just delaying is that there was an error put out by folks around him in terms of what was spent at one point, at one point actually overestimated it overestimated it. But its still a lot of money. These trials were costing him, i shouldnt say him these trials are actually costing a lot of money for who is paying. And the fees of people around him. He doesnt even like paying his own legal fees, much less that of other people. Correct. And so in certain cases they have paid peoples legal fees, as weve discussed here. The fact that they are not paying giulianis legal fees that has been on ongoing source of frustration, except for one very small tranche its not small. Its small comparatively. Its a lot of money in normal circumstances. But this is a source of consternation about not having these fees paid for by a lot of people. Jenna ellis, who is one of the codefendants in georgia, has been very vocal about it. Well see if and it becomes a problem for trump. But the flipside is, if hes paying peoples legal fees in a conspiracy case, i think that takes on a different patina. What do you think of cnns latest reporting about how jack smiths investigation can seems to be continuing . We know they have a grand jury until september 15th, see if it could be extended. But on sydney powell, specifically, reaching Voting Machines to essentially, the violence that they had, not just in georgia but in michigan and other states as well. The sense of just the the investigation is still continuing past the charges what we have seen so far. We know that jack smith has continued to drill down aggressively in the documents case, the maralago case, and the january 6th case. And the january 6th case, among other things, they were six unindicted coconspirators. Then, there were separately this issue of looking at the fundraising of save america. What this tells me is that he is looking at a broader range in fundraising, not just save america. And other efforts that were taking place. That seems to be a bit of a newer avenue. Yeah, he has been asking about hugo chavez comments that she was. Making very public. Maggie haberman, thank you. Very much. Up next, two of the most dangerous dictators in the world may soon be meeting together in person. Person. 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