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Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump's business empire, was sentenced Tuesday to five months at the Rikers Island jail complex for his role in a tax fraud scheme that led to the conviction of the Trump Organization last year.
And President Joe Biden prepares for the new GOP.
And many gathered at the White House Tuesday to watch Biden sign the bipartisan bill enshrining protections for same-sex and interracial marriages into law.
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