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And someone is going to jail. former cbs news producer robert halderman was accused of trying to blackmail the talk show host over sexual affairs letterman had with female employees. halderman pleaded guilty to second degree grand larceny and will serve six months in jail and perform community service. >> again, i apologize to mr. letterman, his family, to stephanie burkett, her family and certainly my friends and family. i will not be doing any interviews and i thank you all for your patience. >> talk to you about a segment of my life here that began six months ago. i found myself in some leg...

He faced it down, he answered the questions and he's moving on and his career isn't suffering at all. >> reporter: halderman begins serving his sentence in two months. as part of the plea arrangement, he cannot discuss or profit in any way from this case. lawrence? >> rehema ellis, thank you. last night, ken starr, of all people, made his debut with me on "countdown" to attack the shameful rhetoric coming from liz chain be lawyers representing terror suspects. tonight we bring you another prominent conservative attorney. david rivkin on the dangers of liz cheney's legal opinions next.

The man who attempted to blackmail david letterman. former cbs news producer robert halderman admitted he tried to extort millions from "the late show" host. letterman told viewers about the plot last october while confessing to affairs with female staffers. as for mr. haldeman, his storytelling ended today. our correspondent is rehema ellis. >> reporter: robert haldeman, a longtime journalist at cbs told the court he was remorseful for attempting to blackmail the talk show host about his relationship with stephanie burkett, letterman's employee and haldeman's former live-in girlfriend. this w...

And his career isn't suffering at all. >> reporter: halderman begins serving his sentence in two months. as part of the plea arrangement, he cannot discuss or profit in any way from this case. lawrence? >> rehema ellis, thank you. last night, ken starr, of all people, made his debut with me on "countdown" to attack the shameful rhetoric coming from his cheney about lawyers representing terror suspects. tonight we bring you another prominent conservative attorney. david rivkin on the dangers of liz cheney's legal opinions next. big our community is, how do we know how big our hospitals need t...

Blackmail david letterman. former cbs news producer robert halderman admitted he tried to extort millions from "the late show" host. letterman told viewers about the plot last october while confessing to affairs with female staffers. as for mr. haldeman, his storytelling ended today. our correspondent is rehema ellis. >> reporter: robert haldeman, a longtime journalist at cbs told the court he was remorseful for attempting to blackmail the talk show host about his relationship with stephanie burkett, letterman's employee and haldeman's former live-in girlfriend saying, this was a thinly veiled...