In a town hall event filmed inside New York’s Sing Sing prison that aired Sunday night, “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt dissected the costs of America’s high rates of incarceration. Joined by singer John Legend, Holt asked prisoners about the toll on their families and their ideas for changing the system.
One topic, though, did not come up: the bipartisan criminal justice reform bill signed by President Trump in December. And the White House’s chief media critic noticed.
In a four-tweet flurry sent late Sunday, Trump lashed out at Holt and “boring musician” Legend — while also swiping at Legend’s “filthy mouthed wife,” model and frequent Trump critic Chrissy Teigen — for not giving him personal credit for his efforts.
View the complete September 9 article by Tim Elfrink on The Washington Post website here.