Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. And commerce committee. Collins lawyer is saying, we are confident that hell be completely vitamndicated and exonerated. Lets start with tom outside the courthouse. Tell us about the fbi investigation, what did they say Chris Collins and his son did . Reporter the key thing they say is the congressman came into a possession of privilege material inside information. He was aware of Material Information of this company specifically that a major drug trial they have done. Whats not okay the government says and whats against u. S. Laws was for him to pick up the phone and call his son and let him know that information before the information thats publicly released by the company and allowed his son and fiance and other associates and stockbrokers to be involved in
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Fiance and her father. All told, the congressman and his family avoided over 768,000 in losses according to the document. And the big question we are asking today is, what does the arrest of Congressman Collins mean for the midterms . Joining me nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Nbc news investigations reporter tom winter, New York Times chief metro Political Correspondent shane gold macher and former s. E. C. Enforcement attorney seth waxman. Tom, you have been following this. You were downtown a little bit earlier today. Here is a statement from collins lawyer saying we will answer the charges filed in court and will mount a defense to clear his good name. It is notable the government does not allege that Congressman Collins traded a single chair of Innate Immunotherapeuticss stock. We are confident he will be
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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. 2016. He was a very close ally of tom price, instrumental in price being chosen as Hhs Secretary. You know price has since left that post. Collins attorneys have released an official statement saying quote, we will answer the charges filed against Congress Collins in court. And will mount a vigorous defense to clear his good name. It is notable that even the government does not allege that congress man collins traded a single share of innate therapeutic stock. We are confident hell be completely vindicated and exonerated. The complaint also alleged that collins was at the white house attending the Congressional Picnic when he conducted some of the activity that led to the Insider Trading charges. This one is extraordinary for me. Hes nots just being investigated. Hes not just being charged. He was arrested. They knocked on his door and arrested him. A serving congressman. Wow. Joining me now nbc news
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A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. Work. One of the reasons is because the messaging by the democrats and the unions was really good. They had one of these ads that showed workers get paid an average of 8 an hour compared to this is what ceos get. It was effective messaging. Some of the things we talk about up here in new york, big picture we are not releasing whats happening on the ground and some of these places. Jesse that is right. Also talking about branding. Ben jealous, very upset. Hes running for governor in maryland. Former naacp director. He was asked about being branded a socialist for his republican opponent, and this is how he responded. Not to put too fine a point on it, but do you identify with the term socialist . Are you [bleep] kidding . Jesse while. Greg i think i would vote for him just for that response. It was so natural. I would say to your point,
ivy league educated, but his policies on immigration are so neanderthal that i dont know how
and many cbp customs and border protection high-level officials have told members of congress and the public that they re concerned about terrorist and known as what we call k asts, known suspected terrorists, and people in the no fly list sneaking across the southern border because of the the volume of individuals that are coming and the number of countries are coming from. i mean, this is exactly what we ve heard from republican critics of the southern border and how it s being handled at this moment is a concern that this something like this could happen and the system not working yeah, it s always a concern, especially when we would call them up the gottaways. so if you look at if one in every hundred thousand individuals who get away is a known as suspected terrorists. you can have dozens or hundreds of individuals that could potentially threats and so this is a wake-up call to all yeah. it certainly is marvin southern border. your connection broke up a little there