Rothman, chair of africanamerican studies at Princeton University eddy glove jr. And shannon petty piece. Joe, so we start its only monday and we begin that way. Right. Well, yeah. And of course you didnt show the rest of the tape where we kept explaining to donald trump that putin assassinated political opponents and assassinated journalists just didnt seem to care. Didnt matter how far we pushed him. That was revealing. That was in december of 2015. I remember i think it was somebody over at the National Review said that may have been the most telling interview of the entire 2016 campaign. I think they were right. It was because it suggested there was something untoward in that relationship with putin. And that, of course, moves us forward not only to whats happening in russia, not only with franks remarkable reporting about corruption from Paul Manafort and how oligarchs and russians connected with manafort and manafort with the campaign, but also whats happening later on capitol hi
The wake of the chemical attack in england. New reporting uncovers even more extravagant spending by the treasury secretary. The Stormy Daniels saga continues to unravel. Have more women come to you . Yes. And in the wake of a pennsylvania defeat, the president s fundraising grist is caught on tape. He ran on a campaign and said very nice things about me. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We now know Robert Mueller is inside trump tower. The in latest sign the probe is nowhere near wrapping up, New York Times reporting today mueller issued a potentially wideranging subpoena to the Trump Organization which oversees trumps business ventures. He reportedly ordered the Trump Organization to hand over all documents related to russia and other topics he is investigating. The white house declined to directly respond to the report. Were going to continue to fully cooperate out of respect for the special counsel. Were not going to comment for any specific
Conversations to any sort of new evidence of obstruction per se. It is still just not something you want to see your client doing when hes the subject of an investigation like this. And barbara, it raises the question we have reporting about tooing about if the president s making a habit of this. Yeah, and i think that one concern is number one what are they talking about . Is he gathering information so he can coordinate the testimony of other witnesses or himself and it also raises this appearance of consciousness of guilt. If youre not guilty of anything, then have you no interest in talking with any of these folks. If youre talking to them, it suggests a level of interest that could indicate a consciousness of guilt. As joyce said, its a bad idea. Any lawyer would counsel his client not to talk about it because if even if theres nothing bad going on, there is a perception there is. One of the people he spoke to was priebus. According to investigators he asked if they were nice. You
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We now know Robert Mueller is inside trump tower. The in latest sign the probe is nowhere near wrapping up, New York Times reporting today mueller issued a potentially wideranging subpoena to the Trump Organization which oversees trumps business ventures. He reportedly ordered the Trump Organization to hand over all documents related to russia and other topics he is investigating. The white house declined to directly respond to the report. Were going to continue to fully cooperate out of respect for the special counsel. Were not going to comment for any specific questions about the Trump Organization. I would refer you there. A lawyer for the Trump Organization said it is fully cooperating with all investigations including muellers adding this is old news, not really and our assistance and cooperation with the investigations remain the same today. For more, msnbc legal analyst, nick akerman, former special watergate prosecutor. What do you th
Probe, what happened when Mark Zuckerberg met the senate. Would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night . No. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. On a day in which the white house claims the president has the power to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, tonight weve learned another previously unreported occasion this past december when the president tried to do just that. Fire the man conducting the criminal investigation into his campaign, his personal business, members of his family and the president himself. Its an investigation that yesterday led to coordinated fbi raids on the office and residences of one of the president s closest and longest serving associates his attorney Michael Cohen. Now today multiple reports coming in from nearly every direction the president is once again mulling the option of firing mueller or perhaps someone else at the Justice Department. According to federal regulations t