Pleading not guilty to new charges of witness tampering. The judge in the case utley ruled that the severity of the alleged crime violated the terms of manaforts bail agreement saying allowing his release would harm the integrity of the Justice System. Nbc news reports manafort did not appear to react to that ruing. He was immediately taken into custody, giving a quick wave to his wife as he was escorted from the courtroom. He will now be held in pretrial detention till september. He reacting to the news, his former client, President Trump was quick to defend his reputation saying, wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort who has represented ronald reagan, bob dole and many other top political people in campaigns. Didnt know manafort was the head of the mob. What about comey and crooked hillary and all of the others . Very unfair. Now trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is dangling a president ial pardon responding to the news of manaforts incarceration telling the New York Daily News, wh
Public. Also out in the open, the Justice Departments fisa warrant for the former trump adviser carter page has been redacted, but this line was clear as day, quote, the fbi believes that page has been collaborating and conspireing with the russian government. Also four republican judges obviously thought there was something there. With us we have mike barnacle, John Heilemann, knnick confesso, carol lee, benjamin wittis and Michael Schmidt. So, John Heilemann, i dont know if Trump Supporters digest twitter the way i digest twitter, but if they do, these days especially on summer weekends, theyre probably getting one line into his rantings and its like scrolling on. Been there, done that. But the amount of vitriol, the amount of just craziness, the level of unmored behavior by the president this weekend was over the top. Its always over the top, but the intensity is picking up and of course it ended with him talking about fire and fury coming to iran. Right. Is this a president feeling
Rocky legal and political backdrop for trump world, from the Michael Cohen plea to manaforts conviction to the prospect of republicans potentially losing the house a couple of months from now. Trump reacting with another flurry of tweets, more than a dozen of them this time, attacking the russia investigation, the news media, and the department of justice. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports that the Trump White House has, quote, neither the staff nor the strategy to handle the potential consequences of a democratic takeover of the house, which would likely set off a wave of congressional investigations and even potentially an impeachment inquiry. Quote, trump has not directed his lawyers or his political aides to prepare an action plan, leaving allies to fret that the president does not appreciate the magnitude of what could be in store next year. One trump ally telling the post, winter is coming. But its like tumbleweeds rolling down the halls there, nobodys prepared for war. The
Anonymous Senior Administration official who wrote an oped in the New York Times calling him amoral and warning the country that his own advisors, Donald Trumps own advisors are constantly working to pull him back from the brink. Do you think Jeff Sessions should be investigating who the author of the oped piece was . I think its National Security. I would say jeff should be investigating who the author of that piece was because i really believe its National Security. Reporter is there action that should be taken against the New York Times . We will see. I am looking at that right now. At the white house the search for the anonymous senior white house staffer who wrote that oped has consumed the west w g wing. How do they pare down the list of 12 to 1 . Give them a lie detector test, says senator rand paul. The white house has entertained that idea. Also under consideration, forcing senior officials to sign sworn affidavits. This as a parade of white house officials have come forward o
He is cohost and executive producer of the circus. Cofounder and ceo of axios jim vandehei, editor and chief of law fair benjamin wittis and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kc d. C. Kasie hunt is with us. Thank you for coming in. We will start with this complicated story this morning, the author of a confidential letter accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault more than three decades ago identified herself on sunday. Christine blasey ford a 51yearold Research Psychologist in Northern California spoke publicly for the first time about the allegations in a report by the Washington Post. Ford alleges one summer during high school in the early 1980s kavanaugh and a friend drunkenly corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a home in montgomery county, maryland. She alleges kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her over her clothes grinding his body against her and attempting to pull off her bathing suit while his friend watch