Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Joe is off. Hes tweeting. Hell be filing for the Washington Post. Weve put together an allstar lineup for this mornings incredible amount of news. A Small Law Firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, John Thnathan Tu and Barbara Mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories
i do not think theres a parallel. Well see what you come up with. A legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. What the Conservative Drudge Report described as trump hell hour. His 2016 Ca
it, congressmen shouldn t be able to do it, the president and vice president shouldn t be able to do it, heads of agencies shouldn t be able to do it, cabinet officials shouldn t be able to do it. if people want to keep their investments, put them in big index funds. but the people who are actually making policy and deciding things in the public interest should have no conflicts, no trading in individual stocks and let s just remember, no owning businesses on the side. i get it. here is my big question, though, because you also want to strengthen enforcement of anti-corruption ethics and public integrity laws and boost transparency in government. yep. so if this all happens, elizabeth, senator, who would be left in washington besides you, claire mccaskill and ben sass? seriously. seriously, that really is the question, mika? who are we here for? have folks come to washington
rock, bank of america and black rock group are taking it a step further and reevaluating their relationships with the gun manufacturers themselves. for more i m joined by brian sullivan. great to see you. what is the take away from sending this type of pressure directly to the source, to gun manufacturers? does that mean does it stand a better chance of actually achieving results for these companies? you know, kristin, that is i guess the trillion dollar question. it is an important one as well. thank you for having me on. the two stories are similar but separate. on one hand you have companies ending their relationship with the nra, discounts, partnerships, united airlines, bank of omaha, enterprise rental cars and couple others. then you ve got the investment side. two different stories. one is ending the relationship, the other one is actually investing in the publicly traded gun and gun related companies. you mentioned black rock. maybe not a household name, but they re one of