Details about payments mr. Cohen arranged with woman who alleged sexual encounters with President Trump, including mr. Trumps knowledge of those deals. The journal report which cited people close to cohen and others familiar with prosecutors discussions posted late last night. It preceded a tweet from the president at 1 10 in the morning washington time, trump writing in all caps, no collusion, rigged witch hunt. And Republican Leaders remain silent but the rank and file did weigh in. Former president ial candidate mitt romney tweeted yesterday, the events of the last 24 hours confirm that conduct by highplaced individuals was both dishonorable and illegal. Also confirmed is my faith is our Justice System and my conviction that we are a nation committed to the rule of law. Senator ben sasse released a statement writing, quote, Paul Manafort is a Founding Member of the dc swamp and Michael Cohen is the goth am version of the
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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Allegedly had affairs with, in order to conceal that information from the public in connection with the election. What i think a critical difference is, is the timing of this and how closely related it to the election and concealment of bad information. That differentiates it from the obama case. If i could just go back to the tweets for one second, hallie. Please. I prosecuted Organized Crime Cases in the Southern District of new york. I supervised that unit. The way that donald trump is talking, and i cant help but think about this, is the way mob bosses talk. When you are loyal, youre a standup guy, and you take the rap in the mob world, you get benefits. If you break and you cooperate, youre a rat, which is another term he used. It is a little jarring to see out in the open, the president of the United States using this language, and sayi
Lawyer, william burke. However, the lawyer then says but they were okay with giving this information over. This administration isnt. Make some sense of this for me. Well, i think the thing to think about is this, im not sure at the end of the day how much difference its going to make. Partly this is a matter of arithmetic. The republicans simply have the votes. But secondly while this will be, and you can count on it, that the democrats will be following joe bidens advice, theyll be saying how can we vote on this guy until we know every possible thing about him. The crucial question will be how will he vote as a judge, what can we learn from his time on the Court Of Appeals here in the district of columbia. I think thats where the bulk of the questions will be. Whats going to be new and different about this Confirmation Hearing is questions about how far you can go in subpoenaing or possibly indicting or other Legal Process against a sitting president. That becomes important obviously
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Growing on the presidency. Dire warning from a man who would know On The Last Day of the kavanaugh hearing. There is now a cancer on the presidency . Yes, i would agree with that. All in starts now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. 60 days from the midterm election. Danger threatens Donald Trumps presidency from both within and without. 4 including tonight a report that his private business empire, a thing that defines him above all else is in the cross hairs of a federal probe. Inside the white house the president and closest aides are reportedly turning the west wing upside down to try to identify the anonymous author of the Op Ed Claiming to be part of the resistance inside the Trump Administration protecting the country from an unfit president. Asked by a reporter if he thinks the Attorney General should investigate who wrote it, the president responded he does. Claiming the oped is a matter
of national security. The reporter did not ask which law the president thinks