two statements one on manafort and one on cohen on manafort the government s filing in mr. manafort s case says nothing about the president even let s about collusion and devoted almost entirely to lobbying related issues. once again, the media is trying to create a story where there isn t one. and on cohen she says the government filings in mr. cohen s case tell us nothing of value that wasn t already known. mr. cohen has repeatedly lied and as the prosecution has pointed out to the court, mr. cohen is no hero. now the office of special counsel though says manafort lied to them repeatedly about his business dealings though the president s lawyer rudy giuliani told fox news last night manafort never lied to mueller s team about the president specifically. he also emphasized the contrast between manafort and cohen saying while manafort has nothing to lie about, cohen doesn t even know what to lie about. now, giuliani is also not worried about information still under seal, perhaps unsurp
the president in the two campaign finance violations that : pled guilty to and will be sentenced on. they have the president basically direct being cohen to commit these offenses. these are two felonies these this guy pled guilty to. they have the president directing it. manner fort has nothing to lie about when it comes to president trump. cohen doesn t know what to lie about. they said there is a joint defense agreement. mr. giuliani says they have been told by paul manafort s attorney at the beginning and the end of the redacted sections do not relate to the president or the president s team. mr. giuliani insists that despite that reference on political energy, that michael cohen acted on his own. thank you. for more on this staff shakeup and jim comey s testimony let s bring in congressman andy biggs. thank you for coming on this morning.
is making their new strategy clear. divide and conquer. in discussions with fox news last night, rudy guiliani emphasized the contrast between paul manafort and michael cohen saying while manafort has nothing to lie about, cohen doesn t even know what to lie about. dagen? gillian, thank you for that. joining me now, andrew mccarthy, andy always great to see you what do you make of this? good morning, dagen. well, i wouldn t be celebrating it if i was at the white house, i think that there s two different things going on here, which is natural since we have two different sets of prosecutor s looking at this. the case in the manhattan u.s. attorney s office the southern district of new york case as far as the president is concerned, that really involves campaign finance violations and what i d be concerned about is if you read the sentencing memo,
damage to his brand, perhaps impact the presidential election. it s a very, very weak case that cohen has provided. i suspect that may be he s not getting much in terms of sentencing consideration. that opinion lines up more closely with what we ve heard from the president s legal team now and in the past. that manafort has nothing to lie about when it comes to mr. trump and cohen doesn t know what to lie about. those quoting mr. guiliani there. mr. guiliani insists despite the reference to political synergy in the cohen filing that mr. cohen acted on his own. the president s legal team and manafort s legal team have joint defense agreement. mr. trump s team says that mr. manafort s attorney assures them when it comes to the redacted section, the beginning and end of the redacted section have nothing to do with the president. kristin. kristin: ellison barber live at the white house. thanks. you bet. leland: former fbi director james comey says that g.o.p.
it was a rough week on wall street with the dow falling 4.5% since monday, the biggest weekly loss since march. what happened, jeff? yeah, there s a lot of uncertainty in the market right now and analysts say it s fueled by fears of a slowing economic growth and a u.s.-china trade war. on friday, the dow jones industrial average fell more than 500 points bringing the weekly drop more than 1,000 points. the single worst weekly decline in months. between the two biggest economies, china and the u.s. on top of that, the u.s. ordered arrest after senior chinese tech executive in canada. some fear tensions could get worse, but national economic council, larry kudlow says that was a law enforcement matter and doesn t think it should interfere with progress. they ve violated the