Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Bookminder, executive director for citizens for responsibilities and ethics. And Midwin Charles is an attorney. President trump reacted to cohens plea this morning on twitter where he writes if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest you that dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Okay. Lets remind our audience, the president is downplaying this. Being funny, almost cute. Theres nothing cute about it. The president of the United States is the chief Law Enforcement officer. That is what he is. And yesterday, he has been accused as a coconspirator of a federal crime, maybe multiple. So, please, let that sit in. Midwin what is your take here . My take is this is consistent with donald trump. We have seen him react this way to a varietydifferent thinks
even when accused of Sexual Assault by women. Now, what is shocking that i think all of us need to recognize on august 21st, 2018, the Trump P
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
i do not think there s a parallel. we ll 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 campaign chief paul manafort convicted by a jury on eight counts at almost the exact same time that trump s former lawyer michael cohen entered a guilty plea to eight counts and speaking in open court directly implicated the president in a federal crime. this is the worst day of donald trump s presidency. both personally and professionally. trump s legal team responded, there is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president in the government s charges against mr. cohen. it is clear that as the prosecutor noted, mr. cohen s actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonest ly over a significant period of time. they are forgetting that trump is on tape talking to cohen about these payments, and we
noah? it absolutely was. eight convictions on serious felony counts is an incredible major victory and really should put to rest a lot of the criticism of mueller s team, particularly given that this was in a trial, with a judge who seemed to be, or appeared to be, at times, openly hostile to the prosecution. these were difficult and sophisticated charges that the prosecution was trying to prove. now, paul manafort is looking potentially at prison for the rest of his life. so, this is a major win for special counsel mueller s team. and shows not only can they indict people. not only can they get people to plead. but they ve got the goods to win at trial, even under potentially really difficult circumstances. my goodness. we ve got a lot to get to today. i m glad i came back for this. thank you, all. stick around, please. coming up, the conservative
been a fantastic week really for hillary clinton. take a look at the headlines. this is from abc, the get hillary clinton committee did not get hillary. politico says, hillary survives. usa today s headline, no clear wins for gop at benghazi hearings. even the conservative drudge report not muster much fire. the best he came up with, hillary health warning coughing fit. honestly. we re looking at the big picture so let s bring in sabrina schaeffer and nomica, a democratic strategist. thank you for being here. my favorite defeat of the night after watching this hearing for 11 hours was this tweet to matt tybee. quote, did they get to the bottom of who deflated those footballs? did anything come of this? well, i think something came