A second court case delivered further drama mr trumps former Campaign Manager Paul Mana Ford was can. On eight counts of financial crimes none of fortes trial is the first to emerge from special counsel robert millers investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election. Faces a second trial next month on several charges including acting as an agent for a Foreign Government in washington critics of donald trump staged this protest they seem to have no doubt that he colluded with russia but its likely to take some time before special Counsel Miller reaches any conclusion on that. Well heres some of the stories now that are making headlines around the world hundreds of elderly koreans have said their final emotional goodbyes to relatives at the end of a rare way union for families separated by the korean border the South Koreans are heading home after a three day visit to the north the first reunion to take place in three years residents of hawaii are bracing for
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President s former attorney yesterday surrendered to the f. B. I. And pleaded guilty to eight charges and he took Donald Trumps name with him cohen told federal prosecutors that trump wanted him to use Campaign Funds in order to affect the outcome of the u. S. President ial election at almost the same time yesterday paul mann afford trumps former Campaign Manager was convicted on charges including tax and bank fraud now the comparisons with the Watergate Scandal are obvious and abundant never in the Trunk Presidency has the word impeachment been used as often as right now yet it is doubtful that President Trump sees himself as another Richard Nixon last night as the news was breaking he took to the stage at a rally in West Virginia as if he had stepped into an alternate reality trump was cheered by the crowd and he clapped while people chanted hillary locker room. Mana ford was convey. Acted on eight cans of financial crimes none of fortes trial is the first to emerge from special coun
The Campaign Trail today where he found supporters who did not seem to care what was being said in washington and in new york. Observers are calling it the darkest day so far in Donald Trumps turbulent presidency but the u. S. President at a rally in West Virginia appeared unraveled. Hes done time and again denied any russian involvement that aided him during his electoral campaign. Fake to the right here in which we got all pick up and. Where is there to lose or you know theyre still looking for closure where in acknowledge are five of the literature we want to find the collusion. His comments came just hours after developments that mean two of his ex advisors are facing lengthy prison
sentences Michael Cohen is trumps former personal lawyer and close friend he pleaded guilty to a range of charges including Campaign Finance violations cohens attorney lanny davis seen here wearing glasses said his client was prepared to tell everything he knows about trump including prior knowledge of
house of representatives nancy pelosi currently on a trip to armand took to twitter and said barres partisan behavior had triggered a crisis of independence and impartiality she went on to demand that special counsel miller provide public testimony in the house and senate as soon as possible democratic senator elizabeth warren said it was a disgrace to see an attorney general acting as if he s the personal attorney and publicist for the president of the united states the report could not conclude that donald trump obstructed justice but it s not over yet for the president as congress can continue to investigate him. and someone who has been reading the reports has tried to barter right here a familiar face of one of our u.s. analysts and the veteran of the obama administration and now with the aspen institute so you ve been reading the four hundred pages today like the rest of us.
the t.s. ellis. both cases were filed by counsel miller. and it was connected to manafort s work for a pro russia political party in the ukraine. that work predated the tenure of several months on trump s 2016 campaign. paul manafort has been behind bars last summer after judge jackson revoked his bail following allegations that he tried to obstruct the special counsel s russia investigation while he was under house arrest. she also sided with prosecutors last month who sid manafort violated his plea agreement by lying over and over to prosecutors and the fbi after he promised to cooperate. all of this comes as we get new status reports about another target of special counsel mueller. former national security adviser, you remember this guy, michael flynn. laurels for the special council filed their report last night announcing flynn s cooperation