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
That. It doesnt involve me, but i still feel, you know, its a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with russian collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witchhunt and its a disgrace. Harris the president also claimed a double standard in the charges against his former attorney tweeting. This. Michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. But democrat leader nancy pelosi says, quote the guilty verdicts are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of trumps inner circle, end quote. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John, day two of this and a lot of movement. Yeah. And still a lot to talk about. First of all, let me just reflect back on what you illuminated in the president s tweet about obama Campaign Finance
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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
4 million. Filing false statements to a bank in order to obtain a loan, and the real stunner, two counts of Campaign Finance violations. The reasons those were such a stunner, because Michael Cohen detailed in a little bit exactly what those Campaign Finance violations were. One, 150,000 payment to the ceo of a Media Company for a contract which we know from our previous reporting has to do with karen mcdougal, who accuses President Trump of an affair, which he, of course, has denied. And then the second, 130,000 payment, which he facilitated, which we know again from previous reporting has to do with Stormy Daniels, a porn star that alleges an affair with the president. Again, their names not mentioned in court, but we know who they were talking about, and then we got a little bit more detail when the u. S. Deputy attorney came out of court after these guilty pleas and talked about all of the charges in general. Take a listen real quickly. A look at breaking news, politics and reports
Sentence in this case and you agree to cooperate. And i think from Robert Muellers perspective it would be worth it because even if Paul Manafort doesnt have anything incriminating i think Robert Muellers quest is to get to the truth and Paul Manafort certainly knows a lot of what happened. He was present at that june 2016 meeting at trump tower. He has all the connections with the russians and the ukrainians and so it seems that hes in a position to know a lot of what was happening with regard to any connections with russia. So i think we might see that. Barbara mcquade, former u. S. Attorney in michigan. Thank you, barb. Really good to have you here tonight. Thanks, rachel. What a day. That does it for us for right this second. See you again tomorrow. Now its time for The Last Word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And i was so struck by your interview with lanny davis which is making news in that last hour. Not only did he tell you that Michael Co