Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort is on trial. Charges predate the Trump Campaign but could have ramifications for the campaign if he is convicted and could face up to 10 years. Lets take a look at some evidence presented by the Special Counsel against Paul Manafort. Case stands on two basic legs. One that manafort Made Tens Of Millions working for ukrainian politicians and russian oligarchs that he never paid taxes on and two that he took out fraudulent loans from u. S. Banks. Manafort spent upward of there is 14 million to buy several properties in alexandria, virginia, landscaping, housekeeping and Home Improvements done to boost the value of the homes. Then allegedly inflated his worth on loan applications like this one, taking out even more money. As the Specialty Counsel put it, he created cash out of thin air. He spent more than 1. 4 million at Clothing Stores in new york and and beverly hills. T
News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. But theres no doubt the white house is watching this unfold just across the river. He was the president s Campaign Chairman at a crucial time to help get those delegates on board and make sure there wasnt a revolt at the campaign. And now if Robert Mueller didnt have any success, i think it is going to be a big success for the president because look at what hes got on the table against manafort. 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud, 35 potential witnesses for their prosecution, 500 pieces of evidence. Yeah, i mean, Paul Manafort is lowhanging fruit as far as this probe goes. This should be a slam dunk for Robert Mueller. If he doesnt make the basket, to belabor the metaphor, that will be an enormous fluke. The other thing i think this really draws out is donald trump know this doesnt directly
implicate him, but it does draw out hes surrounded himself essentially with crooks or at the very least very seedy people who are b
We will hopefully have updates on that soon. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks for joining us. Im erica hill in for poppy on this friday. At this hour with kate bolduan starts now. Hello, everyone. Im kate bolduan. Try this on for size. This whole thing is a hoax but were going to make it a top priority to make sure that hoax never happens again. That seems to be what the president is confusing . Its the show of force versus, well, simply the show. First, the show of force. Not the space force, the force, the iNational Security communi. All at the white house speaking publically and taking questions about election security. The real threats from abroad. No waffling, no sugarcoating
Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Thats right. I think the question is, who does Vladimir Putin believe. Its Vladimir Putin who is coordinating these attacks on our democracy. He believes the president of the United States. It was int
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Lamier. Thank you for making the trip. Caroline, i want to start with you though. How legal csignificant is this . This is a 10. The reason people are scratching their heads because it is so blatant. I dont think you can over state the importance of this mission because thats what it is. His son took a meeting to get dirt on hillary clinton. Why it is important is because there is a specific criminal statue that makes it illegal to accept something of value from a Foreign National as it pertain to the federal election. Hes taking all those boxes in terms of a statutory case. The president says it is totally legal and it is done all the time. Getting information from a foreign enties ties is not all
affiliated people with that conspiracy. These people now this meeting could be unindicted Koch Conspirator of the larger agency. Stay with us, here in new jersey, phil rucker, as you are brewing of everything thats goin
That so directly today. Also tweeting about Paul Manafort, feeling frustrated, even victimized you might say that if there was, in fact, this previous investigation that we now know did exist where authorities had been looking at Paul Manafort back in 2014 about his Financial Issues which are the subject of the trial now, not directly related to the campaign. The president writes, Paul Manafort worked for ronald reagan, bob dole and many other highly prominent and respected political leaders. He worked for me for a very short time. It was roughly five months or so. Why didnt government let me know he was under investigation . These old charges have nothing to do with collusion, a hoax. The president is right there that the Financial Issues that are being examined are not about the campaign. Paul manafort worked for him for several months and he worked for him with the express purpose of helping the convention, people forget, you and i lived it, many of our viewers lived it with us that