A look at breaking news, politics and reports from around the world. Yeah. I think thats a good point. On Paul Manafort, the former Trump Campaign chairman convicted yesterday on eight felony counts, bank fraud, tax fraud, stealing literally millions of dollars from american taxpayers, not reporting income on tens of millions of dollars, is there a chance hell still cooperate with the Special Counsel Paul Manafort . He has another trial coming up next month. Right. Look. If youre Paul Manafort, i mean, youre looking at possibly some serious jail time. There is an incentive. But i think what you are seeing is the president telegraphing directly to Paul Manafort, if you stay put, if you do not as he said, if you refuse to break, if you see that tweet that he he contrasts Paul Manafort with Michael Cohen its very clear that hes telegraphing to Paul Manafort that if he doesnt break with him that perhaps theres a pardon in the offing and you can see, also, by the way, Paul Manaforts legal t
Turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer. I dont know how you can impeach somebody whos done a great job. When you see mueller with the conflicts, hes so conflicted. Comey is his best friend. Considering a proposal to let states use federal money to buy guns for teachers. But lets begin today with that extensive interview that even by President Trump standards is extraordinary. In it, he dismisses the law. He excuses fraud that rips off the american taxpayer. And suggests that the economy depends on him being president. And thats just for starters. Weve got a great team here to break it all down for us. But we have to start with the details of that interview itself. The president sitting down with Fox And Friends Ainsley Ernheart yesterday for 22 minutes and turning on Michael Cohen so completely now. Dismissive of the man he employed for more than ten years. He was a lawyer for me for
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The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Associate independent counsel for the Watergate Investigation and the clintons, and former ethics czar, belongs to a Watchdog Organization that filed multiple lawsuits against the trump administration, and also with us cnn legal and political commentator, former Virginia Attorney general. Ill start with you. The president in his own words admits to making the payment. Your reaction . Kim or ken . Kim, go ahead. Ken, well go to you next. All right. Sorry, i misheard. Go ahead, ken. Who do you want to start . I think this is going to come down to whether or not this is deemed campaign efforts. The president long before his campaign had been in negotiation periodically with a couple of these women without keeping
as you talk about credibility though, you do bring up a good point. Michael cohen has said a lot of Different Things about this payment. But i also want you to take what we just heard from the president admitting he
Eric former Deputy Assistant attorney Thomas Dupree will dig into all of it but we begin with rick leventhal. A stunning set of admissions in Lower Manhattan by a man who was one of the president s most trusted employees. He lied, paid women off he says to pay his boss. He walked out of the courthouse late yesterday free on 500,000 bond pled guilty to hiding income from his Taxi Cab Business and hiding debt to secure a Home Equity Loan and arranging payments to two women in the runup to the president ial election in coordination in and at the direction for a candidate to federal office to try to help him win. Mr. Cohen disregarded that training, that tradition and decided that he was above the law and for that he is going to pay a very, very serious price. He admitted he paid 130,000
to stephanie clifford, Stormy Daniels, because she was ready to go public with a claimed affair with mr. Trump. And he arranged to reimburse a tabloid to bury a story about Karen Mcdougal who also claimed
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Here in new york. Day 581 of the trump administration, and just tonight a short time ago, in fact, new legal troubles potentially for the president on a new front. Well let the New York Times tell it. Quote, the Manhattan District Attorneys Office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two Senior Company officials in connection with Michael Cohens Hush Money Payment to an adult film actress, according to two officials of the matter. A State Investigation would settle on how the company accounted for its reimbursements to mr. Cohen for the 130,000 he paid to the actress, stephanie clifford, who has said she had an affair with President Trump, closed quote. Mostly along those same lines a big story today had to do with a long time friend of the president who has apparently turned on him. The publisher of the national
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