republican lawmakers clearly unes about all of this. but so many of them following white house talking points saying the president hasn t been charged with any crime. this doesn t prove collusion. is that really the bar they want to set right now? well, a lot of the republican leadership aides i spoke with said they re essentially in a bit of a wait and see mode and don t want to jump the gun while the investigation is still playing itself out but at the same time you did hear that line that there s no collusion proven yet from rank and file republicans and far more telling because it underscores once again the many ways reluctant to break with the president particularly nearing midterm elections and ignores that they could launch their own investigation through the powers of congressional committees whether or not the president was co-conspireing with michael cohen to break campaign finance laws but making a play recognizing that the base is behind the president. the question, of co
about collusion and this doesn t prove collusion and the other stuff. on the factual basis. but the president obviously said something today that wasn t true, didn t know about it until after the fact. how the white house responds. you mean sarah sanders. not the president. he s part of the president, to. president sanders handled it and donald trump have lied about this, this instance. michael cohen said he did this on his own. the president didn t know about it. now the president directed know do it. so it s not just the president wh who s told different stories on this. it s also michael cohen. when you have a credible claim and i think you have laid out, multiple other reasons why someone would pay this money, this is a very, very hard case to prove that he s broken campaign finance laws. do you think it makes a difference, a difference in the midterm elections, a difference in the trump presidency or is everybody just in their corners and it is going to remain as it
a rather republican seat, he s not stepping down it doesn t look like. looks like he goes forward. paul ryan removed him from his committee and enjoying the benefits of being a member of congress and just charges. he s not convicted of anything. yeah. look this is not a good story. it s if he did anything near what approaches in that indictment, i i m speechless. you were off camera. i just you know, you just can t believe that a person in congress today could think they could do this and get away with it. just the stupidity of doing things like this is overwhelming. having said all that, the timing of this stinks. and i say that, i know people are going to go back and check and it s true. when james comey did the hillary clinton thing before the i scream. i say he should not be doing
heard from this jury and that is the end of the manor. neil: you said that this was something that was much not easier to prove, but more black-and-white with financial matters. 14 of the 18 counts dealt with financial issues. they were black-and-white, tax disclosures, banking investment investments. the star witness in this case would be the documents. that certainly was true in regard to the counter that the jury ultimately was able to reach a verdict of guilty. neil: wasn t that originally the case that bob mueller was building? financial, follow the money? doesn t lead anywhere? that is the question, isn t that? does have anything to do, will it have anything to do with the investigation with the court mandate which is collusion? so far, it seems to be that the answer to that question is no.
says, thank you, very much. we will follow-up. we will follow-up with a response. the special counsel brings fax to the attention directly to the deputy attorney general who presumably will submit it to congress to release of the public for the congress to consider after the midterm elections whether or not impeachment proceedings will be brought. that will be the substance of it. i imagine that the republic will be debating that. neil: the house and the senate goes nowhere, right? exactly. even if it changes hands, the question is whether or not it will be sufficient to warrant a vote in favor of impeachment in the house of representatives. look at how that turned out for bill clinton. there is a whole another political conversation to be had over that. see what i hear you, robert ray. thank you very much. not about collusion, just about cash. this is about cash payment. the farias others that involved paul manafort and campaign