The prosecutors say the Information Collins provided saved 8 men over 768,000 in a lawsuit. In a Statement Collins lawyer says its notable that even the government does not allege that he traded a share of the stock. We are confident he will be exonerated. Also a statement here by paul ryan. While his guilt and innocence is a question for the court to settle the allegations demand a prompt and thorough investigation by house Ethics Committee. Insider trading is violation of the public trust. Until the matter is settled, representative colins will not serve on the house eenergy and commerce committee. They are saying its true he lost millions in stock but the only reason he didnt make trades himself because it was
held up in the australian stock market. Technically, he just could not. He was also under investigation by the Ethics Committee at the time for the similar accusations. Mr. Collins is considered the 13th Wealthiest member of Congress Worth 44 million according to the roll call
And people are exhausted. Trump did respond to Michael Cohens plea today. This morning he wrote if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen and Michael Cohen plead 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. Trump also spoke to fox news about his relationship with Michael Cohen. He was a lawyer for me for one of many, you know, there was a lawyer and the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. I dont know where that term came from, but hes didnt do big deals. Did small deals. Not somebody that was with me that much. You know, they make it sound like i didnt live without him. I understood Michael Cohen very well. Turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer, frankly. He was somebody that was probably with me for about ten take this all together this being the president of the United States after all. The Washington
Seemed to dial things back a bit. Particularly with regard to previous reporting about what cohen was prepared to tell the Special Counsel about President Trump and that meeting at trump tower. So Michael Cohen does not have information that President Trump knew about the trump tower meeting with the russians beforehand . No. Does not. At some point, mr. Cohen might be able to be useful to the Special Counsel about whether President Trump knew ahead of time about the hacking of the Hillary Clinton emails, and its not a certainty the way he recalls it. May or may not be useful to mr. Mueller. You can tell, perhaps, the hour is late. Its been a long week already. And people are exhausted. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Jonathan lamere, peter baker, and Carol Lenning is back with us. Good evening to the three of you and welcome. Jonathan, y
Least for now, at flooes for a day, trump Resoutheasted Lashing Out in a dramatic and public way. Instead, wednesday was a moment for calculation and conversation, a pause for a rattled administration. According to white house officials and outside advisors familiar with the discussions. Michael cohens lawyer is making it clear his client is ready, willing, and able to share what he knows with robert mueller. Jonathan lamere is standing by captures the State Of Affairs in his latest title more dirt on President Trump . Lanny davis made a series of Television Appearances today. Here is what he said this morning. Is he hoping for a pardon from President Trump . Not only is not hoping for it, he would not accept a pardon. He considers a pardon from somebody who acted so corruptly as president to be something he would never accept. Earlier this evening, davis
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Expose the chaos consuming the administration and discuss Recruiting Cabinet Members to invoke the 25th Amendment so they would remove president trump, your dual elected president from office for, quote, being unfit. This all took place during rosensteins second week on the job after he fired comey based on Rod Rosensteins recommendation. He didnt even have to like james comeys shoes and he could have fired him. Rosenstein thought he might be able to persuade kelly and the white house Chief Of Staff to invoke the 25th Amendment. Rod rosenstein wanted to wear a wire and secretly record a sitting president of the United States in both the 25th Amendment, a silent coup against his boss by him, mccabe, others,
all against a dual elected president. We are experiencing tonight a massive constitutional crisis and, frankly, this is designed to set up the president. Ill explain what this is about in a minute. Tonight, Rod Rosenstein, he is publicly denying this report, calling the story inaccur