A report he is worried about son don jr. And that Infamous Trump tower meeting. Backlash continuing over the president s targeting of lebron james. The latest example of what appears to be trumps war against black athletes. Plus, im going to talk to a potentially Ground Breaking congressional candidate in michigan hoping to be the latest democrat to show that going left is the key to victory for democrats in 2018. All of that straight ahead. We begin with the russia investigation. A tale of father and son. Its been more than two years since the Trump Tower Meeting and it still a major source of concern on the part of the president and his legal team. To date president admitting any tweet that the meeting was in fact about getting dirt on hillary clinton. Thats a correct contradiction to the statement we now know was dictated by trump himself when the meeting first game public
claiming if you may recall that was actually about adoption. But its not the first time that president has trie
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Will decide if the president is likely to sit with Robert Mueller for an interview while at bedminster. But it might not be Donald Trumps decision to make, admitting that trump might be, quote, forced to testify on matters that occurred before he took office and that might mean real legal jeopardy for the president. That admission comes as we are learning new details about the trump mayor relationship. Bloomberg reports that the day after he interviewed Robert Mueller to be the Deputy Director of the fbi trump was in an Office Meeting when it was announced that mueller was announced to be the lead investigator of the campaign. Trump and Attorney General jeff session were blind sided according to a person familiar with both meetings. Trump blasted session for not knowing the announcement was coming and
Thats paying it forward. Thanks for joining us. Im tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The president s move late today, revoking the Security Clearance of a former cia director who spoke out against the president. The white house citing john brennans, quote, lying and erratic behavior. And then issued a warning, a list of names of who could be next. Our reporter pressing the white house late today, is the president now targeting those who question him in public . Also, at this hour, the jury now set to decide the fate of Paul Manafort. Our team in the courtroom, Robert Muellers prosecutors telling the jurors to use your common sense. Does it make sense that Paul Manafort had 31 overseas accounts that he forgot he had to report them . Manaforts lawyers taking aim at rick gates. Will it work . Also breaking as we come on, we are just learning of a shark attack in the northeast. Paramedics called to the scene. Swimmers rushed from the water tonight. The deadly Bridg
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. What mr. Mcgahn had said, according to a person close to the president. Yesterday in what was for reasons we will get to later Rudy Giulianis most spectacularly ridiculous tv interview ever, giuliani actually admitted that the Trump Lawyers do not know everything don mcgahn told the Special Prosecutor. We have a good sense, obviously, of what mr. Mcgahn testified to. I can figure it out. How do you say that, good sense . Have you debriefed him . No, no. But mr. Dowd has a good sense of it. He talked to them at the time. The times reports that Rudy Giuliani refused to follow trumps orders on television yesterday. The article sent out of a scramble on saturday. The president sequestered at his private golf club and solicited opinions on the possible repercussions from the article. The president ordered
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Presidency took a giant step toward impeachment. It happened in a courtroom in manhattan when these words were spoken. At the direction of, meaning at the direction of the president of the United States. And when a defendant is Pleading Guilty in court, it is very difficult for the defendant to Say Something more important than the word guilty. Thats usually the most important word a defendant speaks during a guilty plea session. But today in Federal Court in manhattan Michael Cohen said guilty, your honor eight times and hes also said at the direction of twice. And both times he meant at the direction of the president of the United States. And so today donald trump made history by becoming the first president of the United States to be accused under oath in Federal Court of ordering someone to commit a federal crime to win a president ial election. At the direction of. Have to be illegally pu