Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Collusion to the potential territory of conspiracy. Do republicans on the hill see this as dam sng. That depends on whether or not he has evidence to back up this claim. Right now, it is a public credibility war. Cohen, if he is able to come forward with either tapes or emails or if someone else who was in the room when trump was given advance notice of this trump tower meeting, that could be a game changer. It is the clearest evidence of day that he was willing to accept help from the russians on behalf of his own. If its cohen versus trumps words, its a nothing burger. I dont think its going to change much in the public court of opinion. Ozzie, how crucial might the Finance Chief be in the cohen investigation and what kind of information might he be able to
offer short of the president s tax returns . He knows a lot. He has been with the Trump Organization many years and, as we have seen with Michael Cohen, peop
Reports and interviews that give viewers a look inside the corridors of power in Washington, D. C. All this is ken vogel of the New York Times and also the law firm of butler rocca and dershowitz, former federal prosecutor Georgetown Law 0 professor and legal analyst paul butler. Former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york also an msnbc legal analyst mimi rocca, and Professor Emeritus at harvard law school, Alan Dershowitz. He is the author of the book the case against Impeaching Trump. Thanks to all of you for being with us on this sunday night. Ken vogel, i want to start with you just in terms of what weve been seeing out of the white house from this president today. What prompted this flurry of tweets . Well, clearly hes fairly under a lot of pressure. Michael cohen is coming out publicly and releasing the tape of the conversation regarding a payoff to a woman who alleged he had an affair with her, has seemed to set him off in a way we havent seen him reall
Interviews with political figures and news updates. Agreement that collusion, if you look in the law books, isnt a crime, but conspiracy is a crime. If you speak to legal analysts, and pete probably knows a whole lot more about this, they would say its a part of the broader question that investigators are looking into, andrea. And pete, at the courthouse, this is so important, because its not related directly to the russia probe, but its so important for mueller to have a really strong case going in. Reporter Jury Selection is under way now, andrea. And it could end today. We could get Opening Statements tomorrow, if Jury Selection slops over into tomorrow. Its expected to last three weeks. It has nothing to do with the time that manafort worked on the campaign or was campaign chairman. It has to do with his work for another president , viktor yanukovych, former president of
september, andrea. And just a fashion question, this is a man known for his very, very expensive customtailored
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Like The President is referring to the hoax as any allegation of collusion against him, his campaign, those around him. He doesnt make clear that interference is continuing to happen right now in this election when voters are being asked to go to the polls in a matter of weeks for those who vote early and in the 95 days that youve outlined. The president is out there campaigning for republicans at the same time theres interference happening. Its one thats not surprising when we look back at the history. Thank you for that. With us now from washington, Msnbc National Security analyst ned price. A former cia officer who served as Special Assistant to president obama on the National Security council. We have andy card, former white house Chief Of Staff and now an msnbc political analyst. Onset two veteran political reporters. I think all of us saw what
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David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Conflicting information from weekend to weekend about what the president may or may not do, david. Geoff, thank you very much. Appreciate it as always. Geoff bennett joining us from the white house. I want to turn to my panel. Joyce, let me start with you. Bearing in mind, youre not an expert on election law, but i want to stick with one point that geoff just raised there about the dangers, the legal dangers of taking a meeting with representatives of a foreign country to offer dirt here on an opposing candidate in a u. S. Election. Help us understand the legal consequences of that. Theres a very specific statute that prohibits this kind of conduct. It makes it illegal to accept or to solicit a donation or a contribution related to a u. S. Election from either a foreign citizen or a foreign government. So on its face, that prohibition would seem to apply pretty clearly. If, for instance, while run