Including rape, committed by grown men, priests, against children. And Closing Arguments. The jury will soon begin deliberating the fate of Paul Manafort. The prosecution has just finished its case. Can manaforts lawyers sway the jury with their final defense without having called a single witness . Mr. Manafort just rested his case. And he did so because he and his legal team believe that the government has not met its burden of proof. Thanks, everyone. And we have breaking news. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We start with breaking news from alexandria, virginia, across the river, where the prosecution has finished its Closing Arguments in the trial of President Trumps former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, who is charged with 18 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Joining me is Julia Ainsley, National Security and justice report for nbc news, and daniel goldman, former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york, now an msnbc legal analyst, both ou
Governor. A republican looking to make a big comeback loses and learns a big lesson. People are going to ask you what you see in this result. I think the circumstances we live in in terms of a difference type of leadership and i just dont fit well into that era. Into that picture. Back to politics in a moment. We begin with the defining day in the Paul Manafort trial. One last chance for the lawyers to make their case. The government just finished its turn, its Closing Argument after the top prosecutor greg andres spent 90plus minutes making his closing case. He boiled down ten days of testimony from witnesses to a single line. This is a case about lies, he said. The government framing its government this way. Mr. Manafort lied to keep more money when he had it and lied to get more machine when he didnt. Shimon prokupecz joins me and has been tracking this trial from the beginning. 90 minutes or so. Whats your biggest takeaway from this. Certainly the lies and how they detailed the lie
Harris, good afternoon. No question about that. President trump celebrated a major upset here in minnesota in the governors race tweeting jeff johnson of minnesota had a big night in winning the republican nomination for governor against a very strong and well known opponent. Thanks for all the support you showed me. Have you my complete and total endorsement. You will win in november. I support donald trump. I have always supported donald trump. It doesnt mean that i always agree with him. It doesnt mean we have the same style. We dont. Im a norwegian john from minnesota donald trump isnt. We are going to differ sometimes. I think he is trying to take the country in the right direction and i will continual to believe that Going Forward. I think the circumstances we live n the era of a different kind of leadership in terms of President Trump and the like and i just dont fit well into that era, into that picture. Baton gets passed to jeff and his team and we wish them well. Another cand
Manaforts fate. If the president s Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort, is convicted, we should keep in mind that that would probably mean that this particular criminal case against manafort would keep going. Paul manafort of course would have the right to appeal if he is convicted. Also, and i think its now increasingly important to start keeping this in mind just as a National Matter the rule of law because of the nature of this case, because of hoff Paul Manafort is, because of who he was on the Trump Campaign, it is also possible that at any point in the process from here on out, the process from here on out, the president himself could decide to intervene in this case could decide he is going to issue Paul Manafort a pardon. If that happens, thats the only eventuality that might happen next in this case that could affect the next federal criminal trial against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. If hes pardoned by the president which could happen at any moment, all bets are off in
Tellall book and now shes got a few tips on how to keep President Trump quiet. Is the white house listening . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders dropping a bombshell in todays White House Briefing. She walked in and read a statement from President Trump announcing that the white house is revoking the security clearance of former cia director john brennan citing what the president called erratic behavior. Mr. Brennan has a history that calls into question his objectivity and credibility. Brennan had served more than 25 years for the spy agency under multiple president s on both sides of the ooim before becoming cia director under president obama. Last month, brennan tweeted two president s helsinki summit was nothing short of treasonous and considering revoking the clearances of the following, obama director of National Intelligence james clapper, former fbi director james comey, former bush cia director haden, sally yates, former Ob