Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Allegations in the u. S. So we talked about this sort of circumventing the american tax system. Overseas payments and overseas Bank Accounts and never reported which is what is alleged. What is the bank fraud part of the case. It is the prosecutors allege that after 2014, when the spigot of cash was turned off, he needed to fund his lavish lifestyle. What he had was Real Estate Holdings that he purchased through the bogus loans. What he did, was he began overstating the value of these property. Faking a profit and loss statement for his company. Showing cash that he didnt have for bankers including while he was chairman of the campaign. They call it bank c and that is
the kind of fraud that they are alleging. Prosecutors are going to show that in fact it was false. Zoe, tad davine was there. He was a partner with manafort in his work in ukraine, what did he have to say . So tad talked about being brought in starting in 2005 to head Media Strateg
A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. Straight about the steel industry. U. S. Steel Just Announced that theyre building six new steel mills. If you care about the truth, nope, thats not the truth. The only thing u. S. Steel has announced is that it will restart two blast furnaces, restart two blast furnaces, not six new steel mills. And its probably no coincidence the president seems to be especially truth challenged when it comes to russia. And this tweet from july 24th, he famously claims russia will be pushing for democrats in the midterms because, according to him, they dont want trump. But i want you to listen closely. This is Vladimir Putin himself coming from his own mouth, he said at the Press Conference after the disastrous summit in helsinki. President putin, did you want President Trump to win the election and did you direct any of your officials to help him do
that . Translator yes, i did, yes, i did because he talked about bringing
A recap of the days news. The Washington Post by the way who are doing a lot of heavy lifting, cataloging all the false and misleading claims President Trump has made since he took the oath of office. His complete disregard for the truth is shocking. It probably shouldnt be. After all, he told us this himself. And just remember what youre seeing and what youre reading is not whats happening. So why dont we take a moment, shall we, to break down just a few of the president s most recent lies . Just this week, he again threatened to shut down the federal government, to shut it down on october 1st if congress doesnt give him the money for his Favorite Campaign promise, you know what that is, to build a wall on the southern border. We started building our wall, im so proud of it. We started. We have 1. 6 billion. And weve already started. You saw the pictures yesterday. I said, what a thing of beauty. Well, i dont know, mexico u. S. Steel Just Announced that theyre building six new steel
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. About. Can the legal system resist a Political Campaign led by the president of the United States. My favorite weird anecdote of yesterday, at One Point Giuliani was running out of so many people to talk to, he had to talk to a fellow lawyer. Jay sekulow had a radio show. Here is jay sekulow interviewing Rudy Giuliani, his boss as the attorney. Listen. Mayor, i know youve said and ive said we want to see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yeah, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think, and i hope the Special Counsel is as sensitive to it as we are. We do not want to run into the november elections. So back up from that. This should be over with by September 1st. Is that a threat . Look, its throwing everything at the wall and trying to see what sticks. I think everything thats said here is correct. This is a political messaging campaign, but its not without peril, right . Everything Rudy Giuliani said
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