Face a criminal trial. We go to a courthouse in new york where President Trump is arriving. This is the only way to touch money trial which is due to get under way in just a few minutes or so. It is expected to last, we understand, at least six weeks. The first few weeks are a very complicated task of what has to happen, and that isJury Selection which will get under way today and we are just waiting for donald trump to get out of the car. We think he may have, actually. Youre just trying to clarify what has happened there on the ground but to remind you donald trump charged with cases of fraud related to hush money logically paid to the former aduu money logically paid to the former adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the election. He has pleaded not guilty. That is him outside a manhattan courthouse. Now we will go back to nada tawfiq is alongside many other journalists. Back to nada tawfiq is alongside many otherjournalists. Nada tawfik. What can you see there . He came out of h
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. He was indicted for payments made to a mistress, how much stronger would an Election Fraud kbas in this instance if you throw in cohens testimony . They tell me it would be much stronger for the following reasons. They say these were not made to the campaign, they were made to keep them from john edwards wife. Michael cohen prepared to go into court and say yes, these payments were related to the campaign. Motherover the payments from john edwards were two years before he ran for president. These happened just a few months before the election, and there is a tape now where it is being made clear to him that this
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Tower in 2016. This contradicts the president and juniors accounts, so if this is a true, how damaging could this be . Im not sure how big of a deal it would be when it comes legally i think there could
Good morning, everyone. It is monday, july 30th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis bergdorf. President trump spent part of his Weekend Lashing out and questioning the credibility of Robert Muellers ongoing investigation. In a series of tweets yesterday, trump claimed there was no collusion and called muellers probe a witchhunt and an illegal school. He went on to right, is Robert Mueller ever going to release his Conflict Of Interest with respect to President Trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty and contentious Business Relationship. I turned him down to head the fbi one day before appointment as Special Counsel, and comey is his close friend. Also, why is mueller only appointing angry dems, some of whom have worked for crooked hillary, others including himself have worked for obama. And why isnt mueller looking at all of the Criminal Activity and real russian collusion on the
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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
Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. A very close relationship. So harry talked about the kind of legal ramifications here. What does this mean emotionally for the president. He feels a sense of the world closing in. Someone just plead guilty to federal crimes and said i committed this federal crime at the direction of the president of the United States. Didnt name donald trump, but donald trump is who he was talking about. Theres no way donald trump isnt feeling this emotionally in a very raw way. Well see that come out in the rally in West Virginia. The president speaking in just moments. Were obviously monitoring it closely. April, youve covered the white house day in and day out. The people the president works most closely with and the president himself repeatedly denied knowing anything about these payments to Stormy Daniels. Lets j