Trump got updates on the whole of government approach his administration is implementing to safeguard our nations elections. The president has made it clear that his administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections from any nation state or other malicious actors. That kind of Paper Statement is a contrast to trumps actual words in helsinki where trump sided with the russian president over his own Intelligence Agencies on the question of whether russia interfered in the u. S. Election. That was the Press Conference where putin brought back an idea these two leaders had apparently talked about, a joint u. S. russian Cyber Security group to investigate Russian Election meddling. Sort of like having el chapo join up with the dea to fight drug trafficking. Now this quite absurd plan to team up with the only country whose own agents have been charged for 2016 interference first came up you may remember all the way last summer when trump wrote that he and putin discussed
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. The smoking gun against donald trump. Watch your Fake News Media and action from earlier today. Child a one from trumps former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort. Hes facing a slew of charges and this is also the first highprofile test of special counsel robert mueller. For for example mr. Mena ford is found guilty, that makes it a real problem for the president of the United States. Paul manafort. Paul manafort. Paul manafort. The campaign is accused of hiding at least 30 million. We will learn the nittygritty details about Paul Manaforts financial situation. Did you see what color type Paul Manafort was wearing . He did not either because he sat with his back to us. There is your Media Obsessing over a 2005 tax case. Up aggressive prosecution from a special counsel who is supposed to be investigating russia, is one more clear example. In the United States of america today, sadly we have a twotiered system of justice in this country.
Manafort. The defense is going to go on offense to attack gates credibility. All of that is part of the drama today. The nuts and bolts of this case are still in the numbers, in the tax fraud, bank fraud, alleged deals for these clients allied with the putin regime. Now, Paul Manafort faces 18 fraud charges from a time before he ever joined the trump campaign. This was all the ukrainian consulting work, which means theres a ton of paper and prosecutors are arguing to this jury whatever happens with mr. Gates, the paper doesnt lie. For example, also new, we can tell you, they showed an email today that manafort sent to gates with gates testifying that trumps former Campaign Chair wrote this is a disaster in april 2015 in that email, about a higher than expected tax bill, throwing in a wtf as well. The full quote is he told the jury hes not happy, i just saw this, wtf, how could i be blind
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A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Going to plead guilty but theres no cooperation agreement. Theyve been hoping for that, but there isnt one. What does that say in the Bigger Picture for the Mueller Investigation regarding the president , if anything . That litany you just laid out is correct. What it doesnt give the Mueller Investigation is any information mr. Cohen has specifically about the payments to those women. Not so much the taxi medallions. That Doesnt Interest mr. Mueller. But certainly the women, the money paid for on behalf of candidate trump. Youre depriving mueller of that inside information and you have to make the case some other case. If theres no criminal case to be made against the president , certainly a report to congress. Shepard either way, the items seized in the raid, if you will, on those three properties, those items can be used by the feds what ever way they chose to use them because they were legally obtained. Youre
Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Joe is off. Hes tweeting. Hell be filing for the Washington Post. Weve put together an allstar lineup for this mornings incredible amount of news. A Small Law Firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, John Thnathan Tu and Barbara Mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories
i do not think theres a parallel. Well see what you come up with. A legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. What the Conservative Drudge Report described as trump hell hour. His 2016 Ca