Immunity, and thats what we discovered today about donald trump, his accountant has immunity. Donald trumps fathers accountant and then Donald Trumps accountant and now has the title of chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization. He knows more about donald trump than all of Donald Trumps wives combined. And his children. Allen weissle berg knows about every dollar of Donald Trumps income and he knows what donald trump has done with those dollars. He knows what has happened to every dollar that has come into any one of the many trump businesses. He knows exactly how much federal tax and state tax those businesses have paid, how much federal tax and state tax donald trump has paid and how much taxation those companies have illegally failed to pay, if any. And now we know at the end of trumps worst week that allen weissle berg has immunity from prosecution in exchange for telling the truth about donald trump and his businesses and who knows what else. It was already trumps worst we
Fortts a good man and i feel very badly for Paul Manafort. Julia Maxwell Joins us, formerly with the clinton campaign. Felipe ryan is former Deputy Assistant secretary of state under secretary clinton. Gabe sherman is a special correspondent for vanity fair. And Midwin Charles is an attorney and contribute or the to essence magazine. We begin at the tail end of what might be the worst week for the Trump Presidency so far with nbc news confirming that longtime chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization Allen Weisselberg was given immunity by prosecutors in new york during the process of the cohen investigation. Hes worked with the trump family for decades, meaning he could potentially provide prosecutors with an extensive history of the president s financials. Felipe, just on this news, these two incidences of immunity, lets talk about Allen Weisselberg and what we know about him, his closeness to the president , and what this says about where this might be headed. Hes the consul
The world to join them in celebrating john mccains life. His funeral was held at the National Cathedral with law makers and cabinet members and former u. S. President s unattendance. No party lines, no washington disagreements. Only a shared sadness and appreciation for a war hero. And authoritative lion of the United States senate. Donald trump was explicitly not invited by john mccain himself. The senators family honored that wish and President Trump stayed away. But the two men who prevented john mccains election to Higher Office were there. Former president S Barack Obama and george w. Bush each defeated mccain separately on his two runs for the white house. Before he died, he displayed again civility and asked both former president s to speak at his funeral. Im about to share with you right now comments from both president s, bush and obama about the political life led by senator john mccain the powerful example he set. First the 43rd president , george w. Bush. Thing about johns
Directed Michael Cohen to break the law. Cohen is guilty on many charng said unrelated to me, the president writes, then falsely claims cohens campaign fnls offenses which do relate to him are not crimes at all. They stem from sixfigure payoffs to women whose claims they had affairs with trump could have impacted the president ial campaign. The payments coming just weeks before the election. Prosecutors do not just have cohens word that the future president was involved. They also have among other things audio recordings of trump and cohen speaking about buying off Karen Mcdougals story from the National Enquirer. Have a listen. Correct. So im all over that. And i spoke to allen about it, when it comes time to the financing which will be what financing . Well have to pay. No. No, no, i got it. No, no, no. All right. Lets get to Kaitlan Collins at the white house this morning. The president is making a number of legal arguments here, and one we havent heard before, but were hearing this
Knew where skeletons were buried, get ready to go to prison. This is, were learning, Michael Cohen might do even more damage to the president. Cohen sentenced to three years in prison in part for crimes that according to federal prosecutors were committed, their words, in coordination with and at the direction of donald trump. Mr. President , reaction to Michael Cohens sentencing. Mr. President , is Michael Cohen no answer. Dirty deeds. Why did the reporter use those words . Those are the exact words cohen used today when explaining why he paid a porn star and playboy model for their silence just before the 2016 election. After learning that he is heading to prison for three full years, cohen today saying, quote, a Blind Loyalty to this man, thats trump, that led me to choose a path of darkness over light. I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds. And tonight, a Major Development on those alleged dirty deeds. American media, the owner of the National Enquirer is reaching a dea