Another stunning allegation from omarosa. While on the mueller front the defense has rested in the manafort case. When will deliberations begin . And if its tuesday it must be primary night again. Indeed it is. Steve kornacki has the live results alt the big board as the 11th hour gets under way on a tuesday night. And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 572 this was of the trump administration, which is now facing the very real possibility that the real threat to the president may be one Omarosa Manigaultnewman, the former trump aide dropped another tape today and theres no reason to believe she wont drop a tape each day to come. Politico reporting that fear from the west wing, quote, people are terrified one former trump aide said at the tapes, absolutely terrified. Todays surreptitious recording de jure appears to capture her and two other Campaign Aides in october 2016 discussing a rumored audio recording of trump using the nword on the set
Well have a late live update ahead. We begin with a huge announcement that Paul Manafort, the man who offered to work for donald trump for free, is tonight working for the feds. The man who has enjoyed the good life after a lifetime of orbiting at or near the top of the republican solar system has been living in jail of late. Today he pleaded guilty to two federal counts and made a deal to cooperate in all ways with special counsel Robert Mueller. He has admitted to conspiring against the United States and conspiring to obstruct justice. He avoids a second trial in federal court. The deal he signed with prosecutors orders him to cooperate truly, truthfully, completely with the government in any and all matters as to which the government deems the cooperation relevant. You may recall President Trump was sympathetic to manafort praising him for not breaking under pressure from the feds. One of the reasons i respect Paul Manafort so much is he went through that trial. They make up stories
From our nbc headquarters in new york. Day 608 of the Trump Administration and the pressure is being turned up on Christine Blasey ford. She is accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both at a high school party. She must decide if she will testify before the Senate Judiciary committee on monday about her allegation. In a letter from her attorney today, chairman senator grassley of iowa wrote, quote, you have stated repeatedly that dr. Ford wants to tell her story. I sincerely hope that dr. Ford will accept my invitation to do so either privately or publicly on monday. I must remind you that consistent with Committee Rules dr. Fords prepared testimony and biography are due on friday, september 21 if she intends to testify on monday. But through her lawyers ford has requested that the fbi investigate her allegation before she testifies, a request that grassley has already rejected. He did offer to send Committee Staff to california to speak with ford. Tonight
Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 595 of the Trump Administration and the president s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told the Associated Press tonight that President Trump will not answer Robert Muellers questions in writing or in person on the subject of obstruction of justice. But earlier tonight, giuliani told nbc news obstruction questions are not ruled in or out. Well have much more on this and an attempt to sort it out in just a moment. But first, President Trump just wrapped up a rally way out west far from the troubled atmosphere inside his own west wing. If its thursday, it must be billings, montana, where tonight they heard the president attack the anonymous official from his own administration who wrote that surprising and scathing oped yesterday in the New York Times. The latest act of resistance is the oped published in the failing New York Times by an anonymous really an anonymous, gutless coward. You just look. He was nobody knows
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