Dan oconnor and state senator Troy Balderson are neck in in this case neck in a district donald trump won by 11 points. A district that has been red since 1939. Aside from a twoyear blip in the 80s. Now it is a district that could easily turn blue. Not just women, i think men are as well a little confused Whats Going On in the Republican Party and everybody is kind of looking to support the best candidate rather than be more a partisan issue. Do you normally vote for republicans or democrats . I tend to be a conservative testimony i wou democrat i would say. Was it something about oconnor. It is more about sending a message. I mean, the republicans have to wake up. If they are not going to be a
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White house, ken dilanyan in the washington bureau. Epic news week and the president is talking about all of this in this interview . Hes making a nonmarvel argument that what he pled to is in fact not a crime. The president of the United States Isnt The Ar Bitter of that. Its judges and prosecutors that decide and a jury that decides whether or not something is a crime. Also in that interview, you had a frank admission from the president that he made the payments. Hes trying to clarify things and make sure this wasnt a Campaign Violation but listen to what he had to say and well come back on the back end. He made the deals. And by the way, he pled to two counts that arent a crime, which nobody understands. I watched a number of shows. Sometimes you get pretty good information by watching shows. Those two counts arent even a crime. They werent campaign finance. Did you know about the payments . Later on i knew. Later on. But you have to understand, what
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white house, ken dilanyan in the washington bureau. epic news week and the president is talking about all of this in this interview? he s making a nonmarvel argument that what he pled to is in fact not a crime. the president of the united states isn t the ar bitter of that. it s judges and prosecutors that decide and a jury that decides whether or not something is a crime. also in that interview, you had a frank admission from the president that he made the payments. he s trying to clarify things and make sure this wasn t a campaign violation but listen to what he had to say and we ll come back on the back end. he made the deals. and by the way, he pled to two counts that aren t a crime, which nobody understands. i watched a number of shows. sometimes you get pretty good information by watching shows. those two counts aren t even a crime. they weren t campaign finance. did you know about the payments? later on i knew. later on. but you have to understand, what
manafort had been the chairman. there was a visible reaction among the jurors. they know it now and it s going to be interesting the jury didn t know that? that had not come up at the trial. how does the jury not know paul manafort was a trump chairman? we weren t privy to the questioning of jurors but the idea is they aren t supposed to have preconceived notions. they know now and steven caulk, the chicago banker, paul manafort is accused of defrauding his bank. there s a question why he was recommending this guy for a job who had loaned him $16 million. that was not part of his testimony but it s in court documents and it may come up at a later point in the trial. very interesting. ken dilanyan. thanks very much. content from spreader and