Potentially it could be big. I mean, looking at Michael Cohen, what this means is the same tactic that we have seen happening in this investigation out of the Southern District of new york, is happening, that we see happen in the Mueller Investigation. They go after other witnesses, encourage them to cooperate, and in this case you have this Business Partner who is cooperating, being offered significant being offered a potential sentence that is much smaller than what he could be facing. He could be facing 25 years for each count, owing millions of dollars in back taxes. All of that is being reduced, which says to me that he has some information that prosecutors would be interested in regarding Michael Cohen. That subsequently puts more pressure on Michael Cohen to cooperate to reduce his potential legal exposure and talk about whatever he knows that could aid the Mueller Investigation. It also, since this is outside of the jurisdiction of the Mueller Investigation, it really could tak
And an adult film star is now suing donald trump. More on all of that ahead, but we begin with a major departure, another departure from this white house, gary kohn, a wall street heavyweight, who is the president s chief economic adviser, has resigned. Cohn, a new yorker like the president , former president of goldman sachs, he served for 14 months as head of the National Economic council. His decision to leave appears to have been triggered by Donald Trumps plan to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Tonight trump sent out this. Well be making a decision soon on the appointment of a new chief economic adviser. Many people wanting the job, will choose wisely. Gary cohns resignation first reported by the New York Times this afternoon, was perhaps foreshadowed by this image of his empty chair. At the president s News Conference with the Prime Minister of sweden. The news of cohns decision broke shortly after this remark. The white house has tremendous energy. It has tr
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 411 this was. It brought us a number of developments, the president spoke out about Russian Election meddling. It appear s mueller has convincd yet another witness to cooperate. And an adult film star is now suing donald trump. More on all of that ahead, but we begin with a major departure, another departure from this white house, gary kohn, a wall street heavyweight, who is the president s chief economic adviser has resigned. Kwoen a new yorker like the president is former president of goldman sachs, he served for 14 months as head of the National Economic council. His decision to leave appears to have been triggered by Donald Trumps plan to impose stiff tariffs on aluminum and steel. Well be making a decision soon on the appointment of a new chief economic adviser. Many people wanting the job, will choose wisely. Gary kohns resignation reported by the times this afternoon, foreshadowed by this image of his empty
The president s economic team. Wall street already acting tonight negatively in contrast to what we are hearing from main street, praise for the president s tough stance on tariffs. We have got Team Coverage for you tonight. Trace gallagher with the latest on on this latebreaking showdown between the Trump Administration on the california, but we start with chief National Correspondent ed henry and what he is learning about the departure of white house Economic Advisor gary cohn. Shannon, great to see you. Breaking tonight, they are already plans to replace gary cohn from conservative supplyside economics, larry kudlow, to trade advisor peter navarro. Remember, he beat out cohn on the tariffs issue in recent days, while he was correct when he said, there is turnover in every single white house, there has been a particularly large number of departures recently from hope hicks to report her, multiple press secretaries, National Security advisors, yes, chiefs of staff. What is significant
Spoke out about Russian Election meddling. It appears mueller has convinced yet another witness to cooperate. And an adult film star is now suing donald trump. More on all of that ahead, but we begin with a major departure, another departure from this white house, gary kohn, a wall street heavyweight, who is the president s chief economic adviser has resigned. Kwoen a new yorker like the president is former president of goldman sachs, he served for 14 months as head of the National Economic council. His decision to leave appears to have been triggered by Donald Trumps plan to impose stiff tariffs on aluminum and steel. Well be making a decision soon on the appointment of a new chief economic adviser. Many people wanting the job, will choose wisely. Gary kohns resignation reported by the times this afternoon, foreshadowed by this image of his empty chair. The news of kohns decision broke shortly after this remark. The white house has tremendous energy. It has tremendous spirit. It is a