Towards pardoning Paul Manafort. Is that true in. Its very poorly the way theyre treating paul. I have not offered any pardons. I think they asked or whatever would you. I said im not taking anything off the table. Good morning. This is morning joe. Mikas on assignment. Along with willie and me, we have donny deutsch, david cevallos, former msnbc contributor Barbara Mcquaid. And, willie, my god, the sentencing, which the guidelines were at 20 years was Service Early reduced by this federal judge who had, boy, raised questions about the way he handled this hearing and handled the trial from the very beginning. Just an absolutely shocking sentence that, again, suggests that not on that Paul Manafort had no need to apologize in the eyes of this judge and also suggested that there are two americas when it comes to justice, that if youre a wealthy, white whitecollar criminal, youre treated one way and if not youre treated another. Paul manafort did not apologize. The recommendation was 19 t
Likely the most consequential of his long and consequential career. On wednesday morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, the first of two backtoback hearings will begin, and it sounded today as if the president might have given this some thought. Im not going to be watching mueller because you cant take all those bites out of the apple. Robert mueller, i know hes conflicted. Theres a lot of conflicts hes got, including the fact that his best friend is comey. But hes got conflicts with me, too. Hes got big conflicts with me. As you know, he wanted the job of the fbi director. He didnt get it. And we had a business relationship where i said no, and i would say that he wasnt happy. Then all of a sudden he gets this position. But you know what, he still ruled and i respect him for it. He still ruled no collusion, no obstruction. Again, mueller will testify before two committees starting with house judiciary from 8 30 a. M. To 11 30 a. M. Then its the House Intel Committee from noon to about 2 30 in
York. Day 19 of the trump administration, that puts us less than 36 hours away now from what will be Robert Muellers 89th appearance before congress. Likely the most consequential of his long and consequential career. On wednesday morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, the first of two backtoback hearings will begin, and it sounded today as if the president might have given this some thought. Im not going to be watching. Probably, maybe i might see a little bit of it. Im not going to be watching mueller because you cant take all those bites out of the apple. Robert mueller, i know hes conflicted. Theres a lot of conflicts hes got, including the fact that his best friend is comey. But hes got conflicts with me, too. Hes got big conflicts with me. As you know, he wanted the job of the fbi director. He didnt get it. And we had a business relationship where i said no, and i would say that he wasnt happy. Then all of a sudden he gets this position. But you know what, he still ruled and i respect hi
Rudys quest to make money. And two former president s at the funeral of a man who rose to powerful heights from humble beginnings. And in their sendoff, there is talk about the times we are in as the 11th hour gets under way on a friday night. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 1,009 of the Trump Administration and as another genuinely consequential week came to an end, the democrats were handed a substantial victory by a federal judge in what now appears to be their steady march to articles of impeachment. Judge beryl howell, the chief federal judge sitting in washington, ruled the impeachment inquiry is, in fact, a legal proceeding, undercutting the president s argument that the investigation is illegitimate and throwing out the white house counsels argument along the same lines. The judge also ruled the Justice Department must release certain grand jury materials gathered as part of the Mueller Investigation to the House Judiciary Committee by next wed
From our nbc headquarters in new york. Day 19 of the trump day 914. Administration, that puts us less than 36 hours away now from what will be Robert Muellers 89th appearance before congress. Likely the most consequential of his long and consequential career. On wednesday morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern, the first of two backtoback hearings will begin, and it sounded today as if the president might have given this some thought. Im not going to be watching. Probably, maybe i might see a little bit of it. Im not going to be watching mueller because you cant take all those bites out of the apple. Robert mueller, i know hes conflicted. Theres a lot of conflicts hes got, including the fact that his best friend is comey. But hes got conflicts with me, too. Hes got big conflicts with me. As you know, he wanted the job of the fbi director. He didnt get it. And we had a business relationship where i said no, and i would say that he wasnt happy. Then all of a sudden he gets this position. But you