Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Daniels and other women during the campaign. It was always so clear to him that he did something wrong that he lied about it when he was asked about it on Air Force One, which became the next question in the briefing. So many people now look back at that tape of him on Air Force One saying he knew nothing about these payments, when in fact we now know he knew everything about those payment, so has he lied. Thats a ridiculous accusation. The president has done nothing wrong and there are no charges against him. So now it is a ridiculous accusation if you ask the question has the president lied after the whole world has watched the president lie on Air Force One. Mr. President , did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . Then why did makele cohen make that. You have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney and youll have to ask michael. Do you know where he got the money to m
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. There could be a slow down in the production of these kind of things like Exhibit Lists because Paul Manafort maybe has begun a conversation with the prosecutors about what happens next . I dont know how much a, i dont know how much transparency we would have in that process. And, b, i dont know what to expect in terms of timing from this court. With the previous Paul Manafort trial, it was in the Eastern District of virginia, which is not only known for being fast, it is famous for being fast. It is the rocket docket. Theyre the originals. We knew to expect things to go fast and we knew to notice any delay as interesting and potentially suspicious in virginia. In d. C. , we dont have those kind of cues to set baseline expectations. So its really hard to know. It is remarkable that prosecutors have more than double the number of pieces of evidence in d. C. Than they did in virginia. But i dont
cohen, the president was involved in directing at least an alleged crime and presidents can t do that. so we have crossed a line now and a fuse has been lit that may not pay off until after this election as the parties lock into their positions. but this is like rust, it doesn t stop. it is the beginning of a real turn to the trump presidency. ron, you were there listening to those speeches during the clinton impeachment trial, as i was. yeah. and i know you cannot have lived through that and not be hearing those speeches today just as you walk the streets. you remember what chuck grassley was saying, what lindsey graham was saying. i remember what all 16 of these republican senators were saying then, and i m listening to their silence or there, in orrin hatch s case, their amusement today. not to excuse what president
records obtained from an april 9th, 2018 search, including hard copy documents seized electronic devices and audio recordings made by mr. cohen. audio recordings made by mr. cohen. we know donald trump is on at least one of those audio recordings already released by michael cohen s tv lawyer. and i have spoken to alan about how to set the whole thing up with funding. yes. and it s all the stuff, all the stuff. because you never know. correct. so i m all over that. and i spoke to alan about it. when it comes time for the financing, which will be what financing? we ll have to pay. pay with cash? no, no, no. i got it. check?
in the senate. i never would have predicted he would have said it is okay if you are from manhattan. it is not okay if you are from little rock. maybe i have been around politics too long, but i m always reminded of count business mark s quote that the greatest lies are told after the hunt, before the marriage and in the election. in this 80 day period it is not the right time to look for the kind of moral leadership i d like to be seeing coming from the republican party. that said, i m depressed enough to think if we had epically rogue democratic president now, i have a feeling the republicans would be full of high moral dungeon. after what we learned from cohen, the president was involved in directing at least