2016. On the left, congressman Chris Collins who was indicted on Felony Charges less than two weeks ago. He was the first to endorse donald trump for president. And then on the right side, thats congressman Duncan Hunter. He was the second sitting member of Do Know Support donald trump for president and now today he too has been indicted on multiple Felony Charges. Who was third . As i say, congressman Duncan Hunter probably considers himself lucky today. If youre going to get indicted, today was probably a pretty good day. Because the news of his indictment arrived on a day like no other. In this remarkable scandal ridden candidacy. We actually called Michael Beschloss to ask if theres anything like this. Has there ever been a single day in the news for any u. S. President that held similar
come one in u. S. History would be march 1st, 1974. That produced this headline the next day. March 1st, 1974, was the day a grand jury indicted Richard Nixons campaign manage here he had named Att
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. But the president s own fate is a real front burner issue now because of what just happened with cohen and manafort. Lets start with manafort. On manafort, you know by now the basics. Manafort was convicted on eight Felony Counts. The jury in the Manafort Case was not able to reach a verdict on the other ten Felony Counts that manafort was facing. They didnt find him not guilty on those other ten charges. They just couldnt come to a decision. That gives the prosecution and the defense both some options here. On the counts where the jury didnt reach a verdict, there was a mistrial for those ten counts, than means prosecutors could decide to try Paul Manafort again on those ten counts. Prosecutors have a choice as to whether or not they want to do that. On the other hand, there are the eight counts, the eight Felony Charges where the jurors did reach a verdict. On all eight charges they found him guilty. On those eight gu
so logistics. is this trial over? are these 18 counts settled? or will they continue to be litigated? that s one thing to watch. the second logistical thing to watch. after these convictions today on these eight felony charges, how much better or worse does manafort s fate look for his next felony trial which after all, starts in less than a month in federal court in d.c. this was manafort s trial in virginia. he is about to go on trial in less than a month in d.c. and tonight is the deadline for prosecutors to list that they are planning to use next month. we are expecting over the course of this evening, sometime tonight torsion get access to that evidence list. we re expecting that it will contain well over 1,000 individual pieces of evidence that prosecutors will use in their case against manafort next month. when we get evidence list tonight, presumably it will land
are these 18 counts settled or were they continued to be litigate inside that s one thing to watch. the second logistical thing to watch. after these convictions today on these eight felony charges, how much better or worse does manafort s fate look for his next felony trial which after all, starts in less than a month in federal court in d.c. this was manafort s trial in virginia. he is about to go on trial in federal court in d.c. less than a month from now. and believe it or not, tonight is the deadline for the prosecutors to submit their list of evidence that they are planning on using in that next case against manafort next month. we are expecting over the course of this evening, sometime tonight to get access to that evidence list. we re expecting that it will contain well over 1,000 individual pieces of evidence that prosecutors will use in their case against manafort next month. when we get that evidence list tonight, presumably it will land like an anvil on the manafort defens
someone like ed gillespie is trying to avoid talking about trump because he knows the independent voters that are up for grabs aren t big fans of the president. dana: but he needs the republicans to turn out. it s a good thing he has a lot of money in the bank. gentlemen, thanks so much. thanks, dana. dana: tonight one of america s most prominent film makers is playing defense colin kaepernick. no team wants him. so hollywood is taking a knee for him. that feiery debate ahead. and paul manafort s home the subject of a predawn raid last month. we ll tell you why this happened in the middle of the night and what this might mean for mr. manafort next. with some bigs about type 2 diabetes. you have type 2 diabetes, right? yes. so let me ask you this. how does diabetes affect your heart? it doesn t, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke.