is being investigated but at this time is not apparently guilty of a crime. then, one week later, a stunning term. we begin with late word of an fbi raid on the manhattan offices of president trump s personal lawyer, michael cohen. for the southern district of new york, the fbi execute as search warrant and raids the new york city offices and residences of president trump s personal attorney, michael cohen. cohen s attorney calls the search completely inappropriate and unnecessary. it s a disgrace, a real disgrace, an attack on our country in the true sense, an attack on what we all stand for, at a whole new level of unfairness. throughout the probe there has been a growing drumbeat to end the investigation and fire mueller. i have concerns with mr.
a company s annual revenue so sweeping changes they re taking effect in the e.u. on may twenty fifth zero in the. huge very important announcement as always thank you very much. well still to come on the day she s out of the hospital and off the grid forever the earliest cripple is recovering at a secret location the u. but the u.k. says that she and her father a former russian spy were targeted by moscow in a poison attack now there are rumors that the script all is may soon be script all new more that s coming up on the day. a total which on that is how u.s. president donald trump has described an f.b.i. raid of the offices of his personal attorney michael cohen agents arrived at cohen s manhattan offices with a search warrant that was issued by these special counsel in the russian investigation robert mohler they confiscated e-mails and documents related to
but it seems to be absolutely breaking with precedent. when s the reason that a president typically wouldn t do this? well, it s important to keep in mind that these are appointments very different from other appointments like the president s cabinet. prosecutors are it s very important that they be independent and that they not only be independent but the appearance of independence. in fact, there s a policy memo that prevents u.s. attorneys from having direct communication with the white house. only the highest levels of the department of justice are even allowed to communicate and that is to preserve that independence so that the public has confidence that prosecutors are acting on facts and law and not political motivations. there are reports that the people who the president has chosen to speak to are from two districts in new york affecting places where he has business interest, brooklyn and manhattan offices and d.c. district attorney where that s quite relevant given what
without exception, no. it is highly unusual. what s concerning about it? it is not illegal as you say but it seems to be something breaking with precedent. when s the reason that a president typically wouldn t do this? well, it s important to keep in mind that these are appointments very different from other appointments like the president s cabinet. prosecutors are it s very important that they be independent and that they not only be independent but the appearance of independence. in fact, there s a policy memo that prevents u.s. attorneys from having direct communication with the white house. only the highest levels of the department of justice are even allowed to communicate and that is to preserve that independence so that the public has confidence that prosecutors are acting on facts and law and not political motivations. there are reports that the people who the president has chosen to speak to are from two districts in new york affecting places where he has business int
bank s manhattan offices. we re trying to get it resolved. the wall street journal my real you ve been standing here all morning as people are coming in bright eyed and bushy tailed. 260,000 people doing a great job for our clients. we re gaining market share doing great stuff. we re trying to get our not everyone shared his attitude about the settlement. the wall street journal editorial board called it a shakedown. asserting that the political left isn t satisfied these days with cash, though it will take what it can get, but like medieval justice, the left wants perp walks if not heads on pikes. as a refresher, the financial crisis cost 8.8 million jobs and $19 trillion in u.s. household wealth. to put that in laymans terms, the typical american family lost $50,000 to $120,000. perhaps it s easier to understand the indignation on the left and elsewhere as one