A recap of the days news. Get on with building an economy that is fair to everybody. Thats the message that is going to be sent 90 days from now. Congressman, the House Minority leader, nancy pelosi, one way republicans attacked the democrat in ohios race in the ohio race. Is she a drag in districts that democrats are trying to flip . I dont know where the evidence is that would suggest that. The fact is that thats what they used against conor lamb in the special election in Western Pennsylvania which trump won by 20 points and conor lamb won. They used it over and over again with Danny Oconnor in ohio 12 who, by the way, is still running in november against mr. Balderson and danny managed to collapse the trump margin from 11 down to less than 1 . Im not sure where the evidence that that is the case, that that is an effective appeal. Its certainly their standard playbook move in each and every instance. Its not what americans want to
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Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Office concerning his time on the trump campaign. Gates worked as the deputy on the campaign and continued to work with the inauguration. The judge agreed to seal it after it had evidence of the ongoing investigation. Inside court, the jury heard a lot of details about bank fraud, specifical specifically 3. 4 million loan. He said it was a second home. Prosecutors say that was a lie and provided the bank false information when it was rental property. They indicated that manafort rented the property and one of the Mortgage Bankers testified. If it was a rental, he would not get as much money. He exceeded the bank policy by 2. 4 million. Prosecutors have two more witnesses to call and prosecutors say they intend to wrap the case today. Christine, phil. Thank you. The federal judge threatened to hold Jeff Sessions and others in contempt if they did not return to Asylum Seekers to u. S. Soil. The woman and her daughter were
Plus, why is facebook reportedly asking banks for your Financial Information . Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Phil Mattingly in for dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, august7th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with Paul Manaforts right hand man rick gates. Back on the Witness Stand in the onetime Trump Campaign chairman trial on tax and fraud charges. The stakes are high for the white house. Manafort and his deputy know a great deal of what went on Behind Closed Doors during key months of the 2016 campaign. Yesterday, gates admitted under a grant of immunity he committed crimes alongside his former boss and against him as well. Cnn has more from the federal court in alexandra, virginia. Reporter rick gates took the stand in the showdown we have been waiting for as gates
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Every time he weighs in. It complicates the previous explanations for it. We are hearing from the president s aides that in t
A recap of the days news. Firing. He was there shoaleder to shoulder he Doesnt Know What Mueller knows. It seems implausible to me that he doesnt provide factual material thats illuminating about the president s state of mind. So i think raeurlts little bit over confident to be saying that at this point. But the real question is why would trumps lawyers not debrief mcgahn . The white House Counsel has given 30 hours of interviews. Much of which the Trump Legal Team is in the dark with. Its like a book on tape, isnt it . Thats a lot of testimony. The white house got nothing out of this in return for letting all of these people submit to interviews. You would have thought that they would have at least negotiated, been able to debrief everyone. Strategy . Lets go back to the question of whether or not he incriminated the president. The president seems not to understand that mcgahn is not his personal lawyer. So you think about the kinds of things that might have been toads mcgahn under th
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Close associate to Paul Manafort for 12 years, but now hes flipped, he pleaded guilty, and hes telling all he knows to prosecutors. So, it will be interesting when he is back on the stand for more Cross Examination this morning. Christine and phil . Jessica, thank you for that. Legal woes multiplying for michael cohen. The Wall Street Journal reporting President Trumps former lawyer and fixer is now under investigation for tax fraud. Sources tell the journal the federal prosecutor in manhattan is looking into whether cohen underreported income from his taxi medallion business. The Taxi Licenses yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last five years. The Wall Street Journal also reporting federal investigators are looking into possible fraud against the bank that financed cohens taxi medallion business. Cohen has not been charged with a crime, and the journal reports he previously denied wrongdoing. Firefighte