It is a question campaign chief Paul Manafort has faced before. Theres been some questions about something in the Republican Party platform that essentially changed the Republican Partys view when it comes to the ukraine. How much did you have to do with changing that language, sir . I didnt. Its been said it came from the campaign. The new focus is on manafort, not just from a journalistic line of questioning. As in a different story, the white house scrambling to push back against these credible New York Times reports, that trump recently, the recent ousted lawyer john dowd, i want to be clear, dowd is denying this story. Mueller is not likely to take him at his word. And mueller is not afraid to take lawyers to task. It wasnt just aggressive, it was almost unheard of. Its unusual for the government to subpoena somebodys lawyer, period. I mean if you have watched one episode of perry mason, you know how weird this is. When lawyers and their clients talk to each other, those communica
They have knives. And instead, theres blood all over the floors of this hospital. They say its as bad as a military war zone hospital. Knives. Knives. Knives. London hasnt been used to that. Theyre getting used to it. Its pretty tough. Were here today because we recognize a simple fact. The one thing that has always stood between the American People and the elimination of our Second Amendment rights has been conservatives in congress willing to fight for those rights. And were fighting. Were fighting. Were fighting to defend our freedom. We need the people in washington to support our freedom, to support our candidates. To support ted. To support the people that have to raise their hand. You know, they say we have a majority. We have, what, a majority of one person . Thats not really a majority. We need republicans to do it right to get the kinds of things we want. Weve got to get republicans elected. Weve got to do great in 18. We need judges who will enforce our laws. Protect our sov
Inauguration committee knew about it. With me nbc Investigative Reporter kennedy lanian, evelyn farkas, Deputy Defense secretary kim lee, associate counsel during Whitewater Association and former u. S. Attorney guy lewis. Great to have you with us this friday. Ken, let me start with you. Tell us about this guilty plea and what unfolded. Ayman, this case appears to have come out of the investigation of Paul Manafort, Donald Trumps former campaign chairman, running this massive lobbying on behalf of russian backed ukrainian oligarch. Sam patten comes in after the oligarch,ian kovic had fled in exile to russia and manafort trying to reconstitute political party, known as party of regions, formed something called opposition block. According to the documents, patten was lobbying for the opposition bloc. Inside the United States he was being paid by this foreign political party, thats illegal because he never registered with the Justice Department. He gave a media interview saying he was no
Also, Rudy Giuliani makes a new threat to bob mueller. More on that. Later, well also give you new reporting why Rudy Giuliani has beef with another trump lawyer, michael cohen. As i mentioned, the top story tonight is the day of reckoning for Paul Manafort. The jury is getting the official instructions from this judge, which means they are literally moments away from getting the case and deliberating on Paul Manaforts fate. A conviction on all the charges could give trumps cormer Campaign Manager an effective life sentence. Hes yet to face a trial, nor what could come down the fiek wi pike with a pardon. Whats happening is important, weve seen it in the this is bob muellers first criminal trial in the russia probe. A courtroom is overflowing at maximum capacity, manafort entered the court with a small smile, were told, his wife was sitting directly behind him in the first row. I will be clear, we know nothing about this moment about what this jury is thinking after all this, we do kno
Tonights show. The chief justice of the Supreme Court condemning a sitting president. Striking new details on trumps refusal to talk to mueller and why the interview got cancelled after a date and location camp david were set. Well get into that later as well as more fall out from that bomb shell New York Times story that donald trump tried to illegally prosecute his enemies. Its a very important story. This blue wave we have been reporting on is getting bigger as more ballots are counted. We begin with something truly unusual. A sitting chief justice of the Supreme Court rebutting a sitting president. Justices typically speak through their rulings. They avoid any debates that could seem partisan. Its clear john roberts had a enough and speaking as a judge, a conservative from the same party as donald trump, roberts weighing in. Not to add partisan fuel to the fire. His whole career suggests he doesnt believe in that but to tell americans tonight as they get ready to gather around thei