A look at breaking news, politics and reports from around the world. Ive made it clear theres no circumstances under which i would testify against the president. And you know, jim, just because hes not contacted by the Special Counsel doesnt mean that hes not in any kind of trouble. Usually the other case. That could indicate theres trouble for you. The other thing is that we have been led to believe that Special Counsel welcoming at some of stones personal finances. Hes had close ties to Paul Manafort, they were in business at one point together and could be another avenue that the Special Counsel could be pursuing. Certainly sounds like theyre pl laying the ground work. The date of muellers team to subpoena the wikileaks intermediary to appear is on september 7th. Whats that tell ugh about the timeline of the probe and whether hes close to finishing . Right. Thats randy credico. Also known roger stone for quite sometime. So that really tells us that this is going to way past the
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Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Win and sort of a good win is sometimes 10,000 votes. I want to put something up here. In 2006, 14 seats that democrats picked up were decided by 10,000 votes or less. In 2010, 16 seats that the republicans picked up were decided by 10,000 votes or less. So you only need a slice of those republican voters, suburban voters that they need to get chicken there when it comes to pelosi. Nancy pelosi is an easy target and its easy when youre campaigning as a nominee or candidate to say you would vote against nancy pelosi. When you get to d. C. And talk to nancy pelosi and talk to the people around the congress and realize that shes usually one of the only women in these highlevel meetings, you realize that as the Democratic Party talks about wanting diversity, she is part of that diversity. Of course shes in a tough place because there are so many democratic sources who say theyre eager for fresh blood. Youre looking at
Touches several other serving republican members of congress and disgraced health secretary, tom price, the first trump Cabinet Secretary to resign in scandal. We have had our fair share of political scandals and public corruption indictments as a country. That is a history that includes todays date on the calendar in 1974, when president Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in the wake of the watergate scandal, this day, 1974. But even so, even with that rich history under our belts, it really is something when you wake up to the news of a sitting member of congress being indicted by federal prosecutors and the sight of a sitting member of congress being hauled before a federal judge for criminal arraignment. So, we will have more ahead tonight on trump ally republican congressman Chris Collins turning himself in and being indicted and arraigned on federal criminal charges today
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Were used to seeing from the president. Perhaps this statement was lawyered, it was in response to a request that my colleague Ashley Parker and i made to sarah sanders, first to interview the president. He wasnt available for an interview, but she offered to get a statement from him which he provided. Look, its important because he seems to be creating some wiggle room for his son. We know from our reporting that theres anxiety in the president s inner circle including by the president himself who has fretted to associates and friends that hes worried about don jr. , worried that there could be some legal jeopardy, legal exposure there, and theres a feeling in the orbit that something could potentially happen in the next few weeks. We dont know what that might be. But this maybe the president trying to protect himself, distance himself from anything that may be afoot with his son. All right. So theres the issue of the Trump Tower Meeting which we know mueller has a good deal of inform
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Comments are anything to go by. The New York Times reported that the serving White House Counsel Don Mcgahn has done more than 30 hours of voluntary interviews with the special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors. Shortly there after we got new reporting from the times about the president s personal lawyer being sqozed, for look of a better term. The Wall Street Journal is first on the story as they have bone the criminal intrigue surrounding president trumps long time lawyer Michael Cohen from the very beginning. But following the initial reporting a couple weeks ago that the potential charges Michael Cohen might be facing, now the New York Times as of yesterday and the Associated Press as of today, who have both match that had story. So the Wall Street Journal and the ap and the New York Times, all now reporting that Michael Cohens legal vulnerability may be at least in part rehated to
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