Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Presidency took a giant step toward impeachment. It happened in a courtroom in manhattan when these words were spoken. At the direction of, meaning at the direction of the president of the United States. And when a defendant is Pleading Guilty in court, it is very difficult for the defendant to Say Something more important than the word guilty. Thats usually the most important word a defendant speaks during a guilty plea session. But today in Federal Court in manhattan Michael Cohen said guilty, your honor eight times and hes also said at the direction of twice. And both times he meant at the direction of the president of the United States. And so today donald trump made history by becoming the first president of the United States to be accused under oath in Federal Court of ordering someone to commit a federal crime to win a president ial election. At the direction of. Have to be illegally pu
Sentence in this case and you agree to cooperate. And i think from Robert Muellers perspective it would be worth it because even if Paul Manafort doesnt have anything incriminating i think Robert Muellers quest is to get to the truth and Paul Manafort certainly knows a lot of what happened. He was present at that june 2016 meeting at trump tower. He has all the connections with the russians and the ukrainians and so it seems that hes in a position to know a lot of what was happening with regard to any connections with russia. So i think we might see that. Barbara mcquade, former u. S. Attorney in michigan. Thank you, barb. Really good to have you here tonight. Thanks, rachel. What a day. That does it for us for right this second. See you again tomorrow. Now its time for The Last Word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And i was so struck by your interview with lanny davis which is making news in that last hour. Not only did he tell you that Michael Co
They were not going to issue that statement that Rudy Giuliani wanted to include burisma and the 2016 elections there was no white house meeting. It soon became clear to them that the Security Assistance was also at risk and that took on a renewed importance for them. Well, following the 25th call, the July 25th Call, ambassador sondland and volker worked closely with mr. Giuliani and the ukrainians to help draft a statement that the president could make, president zelensky. Wasnt that right . Yes. And the report say they were closely and then also there were phone calls with the white house around the same time they were working closely do you know what that statement was supposed to say, according to mr. Giuliani and the u. S. Officials. The key difference is that it had to include that ukraine would do the investigations of burisma which equaled the Biden Investigation and the 2016
ukraine interference. Was there concern about doing the investigations or what . Just make a statement
Agricultural product again. They are starting to go with the beef and all the different things, pork. Very big on pork if you look an see. They are starting very heavy to buy our ag again. They should want to make a deal. The question is do we want to make a deal. If usmca end of nafta. You know how i feel about nafta. Worst trade deal ever made. Although i also happen to think World Trade Organization was not one of the greats. Not one of the greats. That was the creation of china, which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. It was terrible. But, we are going to find out. Thats going to be a very interesting question. With nannies and chuck and all of these people focusing on the witchhunt because they cant beat us at the ballot. They cant beat us at the
ballot. And they are not going to win the president ial. We are having great polls. We have internal polls, ohio, iowa, pennsylvania is looking good. North carolina. We just won two races that a lot of people thought we we
Were not going to issue that statement that Rudy Giuliani wanted to include burisma in the 2016 elections, there was no white house meeting. Soon became clear to them that the Security Assistance was also at risk and that took on a renewed importance for them. Following the July 25th Call, it had to include that they would do the investigations of burisma which equaled the Biden Investigation into the ukraine interference. Was their concern about doing
the investigations or what . Where they supposed to make a statement about it . Ambassador sondland very clearly testified that all he ever heard mr. Giuliani or anyone say is that they only needed the public announcement of the investigation. Without that Public Statement that there would be no white house meeting. Yes. I was struck by how clear the evidence seems to be on this point and id like to play another example. Was they were a quid pro quo . As i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call, the answer is