Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Daniels and other women during the campaign. It was always so clear to him that he did something wrong that he lied about it when he was asked about it on Air Force One, which became the next question in the briefing. So many people now look back at that tape of him on Air Force One saying he knew nothing about these payments, when in fact we now know he knew everything about those payment, so has he lied. Thats a ridiculous accusation. The president has done nothing wrong and there are no charges against him. So now it is a ridiculous accusation if you ask the question has the president lied after the whole world has watched the president lie on Air Force One. Mr. President , did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . Then why did makele cohen make that. You have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney and youll have to ask michael. Do you know where he got the money to m
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. There could be a slow down in the production of these kind of things like Exhibit Lists because Paul Manafort maybe has begun a conversation with the prosecutors about what happens next . I dont know how much a, i dont know how much transparency we would have in that process. And, b, i dont know what to expect in terms of timing from this court. With the previous Paul Manafort trial, it was in the Eastern District of virginia, which is not only known for being fast, it is famous for being fast. It is the rocket docket. Theyre the originals. We knew to expect things to go fast and we knew to notice any delay as interesting and potentially suspicious in virginia. In d. C. , we dont have those kind of cues to set baseline expectations. So its really hard to know. It is remarkable that prosecutors have more than double the number of pieces of evidence in d. C. Than they did in virginia. But i dont
began, lawyers started hearing numerous misstatements and ended up compiling them all in a menu. the main concern was he over stated how exhaustibly they had mr. flynn and that they concluded there were no legal issues surrounding mr. flynn s conduct. you know some of the innerworkings with the kwhies. the scene that this is my story. what did you make of that? any careful press operative wouldn t want to be on the record putting themselves in personal legal jeopardy. sean spicer had a flagrant disregard for the truth during his tenure as press secretary but during this instance he was taking pains, which is clearly a
with one or more members of the campaign, including through meetings and phone calls about the fact, nature and timing of the payments. this is the single most overlooked piece of the evidence in the case against michael cohen as we know it now. at least one person other than donald trump in the trump campaign was involved in the meetings and phone calls and knew about the payments, including the timing of the payments. now, who would that be? donald trump s favorite press operative, hope hicks? the prosecutors know who that person or people are who worked in the campaign and knew all about the illegal payments. those people are under pressure tonight unlike any they have been under before. are some of those people on michael cohen s recordings?
the illegal campaign contributions that michael cohen helped arranged, he had more help committing that crime, help that was identified in the prosecutor s charging document this way, quote, he coordinated with one or more members of the campaign, including through meetings and phone calls about the fact, nature and timing of the payments. this is the single most overlooked piece of the evidence in the case against michael cohen as we know it now. at least one person other than donald trump in the trump campaign was involved in the meetings and phone calls and knew about the payments, including the timing of the payments. now, who would that be? donald trump s favorite press operative, hope hicks? the prosecutors know who that person or people are who worked in the campaign and knew all