Find ways out. Good evening from new york. And in some ways, as i look at, this i think to myself, im chris hayes. Everything that is being done today the personal attorney to here is being done in a truly sort of historic fashion. The president of the United States. Its unprecedented. Harry. One of his closest and longest go ahead. Serving associates was raided by thats exactly right. The fbi and the president in response appears to be coming his attack today this is an attack on the unglued to a degree we have not country. Seen even from him. Well, you know, amazing. Agents executed multiple search do you think you reference warrants against Michael Cohen something that i want to come today, confiscating documents back to. From various locations here in there is this real question, right . Manhattan, according to report, we know from Carol Leonnigs including cohens residence, his reporting to the extent that is correct that Campaign Finance law office right here at 30 violations are
Anything jumped out to you that may help the president . You have seven comey memos, 15 pages released at the urging of house republicans. There are some details here that seem to help the president in the sense that these are summaries, the memos, of james comeys either meetings in 2017 or phone calls with the president of the United States. There is one that does jump out from march of 2017. James comey says that the president kept telling him not to shut down the Russia Collusion Investigation but to try and go public with the idea that the president was not personally being investigated. In fact, at one point, comey, by his own account, you can see says that the president said to me little, if theres any satellite, any advisor, any ancillary person connected to the campaign who was involved with the russian collusion, that should be investigated. Go for it. But i just want you to tell the public that i am not being personally investigated. This is and then we have heard before but
To report the fbi also raided Michael Cohens hotel room. Law enforcement officials confirmed that the search of cohens office was not the work of muellers prosecutors. It involves a matter the mueller team came across, claim it did not fall under their mandate, and passed on to the u. S. Attorneys office in new york. Illegal or legal sources familiar with the nature of the search said it involved 130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Cohen said he used his personal funds to pay daniels. President trump told reporters last week he didnt know about the payment. Cohens lawyer confirmed the news today in a statement, saying the u. S. Attorneys office for the Southern District of new york executed a series of search warrants and seized the Privileged Communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients. I have been advised by federal prosecutors that the new york action is in part a referral by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller. He called the action, t
New tonight, Rudy Giuliani calling on Jeff Sessions to step in on the cohen investigation. And henry just attended an event with the newest member of the legal team. What can you tell us . I was just with Rudy Giuliani at at 9 11 event and he was very upfront about saying he had another conversation with the president two hours ago and the president despite all the Media Chatter about really giuliani having disastrous interviews the pres. Is very happy with the tone giuliani is pushing, he confided to me when one conversation with the president he joked he is so pleased with giulianis performance he is thinking of sending him to those talks with kim jong un to work out peace talks with north korea because he like the tough line giuliani is taking. Last night we talked about the president moving from cooperation to confrontation with Robert Mueller and all the other investigations on the hill, that Michael Cohen probed, his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, tonight, demanding, he mentioned it to
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