With him. How is that possible . The two men the president has known the best and the longest, stone and manafort taking risks, alleged committing crimes, supposedly on his behalf and he didnt know . My argument on that is ahead. Its a huge night. So lets get after it. I have to say, when indicted most people become a ghost. Youre lucky if you hear from their lawyer, but roger stone is not most people. He has decided not only to enter the safe space of the mothership at fox tonight but hes also willing to come here. Obviously his lawyers arent going to want him to discuss the details of the case, we know that, but theres plenty to get into on the merits. Roger stone, thank you for taking this opportunity, especially on a day like this. Simply by comparing his testimony and his book, he lied to a federal judge about leaking federal grand jury information calls me a liar, please and the subject of my next book, fake news lets not deal with trading barbs and allegations. They beat me up p
It goes right at what roger stone prizes most, his ability to make his case in public. This federal judge finding mueller won the arguments for a partial gag order. That means it bans stone and his lawyers from public remarks that would prejudice jurors as well as even talking at all when they come and go from the court. Anyone watching stones recent conduct knows that will require him to change gears or go to jail. Because roger stone has been doing those exact things since being indicted for witness tampering, talking in front of the court, doing media tours and likening the fbi to, quote, nazi police in these media appearances. Thats the kind of thing that could prejudice jurors. To storm my house with a greater force than what used to take down bin laden or el chapo or pablo escobar. They sent fewer men to go after bin laden than after me. I saw a dozen other fbi agents in the background, all wearing night goggles, full s. W. A. T. Gear. To make me look guilty in public, to poison
At 4 30 p. M. Eastern time the staff of the House Judiciary Committee got a call somebody would be bringing a letter from the attorney general. Im sure they all immediately guessed what that letter was. A Justice Department staffer or messenger of some kind, all we know she was wearing a north face jacket, she brought, in fact, two letters to the committee in two separate manila envelopes because that was one letter for the democratic chairman and republican Ranking Member of the committee. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee was at his new york office, not in d. C. So the Committee Staff quickly made a digital copy and got the letter to him that way. We know those details thanks to a Judiciary Committee spokesperson laying out that process. We know that is how the House Judiciary Committee was notified special Counsel Robert Mueller completed his investigation. We are assuming that a similar process or at least a process with the same effect also unfolded at the senate Judiciary C
Adviser. What does that mean . It means tonight i can report for you roger stone cant say anything else in public about his case. The judge also suggesting this is the final warning, a clear suggestion the next time that stone would be punished it will be with immediate jail time. Roger stone is a defendant in this Mueller Probe so these developments happening late today are obviously progress for bob mueller and they come in an extraordinary afternoon that revealed the legal limits on roger stones very wellknown effort to turn serious proceedings of a broke theater. He turned mournful and morose as he pled for mercy from the court while taking the stand for the first time today. And when stone did leave, as you see here with his freedom hanging by a thread, it was noticeable, he did not say a word in the departure you see on your screen from the courthouse. Mark today as the official end to roger stones attempts to publicly attack the Mueller Probe and the judge or the fbi and going o
And fox news that occurred right here on the beat this week. Well bring you that story, coming up. Also, prosecutors in new york trying to checkmate donald trump pardons. I will be joined tonight by key insiders from the very Prosecutors Office that now has on this story, more power than bob mueller. And later, as if that wasnt enough, ill be joined by a lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal and was in the middle of the fdny probe into cohens election crime. This is his first ever interview on msnbc, and we have a lot to get to, especially considering sdny. But we begin with something you actually dont usually see in washington, a unanimous, bipartisan vote. And not on a post office or some ceremony resolution, but actually, a unanimous vote to back up bob muellers work and ensure his findings are released. Speaker pelosi pushing forward with this vote to fortify mueller and put pressure on republicans to show where they stand, so she held, as a strategic move, reall