Explosive stories continue to race questions about the future of his presidency. One of the latest. Referee lags comes the New York Times. The president branded about firing james comey, saying quote, i just fired the head of the fbi, he was racrazy a real t job. Shimon joining us now. Russia is denying this but the white house isnt. Thats right. This has been the pattern with russia after these conversations, they have said if we can provide our own transcripts to you if you want of the last time this came up, which was earlier in the week when some of the conversations were made public by the washington post. So you know, this is sort of the partner th pattern that russia goes. They go ahead and deny and its interesting the white house did not shoot down the reports yesterday where they basically admitted, yes, this was said and they stood but it. Today again russia continues to deny and this is how theyve been throughout this entire investigation that the fbi has been conducting, th
Company that was created in the first place to pay out 130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels. So, again, theres a lot of breaking news on the story tonight. A new court filing from Michael Cohen disputing some of the information that daniels attorney released. New details about what exactly Michael Cohen was selling when he was taking in all this money. It was, in a few words, access to the president. And new reporting about at t. One of the Companies Giving c cohen money, and their cooperation with Robert Muellers investigation. So, we have all that, but there are still a lot, and i mean a lot, of questions. Namely, how could it be that Michael Cohen, in addition to be kind of mediocre at keeping porn stars from talking about their alleged encounters with the president , is also an internationally known expert in pharmaceuticals and telecommunications . And these companies simply hired him as a consultant for his expertise . The press corps tried to get some answers today. Heres how tha
Day 679 of this trump administration. The day the president was hit with a legal bombshell as Robert Mueller secures a guilty plea from the man who was once one of trumps most loyal lieutenants. Today Michael Cohen, the president s former personal lawyer, admitted to lying to congress about his bosss involvement in a project to build a moscow version of trump tower as he was securing the republican nomination back in 2016. And perhaps worse than that, cohen admits to being in touch with the kremlin during a president ial campaign. Cohens plea came this morning in federal court in new york as part of a cooperation deal with mueller. In Court Documents, cohen explained his motivation. Quote, i was aware of Donald Trumps repeated disavowals of commercial and political ties between himself and russia, and that any contact with russian nationals by the Trump Campaign or the Trump Organization had all terminated before the iowa caucus in february of 2016. I made these misstatements to be con
Even in this day and age, President Trump claimed that the Intelligence Leaders didnt say what we heard them say this week when they rebuked the president in congress. Here is what President Trump just told reporters. Did you talk to your chiefs today about the displeasure that you have with their testimony. Yeah, they said they were misquoted and it was taken out of context. I would suggest that you call them. They said it was fake news. It is astonishing, folks, this was public testimony, we saw it on tv for hours, and that is not the only time that the paid said believe what im saying not what youre seeing. He said the ball is already being built. While he requesting money for a wall. Were building the wall right now, a lot of people dont know it. In some ways, it is just another day in the life of the trump era. But nothing happens, it is just wash, rinse, and repeat. We cant ignore him. At the same time we cant take him at face value because he is trump. At what point does it beco
All of this happening as the president and the white house attempt to block an array of subpoenas. The white house and President Trump defending the attorney general. The facts are on his side. Hes been so transparent through the process. He understands the law. Hes looked at this. Hes examined it and hes one of the most brilliant legal minds. Mr. Barr has been one of the most transparent individuals out there. He decided to impeach President Trump the dye of the election. Theyre trying to make it look like an impeachment proceeding. They have a right to do a little bit of oversight, thats fine. Theyre not a judge and jury and theyre not Law Enforcement. Democrats vowing a legal battle if secretary mnuchin does not abide by tax law that says he shall provide the ways and Means Committee with any tax return requested. I think we need to move forward promptly with enforcement action. I dont think we need to rely strictly on the courts. I think we need to be ready to enforce that subpoena