House. What is really going on here. This really has the feel of someone simply trying to distract from another damaging political event thats going on with miss omarosa. Plus, day 12 and the manafort case heads to the jury. Mr. Manafort was happy with how things happened today. All in starts now. You dont know anything about us. Good evening, from new york. I am ali velshi in for chris hayes. As the jury deliberates, a former white house aide threatens to release more secret tapes and the special counsel closes in. The president of the United States appears to be trying to change the subject by using his office to retaliate against political opponents. The kind of move we associate with authoritarians and despots the president revoked the security clearance of john brennan. Now, a Senior National security and Intelligence Analyst brennan has become one of the president s most prominent critics. Tweeting its astounding you often fail to live up to minimum standards of decency. Brennan
To be a witness for the prosecution in the federal criminal case against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Or if hes not going to actually appear at trial as a witness, tad devine at least now says he is helping the prosecutors in Robert Muellers office in their case against Paul Manafort. Tad devines Consulting Firm putting out this statement tonight is the special counsel has asked tad devine to assist in the prosecution of their case against Paul Manafort regarding his firms work on Media Consulting on past political campaigns in ukraine. When the special counsel sought assistance from us in its ongoing investigation, we readily provided it. The firm also said that they have been assured by the special counsels office that we have no legal exposure and did not act unlawfully. So this is tad devines firm saying hes not in the trouble but hes helping mueller out against manafort. You know, it is i think in some, in, some american electoral politics ways, it is jarring to see the
Between russians and his top Campaign Aides at trump tower. A knowledgeable source says the president s former attorney is willing to tell special counsel donald trump jr. Told his father in advance of the meeting. Cohens plames first rors erepoy cnn, cohen doesnt have evidence to back up his story and cnn reporting a source familiar with cones testimony to the House Intelligence Committee says cohen did not testify that trump had advance knowledge, nor does that claim appear in either of the committees reports. Delining comment, his attorney, lanny davis. I have to wonder why the trump people put that story out. It was not from us. Rudy giuliani had this to say. I expected something from this from cohen. Lying a week, two weeks. Lying for years. I dont see how he has any credibility. If he had a trial, and there wont be, which lie do you want to pick . The first lie, second lie or maybe some new lie. Theres nobody i know that knows him that hasnt warned me that if his back is up again
And the president has his issue with credibility and truth. So who do you believe . Its important, though, and you keyed in on it, there are other people who were in the room who can corroborate it, correct . If the meeting is anything like what Michael Cohen, through sources, suggested, that he was at a meeting where others were present, then yes, youre right, and the key will be in the corroboration. So with Rudy Giuliani saying, again, i got the this was my assessment of the interview, by the way very good interview with Rudy Giuliani. Thank you. Again, dont believe what you see and hear, this is the correct version, our version is the correct version. Thats rudys job. Rudy is a very capable counsel. He has done well for the president on this story more often than not. And hes right to focus in on credibility. And he is exposed and vulnerable to his clients credibility. And the idea that the president has never lied about anything is demonstrably false. Michael cohen has been lying
Strategist todd divine will be a witness for the prosecution in the federal criminal case against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Or if hes not going to actually appear at trial as a witness, he now says he is they know prosecutors in rob muellers office in their case against Paul Manafort. His Consulting Firm putting out this statement. The special counsel has asked tad devine to assist in the prosecution of the case against Paul Manafort regarding his firms Media Consulting on past political campaigns in ukraine. We readily provided information. They said they have been, quote, assured by the special counsels office that we have no legal exposure and did not act unlawfully. In some american electoral politics ways, it is jarring to see the guy are the Bernie Sanders campaign caught up in the manafort case brought by the special counsel, right . But its not a huge surprise if you have been following the evidence in that case and you know something about manaforts history. Up th