A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Guilty to one count of filing fraudulent information to get a bank loan but the ones that could be most problematic for President Trump are counts seven and eight in which he said he coordinated with a candidate for federal office whose name was not revealed and worked at the direction of that candidate to provide payments of 150,000 to one woman which would likely be Karen Mcdougall. Remember that payment she received from the National Enquirer was 150,000 and that was classified as an unlawful corporate contribution and a contribution of 130,000 to Stormy Daniels that was made on october 27th just a week before the election. Again, cohen saying he did this on behalf of and the direction of and in coordination with a candidate for federal office, that person unnamed. Just heard from Rudy Giuliani a
second ago about all of this because people are talking about a connection between t
illegal. when the president does it, it s legal. and probably speaking to this better than anybody, time and again throughout this briefing, mick mulvaney saying not only hold up foreign aid for domestic political reasons, essentially what he s talking about here, in reference to the dnc, he was also saying, it s fine if rudy giuliani is conducting a shadow foreign policy although mick mulvaney disputed the notion there was shadow foreign policy but rudy giuliani a private citizen can be tapped by the president of the united states to conduct foreign policy with respect to ukraine. so just about every turn during this briefing it was notable how candid mulvaney was being about all of this, although he did try to draw the line that, well, this didn t have anything to do with joe biden. that s baloney, brooke. because as you just pointed out a few moments ago, it s in the transcript. it s in the transcript t. does appear this white house is trying to maneuver legally into
rudy giuliani a, quote, hand grenade. joining us, princeton historian, julian selzer. there s no way to be a hand grenade in a good way. impeachment comes to the debate stage, how will it impact the 12-person field that wants to focus on issues? this will be the issue. less on medicare for all and more on corruption and presidential power. it could help democrats. there could be less that divide them and focus more on the opponent. that gives the democratic campaign its thrust. this poll, brand-new. warren, 30%. you look at fund-raising numbers, sanders is just barely ahead of warren and warren ahead of biden. is this just elizabeth warren
guilty to one count of filing fraudulent information to get a bank loan but the ones that could be most problematic for president trump are counts seven and eight in which he said he coordinated with a candidate for federal office whose name was not revealed and worked at the direction of that candidate to provide payments of $150,000 to one woman which would likely be karen mcdougall. remember that payment she received from the national enquirer was $150,000 and that was classified as an unlawful corporate contribution and a contribution of $130,000 to stormy daniels that was made on october 27th just a week before the election. again, cohen saying he did this on behalf of and the direction of and in coordination with a candidate for federal office, that person unnamed. just heard from rudy giuliani a