the polls and i feel like americans like me voted without any influence and that s how trump was elected. so as far as cohen being friends with trump and changing his tune, there s no one s all good or all bad. but it makes me sad to see this go on and on and on and affect our country in such a negative way. paula, let me just put you back in the juror s chair hypothetically just for a second on michael cohen. now, there was m no jury becaus he pleaded guilty. right. but one thing he pleaded guilty to was that donald trump directed him andal conspired wi him to commit campaign finance crimes in funneling pay off money to stormy daniels to keep her quiet. michael cohen testified about that under oath last week in the housela of representatives, lai that out very specifically, showed the checks with donald
house democrats are running two major tracks of investigation. the one that gets most of the attention is the investigation into possible criminal conduct by the president himself and his family members and associates. the other track involves even more committees investigating policies of the trump administration. on the criminal side this week michael cohen continued his testimony to the house intelligence committee on the possible crimes by the president. and on the policy side there were several hearings in the house investigating the workings of the trump administration policies including the policy of separating families detained at the southern border. when you saw those pictures of babies and cages, what did you do? what did you do? to just scream bloody murder up the chain to the president, to say i cannot represent an agency that is forcing its border patrol to do this.
prison and here is how rod rosenstein ended what may be his final speech as deputy attorney general. i ll leave you with the wisdom of an ancient proverb. if you desire to know a person s character, consider his friends. paul manafort chairman of the trump presidential campaign found guilty and sentenced to 47 months in federal prison and awaiting sentencing in another federal case where he pleaded guilty. rick gates, deputy chairman of the trump presidential campaign, pleaded guilty, testified against paul manafort awaiting sentencing. michael flynn trump campaign advisor pleaded guilty awaiting sentencing. george papadopoulos pleaded guilty and served 12 days in federal prison. michael cohen, donald trump s personal lawyer pleaded guilty sentenced to three years and awaiting sentencing in another case where he pleaded guilty and roger stone, advisor indicted and awaiting trial.
dan rather, veteran journalist and a kind soul for letting us track him down tonight in texas on zero notice. sir, thank you for being with us. i really wanted to talk to you tonight. always an honor. thank you. my pleasure. all right. that does it for us the fact that the president s long-time personal lawyer michael cohen filed a lawsuit against the president s business tonight saying that the president through his business had agreed to essentially pay mr. cohen s legal fees through the russia scandal and they stopped doing that once he became a cooperator with prosecutors. that lawsuit, again, a civil lawsuit filed today by mr. cohen, becomes yet another wrinkle in that part of this ongoing scandal. and tomorrow s friday. and you know how fridays tend to go these days. we ll see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and i ve been in courtrooms during sentencing. and it s very easy in th
investigation. the one that gets most of the attention is the investigation into possible criminal conduct by the president himself and his family members and associates. the other track involves even more committees investigating policies of the trump administration. on the criminal side this week michael cohen continued his testimony to the house intelligence committee on the possible crimes by the president. and on the policy side there were several hearings in the house investigating the workings of the trump administration policies including the policy of separating families detained at the southern border. when you saw those pictures of babies and cages, what did you do? what did you do? to just scream bloody murder up the chain to the president, to say i cannot represent an agency that is forcing its border patrol to do this. what did you do? just yes or no. are we still putting children in cages? to my knowledge, cbp never