Rivers. To a dark day in virginia history as a jury clears the way to send a former governor and first lady to jail. Thank you all for the way youve handled this. Reporter a stunning guilty verdict against former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell and his wife. Well look at what it might mean for Public Officials everywhere. Reporter Virginia Voters share their thoughts on former governor Bob Mcdonnells guilty verdict. It was apparent they were both guilty. I dont think it was fair for he and his wife to have the same trial. Former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell and his wife maureen are convicted felons. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. The mcdonnells guilty on multiple counts of public corruption and conspiracy. After five weeks of testimony and arguments it took less than three days to convict the couple. Peggy fox reports the verdict gives Public Officials everywhere new calls for concern when it comes to accepting gifts. Reporter for the first time during this trial former governor
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Thursday, a Sanctions Bill against russia. This will be a heck of a lot easier if there was a white house who actually carried and was willing to get in the fight. Clearly continuing, the russians are not going to slow down. The last point is the problem that hangs over this entire news tonight. It appears the fbi and facebook are acting in realtime, which indicates some learning compared to 2016. The president himself though hasnt only undercut past intelligence about russia attacking in 2016, he also says he doesnt think its happening now either. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Press, lets go, make your way out. You had a chance to speak with the president after his comm
Constitution gives the house the sole power of impeachment and the power to determine its own rules. When president nixon, during the time he was going to be impeached, the chairman of the rules committee, chairman mad n madden, actually spoke on the house floor and snouannounced t would be a rule on how that procedure would move forward. When clinton rules of impeachment were brought forward, there was unanimous request to kind of govern how we conducted ourselves. Im not sure how likely it would be that we would get a unanimous consent request. Id like to ask for unanimous consent without objection to enter into a record a letter written by the Judiciary Committee signed by seven people, including kevin mccarthy, the republican leader. The key line here is we will avail ourselves of every parliamentary tool available to us to highlight your inaction. Translated it means to try and delay to make this process as
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Another surprise, republican senator mitt romney voted with democrats. In the end, the president was acquitted on both points. They are speaking out tonight as a group for the First Time Since the president was acquitted. First of all, assuming you all get newspapers, when you woke up today and you saw this, when you saw the headline i just saw it. What did you think . What do i think right now . Yeah. I think hes not been exonerated. What do you mean by that . Well, it is hard to have an acquittal without a fair trial. This was the first impeachment trial in American History where we didnt have witnesses and documents. I think the American People realized that. As we sit here right now there are thousands of americans walking into courthouses across the country that have taken their oath and they will be sitting as jurors in trials and they will hear from witnesses and documents. They are asking themselves why washington and donald trump should be any different. Of course, the answer
Giuliani pressed mueller for clarity when the probe is expected to end. In response, the post says that mueller made it clear to giuliani an interview is essential for investigators to understand trumps intent in making key decisions as they seeking to wrap up the portion of the probe focused on potential obstruction of justice. One of the reporter whos broke the news, Carol Leonnig of the west joins me now. What were the circumstances of this meeting . So remember that Rudy Giuliani basically joined trumps legal team just last week and not very many days have passed and hes already arranged a meeting with bob mueller. The special counsel and the head of a yearlong probe into russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. And the president s own actions and whether or not he obstructed justice by seeking to thwart the criminal probe in its early stages and later after mueller inherited it. So heres Rudy Guiliani saying lets sit down and talk. And the first couple of things that t