And by extension on the president himself. Cohen is currently the subject of a criminal investigation into his business dealings. The case was referred, you may recall, to the feds in new york from the mueller team in washington. Sources close to cohen tell nbc news hes now for a new legal team, or lawyer, to represent him. One report even raises the possibility that cohen may. More likely to flip and start cooperating as a highly valuable witness for the government. Nbc news reports that cohen has not yet spoken with prosecutors, but the possibility of him flipping has rattled trumps allies, who see the potential legal jeopardy for the president. In large part, because remember, the president knows the kinds of things that would be seized during a raid of cohens home and office. Also tonight, the Washington Post has brandnew reporting on Robert Muellers continued focus on Michael Cohen. Quote, cohen is under intensifying scrutiny from mueller whos continuing to investigate episodes in
Could keep it in. I came here to confront you after you made fun of me yesterday. Also with us, Nbc News National Political reporter, Heidi Przybilla. Good to have you all on board. You were great on broadway yesterday. Joe was on broadway. With jimmy buffett. I know we were going to wait to talk about this. But it was fun and everyone loved it. Everyone was so happy. Mika pointed out. My debut on broadway and she points out. She said you know what, youre wearing the same exact outfit you wore the night before coaching your son and the night before and the night before. Those are your nicest sweat pants. Everybody else is in tommy bahama. Its a great time and the show, i mean people loved that show. They were having fun. So lets get to our jimmy, very nice guy. Lovely. Redneck riviera. There he is, okay. Lets get to our top story, the special counsel on the russia investigation has reportedly obtained more information about potential obstruction of justice. The New York Times reports t
Special master to render decisions regarding privilege issues related to materials seized in execution of certain search warrants executed on april 9, 2018, hence described in this document as seized materials. This report is submitted to provide the court and the boirts an update of the special masters progress. That you are soon to the courts order, june 26, 2018, the plaintiff and intervenors have submitted designations for items in their poe session with the xegs of 22,633 items currently being reviewed by the Trump Organization. That review must be completed on or before july 5th. Which is thursday. Quote, once the Trump Organization submits its designations, any remaining items not designated privileged, partially privileged or highly personal will be promptly released to the government. And then theres this. Quote, a release of 1,310,365 items that were not designated privileged, partially privileged or highly personal by the plaintiff or an intervenor was made to the government
Tweet. My political representatives didnt want me to get involved in the mark sanford primary thinking he would win. With a few hours left i felt katie was such a good candidate and sanford was so bad i had t give it a shot. Congrats to katie arrington. What are the ripple effects of all of this . Whats the lesson now for every republican in congress . Joining me now is cnn political reporter, rebecca. What republicans are receiving after Mark Sanfords loss is any republican who wants to challenge the president is risking political suicide if they do so. We have seen it with jeff flake challenging the president. He, of course, decided not to run for reelection because his polling looked pretty bad and then we saw roby running for reelection in alabama and her race is going to a runoff in a few weeks largely because she was a critic of the president and so we have seen other test cases for this theory, but mark sanford showing us once again just how perilous it is if you are a republica
The obstruction of justice, the abuse of power, and the corruption. Our goal is to vindicate the rule of law, to protect the rule of law in this country. Cnns manu raju is on capitol hill. Kaitlan collins is at the white house for us. Manu, let me start with you. Other than the harsh reality that elections have consequences, what are lawmakers telling you about all of this on the hill today . Reporter well, they believe the democrats believe that these document requests should be fulfilled rather easily over the next two weeks, given that these 81 individuals have participated in some level of investigation over the last couple of years. And they say the record requests are not, at that point, in two weeks, the next steps could be subpoenas. They do expect public hearings at some point, but all of that still needs to be sorted out. Thats on the house side, the democrats are ramping up their investigation. On the senate side, republicans are still in the majority and democrats here are