him and his siblings. tax experts tell the times that the president is unlikely to face criminal prosecution for tax evasion because the statute of limitations has passed on any possible wrongdoing. but as the times reports, there is no time limit on civil fines for tax frauds. the new york state damages department is reviewing the allegations. the report continues fred trump was relentless and creative in finding ways to channel his wealth to his children. he made donald not just his salaried employee but also his property manager, landlord, banker and consultant. he gave them loan after loan, many never repaid. he provided money for donald s cars, money for his employees, money for his first manhattan offices. he gave him three trust funds, he gave him shares in multiple partnerships, he gave him $10,000 christmas checks and he gave him laundry revenue from his buildings. according to the investigation
talking to robert mueller s team about a possible plea deal. sources say it is not clear if the negotiations involve the former trump campaign chairman providing information about the president. the news comes just days before jury selection begins in manafort s second trial for alleged financial crimes and could signal a lift in legal strategy. manafort chose to go to trial in virginia and was convicted last month on eight federal counts of bank and tax frauds. he faces up to ten years in prison on those counts. coming up, russian president vladimir putin defending two men accused of poisoning an ex-spy and his daughter in the uk. we re live in moscow.
let s watch. president trump: fake news and the russian witch hunt. we got a whole big combination. where is the collusion? you know, they are still looking for collusion. where is the collusion? find some collusion. we want to find the collusion. sean: i hate to say. equal justice under the law, equal application of our laws is dead. i will explain in a minute. cohen and manafort literally are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for bank and for tax frauds, et cetera. let s take a look at some prominent liberals tonight, shall we? that committed similar crimes. they didn t face the same consequences. remember tim geithner? a name you haven t heard in a while. underpaid taxes tens of thousands of dollars over multiple years before becoming bam become s first treasury secretary obama s first treasury secretary. oops. no indictment for him.
after me that i can t get to. but we do have the 32 indictments tonight and we re both covering that. and rachel as you know, the irs is always very proud to tell the story about how they never managed to get al capone for murder but they got him on tax evasion. that s what s in these indictments. we have been waiting since october for the tax evasion charges against manafort and gates not because we thought they might be tax frauds but because it was spelled out in the first indictment. now we have the tax charges. how could there not be tax evasion in a money laundering case. that s the one thing federal prosecutors know how to do. that s their strike zone, tax evasion. i ve been in courtrooms watching tax evasion, it s hard to squeeze out of one of those as a
look, we ve got one guy with a sterling record for integrity and honesty in washington for the last 40 years, and you ve got another guy who is a pathological liar, who is a chain of abuses, lies, deceptions, adulteries, tax frauds and every other damn thing under the earth under the sun. i think there s no commission here. i think the trump people are going to try to smear comey as quickly and deeply as they can because they recognize when it comes down to these two men, you know, basically one is the sketchy guy hanging outside the elementary school staring at people, and the other fwie guy e crossing gards. i want to play an amazing moment that happened at that same press conference. at issue is who is telling the truth about interactions between the president and james comey. and the president has just had a private meeting with the head of state of romania. and a question is asked, and something remarkable happens. take a listen.