chris jansing reports starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. there s explosive new evidence out today showing then president donald trump got $7.8 million courtesy of foreign countries, more than half of it from china. the allegations about the money paid to trump s businesses while he was in office coming in a highly detailed new report from house democrats. so what s congress going to do about it? plus, new year, same harrowing story, a school shooting stunning a small town in iowa, multiple students and an administrator believed to be among the wounded. we ll get a live update in just a few minutes. and as the battle over the ballot heats up, will colorado be the catalyst to that finally bottoms the supreme court to weigh in? the latest on donald trump s appeal and where the legal fight goes from here. . but we begin with that brand new report alleging donald trump unconstitutionally profited while president. com
Pickles are good. Friday pickles with ranch. This is surprising the new england lobster roll i would have thought was terrible is delicious. Deep dish pizza is so good. Todd were going to eat chips and you are going to watch fox friends. It starts right now. Shut down showdown. President trump says he is ready to turn the lights out on Congress Unless they fund the border wall. The president issuing this threat treating i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us Border Security. This president is a bully. Is he not going to shut down anything. We are not going to be intimidated. Wrapping up President Trumps attorney. The man i is a pathological minuter. Manipulator. The President Tweeting we have a very nasty and contentious business relationship. Democrats take aim at the booming economy. President trump is going to take a lot of credit for these good numbers. Dont believe him. The democrats, all they have is Trump Derangement syndrome and they dont wan
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Jay sekulow on abc yesterday. Would that meeting constitute a violation of the law . And what you have is a situation and ive said this well over a year. You have to look at what laws, rules and Regulation Statutes are purportedly violated here. Hes been saying that for well over a year. Well over a year ago, he said the opposite about that meeting in trump tower. Remember, it was all about adoptions. I didnt hear anybody talk about babies this weekend. And there are some potentially relevant laws. For example, u. S. Code of federal regulations. Quote, a Foreign National shall not directly or indirectly make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or a donation in connection with any federal, state or local election. And, quote, no person shall knowingly solicit accept or
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So theoretically, you they he has taped people inside of the white house . He threatened comey. He said, you know, you have to watch out. He insinuated that there might be tapings. She said this about the interview that President Trump gave to Msnbc News Last year in which she discussed the firing. He was being prepped by hope hi hi hicks and thecomes team to say that the doj had come up with this memo so they could justify the fire thing of comey. And you were in on it, too . That is definitely a hope hicks Press Secretary Type of thing. So if thecomes team prepped him to lie to lester holt they prepped him everyday. Did you ask the question why we are lying . All the time. The answer was . This is how they do it. This is the Trump Administration. This is her assessment of the president s ability to do his job. They want to talk to her. Fake news. Laura trump, again the wife of eric trump, had this to say to sean hannity tonight. What an Incredible Opportunity she wasted. The presiden
when the republicans are forever scrutinizing hunter biden s profits from foreign countries, you know, this money wasn t pouring into the eric trump hotel or the don jr. hotel. it was pouring into donald trump s hotels, his properties, and it sure appears as representative raskin puts in th forward of this report, that donald trump violated the emoluments clause of the constitution. letead something from this report, quote, arm 1, section 9, clause 8 of the constitution forbids the president to accept money, payments, or gifts of any kind whatever from foreign governments and monarchs unless he obtains the consent of congress to do it. it is absolutely unconstitutional what he did? yeah, and i will quote representative raskin in the forward to this report, which is appropriately titled white house for sale. he said donald trump violated both the clear commands of the