A recap of the days news. Mr. Trump, helped along by aras and amon. Its clear from the very beginning the information being offered to the Trump Campaign was coming from russia. And it was clear that the information being offered was dirt on clinton. Its the first thing they said. Despite trump juniors initial claim the meeting was about the adoption of russian children. That claim coming in a statement we later learned was dictated by President Trump himself. After White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed he didnt. How did we learn about the president s statements . Well, his own attorneys acknowledge it in a letter to Robert Mueller in january. Its all right there in front of your face. Its all in writing. This is an administration that has tried to distract and deflect from the facts literally from day one when then Press Secretary sean spicer, remember, tried to claim that president
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Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Today had as much to do with the president but now that you have people that the Justice Department indicts, like congressman Duncan Hunter adopting the president s rhetoric, the chief Law Enforcement general in this country felt like he had to push back. We have to consider the context in which this is happening. The Justice Department has extracted guilty pleas or convictions for the president s former lawyer and fixer, his campaign chairman, his National Security advisor and Foreign Policy advisor. Indicted his number one Congressional Republican supporter and number two Congressional Republican supporter. He told the the New York Times that he had Great Respect for eric holder because in his view he totally protected president obama. We can debate the facts of that but it suggests the president views the role of Attorney General as protecting him primarily and he doesnt separate himself from the institution. Je
News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. Personal purposes. On the other hand, if it came out of a Donald Trump Trust fund, which i understand weisselberg also manages, it might not be any kind of a financial tax crime. So hes somebody who has very, very Important Information which could be helpful to the prosecutors. Not only in the cohen case but if they want to dig deeper into the Trump Organization. And weisselbergs cooperation seems to be limited to the cohen probe. What would prosecutors need to call weisselberg back and ask him to provide information about other potential crimes . Well, i think you know, what always happens in these federal investigations, and we saw it in the manafort case, when they start looking at a particular issue, sometimes they stumble across other things that turn out to be criminal in nature. Thats, i think, one of the reasons why the president is probably as upset as he has been sounding this week. Once they start looking into the
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Has publicly verifiable information, tread lightly. Dont go too fast around this corner. This may be someone trying to trip you up. On top of the mcgahn and cohen news, there have been a bunch of new developments today and into this evening including one that relates to this guy. Remember this guy . He is the one person who has gone to prison already. Actually served his custodial sentence in the russia scandal. His name is alex van der zwaan. Hes a lawyer that served 30 days in federal lockup as punishment for lying to investigators about his role in one of Paul Manaforts foreign lobbying gigs. It has always been possible there was a Big Biographical coincidence about him. It is totally possible its a coincidence. But one of the more intriguing details about him, who has
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Declared that america was never great. I dont believe america has been great for all folks. I would have to agree with Governor Cuomo. Quote, america was never great. Thats the democrats new theme. It dont matter where we go we always find a way back home. Steve there is just two of us on the couch today live from new york city. Its been kind of a rainy night. Things are drying out here on new york city. Meanwhile 250 miles south of us is Ainsley Earhardt at the white house where it was raining overnight there, too. And its going to be a beautiful day. Ainsley makes me a little sad saw that shot from the two of you behind. Im used to being right in the middle of you two. I flew down here yesterday last night. We are interviewing the president after the show. Big news day yesterday. We have exclusive interview with him. We have a lot of questions to ask. If you at home want to send in your questions we would love that friends foxnews. Com. Brian also have people joining you out there, r