Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Daniels and other women during the campaign. It was always so clear to him that he did something wrong that he lied about it when he was asked about it on Air Force One, which became the next question in the briefing. So many people now look back at that tape of him on Air Force One saying he knew nothing about these payments, when in fact we now know he knew everything about those payment, so has he lied. Thats a ridiculous accusation. The president has done nothing wrong and there are no charges against him. So now it is a ridiculous accusation if you ask the question has the president lied after the whole world has watched the president lie on Air Force One. Mr. President , did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . Then why did makele cohen make that. You have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney and youll have to ask michael. Do you know where he got the money to m
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. There could be a slow down in the production of these kind of things like Exhibit Lists because Paul Manafort maybe has begun a conversation with the prosecutors about what happens next . I dont know how much a, i dont know how much transparency we would have in that process. And, b, i dont know what to expect in terms of timing from this court. With the previous Paul Manafort trial, it was in the Eastern District of virginia, which is not only known for being fast, it is famous for being fast. It is the rocket docket. Theyre the originals. We knew to expect things to go fast and we knew to notice any delay as interesting and potentially suspicious in virginia. In d. C. , we dont have those kind of cues to set baseline expectations. So its really hard to know. It is remarkable that prosecutors have more than double the number of pieces of evidence in d. C. Than they did in virginia. But i dont
fbi conducts a background check. but after concerns were raised by the personnel office, president trump pushed kelly and mcgahn to make the decision saying things like it s no big deal, they ll probably be leaving soon and going back up to new york. so that it didn t appear that the president himself was tainting the process in his family s favor. after both refused, trump grant the security clearances according to sources we ve been speaking with. and of course this development comes on the heels of the new york times reporting, anderson, that trump ordered kelly to grant ivanka s husband, jared kushner, a top security clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials. white house press secretary sarah sanders says the white house cannot comment on security clearance issues nor can it respond to every anonymous source. kelly could not be reached for comment and mcgahn declined to comment for this story, anderson. let s just remind, pamela, our viewers of what ivanka tru
pardon from donald trump or does he have to forge ahead and potentially take the risk of seeing jail time? of squandering the rest of his family fortune? i think paul manafort is a guy able to live in denial up until this point. he had incredible self-confidence and self-delusion. i think that the time for denial and self-delusion essentially ended. even somebody with incredible capacity for self-delusion has to face certain extremely obvious facts. and, barbara, here is what the new york times is reporting about the president s own discussions with rudy about pardoning paul manafort. it s giuliani is the source. he said the two have discussed the political fallout should mr. trump grant a pardon. yesterday s plea and this is giulianiing. there s the confirmation.
d.c., he ll need to decide if he has faith that he can get the pardon from donald trump or does he have to forge ahead and potentially take the risk of seeing jail time? of squandering the rest of his family fortune? i think paul manafort is a guy able to live in denial up until this point. he had incredible self-confidence and self-delusion. i think that the time for denial and self-delusion essentially ended. even somebody with incredible capacity for self-delusion has to face certain extremely obvious facts. and, barbara, here is what the new york times is reporting about the president s own discussions with rudy about pardoning paul manafort. it s giuliani is the source. he said the two have discussed the political fallout should mr. trump grant a pardon.