Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Collar professional, think of john kasich, congressman from this district. That strain of republican used to be the heart of this district. In 2016, what we saw happen with donald trump on the scene, Franklin County it was dead even when it was obama versus romney. The flip side is when you get outside of franklin, outside of the wealthy suburbs of delaware and into the blue counties of rural. You saw some of the biggest swings in the country from romney in 12 who did terribly from trump in 2016. Obama carried the muskingum
in michigan. Muslim American Public Health Official is running the democratic primary for governor. The front runner in the race, the state former Senate Minority leader has been endorsed by emilys list and like every contest, todays elections stand in the shadow of 2016 election and the man who became president and the wreckage he associates himself with. His fixer Michael Cohen is under investigation for tax fraud for under
Dr. Melissa Barrett, a Baton Rouge, LA-based physician, was found guilty of tax evasion and faces up to 5 years in prison. Evidence showed she underreported inc
in michigan. muslim american public health official is running the democratic primary for governor. the front runner in the race, the state former senate minority leader has been endorsed by emily s list and like every contest, today s elections stand in the shadow of 2016 election and the man who became president and the wreckage he associates himself with. his fixer michael cohen is under investigation for tax fraud for underreporting income. subpoenaed mr. cohen s former
the head or culture of corruption. one of the things that preceded watergate or preceded watergate bringing down nixon, was like oh by the way, vis presidece presi getting bags of cash. in the case of nixon, you have this corrupt president, and it says something about the kinds of people the president selects. as they say, birds of a feather flock together and the same thing that happened in the nixon administration where you had a lot of cash flowing overflowing saves in the white house. and the same thing is happening here, you have cohen, gates, and manafort all underreporting
with this. this is one of their folks. i think as we get down the road, we probably will hear from them. initially they want to draw this technical line, say these charges relate to things that happened before he ran for congress, so i get it s all right to have a guy charged with massive tax fraud, with underreporting income, with mail fraud, as long as he did it before he got to congress. i think the pressure will mount and ultimately i think they will say something. he s on the ballot in november, you know. you were going to say? that s the problem. the problem is that, as long as he stays alive, the only way they can get him off the ballot is if he s appointed to a judgeship. that would be a real first. i don t think we re going to see somebody until federal indictment appointed to a judgeship. the situation for republicans in that district is grim. i think democrats will win that seat, and there s no way forward