Reports and interviews that give viewers a look inside the corridors of power in Washington, D. C. All this is ken vogel of the New York Times and also the law firm of butler rocca and dershowitz, former federal prosecutor Georgetown Law 0 professor and legal analyst paul butler. Former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york also an msnbc legal analyst mimi rocca, and Professor Emeritus at harvard law school, Alan Dershowitz. He is the author of the book the case against Impeaching Trump. Thanks to all of you for being with us on this sunday night. Ken vogel, i want to start with you just in terms of what weve been seeing out of the white house from this president today. What prompted this flurry of tweets . Well, clearly hes fairly under a lot of pressure. Michael cohen is coming out publicly and releasing the tape of the conversation regarding a payoff to a woman who alleged he had an affair with her, has seemed to set him off in a way we havent seen him reall
No question about it. Talk to your doctor about chantix. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live in washington from 7 00 to 9 00 eastern. Tonight the president lashes out against Robert Mueller claiming Conflicts Of Interest. Plus russia gate travels to the Worst Airport gate in america. Don junior and Robert Mueller treated to the lucid nightmare that is gate 35 x at Reagan National airport. At the same time the president s inner circle is fighting it out in federal court and the court of public opinion. Later well talk to senator Chris Van Hollen about matters
foreign and domestic. He floetsz new sanctions for months could you as tariffs start to turn politically toxic at home. But we begin with a series of tweets from the president late today including a Greatest Hits of grievances against special counsel Robert Mueller. Quote, is Robert Mueller ever going to release his Conflicts Of Interest with respect to president trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty and
Were used to seeing from the president. Perhaps this statement was lawyered, it was in response to a request that my colleague Ashley Parker and i made to sarah sanders, first to interview the president. He wasnt available for an interview, but she offered to get a statement from him which he provided. Look, its important because he seems to be creating some wiggle room for his son. We know from our reporting that theres anxiety in the president s inner circle including by the president himself who has fretted to associates and friends that hes worried about don jr. , worried that there could be some legal jeopardy, legal exposure there, and theres a feeling in the orbit that something could potentially happen in the next few weeks. We dont know what that might be. But this maybe the president trying to protect himself, distance himself from anything that may be afoot with his son. All right. So theres the issue of the Trump Tower Meeting which we know mueller has a good deal of inform
Debating the fifth amendment, democrats thought they might feel gop defections but so far they have not seen one. In the past few hours, this is big, the Washington Post is reporting an hour or two ago that Senate Democrats are considering a trade. I will trade you, my kids have pokemon cards, i will trade you hunter biden for john bolton. Politico also reporting that adam shifts, this is my favorite story of the day, was caught in another by. This time ms. Characterizing a communication from the democrats new darling star witness, love parnas. Guess what, they are caught again. The back of the proceedings, the president s team was led by Pat Cipollone who has been me in the past, he is a dear friend of mine, and impeachment attorney to the president , j sekulow and others, democrats have most of their house managers give presentations today but it was adam schiff who took center stage and it was a curious move given some of the blatant partisan tactics during the house hearing but tha
Democrats thought they might see a few g. O. P. Defections but so far they have not seen one. In the past few hours we seen a number of different developments. This is big. The Washington Post is reporting, this was just an hour or two ago, the now Senate Democrats are considering a trade. Ill trade you my kids have pokemon cards. I will trade you a hunter biden for a john bolton. Is this really happening . Well see. Politico also reporting moments ago that adam schiff this is my favorite story of the day, was caught in another lie. Yes. This time, mischaracterizing a communication from the democrats new darling star witness, lev parnas. We are going to get into that in a little bit, but theyve been dining out on lev parnas for the last week. Guess what, they are caught again. The president s team was led by white House Counsel Pat Cipollone who, full disclosure, has represented me in the past, and you all know because ive talked about it before. He is a dear friend of mine. And impeac