Become a reality among democrats. Up first, a tale of two felons. President trump praises Paul Manafort, his former Campaign Chairman, now convicted on eight federal counts of tax and bank fraud. The president tweeted this, i feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. Justice, and he puts the word justice in quotes took a 12yearold tax case among other things applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break. Make up stories in order to get a deal. Such respect for a brave man. The president took another swipe at Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and personal fixer for more than a decade who pleaded guilty to eight charges and implicated the president of the United States in a hush money scheme. The president tweeted this. Quote, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Lets bring in our white house
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Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. A very close relationship. So harry talked about the kind of legal ramifications here. What does this mean emotionally for the president. He feels a sense of the world closing in. Someone just plead guilty to federal crimes and said i committed this federal crime at the direction of the president of the United States. Didnt name donald trump, but donald trump is who he was talking about. Theres no way donald trump isnt feeling this emotionally in a very raw way. Well see that come out in the rally in West Virginia. The president speaking in just moments. Were obviously monitoring it closely. April, youve covered the white house day in and day out. The people the president works most closely with and the president himself repeatedly denied knowing anything about these payments to Stormy Daniels. Lets j
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Counsel. How much specificity would we get here in seeing a plea deal . Would there be things that are sort of kept from public view or would it be pretty clear what the guts are here . I dont think the first filing i dont think will reveal everything. In other words, i think the first filing, announcing the plea deal and that sort of thing is probably not going to spell out in great detail exactly what Information Cohen has to provide. We may have to await several weeks, several months down the road to find out the full scope of his cooperation and the full breadth of his information. Kristen welker, i think we have you standing by as well. The other aspect of this, we set this up at the top, Michael Cohen so close to donald trump for so long, that famous line where he said he would take a bullet for donald trump. Obviously in the last few weeks, yes, it sounds like hes been telegraphing this possi
Ami or at his direction. This is not a positive development by any stretch of the imagination for donald trump. Its obvious to me that these documents that are being referenced would already be in the hands of government prosecutors and investigators, and, again you think only a matter of time. Theres a concern that, well, theyre been moved and they may never be heard from or seen again. You think they already have . Well, i think they absolutely already have them unless they were destroyed before mr. Pecker was granted immunity but when the government grants immunity to someone, thats a big deal. The government just Doesnt Hand Out immunity that easily and they would have required any such documents at that time to be turned over. So, i want to play something for you, this is what President Trump told fox news about the crimes Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to. Listen to this, michael. What he did and they werent taken out of Campaign Finance. Thats a big thing. Thats a much bigger thin
It is treason. Another guilty plea on the outside. I see papadopoulos today, i dont know papadopoulos. Another Camp Campaign aide is sentenced. Mueller has his sights set on a bigger target. The threat to our democracy doesnt just come from donald trump. It is indifference. President obamas return to the Campaign Trail. You are the antidote. I began by telling the president there was a cancer growing on the presidency. Dire warning from a man who would know on the last day of the kavanaugh hearing. There is now a cancer on the presidency . Yes, i would agree with that. All in starts now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. 60 days from the midterm election. Including tonight a report that his private business empire, a thing that defines him above all else is in the cross hairs of a federal probe. Inside the white house the president and closest aides are reportedly turning the west wing upside down to try to identify the anonymous author of the oped. Asked by a reporter if h