Conspiracy and they cover up the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump now underway as trumps attorney or zaid, you and im quoting him here. There is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election it was a hush of the courtroom today is the first witness took the stand in long time. Confidante who helped trump catch and kill negative stories. And good now help make the former president , it convicted felon, and trump. Meanwhile, relatively the quiet incorporate ranting outside court, attacking Michael Cohen, the widely expected Star Witness For The Prosecution my source tonight is Michael Cohens legal adviser, lael any davis, also just in trump, but a new interview talking about the jury, did he just violate a gag order . Maybe again, im Kaitlan Collins. And this is the source course for the next six weeks or so prepared to expect the unexpected, speaking of which one very well trump saying that the first true de of his criminal trial well, in his view, weve been a
With the russians? and if they didn t tell him, there s a reason. counterintelligence is designed to protect institutions, designed to protect americans from foreign influence. they told hillary clinton about efforts to do that. they told dianne feinstein. she had somebody on her staff they thought was working with the chinese, but they never mentioned to trump, and i want to know why. maria: yeah. they had meetings with him and a lot of opportunities to do so. all right. in terms of the i.g. report, you ll get the report tomorrow, we ll all get the report tomorrow, and you re going to have michael horowitz testify on wednesday. have you seen the i.g. report? no, i haven t, but don t judge it until he testifies. i think i have some understanding of what it s all about, but i haven t seen it. i ve purposefully not wanted to see it. i think you re going to see members of the department of justice and the fbi taking the law into their own hands. and that statement that comey made in the
I just don t think he has enough credibility with the special counsel that there is not enough corroboration for him to be of any value. charles: let me share with the audience the conclusion. for the reasons set forth aabove, the officers asked that a substantial term of impresonment, one that reflects the range. they also ask for $500,000 and a fine dated december 7, 2018. this seems harsh to me. perhaps a sign of frustration. yeah, a lot of times people like manafort and cohen think they can outsmart the agents that are doing the interviews and interrogations. they just think they can nuance their way around things and not really come across with information. or they just don t have any information. i think in cohen s case, he made it sound like he had information when he didn t.