Well see. Thank to you phillip, zerlina, john. Thank you for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. I dont want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet. A New York Times bombshell. Can you say unequivocally no one here has discussed pardons in this case . The president s lawyer reportedly floated pardons for flynn and plfrt before they were charged. Ive always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man. Tonight it the reporter who broke the story and what this means for the Obstruction Case against the president. Then, did the Special Counsel just file evidence of Trump Campaign collusion with russia . Thats what he said. Thats what i said. Thats obviously what our position is. Plus, the president announces the firing of the v. A. Secretary on twitter. And apple ceo tim cook on Mark Zuckerbergs current
predicament. I wouldnt be in this situation. Okay. More from kara swisher and my exclusive interview when all in starts right now. Good evening
A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. A stay will be lifted in a civil case ear you will have the right to depose trump. So why do think youll be able to depose and what you think youre going to get. Stkpwhrrs the entire purpose of the stay was, as argued by Michael Cohens attorneys too, see whats going to hap in in the governments investigation. It its basically over because he skwrusz pled out two days ago. As it relates to the deposition, weve laid out our rational and i think were on better footing now, first of Michael Cohen, of tkaopb don. What the president knew, what the Communications Burr Tween him and Michael Cohen. What they did to cover up the existence of the nba, the flow of money. Theres a host of issues that go to the heart of our case. And i also believe theres a significant likelihood were going to follow that up with the president. When we come back another big legal issue for the president. One that. My name is jeff sheldon,
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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
further her career. the ag s office is investigating whether the trump organization manipulated the value of its properties and james wants to depose trump under oath. she responded to the lawsuit from trump saying, quote, our investigation will continue undeterred because no one is above the law, not even someone with the name trump. ac 360 with john berman starts now. good evening. we start with breaking news. a day before president biden addresses the nation on covid, the cdc now reports that the omicron variant of the virus, first reported in south africa less than a month ago, is now the dominant strain of new cases in this country. it made up 73% of new infections last week. 73%. a senior-health official warned this weekend that these infections are likely to increase exponentially. and we have just confirmed the first death in the united states due to the omicron variant in texas. should not come as a sprieds
mazars is cutting ties and telling others not to rely on nearly a decade s worth of financial statements. this significant development was revealed in a court filing by the new york attorney general s office as it tries to depose trump and his children. so we need to break this down. former federal prosecutor, michael zelden. good morning. what do you make of the timing here? why do you think now? because i think they believe that they may be fraud in the financial documents. they re saying to the world essentially, we can t be assured based on the totality of the circumstances the information we received was correct and, therefore, our opinion will be appropriately relied upon. it s a warning side to the world, don t sue us if anything