This country what it is. Im proud of you and your family. Dont ever forget where you came from, boy. Yes, maam, absolutely right. Amen to that. Thank you, chris. See you soon. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon, Chris Collins of new york stands indicted in an alleged Insider Trading scheme. Accused of multiple counts of fraud. It is rare for prosecutors to indict a sitting elected official, particularly in an election year. The u. S. Attorney in new york says that collins acted as if laws, well, they didnt apply to him. Donald trump has accomplished in this primary, is unprecedented. Donald trump is absolutely brilliant, and Donald Trumps a
swamp of washington, were going to have fun doing it, were all doing it together. When it comes to washington, d. C. , it is time to drain the swamp. Not only has that swamp not been drained, this administration is building all over it i know that Chris Collins is a congressman and a trump supporter, hes not a member of this administration, trump tol
Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. Team. Facing charges of Insider Trading and lying to the fbi. The government alleging that collins tipped his son off about a failed drug test at a bio tech company. Family and friends then sold their stock in the company before the news broke saving them more than 768,000 in losses. Noting that no one is above the law as charges were laid out against the congressman. Congressman collins cheated our market and our justice system. These charges are a reminder that this is a nation of laws and that everybody stands equal before the bar of justice. Now collins has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his statement that lawyers say we are confident he will be
the news about stock trade and news about his Making Recommendations of other members of congress to buy stock of this company of which he was a member of the board has become public for more than a year. What does this case look like to
Facing donald trump today, how much did he raise and where did it go . Pretty basic questions. At the time he said that he had raised 6 million. He said it that night at the event. Since then reporters have been asking for an accounting of the money. Those answers have been harder to come by. Lets get to senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. He is in the room. Hes at trump tower waiting for this press conference to happen. Jim, what are you seeing, what are you hearing . Reporter kate and john, thats right. We have heard from donald trump in the last several days give an explanation as to why this full accounting as to where that money has gone has been slow in am couldi coming. Hes said we had to vet the vets. I expect well hear that. That it took all of this time to give this full accounting to the American People as to where this money went because not all of these groups were groups that you could put out there as having received this money right away, and so it was necessar
About was a fox news report. They claim that three different intelligence sources had told them that the president went outside, im talking about president obama, went outside the normal chain of command to do some sort of surveillance. He didnt go to the fbi or the cia, he went to british intelligence. Well, a statement has now been issued by g. C. H. Q. , that is the namef that agency saying recent allegations made by media commentator judge andrew in a politano about gchq being asked to conduct wire tapping against the then president elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and they should be ignored. Now, multiple sources, multiple news reports in the u. K. Say the white house has issued a formal apology. We have asked them. We have not heard back from them. But lets be clear about this. This is not something again that a president can do. The president cannot go to a Foreign Agent and ask them to spy on an american citizen. So the brits completely unhappy about this, comple
Is far we have not seen a shred of evidence to support this claim. Now fbi director james comey is expected to tell the House Intelligence Committee on monday whether any evidence exists. Trumps Supreme Court nominee kneel gorsuch will begin his Senate Confirmation hearing on my and on thursday, the Republican Health care plan is set for a vote on the house floor. The president predicts its going to pass on the first try. I want everybody to note that all of these nos or potential nos are all yess. Every Single Person in this room. Hes working the art of the deal. Right now President Trump is at his maralago resort in florida. Lets go to White House Correspondent athena jones in nearby west palm beach. He has dinner plans tonight, right . Hi, ana, hes planning to dine with isaac, ike perlmutter, the billionaire ceo of marvel entertainment. So thats to be his guest tonight. I can tell you the president spent several hours at Trump International golf club in west palm beach. White house