Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Justice that the president s lawyers have said publically and said it once again today that the president will not answer any questions about obstruction of justice and other issues that the special prosecutor Robert Mueller would like to question the president about. Regular viewers of this hour know i for one believe President Trump was never going to submit to any questions by my prosecutor under any circumstances, even back when the president said the chance of him doing that was 100 . So he said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of this . 100 . I would be glad to tell him exactly what i just told you, jim. 100 . That was a year ago. And now the chances of the president submitting to an interview with Robert Mueller is almost officially publically zero percent. Although the president s lawyers continue to play the public game
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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. On the other hand, you know, while that seems like a petty thing and an inargable thing, that might really get under the skin of the president when it comes to somebody who has become his most important ally on capitol hill. One of the things they did on that Impeachment Discussion is they lied to their contributors with this notion that it is Senate Procedure to immediately take up a bill of impeachment from the House Of Representatives and the senate can do no other business. The House Of Representatives sent over the impeachment of a federal judge in 1988 in august. The senate didnt take up the trial until 14 months later. And even then they did it parttime, a couple of hours a day here and there. It doesnt in any way clog up the senate on the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. So my reading of that was then just lying to their enthuiasts
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A New York appeals panel appeared deeply skeptical Thursday of Michael Cohen's lawsuit blaming his accountant for errors that led the onetime Donald Trump attorney to plead guilty to tax fraud, with the judges raising doubts about Cohen's malpractice claims.
cohen is that mr. freedman has already plead guilty to criminal tax fraud in a case brought by the new york state attorney. mr. friedman is report it will cooperating with investigators. for small-time tax evaders out there, it is very bad news when you find out that your accountant has been subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury by federal prosecutors. the wall street journal reported yesterday that michael cohen s accountant, jeffrey getzel has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors. a report by cnn.com says jeff my getzel was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors before the raid by the fbi on michael cohen s office, hotel room, and home in april. these reports also indicated that michael cohen is being investigated for bank fraud, including lying about his assets when applying for loans. now the penalties for tax evasion and bank fraud are much, much more severe than possible
the wall street journal is reporting that federal prosecutors in new york city are investigating michael cohen for possible tax fraud. sources told the wall street journal that michael cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from his taxi business in new york, cash that was paid to him by another taxi operator evgeny freidman. the very bad news for michael cohen is that mr. freedman has already plead guilty to criminal tax fraud in a case brought by the new york state attorney. mr. friedman is report it will cooperating with investigators. for small-time tax evaders out there, it is very bad news when you find out that your accountant has been subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury by federal prosecutors. the wall street journal reported yesterday that michael cohen s accountant, jeffrey getzel has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors. a report by cnn.com says jeff my getzel was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors before the raid by the fbi on michael cohen s offic