2016. On the left, congressman Chris Collins who was indicted on Felony Charges less than two weeks ago. He was the first to endorse donald trump for president. And then on the right side, thats congressman Duncan Hunter. He was the second sitting member of Do Know Support donald trump for president and now today he too has been indicted on multiple Felony Charges. Who was third . As i say, congressman Duncan Hunter probably considers himself lucky today. If youre going to get indicted, today was probably a pretty good day. Because the news of his indictment arrived on a day like no other. In this remarkable scandal ridden candidacy. We actually called Michael Beschloss to ask if theres anything like this. Has there ever been a single day in the news for any u. S. President that held similar
come one in u. S. History would be march 1st, 1974. That produced this headline the next day. March 1st, 1974, was the day a grand jury indicted Richard Nixons campaign manage here he had named Att
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. But the president s own fate is a real front burner issue now because of what just happened with cohen and manafort. Lets start with manafort. On manafort, you know by now the basics. Manafort was convicted on eight Felony Counts. The jury in the Manafort Case was not able to reach a verdict on the other ten Felony Counts that manafort was facing. They didnt find him not guilty on those other ten charges. They just couldnt come to a decision. That gives the prosecution and the defense both some options here. On the counts where the jury didnt reach a verdict, there was a mistrial for those ten counts, than means prosecutors could decide to try Paul Manafort again on those ten counts. Prosecutors have a choice as to whether or not they want to do that. On the other hand, there are the eight counts, the eight Felony Charges where the jurors did reach a verdict. On all eight charges they found him guilty. On those eight gu
cohen speaking truth to power. i want to underscore what you referenced, that mr. cohen has information about the president and his advance knowledge of the crime of hacking during the campaign. and you re saying that mr. cohen, whether or not he has spoken to the special counsel s office, he would be happy to discuss that with the special counsel, separate and apart from everything that happen today in the southern district of new york. i hate to be overly legalistic with you, but i m not going to confirm what knowledge michael has. i will confirm that mr. mueller, who i greatly respect, will have a lot of interest in what michael has to say. and by the way, on just the crime of directing somebody to commit a crime, as you pointed out in your opening. it was a crime for president trump to direct michael cohen to the crime of a campaign finance
in terms of what you just said, i just want to underscore what you just referenced, that mr. cohen has information about the president and his advance knowledge of the crime of hacking during the campaign. and you re saying that mr. cohen, whether or not he has spoken to the special counsel s office, he would be happy to discuss that with the special counsel, separate and apart from everything that happened today in the southern district of new york? i hate to be overly legalistic with you, but i m not going to confirm what knowledge michael has. i will confirm that mr. mueller, who i greatly respect, will have a lot of interest in what michael has to say. and by the way, on just the crime of directing somebody to commit a crime, as you pointed out in your opening, it was a crime for president trump to direct michael cohen to the crime of a campaign finance donation that exceeded the legal limitations. there is something else interesting that isn t so