Become a reality among democrats. Up first, a tale of two felons. President trump praises Paul Manafort, his former Campaign Chairman, now convicted on eight federal counts of tax and bank fraud. The president tweeted this, i feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. Justice, and he puts the word justice in quotes took a 12yearold tax case among other things applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break. Make up stories in order to get a deal. Such respect for a brave man. The president took another swipe at Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and personal fixer for more than a decade who pleaded guilty to eight charges and implicated the president of the United States in a hush money scheme. The president tweeted this. Quote, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Lets bring in our white house
house, thank you. Republicans, meanwhile, in congress for the most
trump s perhaps arguments in all of this. he keeps changing the story as we know when he knew, what he knew about these payments. you know, and it s better off for him. he has to defend himself. but legally, when you think about it, he should let his lawyers deal with this. one other thing to add because in a tweet this morning and in that clip, he mentions the obama thing. barack obama campaign paid a massive fine. his campaign. now what was that in regards to? it was in regards to, basically in the last, i think it s in the last 2 1/2, 3 weeks of a campaign of a primary or general, legeneral election you have to report contributions you get in the last 48 hours. it s so that it s not backlogged in the last months of the campaign. that s what he was fined for. not adequately filing those 48-hour reports in detail. that s a very different thing than directly coordinate