That. It doesnt involve me, but i still feel, you know, its a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with russian collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witchhunt and its a disgrace. Harris the president also claimed a double standard in the charges against his former attorney tweeting. This. Michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. But democrat leader nancy pelosi says, quote the guilty verdicts are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of trumps inner circle, end quote. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John, day two of this and a lot of movement. Yeah. And still a lot to talk about. First of all, let me just reflect back on what you illuminated in the president s tweet about obama Campaign Finance
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A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. We have tremendous respect for china, the energy and the genius, its incredible what theyve done. But we cant do it, it has to be a twoway street. We only have one way streets not only was china but everybody. Our enemies, our friends, our allies. Our allies treat us worse than our enemies. Its all changing and when we get those trade deals done properly, sir, can you get this done immediately . He its got to take time, its like its got to just state. Like when you are cooking a turkey. Thanks giving my mother would say, eight hours. I said, eight hours . She made the greatest turkey ive ever had. It takes time. So they run and they say, can you do nato right now . Can you sign it next week . And i said look. I like mexico, and i like the new leader. I think hes going to be terrific. A little different than us, and i think im doing
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. Dicey, and they didnt come out of the campaign and thats big. If but its not even a campaign violation. If you look at president obama, he had a Massive Campaign violation, but he had a different Attorney General and they viewed it a lot differently. Sean while the media want you to believe that Michael Cohen, a central player in all things trump, the president at a much different take. Lets listen to him. Michael cohen. Tell me about your relationship with him. He was a lawyer for me for one of many the lawyer and then they like to add the fixer. I dont know where that term came from. Didnt do big deals, did small deals. Not somebody that was with me they make it sound like i didnt live without him. I understood him very well. It turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer, frankly. But he was somebody that was probably with me for about ten
years. And i would see him sometimes. Sean Michael Cohens attorney lanny davis says that his c
Morning joe. It is thursday, august 23rd. Joe has the morning off. He will be back tomorrow. We have Donny Deutsch with us along with professor at Princeton University and column at New York Post and contributor editor of Weekly Standard john and sam stein and washington Anchor Katy Kay and benjamin. Good to have you all onboard with us on another very busy morning. We begin with the very latest in President Trumps former lawyer implicating him in his guilty plea yesterday. Trump appeared to acknowledge his attorneys Campaign Finance violation and then walked it back in an interview all while maintaining its not a crime and say he blamed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his former lawyers prosecution. The president tweeted, michael
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