News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. Meaning in this other than you have to pay your taxes, and you cant lie on a loan application. Time is going to tell who is to be trusted around here and who isnt. Including everybody. We begin there with the president in crisis and the stunning fact, yes, fact, that the foundation of that crisis. The president of the United States is an unindicted coconspirator in a felony Campaign Finance case. If that isnt enough, the Special Counsel won convictions on eight counts in his first major trial. That are the former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. The president s reaction today is beyond telling. Hes attacking his longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen who decided to cooperate with the feds and is praising Paul Manafort who the president says is refusing to break under pressure. Both Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort face prison time. What now for the president is
the big question here in washington. There are democrats who say
going to provide to our committee that gives a false timeline. it s a false timeline that he agreed upon with sekelow that the deal was over before the iowa caucuses. it was shown to the president and the president was very pleased with it. the president would know this was false also. this was a way of keeping him on board, keeping him of deviating from the party line by saying the client is very happy with you, michael. you don t have to worry about anything. you ve got a friend in high places. you can sleep well tonight. so that s essentially saying don t worry about any legal liability, we ve got you covered. there s a pardon waiting at the end of all of this. mr. chairman, i d like to ask you to stick around with us for a second if you could. this deutsche bank reporting today in the new york times strikes me as exactly the sort of thing you ve been warning about for months. i d love to get your reaction when we come back. sure. congressman adam schiff of the intelligence
the president would know this was false also. this was a way of keeping him on board, keeping him of deviating from the party line by saying the client is very happy with you, michael. you don t have to worry about anything. you ve got a friend in high places. you can sleep well tonight. so that s essentially saying don t worry about any legal liability, we ve got you covered. there s a pardon waiting at the end of all of this. mr. chairman, i d like to ask you to stick around with us for a second if you could. this deutsche bank reporting today in the new york times strikes me as exactly the sort of thing you ve been warning about for months. i d love to get your reaction when we come back. sure. congressman adam schiff of the intelligence committee when we come back. stay with us. also available in hybrid all-wheel-drive. lease the 2019 ux 200 for $329 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. before discovering nexium 24hr to treat her frequent heartbur
manafort would strike a plea deal with robert mueller and his team only to break it and lie to the special counsel s team and the fbi as alleged by robert mueller and his team? reporter: there are a lot of theorys, of course, one of them is he forgot. a memory issue. i think that s the least credible. i think there also is this looming concern that there is a pardon waiting for him in the white house when this is all over. i hope that s not true. pardons in this circumstance would certainly raise serious questions about whether this president or any president is above the law in the united states. do you believe a pardon by manafort by the president would be an ad mission of guilt by the president considering manafort s role in the campaign? yes, i would. that s a serious charge. the white house, by the way today said at least sarah sanders said she doesn t think there is any considerations of pardons right now. she was specific on. that how concerned are you, that a potential
in that question is a larger one. if manafort and cohen do cooperate, does either of them hold the keys to any kingdoms? joining us to discuss the legal consequences here, cnn justice correspondent evan perez, shimon prokupecz and shan wu. what next is a big question in all of these cases. in the middle of all of that, the president tweets today, criticizing michael cohen, who decided to cooperate and tell his story and praising paul manafort for not breaking. what do you read into that? i think you re right. i think that s the hang in there, paul manafort sweet. that is a tweet that is signalling to paul manafort that there s a pardon waiting for him. we know that there have been those discussions between the trump team and paul manafort s team in the early parts of this proceeding. and so what the president is reminding paul manafort that if you hang in there and don t do what michael cohen has done, things are going to be okay.