Storm with abby, phillip and bill so were only on cnn and the lead with jake tapper starts right now next up on the witness stand, the people plan to call Michael Dean Cohen. The lead starts right now Donald Trumps former lawyer, known as the fixer, The Next Star Witness in line, and the new york hush money cover up case. What is the impact of this trial on trump himself ill ask one of his attorneys from the 2021 impeachment, plus former Trump White House aide anthony scare, a mooc well be here for his perspective and old faithful is back in the news. Steve bannon, Aka Sloppy Steve for donald trump possibly one step closer to jail time hi, im Paul Manafort. Could be closer to working with his old boss. And one of the biggest competition shows in the world rocked by ugly protests, objecting to the mere participation of a contestant from israel. So what exactly is driving these moms prompting Security Concerns for the israeli contestant welcome to the lead on jake tapper, brace for impac
charges tonight as his father readies for what is expected to be a rigorous rematch with former president trump in the 2024 elections year. the president s son is accused of spending millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle including strippers, sex clubs, drugs, and exotic cars. his lawyer says the special counsel bowed to political pressure. president biden has insisted he had nothing to do with his son s business affairs. correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight. good evening, david. rich, good evening. the government insists that hunter biden chose not to pay his taxes but had plenty of money to do so. this is his second indictment setting up what could be trial number two next year as his dad runs for re-election. hunter biden facing another indictment. this time three felony and six misdemeanor charges relating to his failure to file and pay taxes. special counsel david weiss filed the charges in los angeles. hunter s home since 2018. the government all
The Attorney General says al amman will be brought To Washington Dc and charged in Federal Court and be prosecuted. Another man went on trial Last Month In Dc for his alleged role as the mastermind of the benghazi attack. Jillian Paul Manaforte under house arrest after pleading not guilty to conspiracy and moneylaundering charges. Rob the white house insists the charges have nothing to do with donald trump. Griff jenkins live in washington with breaking developments. Reporter what a day in washington. Manaforte and gaetz pleaded not guilty to conspiracy against the United States to moneylaundering in a Scheme Dating back to 2006 when working for prorussian ukrainian politician. John kelly speaking out for the
counsel, former Campaign Advisor George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the fbi about his communication with russian officials. Sarah sanders downplaying his role. It was extremely limited. A volunteer position. No activity was ever done in an official capacity
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. This is a threat we need to take extremely seriously and to tackle and respond to with fierce determination and focus. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders told nbc news today that President Trump instructed his team to speak at todays news conference. Asked when the president made the request, sanders didnt respond. And its important to point out, just last friday the president met with his National Security council on Election Security for less than one hour. After the meeting, the white house released a statement that said the administration would not tolerate foreign interference in elections. But it did not mention russia by name. Lets bring in our leadoff panel. Jeremy bash, former Chief Of Staff at the cia and the pentagon
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Should is, thats rudys latest talking point. Was this Performance Today something long in the works, they were asked to submit their remarks, or were they asked to change the topic from the mess the president created yesterday with his Early Morning tweet about getting sessions to end the russia investigation . I think this has been building for some time. We saw dan coats a week or two ago raise some alarm in that interview with Andrea Mitchell in aspen. Weve seen alarm is a good way to put it. Let me show you his answer about helsinki. Lets watch that. In the runup to the helsinki summit, u. S. Officials, ambassadors to nato, ambassadors to russia, said the president would raise the issue of malign activity with president putin. He didnt discuss that, at least at the press conference. Youre saying today that the president has directed you to make the issue of election
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