records of falsifying business records. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. virtually everybody that has looked at this case including rhinos and hardcore democrats say there is no crime and that it should never have been brought, everybody said this. it is not really an indictment, there is nothing here. my lawyers came to me and said there is nothing here they re not even saying what you did. a number of legal analysts questioning the foundations of the case against trump calling it weak and a overreach. they point out that the indictment is facing a key requirement, that would be the crime that would make it a felony. some in the media think the case will struggle to hold up. what is the crime that prosecutors are alleging es escalating this to a crime? if this is the only pebble being thrown at donald trump, it is very small. where is the beef? i talked to a lot of lawyers, none of them lawyers or trump supporters, and they said it is a l
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Asking you questions about this criminal matter, you dont have to be sworn under oath. The second that you talk to them and that you lie to them and they can prove that you lied to them, in other words, that you knew what you were telling them was in fact a lie, then they can charge you with that. So thats something thats also been included here in this case. Overall, a 30page indictment, this is a pretty significant step forward in a criminal prosecution. Tom winter, always on top of these developments with the fbi for us. Thanks very much. To help me break down the charges, im joined by liz holtzman, a longtime congresswoman who voted to impeach president nixon. Im also joined by Barbara Mcquade whos also a legal contributor for us an is outside the alexandria courthouse because she has been following very closely the Paul Manafort trial which we are going to get to here in a few minutes. So, liz, i want to star
Courts been in session, julia . Reporter so court is just Getting Started behind me, hallie. They had a little bit of a delay this morning but right now were seamana for thes Defense Attorney come up to the front. Hes ready to ask rick gates more questions. On the way into court downey said they were feeling good and confident today that they are doing well in this case, especially because he is now continuing that crossexamination. It was pretty ruthless yesterday. They found gates to be someone who had a secret life. They had him detail this private flat london that he used to have an affair. Talked about stealing hundred of thousands of dollars from paul man for the. They also started asking him about like to the fbi and for some reason gates was a little squirrely on that issue. He wouldnt come out and said he did it even though thats what he pled guilty to just months ago. Theyre trying to paint someone that the jury would not believe as credible, which is key to their defense str
crazy. so now, 62% of johnson s funding has come from the teachers unions. why are they working so hard to keep a dmm office given the state of the inner city schools. let me just say chicago public schools spent $2.8 million and they spent $1.5. someone said the new boss in town is the chicago teachers union. so yeah, fine. does this new guy who won the election, does he deserve a honeymoon period? a benefit of the doubt. i want to say yes but my heart says no. if you re in a growing city in the south and you need more police officers, start making those recruiting calls because they will want to leave. they can get paid more and they can do the jobs they want to do. i want to point out something else. republicans yesterday lost the wisconsin supreme court race as well. there was something very
yes. reporter: like hundreds of others that day, ken was fueled by anger. of all the things you could have picked to say i want to be a part of this group and i want this to be a part of my identity, why whiteness? i had gotten out of the navy, it was really hard to get a job and it s easy to blame it on somebody else. we have people with darker skin in our country taking my jobs. do you think this is a growing movement? i think the more extreme people were the ones that came in under obama, a vast majority of the recruiting calls had something to do with having a black man in the white house. obama was part of the recruiting tool? absolutely. but just seven months after he started having doubts. why hate these people just because they have different color skin. that s when he bumped into a man who made an offer. he invited me and my fi ance