Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. James comey. It also only mize if the case in question is closely connected to politics. Thats whats important about the big new development. The Wall Street Journal was first on report in detail on the type of charges that federal prosecutors may be considering against the president s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. If it is kregt, the charges he is facing from prosecutors are not related to politics at all. At least not at face value. In quote, previously unreported developments, federal prosecutors in new york are examining whether mr. Cohen committed tax fraud. Quote, federal authorities are assessing whether his income from his. At Ai Medallion Business was underreported. That includes hundred of thousands received in cash and other payments over the last five years. In addition, federal authorities have been investigating whether he made misrepresentations or
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in 2016. she said her answer was this. manafort? manafort? she thought, quote, he s been a russian stooge for 15 years. today we learned that manafort was not just getting pro russia politicians elected overseas. he was getting paid millions a year to manage the policy positions of at least one overseas policy position while he changed the direction of his country to align it southwesterly putin and russia. so that was a surprise revelation. why did trump pick him? and then this one last thing. again, prosecutors have gone out of their way to say that the manafort trial would not be about trump or the trump campaign. that s where it went today. if you ve been paying close attention to the manafort trial as it has been unfolding, you might have seen this unfolding for a while. we ve been reporting on the