what the impact of what would have been on the election, which was ultimately decided by a relatively small number, 74,000 votes or whatever in a few upper midwest states, certainly something like this could have easily made the difference. look, i think what s going to be interesting to see is what other evidence the sdny has on this. their language in the filings on friday was incredibly stark and definitive and clear that suggested that they have more than simply michael cohen said this happened so trump can say that happened and we get into a he said, he said kind of situation. what s going to be needed here given trump s base and the push back from trump s megaphone is going to be clear and unequivocal proof. then the next question which i heard you discussing earlier is should trump get indicted or not? we all know the issues around that, there s statutes of limitations issues. there seems to be, i think, an opening to indict a sitting president that does not seem to be against t
friday prosecutors say trump directed illegal hush money to two women with whom he had alleged sexual relationships before running for president. filings allege that trump was involved in discussions about a trump property in moscow during the presidential campaign. prosecutors also said an unnamed russian offered michael cohen political synergy between russia and the trump campaign back in november of 2015. the documents claim cohen, president trump s former lawyer, was in contact with people connected to the white house and circulated his response to congressional inquiries. prosecutors also allege that former trump campaign chair paul manafort has been in communication with a senior administration official through february of 2018, along with other contacts with administration officials, and had lied about it.
norms and flauting of rules of law. i ve seen when you talk to strong trump supporters around the country and he has branded this as a witch-hunt, he is able to say the media is against me, i m your man. so with this strongest supporters, yes, they probably you know, it s not really going to impact their belief in donald trump. well, you know, nixon had his strongest supporters at the end and the constant screeching, the fact that he has spent the past several years attacking movie stars, attacking cable news hosts, attacking things that didn t matter, now when he starts attacking robert mueller, now when he starts attacking these investigations, everybody has heard it before. the shock isn t there. i do actually think the numbness goes to donald trump s tweets now.
new york making illegal contribution, a relatively small amount a couple of thousand dollars he was convicted of a felony and later ironically pardoned by trump. this is serious business. the amounts we re talking about, certainly doing it to influence an athletic, not accidentally making an illegal contribution or trying to influence an election is a level of campaign finance violation i don t think i ve seen in my 25 years of being involved in campaign finance. no. it has all the markings of being not only an illegal, illegal campaign contribution, but also you have a candidate who knows it s an illegal campaign contribution because donald trump went to such great lengths to hide it through third parties, and then, peter baker, let s go to you on this one
released the teaser trailer for trump end game. federal prosecutors said friday michael cohen committed two election related crimes at the direction of a person identified as individual one. now we don t know for sure who individual one is, but let s just say things are getting tense right now over at individual one tower. trump tweeted with no context or explanation totally clears the president. thank you. if every single person you hire gets indicted the odds are you had something to do with it. i mean if all of santa s elves and reindeer got busted by the feds you wouldn t expect santa to tweet totally clear for christmas. no you wouldn t. welcome back to morning joe . it s monday, december 109. donny deutsch, mike barn cal, elise jordan is with us. joining the conversation is host of kasiedc, kasie hunt is with