Extremely loyal people. Tonight i will ask Michael Cohens lawyer what else hes got. There is no dispute that donald trump committed a crime. Plus, what does congress do with a potentially compromised president . We should be pushing to postpone the Kavanaugh Hearing. And the other trump world indictment. And duncan, thank you very much right from the beginning. Congresswoman Duncan Hunter misusing Campaign Funds. Good evening from new york. I am chris hayes. Donald trump has gotten caught. It is the president himself that now has been implicated in a criminal conspiracy to help him win the presidency. A conspiracy that doesnt have
to do with russia. And now the president s private business empire, his Family Foundation are in the legal cross hairs and we have no idea what is yet to come or how far it will go. Appearing in Federal Court yesterday to plead guilty to eight felony counts, Michael Cohen fated under oath that he broke Campaign Finance laws in 2016 before the election to cove
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Interest the sdny. It does seem odd that there is no Cooperation Agreement already in place. So when you are on the outside and you are a former prosecutor, it certainly does seem odd. When you are on the inside and there are a lot of moving parts, it doesnt seem odd at all. Thats about the best i can do. Is this more like a pr campaign to alert mueller or alert the sdny that, hey no. Cohen has information . No. Its about a serious set of moving parts before the word Cooperation Agreement is used by either party. But what i have been told to say is that Michael Cohen is going to tell the truth whoever asks him to. The word cooperation as far as we are concerned on that front is irrelevant. What sort of information does he have specifically . What would be of interest to the Special Prosecutor . Again what do i do when im not allowed to tell you what sort of information that he is going to tell katy
Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Joe is off. Hes tweeting. Hell be filing for the Washington Post. Weve put together an allstar lineup for this mornings incredible amount of news. A Small Law Firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, John Thnathan Tu and Barbara Mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories
i do not think theres a parallel. Well see what you come up with. A legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. What the Conservative Drudge Report described as trump hell hour. His 2016 Ca
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Allegedly had affairs with, in order to conceal that information from the public in connection with the election. What i think a critical difference is, is the timing of this and how closely related it to the election and concealment of bad information. That differentiates it from the obama case. If i could just go back to the tweets for one second, hallie. Please. I prosecuted Organized Crime Cases in the Southern District of new york. I supervised that unit. The way that donald trump is talking, and i cant help but think about this, is the way mob bosses talk. When you are loyal, youre a standup guy, and you take the rap in the mob world, you get benefits. If you break and you cooperate, youre a rat, which is another term he used. It is a little jarring to see out in the open, the president of the United States using this language, and sayi
Telling the truth. He has no Shadow Hanging over him. The uncertainty is gone. He has stepped up to the line and he has admitted what he did wrong, but he is now liberated to tell the truth. Everything about donald trump that he knows. From this point on youre going to see liberated Michael Cohen speaking truth to power. And we will hear a lot more from cohens lawyer who you just saw there, he is going to be joining morning joe later this morning. After four days of deliberations the jury in the fraud trial of Paul Manafort found President Trumps former Campaign Chairman guilty on eight of the counts against him. The jury has unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the other ten counts manafort faced. His trial marked a critical first stage for Robert Muellers investigation. Pete williams has more. Reporter the jury found Paul Manafort guilty of intentionally dodging taxes on millions of dollars that he earned as a
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