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Rachel Maddow takes a look at the day s top political news stories. it is now under way. the director of national intelligence said in a recent speech that the warning lights are blinking red and the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. and here we see the incursions coming. russian hackers have now already targeted at least three candidates in this year s 2018 midterms. reports one of the targets is missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill. so highway donald trump doubts much of this is even occurring, his pentagon chief does say there are secret actions now underway to combat it. what is the government doing to halt russian interference in the next elections? yeah, i m not at liberty to explain what we re doing in that regard. just rest assured there are actions under way to protect our elections or to exposeness now the question is whether trump lied about the worst possible thing, not the pr afterward, but whether donald ....
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The day s top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. on matters that have nothing to do with the campaign. i think that even mr. manafort as i read it had requested that there be no mention of his brief tenure at the trump campaign several years ago. this has nothing to do with collusion, russia, nothing to come with the trump campaign. reporter: the case centers around his past lobbying work for the pro putin ukranian government for which prosecutors say he received $60 million. the government alleges manafort hid millions and failed to pay taxes while still spending the money on real estate and luxury purchases, including homes in manhattan, virginia and the hamptons, expensive suits, and baseball tickets. and prosecutors will present hundreds of e-mails, photos and financial records to prove it. prosecutors say manafort also lied to banks about his income to secure more than $20 million in loans. and this trial now underway, it ....
Interviews with political figures and news updates. agreement that collusion, if you look in the law books, isn t a crime, but conspiracy is a crime. if you speak to legal analysts, and pete probably knows a whole lot more about this, they would say it s a part of the broader question that investigators are looking into, andrea. and pete, at the courthouse, this is so important, because it s not related directly to the russia probe, but it s so important for mueller to have a really strong case going in. reporter: jury selection is under way now, andrea. and it could end today. we could get opening statements tomorrow, if jury selection slops over into tomorrow. it s expected to last three weeks. it has nothing to do with the time that manafort worked on the campaign or was campaign chairman. it has to do with his work for another president, viktor yanukovych, former president of september, andrea. and just a fashion question, this is a man known for his very, very e ....
A look at breaking news, politics and reports from around the world. things he did 12 years ago. paul manafort worked for me for a very short period of time. he worked for many other republicans. he worked for me for, what, 49 days? a very short period of time. and the prosecution wrapped up its first witness today. that was democratic consultant tad divine. he worked with manafort in ukraine. they expect to call two other witnesses tomorrow, another consultant as well as an fbi agent. and of course, this isn t the only trial manafort faces. his d.c. trial is set to start in september, all the while, he s still in jail for allegations of witness tampering while he awaits these other trials. thank you. jessica schneider reporting. tonight, president trump is on the campaign trail as he embraces a new line of defense against the mueller investigation. mr. trump now echoing rudy giuliani s argument that collusion is not a crime. of course, this is the same president who fre ....