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because he worked for donald trump even though he said should trump run was independent of donald trump. >> but in 2011, the fec ruled in cohen's favor. for michael cohen, the win was another way of proving his loyalty. >> the way he initially described it to me was a father/son relationship and when i asked him why he has blind loyalty, he also threw the question back to me as, would you do this for your father? >> the end of the day, the only people donald trump really considers as family are his own family. anyone who considers himself to be almost a trump family member, should really take a reality check. because they tend not to stay around very long. >> but michael cohen did stay and proved his willingness to fight for his boss by aggressively attacking donald trump's enemies, real or perceived. >> now to a war of words between a beauty queen and organizers of the miss usa pageant. pennsylvania's representative claims that competition is rigged. >> just after the 2012 miss usa pageant, which was co-owned by donald trump contestant sheena mown claimed the pageant's finalists were p
because he worked for donald trump even though he said should trump run was independent of donald trump. >> but in 2011, the fec ruled in cohen's favor. for michael cohen, the win was another way of proving his loyalty. >> the way he initially described it to me was a father/son relationship and when i asked him why he has blind loyalty, he also threw the question back to me as, would you do this for your father? >> the end of the day, the only people donald trump really...
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trump tower. goldstone would bring the russian lawyer. >> trump jr. said he would bring the candidate's son-in-law, jared kushner and campaign chair, paul manafort. before joining the trump campaign, manafort worked as a political consultant for oligarchs and pro-russia clients. >> first it was of interest to me, frankly is mr. manafort. he has been in russia. he has been in ukraine. if donald trump jr., and jared kushner, took this meeting innocently, and ignorantly, and sort of stepped into it, you know, it is possible, but mr. manafort, we have clearly known what the russians were up to. >> two nights before the meeting, on june 7, trump greeted supporters with what now sounds like a curious promise. >> we are going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the clintons. i think you're going to find it very informative and very, very interesting. >> we just don't know if the speech that donald trump made is a coincidence or not. and so the timing seems awfully strange. >> for all of the attention the trump tower meeting would la
trump tower. goldstone would bring the russian lawyer. >> trump jr. said he would bring the candidate's son-in-law, jared kushner and campaign chair, paul manafort. before joining the trump campaign, manafort worked as a political consultant for oligarchs and pro-russia clients. >> first it was of interest to me, frankly is mr. manafort. he has been in russia. he has been in ukraine. if donald trump jr., and jared kushner, took this meeting innocently, and ignorantly, and sort of...
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trump and candidate trump. he and mary pat have been friends of the trumps for almost two decades. so i think you'll see governor christie operating as an outside adviser to the president. they still speak on a regular basis but also may come a time when governor christie decides we want to city serve the cup fry in -- and president trump will bring him into the administration. >> you told fairly earlan about he kind of advice president trump was get being who he was getting it from, not having plowed this ground before. you talked about how speaker paul ryan coming in and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, the two leading republicans in congress and you talk about msnbc hosts joe scarborough, former congressman in the republican pear and mika brzezinski, co-host on -- who used to work with me at cbs, and they were giving president trump advice. this is before i guess things went completely wrong between them because now they speak as mortal enemies. can you explain mat? what was the advice they were giving president trump and how did that relationship go from being one where
trump and candidate trump. he and mary pat have been friends of the trumps for almost two decades. so i think you'll see governor christie operating as an outside adviser to the president. they still speak on a regular basis but also may come a time when governor christie decides we want to city serve the cup fry in -- and president trump will bring him into the administration. >> you told fairly earlan about he kind of advice president trump was get being who he was getting it from, not...
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trump. in his opinion, the president should not be impeached. >> i hope donald trump is not removed from office by impeachment, because it would let the country off the hook. and it would drive into the fabric of our nation a third of the people believing there was a coup. >> a coup. is comey right or will democrats move full steam ahead? shimon properez is live with more. >> the president is the central figure in this investigation and the sdny here in new york, campaign finance investigation. he's the central figure in this. and it was michael cohen whose soul purpose in cooperating with the sdny. prosecutors said in their sentencing memorandum, the reason they cooperate was to provide information on the campaign finance charges. there was nothing else they provided information with. and when you think about the way in which prosecutors explain that the president, individual number one, directed and coordinated with michael cohen in making these payments, also in the way that these payment
trump. in his opinion, the president should not be impeached. >> i hope donald trump is not removed from office by impeachment, because it would let the country off the hook. and it would drive into the fabric of our nation a third of the people believing there was a coup. >> a coup. is comey right or will democrats move full steam ahead? shimon properez is live with more. >> the president is the central figure in this investigation and the sdny here in new york, campaign...
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that donald trump is always operating in the interest of donald trump. and the question we have to ask ourselves is, when that interest actually conflicts with the interest of the nation. and what we see is that that is clearly happening now. >> what i'd like to point out that plenty of the u.s. military veterans who were used by the saudis, they realized it and became quite angry. donald trump still doesn't realize that he is being duped and used. so we all should be angry on behalf of our veterans that the saudis are trying to enlist troops, who some of them were wounded fighting and defending our country on foreign soil. trying to use them for their own propaganda purposes. >> to fight against 9/11 families, by the way. >> it feels like a scandal wrapped in a scandal. >> those important client base of the trump hotel are pro-trump tourists, lobbyists, people who work from trump and travelers from places where it's normal to grease the families that rule the place with some money in their establishments. when you go there, it's the orths dox church cle
that donald trump is always operating in the interest of donald trump. and the question we have to ask ourselves is, when that interest actually conflicts with the interest of the nation. and what we see is that that is clearly happening now. >> what i'd like to point out that plenty of the u.s. military veterans who were used by the saudis, they realized it and became quite angry. donald trump still doesn't realize that he is being duped and used. so we all should be angry on behalf of...
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with trump, by which i mean, fighting trump with trump's own words, not with trump's vul garrett, not with trump's ugly brawling style, but with trump's own words. but nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have been in washington too long and have become far too professional to see how easy and clarifying it is to fight trump with trump's own words. they make the mistake of approaching oval office meetings with this president the way they would with any president. they put a serious proposal together for funding the government, and they brought it in to the office to discuss it seriously with a man who has no capacity to discuss anything seriously -- nothing. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have not yet figured out how to publicly deal with the unserious man who is the president of the united states. and so they did not force donald trump to wrestle with his own words in the oval office today. they did not force him to say, mexico is not going to pay for the wall, and so i need ten democrats in the senate. instead, the president lied and said he could easily pass a bill through the republican
with trump, by which i mean, fighting trump with trump's own words, not with trump's vul garrett, not with trump's ugly brawling style, but with trump's own words. but nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have been in washington too long and have become far too professional to see how easy and clarifying it is to fight trump with trump's own words. they make the mistake of approaching oval office meetings with this president the way they would with any president. they put a serious proposal together...
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did the trump campaign conspire with russians to try and violate federal law and then did president trump, while president, obstruct justice trying to cover it up? that's what the real focus is on. none of this cohen stuff -- none of this "national enquirer" stuff that really bears on that, i think. in the end, that's where we want to see mueller and the president come to a close. i am so convinced i've said to you before, the best thing for the president to do is to sit down and have an interview on live television. it will get the highest readings in the history of mankind, the president will love that. to answer the questions, and for mueller to make his report. i don't see anything here that would be -- >> harris: that would be fascinating, trying to keep him gated in terms of that on live television prepeople would watch it. i don't know if it would get as much as you would want to get out of it. john you, thank you very much. i'll be right back. >> thanks, george woke up in pain. but he has plans today. hey dad. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pill
did the trump campaign conspire with russians to try and violate federal law and then did president trump, while president, obstruct justice trying to cover it up? that's what the real focus is on. none of this cohen stuff -- none of this "national enquirer" stuff that really bears on that, i think. in the end, that's where we want to see mueller and the president come to a close. i am so convinced i've said to you before, the best thing for the president to do is to sit down and have...
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howie: you have trump versus the nfl, trump versus snl, trump versus hollywood celebrities. can that be wearing on the public? bill: wearing or weary. is there a subject in which he has no interest? is there a subject he's not prepared to declaim? probably not. he's acting more like a regular person than we are used to president's acting with scripts and people explaining it and careful language. he talks like someone in your family would talk. i don't like what they are doing in the nfl. howie: he's not getting the nuance and he overstated that. that's part of his appeal. way that he talks. but he's also not just a voracious consumer of media, he cares about television. you would think they would be focus as much time on how they are played in the media. bill: he canceled the white house press party, he doesn't go to the white house correspondents dinner. i think that's great. they know he doesn't like him. he knows they don't like him. he's a huge cultural figure. not just here, but around the world, the conversations about donald trump. howie: better known than nike i was
howie: you have trump versus the nfl, trump versus snl, trump versus hollywood celebrities. can that be wearing on the public? bill: wearing or weary. is there a subject in which he has no interest? is there a subject he's not prepared to declaim? probably not. he's acting more like a regular person than we are used to president's acting with scripts and people explaining it and careful language. he talks like someone in your family would talk. i don't like what they are doing in the nfl....
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of donald trump's defenses. his lawyer rudy giuliani struggling to answer questions in two sunday show appearances. and the president himself sounding more like a jilted mob boss than the commander in chief. "the washington post" with this insight on the impact of the half dozen investigations on donald trump's psyche. quote, there has been one immediate impact on a president accustomed to dictating the country's news cycles but who now struggles to keep up with them. trump has been forced to spend his political capital and that of his party on his defense. the president with some remarkable tweets over the weekend like this one. quote, remember michael cohen only became a rat after the fbi did something which was absolutely unthinkable and unheard of until the witch hunt was illegally started. they broke into an attorney's office. why didn't they break into the dnc to get the server or crooked's office? and this one slamming his former attorney general jeff sessions. jeff sessions should be ashamd of himself fo
of donald trump's defenses. his lawyer rudy giuliani struggling to answer questions in two sunday show appearances. and the president himself sounding more like a jilted mob boss than the commander in chief. "the washington post" with this insight on the impact of the half dozen investigations on donald trump's psyche. quote, there has been one immediate impact on a president accustomed to dictating the country's news cycles but who now struggles to keep up with them. trump has been...
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president trump. they are mr. trump's former lawyer. >> you obviously realized it was coming from the office of the candidate -- of a candidate of presidency. >> every week dozens and dozens are approaching this. mentioning possible investments, searching for contacts. >> this is from the lawyer. >> for us it's not different. >> but a future president trump. >> this is from the lawyer to the future president trump. >> this is different. >> for you he's a future president trump. for us it's one of the advocates. i mean you to understand that. you to understand that. we have an e-mail address that is public. dozens are coming every week from businessmen and from where ever. because they become formized ill is worth knowing they are denying any kind of contact with the organization, any kind of business contact. here you have someone like him who is in the creme len talking so -- such a relaxed way that. >> thank you for chairing that with us. we have reached out to trump's attorneys for comment. joining
president trump. they are mr. trump's former lawyer. >> you obviously realized it was coming from the office of the candidate -- of a candidate of presidency. >> every week dozens and dozens are approaching this. mentioning possible investments, searching for contacts. >> this is from the lawyer. >> for us it's not different. >> but a future president trump. >> this is from the lawyer to the future president trump. >> this is different. >> for you...
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trump. that's significant. >> that's such a significant point you raise because there's been a lot of this that's boiled down to black and white where people wrongfully think, well, do you go after a sitting present for obstruction or not if that's the only thing and where does that go? but, in fact, as you eludegh bo into the record and into court, the two keep people, the campaign chair and the long-time personal lawyer, both actively came in and lied to him. one of them got blown up over it, paul manafort, the other tried to dial it back, michael cohen. then the question becomes, who knew about it at the white house, who knew about that? did other lawyers know about that? fraud is going to come into play if you had lawyers or others at the white house committing new criminal conspiracies. that's implicated in here. to say nothing of the campaign finance crime. i want to thank nancy very much. i may come back to each of you in our rolling coverage. i want to bring in neil. a striking deal
trump. that's significant. >> that's such a significant point you raise because there's been a lot of this that's boiled down to black and white where people wrongfully think, well, do you go after a sitting present for obstruction or not if that's the only thing and where does that go? but, in fact, as you eludegh bo into the record and into court, the two keep people, the campaign chair and the long-time personal lawyer, both actively came in and lied to him. one of them got blown up...
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you know, the trump organization, the trump family, the trump inauguration, the trump transition, the trump white house, the trump foundation are all being investigated for various shades of wrongdoing. you know, even though this stuff has been known for a long time, the value of david art reporting in all this reminds us of how remarkably craven the president has been in these various walks of life that he's inhabited. you know, let's not forget that one of the events that the attorney general pointed to was an alleged fund-raiser, a purported fund-raiser that trump held in iowa in 2016 in which he had military veterans on the stage with him. he was raising funds ostensibly to help out vets. and he staged that event as an alternative to appearing at a debate in 2016. one of the presidential debates. and we have yet to get a full accounting for how the money was spent that trump raised during that event, and that ostensibly went into the trump foundation. >> and what did donald trump tweet when the new york state attorney general first started moving on this case? he tweeted, i won't
you know, the trump organization, the trump family, the trump inauguration, the trump transition, the trump white house, the trump foundation are all being investigated for various shades of wrongdoing. you know, even though this stuff has been known for a long time, the value of david art reporting in all this reminds us of how remarkably craven the president has been in these various walks of life that he's inhabited. you know, let's not forget that one of the events that the attorney general...
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and later, the man trump just picked to run the white house, he called donald trump a "terrible human being." we have a report on why trump's hiring process looks to be getting desperate. let's get right into the top story tonight. these investigations bearing down on president trump, with new indictments today, as well as a new report on russian interference and some bizarre denials from donald trump's lawyers. now, everything depends on how you count, but let's start here. how many investigations does donald trump face right now? 17 into his links to russia, according to a account from wired magazine. and consider just how unusual this is tonight. my colleague, rachel maddow, put this situation quite well by noting it doesn't matter how old you are, you haven't seen anything like this. >> i mean, i don't know who you know or how old they are, but nobody else has ever lived through the american presidency like this. we're the first. >> we're the first, and most people haven't seen a sitting president publicly turn on the fbi in order to try to apparently save himself. that's exactly
and later, the man trump just picked to run the white house, he called donald trump a "terrible human being." we have a report on why trump's hiring process looks to be getting desperate. let's get right into the top story tonight. these investigations bearing down on president trump, with new indictments today, as well as a new report on russian interference and some bizarre denials from donald trump's lawyers. now, everything depends on how you count, but let's start here. how many...
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we're not sure exactly what trust, but it could be a trump family trust which don junior and eric trump are involved with. >> it could be a number of different venues here, but the idea here, you know, there's a famous saying that says, "everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." at the time that the david pecker and ami first learned about this being in the news, their plan was to talk about this being a 1st amendment issue. the reason they were going to quash the story, they had a 1st amendment right to do so. using journalistic discretion to say we quashed and killed the story because we didn't want to run it. now you have the question of what the figurative punching in the face that led them to, one, get an immunity deal and change their story away from we were exercising our journalistic endeavors and discretion here, and instead, say we did it, not only with the knowledge of somebody who was a part of the campaign -- >> right. >> -- or an agent, but also we did it for the expressed purpose of trying to help this candidate gain office. you have to wonder what happene
we're not sure exactly what trust, but it could be a trump family trust which don junior and eric trump are involved with. >> it could be a number of different venues here, but the idea here, you know, there's a famous saying that says, "everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." at the time that the david pecker and ami first learned about this being in the news, their plan was to talk about this being a 1st amendment issue. the reason they were going to quash...
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if you look at where the trump properties are, there is no trump hotel in london, there is no trump hotel in paris or berlin. why? because he doesn't do business in places where there are legitimate dmom raeemocracies a legitimate processes. in these places where he's able to deal with strong men who don't necessarily deal on board. that is a glorified branding agency which we know to be the trump organization. there is no special sauce there. let's go deal in places where we have illegitimate puntas of regimes, and let's deal in a very under the board way. that has certainly pervaded the trump organization and now we know it. we're starting to see pieces of evidence. we also know that donald trump rules his organization with a very tight fist, so there is no reasonable argument among thinking adults to think he hasn't had contact with russia or intimate knowledge of his top executives' contact with russia. the walls are closing in, it's just a matter of time until we see it laid out on the table. >> i want to get to a question we've seen raised by representative jerry nadler. he just spo
if you look at where the trump properties are, there is no trump hotel in london, there is no trump hotel in paris or berlin. why? because he doesn't do business in places where there are legitimate dmom raeemocracies a legitimate processes. in these places where he's able to deal with strong men who don't necessarily deal on board. that is a glorified branding agency which we know to be the trump organization. there is no special sauce there. let's go deal in places where we have illegitimate...
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individual one is donald trump. federal prosecutors, not robert mueller's team, the sdny, are saying that donald trump committed a serious felony, that he was intimately involved in the illegal scheme to pay the hush money. actually, he was more than intimately involved, no pun intended, trump directed the hush money scheme. think about that. faced with this reality, trump decided to create his own, the president tweeted. totally clears the president, thank you. no. that's not just a lie. that's the actual opposite of the truth. federal prosecutors are saying in black and white that donald trump broke the law, that he directed his fixer to make an illegal payment, which is a felony. and that's not even close to how much we have to cover tonight, including this passage from the mueller filing, "cohen provided relevant and useful information concerning his contacts with persons connected to the white house during the period of 2017 to 2018." wait a minute. 2017 to 2018? that's not during the campaign. that's once trum
individual one is donald trump. federal prosecutors, not robert mueller's team, the sdny, are saying that donald trump committed a serious felony, that he was intimately involved in the illegal scheme to pay the hush money. actually, he was more than intimately involved, no pun intended, trump directed the hush money scheme. think about that. faced with this reality, trump decided to create his own, the president tweeted. totally clears the president, thank you. no. that's not just a lie....
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donald trump, jr. we have russian emissary who turn to hillary, will you meet with her? that e-mail also goes to paul manafort, then unindicted come not in jail, and running the trump campaign. and jared kushner, the presidents son-in-law, the top trump advisors at the time. i'll get the email and all agreed to meet. they all say that not much came out of that meeting in terms of hillary clinton, but the e-mail said that this emissary was coming as part of a project, a plan, a secret scheme the kremlin had to help trump and so what did they say in response to learning the kremlin had a a secret plan to help trump? in donald trump juniors own words, i love it. so forget about what came out of the meeting. i think the most significant thing that happened was the trump campaign sent a signal to the russians, we are all in whatever you want to do to help us, we won't say boo to that. we will not go to the fbi and ratchet up. we will not tell the public the russians plan to intervene in the election. so it
donald trump, jr. we have russian emissary who turn to hillary, will you meet with her? that e-mail also goes to paul manafort, then unindicted come not in jail, and running the trump campaign. and jared kushner, the presidents son-in-law, the top trump advisors at the time. i'll get the email and all agreed to meet. they all say that not much came out of that meeting in terms of hillary clinton, but the e-mail said that this emissary was coming as part of a project, a plan, a secret scheme the...
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donald trump. now they're not only swiping but also upping the price. is this is a clear-cut case of corruption? >> absolutely. there are emoluments here, that's a constitutional term for profit and benefit that are coming in to this presidential inaugural committee illegally from foreign governments including some middle eastern governments that want to have influence over the united states, they can kill as many journalists as they wanted and do whatever they want and get away with it. you hahave money coming in illegally to this presidential inaugural committee in addition to the money going directly to the trump hotel from the saudi government and other middle eastern governments. then you have the money going out of the presidential inaugural committee through conflict of interest transactions. this type of conduct, with respect to a non-profit organization, which is what the pic is, a non-profit, it can be a serious crime. it's basically embezzlement. you're taking too much out. it's like tak
donald trump. now they're not only swiping but also upping the price. is this is a clear-cut case of corruption? >> absolutely. there are emoluments here, that's a constitutional term for profit and benefit that are coming in to this presidential inaugural committee illegally from foreign governments including some middle eastern governments that want to have influence over the united states, they can kill as many journalists as they wanted and do whatever they want and get away with it....
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we have heard cnn report that trump said, i didn't know about the trump tower meeting in advance. we may get some real hints about that from manafort and cohen this week. >> what are you looking for? obviously, we're all looking for everything that everybody else is. what else are you looking for? >> i would zero in on the flynn document, as well. i think that is the black box and greatest unknown. we also have to say that president trump's reaction so for me going to be the key. when you -- when we see some of this information coming from the special counsel, we have seen him have flurries of insults, flurries of his most outlandish titter moments or moments that have sparked deep interest. so to me, it's going to be does the president turn on some of these allies he's held close to in the last year or is this the point where we see the president pull out the full arsenal against the special counsel. >> the president just praised roger stone and attacked michael cohen. stone, obviously, not cooperating. cohen cooperating. what do you want to know? >> look, if donald trump is the
we have heard cnn report that trump said, i didn't know about the trump tower meeting in advance. we may get some real hints about that from manafort and cohen this week. >> what are you looking for? obviously, we're all looking for everything that everybody else is. what else are you looking for? >> i would zero in on the flynn document, as well. i think that is the black box and greatest unknown. we also have to say that president trump's reaction so for me going to be the key....
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donald trump. all of this matters because if it's true it could prove trump was seeking business with russia, while moscow was secretly working to get him elected. and speaking of hotels, attorneys general for maryland and d.c., have filed a lawsuit and subpoenaed financial records from the trump organization and the hotel in d.c. >> this is the most coveted piece of real estate in washington, d.c., the best location. >> reporter: the hotel plays host to foreign officials and leaders from around the world. the lawsuit suggests the president breached the clause that prohibited the president from accepting payment from foreign powers while in office. all said, five committees in congress now poised to probe the trump organization on everything that trump's touched, including his yet-to-be released tax returns. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> the daughters of a new york podiatrist say their father diagnosed donald trump with bone spurs in 1968 as a favor to trump's father, fred. now, according to "the
donald trump. all of this matters because if it's true it could prove trump was seeking business with russia, while moscow was secretly working to get him elected. and speaking of hotels, attorneys general for maryland and d.c., have filed a lawsuit and subpoenaed financial records from the trump organization and the hotel in d.c. >> this is the most coveted piece of real estate in washington, d.c., the best location. >> reporter: the hotel plays host to foreign officials and...
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that is donald trump. i'm thrilled as part of our special coverage neal katyal joins us and he argues as a legal matter prosecutors have concluded donald trump is on the hook for that felony. our viewers may recognize you. they've served in high parts of the justice department. i know when you speak about a felony, you don't do so lightly. >> to me the big news tonight is not about michael cohen, it's not about paul manafort, it's about one person, donald trump, and this filing that you just started to highlight that was made today in the michael cohen case really does for the first time you have federal prosecutors essentially saying that donald trump committed a felony. this is not a document by mueller. that filed by trump's own justice department, by the southern district prosecutors in new york and there are three pieces to the claim. the first piece is the one you just read which is from page 11 of the filing which says that cohen made these campaign finance payments at the direction of trump and we'
that is donald trump. i'm thrilled as part of our special coverage neal katyal joins us and he argues as a legal matter prosecutors have concluded donald trump is on the hook for that felony. our viewers may recognize you. they've served in high parts of the justice department. i know when you speak about a felony, you don't do so lightly. >> to me the big news tonight is not about michael cohen, it's not about paul manafort, it's about one person, donald trump, and this filing that you...
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the trump tax cut, would you repeal the trump tax cuts? >> i would repeal the trump tax cut, yeah. i think it's clear that that tax cut was intended to benefit super wealthy folks and also corporations. it doesn't do anything for the middle class. what we see now are jobs that the president promised would come to the united states. in fact, we're losing jobs i think in part because of that tax cut and also because the president has played a reckless game and engaging in trade wars with different countries without thinking it through. so yes, i would repeal that tax cut and i also believe that we need an approach that is more sensible when it comes to making sure that we protect american jobs. >> on the trade war that you just referred to, the trump tariff, these are actually illegal tariffs that the president is using a clause in tariff law that says for national security reasons only the president can unilaterally change tariffs. he is using that against canada for which there's obviously no national security issue, and so what would you do about the trump tariffs? >> well, i thin
the trump tax cut, would you repeal the trump tax cuts? >> i would repeal the trump tax cut, yeah. i think it's clear that that tax cut was intended to benefit super wealthy folks and also corporations. it doesn't do anything for the middle class. what we see now are jobs that the president promised would come to the united states. in fact, we're losing jobs i think in part because of that tax cut and also because the president has played a reckless game and engaging in trade wars with...
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donald trump wanted to build trump tower moscow. michael cohen was working on that into the general election campaign in 2016. will we, perhaps, learn something about why michael l flynn lied about conversations with russian ambassador sergey kislyak ostensibly about the lifting of sanctions? >> we very well might. i think what we'll see from this agreement is obviously we'll see kind of a description of the significance of this cooperation. the extent of its cooperation. we'll see some description of the crimes. i think the question of how much detail we'll see about the involvement of others. whether mueller makes that public in this report or whether he holds it off for a future indictment or a future guilty plea or holds it off because it's still a very live part of his investigation. and i think it's such a critical question because flynn really is at the central of kind of both threads of the mueller investigation. both the collusion side and the obstruction side. on the collusion side as you said, it wasn't just his phone cal
donald trump wanted to build trump tower moscow. michael cohen was working on that into the general election campaign in 2016. will we, perhaps, learn something about why michael l flynn lied about conversations with russian ambassador sergey kislyak ostensibly about the lifting of sanctions? >> we very well might. i think what we'll see from this agreement is obviously we'll see kind of a description of the significance of this cooperation. the extent of its cooperation. we'll see some...
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trump won the election. so, you know, whether or not that was a result of these ads or russian propaganda, i don't think we'll know. but certainly both sides got the outcome that they were looking for. >> josh, mark, thank you. i appreciate your time. >>> according to these reports, bernie sanders supporters were specifically targeted by the internet research agency and encouraged to stay home instead of voting for hillary clinton in the general election. bernie sanders' former press secretary, symone sanders, reacts next. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again! >>> the reports commissioned by the senate intelligence committee sh
trump won the election. so, you know, whether or not that was a result of these ads or russian propaganda, i don't think we'll know. but certainly both sides got the outcome that they were looking for. >> josh, mark, thank you. i appreciate your time. >>> according to these reports, bernie sanders supporters were specifically targeted by the internet research agency and encouraged to stay home instead of voting for hillary clinton in the general election. bernie sanders' former...
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university, trump organization, trump inaugural committee, trump as president, because this is a man who's used to grifting and massaging and greasing the wheels. anyone who lives in new york or new jersey knows about trump and the trump family. how they have conducted business, how they have shorted people consistently for decades on construction projects, how the money has never been straight. this is something that i think the president doesn't really think is a big deal. you can sort of see him a little frustrated because it's sort of, this is how he's always behaved. the problem is, this is the federal government and you're used to lying and you're used to having people around you lie. now we see all the people around him in his outer circle, his midcircle and now his inner circle, all of those lies are catching up to them and they're actually being held accountable. pretty soon the president will have to be accountable. >> we'll delve into a lot more of that inner circle in just a moment. ken, let me get your thoughts about the information prosecutors want to get or are getting
university, trump organization, trump inaugural committee, trump as president, because this is a man who's used to grifting and massaging and greasing the wheels. anyone who lives in new york or new jersey knows about trump and the trump family. how they have conducted business, how they have shorted people consistently for decades on construction projects, how the money has never been straight. this is something that i think the president doesn't really think is a big deal. you can sort of see...
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manafort attended the june 2016 meeting at trump tower with donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer who offered dirt on hilary clinton but never delivered. his time on the campaign coincided with russian hackers' efforts to steal democratic party and clinton campaign e-mail, eventually distributing them publicly. manafort was the campaign manager when they back off the stance to provide information. now with the deal called off, prosecutors are taking off the gloves and manafort could even face more criminal charges. manafort's lawyers plan to hold more talks with the special counsel in the next few weeks to negotiate what happens next. both sides will be back in court on january 25th for a hearing, at which point it is possible that mueller's team could call witnesses and even present evidence about how paul manafort allegedly lied. but, of course, until then we will be left wondering about the exact details of manafort's alleged lies. wolf. >> good point. jessica, thanks very much. jessica schneider reporting. >>> let's bring in our senior justice corresponden
manafort attended the june 2016 meeting at trump tower with donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer who offered dirt on hilary clinton but never delivered. his time on the campaign coincided with russian hackers' efforts to steal democratic party and clinton campaign e-mail, eventually distributing them publicly. manafort was the campaign manager when they back off the stance to provide information. now with the deal called off, prosecutors are taking off the gloves and manafort could even face...
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guest: i don't think there is a trump hotel in china. host: trump ties being made in china. things made in china. guest: his critics have pointed out when you go into trump tower there is a gift shop to buy souvenirs. you turn them over and of this tie is made in china. products like that are more efficient and inexpensive to manufacture. that is part of the issue of the 2 economies. the economies are so inter-blended. the so-called global production chain. it is difficult to re -source. many companies are doing it now, going to indonesia and india, for manufacturing. a couple went into ivanka t rump's boutique in beijing. ivanka is very popular in china. with's a biography of her her smiling face looking very beautiful on the front cover. positive.book is the idea has been raised in american politics chelsea clinton will someday run against ivanka trump for president. who will win? they think ivanka will defeat chelsea. this is the image we have. the supply chain is part of it. they are very proud so many american products are made in china. host: grand rapids, michigan. ca
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it's not something the trump organization or trump administration has put out. there's a huge amount we don't know and would like to know about what other foreign governments are using trump businesses and we don't know about them yet. >> jake, a notable detail, it's an american lobbying firm that's making the purchases and that, again, the white house said we're going to give away the foreign profits from trump hotels and he writes a big novelty check once a quarter. but who knows what businesses are functioning as cutouts for foreign entities? >> yeah. i mean, look, i think we probably just scratched the surface of the totality of the ways in which foreign governments are now trying to essentially buy favor from the trump administration. i mean, what's clear about this case that david just reported on is this book was -- you know, the playbook was written and deliberated around the world from the moment donald trump has been in the white house. >> yeah. >> and that means that autocrats and dictators in every corner of the world who have said, look, i've got to
it's not something the trump organization or trump administration has put out. there's a huge amount we don't know and would like to know about what other foreign governments are using trump businesses and we don't know about them yet. >> jake, a notable detail, it's an american lobbying firm that's making the purchases and that, again, the white house said we're going to give away the foreign profits from trump hotels and he writes a big novelty check once a quarter. but who knows what...
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donald trump? no. is he a role model for my sons? absolutely not. >> the widespread information across numerous social media platforms taking place over several years with a damning conclusion, quote, all of the messagi messaging clearly sought to benefit the republican party and president trump. >>> it's now suggested president trump is being persecuted by his political enemies but with more than a dozen investigations under way, it seems almost everything donald trump has ever touched has become a legal liability. first i want to explain exactly where we are and give you an overview of what we're talking about. by one account there are as many as 17 investigations surrounding donald trump, his family, his businesses, his campaign and his presidency. and remember, there's going to be way more when the democrats teak over the house in just two and a half weeks. it is not surprising the president is feeling a whole lot of pressure. he lashed out with a tweet storm on sunday slamming michael cohen, j
donald trump? no. is he a role model for my sons? absolutely not. >> the widespread information across numerous social media platforms taking place over several years with a damning conclusion, quote, all of the messagi messaging clearly sought to benefit the republican party and president trump. >>> it's now suggested president trump is being persecuted by his political enemies but with more than a dozen investigations under way, it seems almost everything donald trump has ever...
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the feed back loop between trump and fox, trump and talk radio is as strong as ever because as he plays to the base more and more, that's his way of knowing what the base apparently cares about. >> yeah, and so every lawmaker i have had on who's been confident, right, about the shut down, i'm like are you sure, the president. i ask, oh, yeah, we're sure. i'm like, okay. because we know. and you say the same thing. you have been saying that. you said it on this show, didn't you. >> i said it on the show, donald trump could have his head turned by conservative media. donald trump said he was going to step up and sign the bill, there was huge backlash, saying he shouldn't do this, and at that point in time, he said i'm never doing this again, i hate this bill. what we saw this week, it's not only ann coulter and the problem is that as brian says, there is this universe that talks to itself, which fox news has been at the center of, and donald trump is the first time there's been a prominent republican elected official who comes from that world. donald trump used to be on contract on fox ne
the feed back loop between trump and fox, trump and talk radio is as strong as ever because as he plays to the base more and more, that's his way of knowing what the base apparently cares about. >> yeah, and so every lawmaker i have had on who's been confident, right, about the shut down, i'm like are you sure, the president. i ask, oh, yeah, we're sure. i'm like, okay. because we know. and you say the same thing. you have been saying that. you said it on this show, didn't you. >> i...
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in trump world. step one, the flat-out denial. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> then why -- why did michael cohen make it if there was no truth to the allegations? >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney, and you'll have to ask michael. >> step two, the partial admission followed by the insistence that whatever the bad act was it definitely was not a crime. >> it's not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. so -- >> they funneled it through a law firm. >> funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> oh, i didn't know -- >> he did. >> i always love that video. it's awesome. step three comes next. that was the bad act was a crime but donald trump didn't do it. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. he's a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money, et cetera, et cetera. >> finally, step four, where we nour which
in trump world. step one, the flat-out denial. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> then why -- why did michael cohen make it if there was no truth to the allegations? >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney, and you'll have to ask michael. >> step two, the partial admission followed by the insistence that whatever the bad act was it definitely was not a crime. >> it's not campaign money. no campaign finance...
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should trump run. tell us more about the relationship, which i think to your point a second ago speaks volumes as to why it's so significant that ami is now cooperating. >> well, i think this is one of the things where david pecker could be on an ongoing basis beneficial and helpful to the sdny. they have had -- it seems to me they do have a friendship. people close to pecker and to donald trump have both described it to me as more transactional. so david pecker, they met back when david pecker was the head -- was the ceo of a magazine publisher in the u.s. or the u.s. arm that much magazine publisher. he launched "trump style," which was a sort of dedicated magazine that would be distributed in trump hotels so they both got something out of that from a business perspective. david pecker would do events at mar-a-lago. donald trump spoke about pecker when he received an honorary doctorate at pace university. they do these things for each other. i don't think they spent a tremendous amount of time just s
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it was this year trump lost all the remaining charity money at the trump foundation. that's the last thing the trump foundation gets to do. this month new york prosecutors formally shutting it down. then there's the law which still matters in the trump era. mueller indicting 33 people involved with obstruction and more. rules do matter inside the white house because they help trump's request to fire mueller. his lawyer stopping that effort, and then his own lawyer blocking trump from trying to order illegal investigations of hillary clinton and james comey. trump was blocked from an illegal request to where journalists investigated. an attack on reporters to revoke a press attack. we've seen facts matter in how the u.s. handles bigger problems abroad. sanctioning russia over the occupation of crimea, and then there's how you're showing us things mattered. if you voted this year, you were part of a surge that was a 50-year high for midterm voter turnout. that's not nothing. and that was despite the message that yes, maybe nothing matters, and many efforts to try to sup
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, the trump campaign and the trump administration and also this belief that donald trump himself can never fail. he can only be betrayed or undermined. >> yeah. >> the buck never stops with donald trump and you're going to see that theme a lot. >> you know, gabe, i'm curious to see again how long the fox news establishment, roger aisles w -- roger ales was very good at that. rush limbaugh it was the same thing. they're coming after you, they, that amorphous they is out to get you. fox news did hire some people who still want to be journalists, right? >> yeah. >> chris wallace who often is in that pivot position of being doing conservative tv but also doing journalism, here he is again. i wonder how long this kind of thing can survive. take a listen. >> michael flynn, president says, you know, mueller says he lies. flynn said he didn't lie but what he neglects to mention is that the president fired him three weeks after he became the national security advisor. why did he fire him? for lying. so the president fired the man for lying who he's now defending against lying. >> i'm always d
, the trump campaign and the trump administration and also this belief that donald trump himself can never fail. he can only be betrayed or undermined. >> yeah. >> the buck never stops with donald trump and you're going to see that theme a lot. >> you know, gabe, i'm curious to see again how long the fox news establishment, roger aisles w -- roger ales was very good at that. rush limbaugh it was the same thing. they're coming after you, they, that amorphous they is out to get...
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trump elected president. last week he admitted covering up trump's ongoing effort to build trump tower moscow. before that, he admitted to illegally paying off trump's alleged mistresses to keep them quiet before election day. that's a lot of trump-related crime. remember, michael cohen is far from trump's only problem. tomorrow robert mueller is scheduled to file a memo regarding former trump national security advisor michael flynn. remember him? he pleaded guilty to lying about contacts with the russian government. in the memo they're going to file in court, we will all see information about any bad acts flynn committed for which he was not charged and details about his cooperation with the special counsel. senior u.s. official tells nbc news that memo will be made public with possible redactions or an addendum filed under seal. then on friday, we're going to get another detailed memo from mueller. this one explaining why mueller's office pulled out of a plea agreement with former trump campaign chair paul
trump elected president. last week he admitted covering up trump's ongoing effort to build trump tower moscow. before that, he admitted to illegally paying off trump's alleged mistresses to keep them quiet before election day. that's a lot of trump-related crime. remember, michael cohen is far from trump's only problem. tomorrow robert mueller is scheduled to file a memo regarding former trump national security advisor michael flynn. remember him? he pleaded guilty to lying about contacts with...
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do i like donald trump, no. is he a role model for -- i have 16-year-old triplett for those who don't know, two boys and a girl. is he a role model? absolutely inn. >>> a political bombshell two days before the midterm elections in his role as secretary of state, brian kemp is accusing the democratic party of georgia of trying to hack the state's voter registration system. now, it's a move democrats are calling a political stunt. >> that happened the weekend before the election between brian kemp and stacey abrams, an election that kemp would go on to win by a razor thin margin. as georgia's closest gubernatorial election in 52 years. the win came with a lot of help from secretary of state brian kemp who used his position overseeing the state's electoral systems to stack the deck in his own favor by voter purges and freezes on new voter registrations. nowhere was the abuse of his power more audacious than the grenade he threw into the campaign a few days before the election in which his office formally accused d
do i like donald trump, no. is he a role model for -- i have 16-year-old triplett for those who don't know, two boys and a girl. is he a role model? absolutely inn. >>> a political bombshell two days before the midterm elections in his role as secretary of state, brian kemp is accusing the democratic party of georgia of trying to hack the state's voter registration system. now, it's a move democrats are calling a political stunt. >> that happened the weekend before the election...
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they identify him as donald trump. the president lashing out at the accusations this morning in a tweet, misspelling by the way the word "smoking." here's what he writes. he says, democrats can't find a smocking gun tying the trump campaign to russia after james comey's testimony. no smocking gun. no collusion. that's because there was no collusion. so now the dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution, which it was not. lawyers liability if he made a mistake, not me. cohen just trying to get his sentence reduced. all right. there's a lot in there, and we'll talk about it. so let's break down some of what he is claiming there, okay? he's admitting payments were made. now he's admitting it. he didn't before. but he's admitting payments were made to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, but he is dismissing them as simple private transactions. there's always an excuse for why he lied. but he can't keep his story straight. so remember when he lied about the payments when questioned by re
they identify him as donald trump. the president lashing out at the accusations this morning in a tweet, misspelling by the way the word "smoking." here's what he writes. he says, democrats can't find a smocking gun tying the trump campaign to russia after james comey's testimony. no smocking gun. no collusion. that's because there was no collusion. so now the dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution, which it was not. lawyers liability if he...
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donald trump is snow n donald trump is not just cornered. he's a man in a room with no doors. >> and i surmised months ago that he would start a war potentially as a deflection. is that something that is in the realm of possibility given what we've seen and what are the options for those still standing? >> well, i always felt that jim mattis would stand in the way of that kind of wag the dog scenario. i do think this puts a lot of pressure now, personally, on mike pompeo and john bolton and gina haspel. they're going to have to speak truth to power. this is an erratic president. he's done real damage this week. he is on the side of the anti-democratic populous in europe, not on angela merkel's side. he's unraveling our immigration and refugee system, so carefully worn worked out over the last half century. look at what he's done in making the eu a competitor. this is turning years of foreign policy on its head. and i think gina haspel and john bolton and mike pompeo need to summon the courage to tell the president we are heading in the wrong
donald trump is snow n donald trump is not just cornered. he's a man in a room with no doors. >> and i surmised months ago that he would start a war potentially as a deflection. is that something that is in the realm of possibility given what we've seen and what are the options for those still standing? >> well, i always felt that jim mattis would stand in the way of that kind of wag the dog scenario. i do think this puts a lot of pressure now, personally, on mike pompeo and john...
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be trump. he believes john kelly did something of a disservice to president trump by saying no so often. mulvaney is going to have more of a public messaging role. he'll probably take more of a casual approach to things like the president calls his friends and allies as he chooses to seek advice. that will probably happen more under mulvaney than under kel hi. what i think is interesting about kelly's departure, he said his time as chief of staff is best judged by what the president did not do while kelly was serving at his side, things like pulling u.s. troops from south korea or the u.s. withdrawing from nato completely. i thought that was a fairly damaging comment. >>> joining us now immigration and security reporter for the los angeles times molly o'toole. molly had a two-hour interview with john kelly just this past friday. molly, good to have you with us. thanks for joining us. let me begin, first of all, with what was your biggest take away from your conversation with the outgoing chief
be trump. he believes john kelly did something of a disservice to president trump by saying no so often. mulvaney is going to have more of a public messaging role. he'll probably take more of a casual approach to things like the president calls his friends and allies as he chooses to seek advice. that will probably happen more under mulvaney than under kel hi. what i think is interesting about kelly's departure, he said his time as chief of staff is best judged by what the president did not do...
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the conversations about these topics, the history trump might have had with russia, about what trump's ambitions were, questions of policy, questions of old relationships, those conversations spanned months and went on day after day after day. mike flynn has a lot to say about donald trump's mind-set with respect to russia and what his aims and ambitions might have been even though his role as national security advisor was brief, his time spent alone effectively with donald trump talking about matters of interest to this investigation, very large. >> mimi rocca, what does this do in terms of, in effect, mueller's communication with other possible witnesses or defendants? if you're paul manafort tonight and you're seeing that you're the next one who is going to have a sentencing memo, and tonight's defendant gets a recommendation of no incarceration time at all, is this something that robert mueller is thinking about when he makes this filing, that this could influence the thinking of other people involved in this investigation who would be trying to get no incarceration time? >> i'm su
the conversations about these topics, the history trump might have had with russia, about what trump's ambitions were, questions of policy, questions of old relationships, those conversations spanned months and went on day after day after day. mike flynn has a lot to say about donald trump's mind-set with respect to russia and what his aims and ambitions might have been even though his role as national security advisor was brief, his time spent alone effectively with donald trump talking about...
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and remember donald trump, jr. is now the one responsible for the trump organization. so all the real estate deals that they are doing around the world where other foreign governments are trying to put money in, don junior is the one who was aware of all of that and supposed to be keeping the business afloat. so his representations he's only peripherally involved seems at odds with the role of head of the trump organizations business operations. >>> and when we come back, some republican senators are finally joining democrats to challenge president trump, and it is about saudi arabia and the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi. ♪ ♪ the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? now when you go out, you cash in. for each job exxonmobil creates, many more are created in the community. because energy touches so many industries, it supports 10 million u.s. jobs. >>> tonight in the republican controlled senate some republicans are finally breaking with president trump.
and remember donald trump, jr. is now the one responsible for the trump organization. so all the real estate deals that they are doing around the world where other foreign governments are trying to put money in, don junior is the one who was aware of all of that and supposed to be keeping the business afloat. so his representations he's only peripherally involved seems at odds with the role of head of the trump organizations business operations. >>> and when we come back, some...
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plus the trump organization. the now shuttered trump foundation. and his inaugural committee as well. let's discuss. michael d antonio is here. he's the author quf the the truth about trump." david cay johnston is here as well. he's the author of "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." it's very positive, david. thank you very much. i appreciate it. that was sarcasm, everyone. good evening, gentlemen. good to have you on. michael, there are now so many questions into president trump. you say that trump believed that the real estate business in new york was corrupt and deceptive and he acted accordingly. explain. >> right. he did believe it was and he did act accordingly. when donald trump's dad was coming up in the '30s and the '40s, it was a profoundly corrupt business. you had to pay off the unions. a lot of what you purchased had a big markup because you were also paying off people there. politicians were greased. donald's father actually went around and gave federal housing authority people televisio
plus the trump organization. the now shuttered trump foundation. and his inaugural committee as well. let's discuss. michael d antonio is here. he's the author quf the the truth about trump." david cay johnston is here as well. he's the author of "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." it's very positive, david. thank you very much. i appreciate it. that was sarcasm, everyone. good evening, gentlemen. good to have you on. michael,...
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is trump ready, is the trump white house ready for what's about to hit it? >> what type of chief of staff does the trump administration need right now considering what it's facing. >> a former military chief of staff didn't work, former political operative didn't work with reince priebus. >> trump should name trump white house chief of staff. >> it seems like that's who has been the chief of staff. >> it's the one person he is routinely happy w i said that only half-jokingly. he was frustrated with reince priebus who was the first chief of staff, frustrated with kelly, he often gets frustrated with his staff. he essentially operates as his own chief of staff, his own communications director. different times people in the white house have speculated maybe he doesn't need a chief of staff, everything else is unorthodox, why not use a new structure. >> with the democrats taking control of the house a lot of people are saying you need somebody like mark meadows as a possible chief of staff. >> thank you very much. we will see you on "morning joe" in just a bit.
is trump ready, is the trump white house ready for what's about to hit it? >> what type of chief of staff does the trump administration need right now considering what it's facing. >> a former military chief of staff didn't work, former political operative didn't work with reince priebus. >> trump should name trump white house chief of staff. >> it seems like that's who has been the chief of staff. >> it's the one person he is routinely happy w i said that only...
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donald trump has said. so why didn't he go on this iraq trip when he'd previously been with general dunn ford earlier but not a lot of flack for that. >> isn't he the only one that had been to iraq? >> he went in the famous flack jacket. what is your take on jared kushn kushner's influence. >> there are no negotiations. there is no resolution here. at least not until january 3. the president wants this standoff. and it doesn't seem like he has an end game. he may be more confident in his ability to govern but i question his judgment. i struggle to see how many acting directors. acting chief of staff. in january, we'll have an acting head of dod, doj, interior department. all of them are leaving for various circumstances but a lot of them have to do with the president and his conduct. he sent all these mixed signals about what he would and wouldn't sign and whether he would accept this much on the wall or that much on the wall. it seems that he doesn't necessarily know what he's going to say one minute to th
donald trump has said. so why didn't he go on this iraq trip when he'd previously been with general dunn ford earlier but not a lot of flack for that. >> isn't he the only one that had been to iraq? >> he went in the famous flack jacket. what is your take on jared kushn kushner's influence. >> there are no negotiations. there is no resolution here. at least not until january 3. the president wants this standoff. and it doesn't seem like he has an end game. he may be more...
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sort of cic trump there. robert: maybe mueller comes back with more questions for the president about all this at some point. >> i findt very hard to believe that bob mueller will be simply satisfitt with wri responses from donald trump on a small sliver of the investigation. robert: roz, great to have you here at the table. you've been following cohen for so long. you know h valuable he really is to robert mueller's investigation. what does your reporting tell you about that question. >> w well,e know it was revealed yesterday that he sat down with bob mueller team i believe seven separate times just in the last few months. so there a lot of information. i mean, this is a guy who was really donald rump's sort of right hand man within the trump organization. had a lot of involvement with all the dirtiest secrets of the trump organization. obviously we've seen involved deeply with the payments to women prior to thelection to silence them. but also just a lot of donald trump'sverseas international business expa
sort of cic trump there. robert: maybe mueller comes back with more questions for the president about all this at some point. >> i findt very hard to believe that bob mueller will be simply satisfitt with wri responses from donald trump on a small sliver of the investigation. robert: roz, great to have you here at the table. you've been following cohen for so long. you know h valuable he really is to robert mueller's investigation. what does your reporting tell you about that question....
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trump. >> nothing at the trump organization was ever done unless it was run through in trump. he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to get involved in these matters. the man doesn't tell the truth. it's sad that i should take responsibility for his dirty deeds. president trump: i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. he's a lawyer, a lawyer who represents a client who is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money. a former department of justice official under president george w. bush. he believes cohen did not violate campaign finance laws and neither did the president. this is a hot article. i have been talking about it on thon -- on "the five." all week. we'll be talking about this for the next two years. was this payment to stormy daniels illegal before the election. you say the federal election commission and the federal election campaign act would say no, it's perfectly legal. >> the reason is this. you can't use campaign funds to pay personal or business expenses. you can only use campaign f
trump. >> nothing at the trump organization was ever done unless it was run through in trump. he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to get involved in these matters. the man doesn't tell the truth. it's sad that i should take responsibility for his dirty deeds. president trump: i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. he's a lawyer, a lawyer who represents a client who is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of...
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trump. he directed me as i said in my allocution, and i said as well in the plea, he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to become involved in these matters including the one with mcdougal which is really between him and david pecker and then david pecker's counsel. i just reviewed the documents in order to protect him. i gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve loyalty. >> he was trying to hide what you were doing, correct? >> correct. >> and he knew it was wrong? >> of course. >> and he was doing that to help his election? >> you have to remember at what point in time that this matter came about two weeks or so before the election post the billy bush comments, so, yes, he was very concerned about how this would affect the election. >> to help his campaign. >> to help him and the campaign. >> here's what michael cohen said in that interview about why federal prosecutors believe him now after he has pleaded guilty to lying to congress. >> the special counsel state
trump. he directed me as i said in my allocution, and i said as well in the plea, he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to become involved in these matters including the one with mcdougal which is really between him and david pecker and then david pecker's counsel. i just reviewed the documents in order to protect him. i gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve loyalty. >> he was trying to hide what you were doing, correct? >> correct. >> and he...
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it's haunting not only president trump. it's haunting the entire republican party which could own this so called shutdown, his words. here's the latest. moments ago we had leaders of both parties trying to cut this deal and speaking on the senate floor. >> democrats have offered three proposals to keep the government open, including a proposal offered by leader mcconnell that passed the senate unanimously only a few days ago. we are willing to continue discussions on those propro salsa -- proposals with the leader, speaker of the house and leader of the house. all five are necessary to get something done. >> i move to concur the house amendment to the senate amendment to the senate amendment to hr 695. >> if you heard of stacks on stacks on stacks those are amendments on amendments on amendments. you're looking at a panel of troupely qualified experts to deal with what's going on in america tonight. i'm going to go to this panel in one moment. i grant 60 seconds of the latest live reporting to man who has been very busy, my
it's haunting not only president trump. it's haunting the entire republican party which could own this so called shutdown, his words. here's the latest. moments ago we had leaders of both parties trying to cut this deal and speaking on the senate floor. >> democrats have offered three proposals to keep the government open, including a proposal offered by leader mcconnell that passed the senate unanimously only a few days ago. we are willing to continue discussions on those propro salsa --...