president in terms of whether or not that this whether or not this is an actual violation remember michael cohn splayed guilty to eight charges yesterday six of them involved his personal finances tax fraud bank loan fraud and and so i do another financial impropriety then he pled guilty to two separate ones. this issue is fine and if it's a crime it's a crime but ultimately it goes to the political argument of whether or not the president should be impeached and i don't think that this is an impeachable offense one way or the other ultimately we're going to find out where this goes on this midterm you know this midterm as steve benen has said is essentially donald trump's first reelect because if the president if excuse me if the republicans lose their majority in the house and the democrats control the house and you have a speaker pelosi you have a gerry navl are running the house judiciary committee i assure you that a law that something along the lines of what michael cohn pled guilty to which is small in the scheme of things it would be considered a peach a bill offense anything and everyt

president in terms of whether or not that this whether or not this is an actual violation remember michael cohn supplied guilty to eight charges yesterday six of them involved his personal finances tax fraud bank loan fraud and and so i than other financial impropriety then he pled guilty to two separate ones. this issue is fine and if it's a crime it's a crime but ultimately it goes to the political argument of whether or not the president should be impeached and i don't think that this is an impeachable offense one way or the other ultimately we're going to find out where this goes on this midterm you know this midterm as steve benen has said is essentially donald trump's first reelect because if the president if excuse me if the republicans lose their majority in the house and the democrats control the house and you have a speaker pelosi you have a gerry navl are running the house judiciary committee i assure you that a law that something along the lines of what michael cohen pled guilty to which is small in the scheme of things it would be considered in a peach a bill offense anything and e

in terms of whether or not that this whether or not this is an actual violation remember michael cohn splayed guilty to eight charges yesterday six of them involved his personal finances tax fraud bank loan fraud and and so the nother financial impropriety then he pled guilty to two separate ones this issue is fine and if it's a crime it's a crime but ultimately it goes to the political argument of whether or not the president should be impeached and i don't think that this is an impeachable offense one way or the other ultimately we're going to find out where this goes on this midterm you know this midterm is steve bannon has said is essentially donald trump's first reelect because if the president if excuse me if the republicans lose their majority in the house and the democrats control the house and you have a speaker pelosi you have a gerry navl are running the house judiciary committee i assure you that a law that something along the lines of what michael cohn pled guilty to which is small in the scheme of things it would be considered in a peach a bill offense anything and every

president to have his ex advisors could be facing lengthy prison sentences the fast michael cohn trumps former personal lawyer and close friend he pleaded guilty to a range of charges including campaign finance violations on their oaths the man who once said that he would take a bullet for donald trump swore he paid hush money to donald trump alleged mistresses including stormy daniels at the direction of who he referred to as the candidate widely understood to be donald trump. he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the two thousand and sixteen campaign and to the candidate in the campaign. according to the deputy u.s. attorney cohen then tried to get reimbursed for the payments using phony invoices minutes later a second court case to live a drama mr trump's form a complaint manager pullman a ford was convicted on eight counts of financial crimes manifolds trial is the first to emerge from special counsel robin miller's investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election on his way to a companion

running the house judiciary committee i assure you that a law that something along the lines of what michael cohn pled guilty to which is small in the scheme of things it would be considered in a peach a bill offense anything and everything in my opinion would be impeachable to these democrats who want to redo the election they're getting an opportunity here like nobody has ever gotten in history they're getting to the opportunity to nullify the election if they're able to vote the republicans out of the majority. now thursday thirty eight years since the end of a national literacy campaign in nicaragua tens of thousands of young people set off to live in rural areas to teach people how to read and write but if it was successful on home and reports it has not led to the opportunities that many had hoped for. after the hard fighting of the revolution this was nick and i was new start. they called it the literacy crusade in one nine hundred eighty ninety five thousand people many of them youngsters headed to the country's most isolated regions to help the whole for the population that couldn't read

that in terms of whether or not that this whether or not this was an actual violation remember michael cohn pled guilty to eight charges yesterday six of them involved his personal finances tax fraud bank loan fraud and and so the nother financial impropriety then he pled guilty to two separate ones this issue is fine and if it's a crime it's a crime but ultimately it goes to the political argument of whether or not the president should be impeached and i don't think that this is an impeachable offense one way or the other. serious sound as the. president's press or the white house press secretary said today has said as the president said was stated many times he did nothing wrong there are no charges against him does that mean then that the president will just i mean he uses the typical phrases of things being a witch hunt and being unfair and things of that do you think he's just going to want to move on from all of this and we wait for the next storm to come through. well ultimately we're going to find out where this goes on this midterm you know this midterm and steve bannon has said is

trump in terms of whether or not that this whether or not this is an actual violation remember michael cohn split guilty to eight charges yesterday six of them involved his personal finances tax fraud bank loan fraud and and so i than other financial impropriety then he pled guilty to two separate ones this issue is fine and if it's a crime it's a crime but ultimately it goes to the political argument of whether or not the president should be impeached and i don't think that this is an impeachable offense one way or the other ultimately we're going to find out where this goes on this midterm you know this midterm is steve bannon has said is essentially donald trump's first reelect because if the president if excuse me if the republicans lose their majority in the house and the democrats control the house and you have a speaker.

admitting in court, and now we're learning from that testimony, that it was david weiselberg and michael cohn. >> you're donald trump, you are president of the united states, that's a big deal. but at the same time, offsetting being a big deal and being president of the united states, you have this coming at you, everybody that's done business with you, it seems, that knows everything you've done wrong is about to spill it. >> we saw donald trump's initial defense with michael cohen, he said that michael cohen admitted guilt to crimes that are not crime. >> that's not up to donald trump to decide whether these are crimes are not. >> michael cohen was sort of -- he's trying to claim that he was swindled into making this agreement, admitting these crimes to face the potential of less jail time. he's going to try to use the pulpit of being president to push off this oncoming storm. >> let's go to john on this. what does he do now? he must wonder, he's a man of enormous ego and self-confidence and he's been through a lot of stuff in his life. and it seems to me the vulnerability of his family. >>

and in new york his former lawyer michael cohn admitted he was directed by trump to pay off two women who claimed extramarital affairs with him legal experts say cohen's admission establishes trump as a coconspirator but on the justice department policy a sitting u.s. president cannot be prosecuted kristen salumi has more from new york. he was the president's fixer his longtime attorney the man who dealt with issues before they became big problems michael cohen arrived at the office of federal investigators in new york on tuesday representing potentially be biggest problem of donald trump's presidency he pleaded guilty to eight charges brought by federal prosecutors including that he paid an adult film star stormy daniels to keep quiet during trump's run for president after she claimed they had an affair the president at first denied all knowledge when asked about the payments and. the three. but in court cohen said it was at the direction of then candidate trump that he made the payment as well as one to another woman a former playboy model karen mcdougal over their alleged affair. w

in terms of whether or not that this whether or not this is an actual violation remember michael cohn splayed guilty to eight charges yesterday six of them involved his personal finances tax fraud bank loan fraud and and so i the another financial impropriety then he pled guilty to two separate words this issue is fine and if it's a crime it's a crime but ultimately it goes to the political argument of whether or not the president should be impeached and i don't think that this is it in peace.

michael cohn, the president's long-time fixer tapes the president and omarosa worked with him at the a pren dipprent the white house, people within the inner circle taping him. kelly o'donnell, news one now's roland martin and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. kelly, to you first. how tricky is this for the white house? when someone leaves, they say something about the president, the white house punches down. in this case she's got tapes. if she has more tapes, how dicey is it for this white house to come out swinging? >> reporter: and, stef, often when people leave the white house they have a lot of concern about what comes next in their career chapter. omarosa manigault newman is a formidable adversary based on the skill set she's brought to bear. willing to tape inside the white house, willing to talk very bluntly and provocatively about the president. for the white house it appears they're taking a personal approach, going after her character. merely by taking on the issue of planning to tape, keeping the tapes, going into secure areas with a recording device, that that undercu

president in terms of whether or not that this whether or not this is an actual violation remember michael cohn supplied guilty to eight charges yesterday six of them involved his personal finances tax fraud bank loan fraud and and so i than other financial impropriety then he pled guilty to two separate ones. this issue is fine and if it's a crime it's a crime but ultimately it goes to the political argument of whether or not the president should be impeached and i don't think that this is an impeachable offense one way or the other ultimately we're going to find out where this goes on this midterm you know this midterm as steve benen has said is essentially donald trump's first reelect because if the president if excuse me if the republicans lose their majority in the house and the democrats control the house and you have a speaker pelosi you have the jerry nadler running the house judiciary committee i assure you that a law that something along the lines of what michael cohen pled guilty to which is small in the scheme of things it would be considered in a peach a bill offense anything and e

michael d cohn is a whistleblowing attorney and since 1985 he has successfully represented numerous high profile attorney and since 1985 he has retaliation cases in several cases. he is going to introduce the next speaker and i think that he will be blown away. michael, you stately histleblowing attorney, you. [applause] > if i may, could we have linda tripp, please, p are? -- please come up here? [applause] >>all right, as you know, my name is michael cohen and i'm the proud cofounder of the national whistleblower center, along with my brother, stephen, and y law partner. in 1988 the national whistleblower center could we have linda tripp, became the first national organization to use the word whistleblower in its title. back then people had no understanding of what that term meant. so, we wanted to define what it meant for us and for anyone who came to our organization. and that definition began, begins, a whistleblower is someone whose loyalty is to the truth. the truth cannot pick a side. it's neither democrat nor republican. and it's most certainly not beholden to the powerful. i gu

michael cohen and president trump talking about the deal? >> yowl know what tape i want to hear -- tell us what's on the tape of chris cohn and michael cohen. >> there's a little difference between you and the shop you work with -- it's as plain on the nose on my face. you should admit he's lying, and you don't and that's why people don't trust you. and you want me to answer your question, i will. michael cohen had a conversation with him -- excuse me. he asked me not to record it, i said i won't. he said just to be careful let me have your phone, i did. he then recorded me on a secondary device. >> how do you feel about that? >> i think it was dishonest. you know what we talked about in the conversation? i'm not going to tell you, eyou know why? because it was off-the-record and i'm going to respect that. i'm still not going to burn him even though he did something wrong. there's nothing on it that i'm worried about. i know why you guys want to leak it but -- hold on a second, this isn't about a me. you tried, you failed am he's on that tape, on there with michael cohen and he's on there lying about these payments and you should admit it.

charitable foundation he's being questioned as part of an investigation into michael cohen who is trump's former personal lawyer on tuesday cohn pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws and accuse the president of directing him to do so tones now assisting the special investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen election. a judge in ecuador suspended the recently imposed entry restrictions for venezuelans fleeing the deepening economic and political crisis there but this month ecuador announced venezuelans needed to have a valid passport to get in but the court order means that they will now be allowed in with just their id cards for the next forty five days. that's where time restrictions for venezuelans are in place and they being enforced in a few hours' time. lifted the passport. it was a measure that had been implemented a few days ago and was banning. from. many of them wanted to come here to. to find a residence here now that the united nations. refugee pleaded both. to lift the ban on entering without a passport will be in. saturday. wants to lift the ban because it affects. us who are unable t

michael cohen. "the new york times" reports authorities are looking at whether cohn committed bank fraud of greater than $20 million. investigators have focused on loans obtained by taxi companies owned by cohn and his family. >>> uber drivers at san francisco international airport are getting clobbered by tickets they're not aware they had and have no way to appeal. the violations are for not displaying an uber sticker. uber deducts the cost from the driverer a earnings. it's $100 a pop. they billed uber in fines last year. drivers say the airport doesn't provide them with evidence of the violation. sfo says the companies must initiate any appeals >>> it is being called the miracle on the mound. >> a nun threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game and delivered it as though guided by a higher power. john donovan was there. >> reporter: with a mitt on her hand and a spring in her step sister mary jo took the mound last night before the white sox played, not the shy type at all, to throw the ceremonial first pitch. that she signaled to her departed mom, her angel in the outfield she said

this is a person, michael cohen, who said to "vanity fair" last year, i would take a bullet for the president. you had cohnaying his first loyalty is to his family, not the president. you also had the president putting distance between himself and somebody who used to be right there in his inner circle. something they're watching closely. >> hallie jackson, thanks. lay out the magnitude of a plea deal. what it could mean for the president. >> it could mean michael cohen knows more about the business dealers. mueller seemed to find potential pay to play. paying michael cohen. quid pro quo promises in exchange for money. that's another part of this. that could embroil the president in ways that we haven't even talked about that much because the russia portion of this is sometimes the shiny metal object of this investigation. that may be just one part of this. that's the scary thing for the white house. the scope of the michael cohen investigation could not just reach into the russia probe but also just into the government itself with all of this pay to play. so there's i think a lot for the president to fear

michael cohen have on trump? you've got one clue earlier this week when the state subpoenaed cohn as evidence into the trump foundationhn responded personally asking how he could help. earlier this week his attorney planny davis dangled this carrot with rachel maddow. snot just about the obvious possibility of conspiracy to collude and corrupt the american democracy system in 2016 election. which the trump tower meeting was all about, but also knowledge about the computer crime of hacking and whether or not mr. trump knew ahead of time. >> joining me now, my professor and law school paul butler, informer. welcome back to the show. i have to play the lanny davis scene to backtrack about what trump knew or what he knows trump knew about the trump tower meeting. play that with anderson cooper. >> so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the trump tower meeting with the russians beforehand or -- >> no, did not. >> if cohen doesn't have that. can't nail the fact trump knew in advance of the meeting, what could he have. >> in my grand jury testimony, michael could have been the biggest sugg

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