Our next speaker is no stranger to the Civil War Community Kent Masterson. Brown was born in lexington kentucky and is a 1971 graduate of Center College where he was later named a distinguished graduate. In 1974. He received his juris doctor degree from washington and Lee University school of law. He has practiced constitutional and Administrative Law for 45 years in lexington, kentucky and 26 years as council to webster chamberlain being and in washington, dc. Throughout his career as a constitutional attorney kenneth cultivated his advocation in history as a battlefield preservationist. He helped form the Perryville Battlefield Association and served as chairman of the perryville battlefield commission. He had a president ial appointment as chairman of the Gettysburg National military Parks Advisory Commission and served on the board of directors of the gettysburg foundation. He has spent time researching American History writing books and articles for scholarly presentations and giv
Tonight the Michael Flynn bombshell. President trumps former National Security adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. The white house caught by surprise. Flynn has now agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. Brian ross tonight on whether flynn will testify against President Trump. And this evening Jared Kushner and what we have learned about him. Also breaking at this hour, your money, your taxes. President trumps tax plan. The showdown in the senate at this hour. Does he have the votes . Were live on the hill. The verdict in the outrage the undocumented immigrant acquitted of murdering kate steinle who was walking with her father. The search for a teenager who have ran off with a High School Soccer coach. What we have learned. Holiday packages arriving at your door. Youre about to see the neighbors who jumped in. My three sons. Our unbelievable milestone. Who is our person of the week . Good evening and its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with Michael
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. Completely debunked the campaignrelated charges. Lets take a look. The general counsel for the clinton mob family, lanny davis, he had his client pleaded to two counts of criminality that dont exist. These Campaign Finance violations all over tv saying implicates the president directly. Re first, lets back up. It is a guilty plea. It is a plea bargain between ale prosecutor and a criminal. A criminal who doesnt want to spend the rest of his life in prison. That is not precedent. That applies only to that specific case. Nobody cites Plea Bargains for precedent. Thats number one. Number two, just because a Prosecutor Says that somebody violated a campaign law, doesnt make it so. Hes not the judge, hes not the jury. We didnt adjudicate anything. It never went to court. Thats number two. A Campaign Expenditure under our
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Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Joe is off. Hes tweeting. Hell be filing for the Washington Post. Weve put together an allstar lineup for this mornings incredible amount of news. A Small Law Firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, John Thnathan Tu and Barbara Mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories
i do not think theres a parallel. Well see what you come up with. A legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. What the Conservative Drudge Report described as trump hell hour. His 2016 Ca
Time in a police van and we have the eye witness of the person being dragged to the van and he believed that his friend had already sustained the spinal injuries that would later take his life and we will hear from advocates of police who say otherwise. Reporter new video shows freddy gray minutes after his initial arrest. The last time he was seen publicly and alive. It shows gray not moving lying half in and out of the police van. He wasnt responding. He was down and his feet was like this and they picked him up and threw him up in the paddy wagon. This is a block from where freddy gray was arrested. He was arrested just around the corner and this is where they pulled him out of the van to shaqqal his feet and the was a woman across the street watching it. He looked unconscious to you . Yes and i asked if they should get him a paramedic and they said to mind my business and i said it is my business. A lawyer said any injuries could not have come from the officers. Our position is som