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Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Deliberating three days after this. I think its very sad what theyve done to paul manafort. Thank you very much. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. The president appears to be terrified he has a quote rat in his midst. Inside the white house. That i should be clear, thats his word. Rat. Its not the kind of language we are used to hearing from the president of the United States who is, of course, entrusted by our cons...

Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. So im going to be a little contrary here, chris, say i see where the president is coming from when he says this is a bit old news, my colleague, bob costa and i wrote in november when don mcgahn went before bob muellers interview team, sat down with verdicts two days straight so people have known for a long time that don mcgahn was cooperating with the investigation, that everyone who was in the white house was encouraged to voluntarily be engaged in thes...

He wants to come off like the good guy. he probably did incriminate the president maybe without knowing he did. so he has been with trump, he was the count sell for the campaign. so its not just white house chief count sell. he goes way, way back, chris. he knows from the beginning. he could be there 30 hours, theyre trying to check raw data. thats what the february fib does. they check raw data, he could be providing information that could, in fact, incriminate trump but mcgan might not even kn...

Campaign. so its not just white house chief count sell. he goes way, way back, chris. he knows from the beginning. he could be there 30 hours, theyre trying to check raw data. thats what the february fib does. they check raw data, he could be providing information that could, in fact, incriminate trump but mcgan might not even know it. look. hes a good lawyer. hes not a genius or a wizard. its not a realistic expectation to sit there 30 hours and give a lot of raw data. at some point he will be ...

Is number of leaks left and right. weve learned more sometimes from the newspapers than our open hearings for sure. do you ever wonder why of all the things in this investigation the only thing thats never been leaked is the fact that the president was never under investigation, despite the fact that democrats and republicans in the leadership of congress have known that for weeks? >> i dont know. i fine mats that have leaked to the gang of eight are pretty tightly held in my experience. >> fina...

>> that is truly scandalous. >> we are going to have to make sure the laws are clear. >> today, on day 197 of the fake irs scandal, the treasury department announced that it will clarify the regulation of political activity of tax-exempt social welfare organizations. joining me is the former head of the irs exempt organizations division. and back with us julian epstein, the former minority staff director. of the house government. were you majority or minority when you were there? >> i was majori...

>> the ambiguity is a problem. >> that is truly scandalous. >> we are going to have to make sure the laws are clear. >> today, on day 197 of the fake irs scandal, the treasury department announced that it will clarify the regulation of political activity of tax-exempt social welfare organizations. joining me is the former head of the irs exempt organizations division. and back with us julian epstein, the former minority staff director. of the house government. were you majority or minority when ...