Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Jeopardy for the president. Were learning more about the trumpmueller relationship. The day after he interviewed Robert Mueller to be the director of the fbi, trump was in an Oval Office Meeting when an aid announced that mueller had been appointed the Special Counsel to investigate the Trump Campaign. Trump and Attorney General jeff session, who attended both meetings were blind sided according to a person familiar with both meetings. The president immediately blasted sessions for not knowing the announcement was coming and challenged how the person he just interviewed for the fbi job and who trump had said he had a past dispute with over Golf Club Fees could now be investigating him, the person said. Now, we dont know if trump had turned down mueller for the fbi job at this point. But we do know that Christopher Wrey wasnt named until a month after. Read on the man, he knew he would also be
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Have always said the purpose of the meeting was, so get information on Hillary Clinton. The original trump lie about this meeting was that the meeting was about russian adoptions. But the president s lawyers were forced to admit in a letter to the Special Prosecutor that President Trump dictated a false statement to the New York Times about that meeting knowing it was false, a statement saying the meeting was about russian adoptions. The legal implications of the president s tweet are gravely threatening to the president s son. This was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics. But it is not done all the time in politics, and its totally, totally illegal. If it is a meeting with foreign citizens trying to help the Trump Campaign. Federal law makes it a crime for a Foreign National to, quote, directly or indirectly help an American Campaign wi
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. As has peter baker, correspondent for the New York Times thanks to all three of you for staying up late. Congressman, again, just a civics and kind of a Physical Plant question. The winner gets to be an incumbent member of congress. The winner will go, will get really bad office space. Theyll be on the bottom of the seniority list. Hell get his predecessors office. You do inherit the office space . How does that work . I replaced the most Senior Member of congress. For eight months as a freshman, i had the best office on capital little. You had a beautiful view of the dome. Then reality sets in. But they cant move in. They cant feel as much as anyone can move in with a twoyear term. Lets say its 12 weeks before the next election. House is out till labor day. Because it is an election day, theyll be in for about three
weeks. Whoever the incumbent is, they will be an incumbent for all of about three weeks. What they will
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. To get manafort loans. We hear one thing after another listed and as i say, a very plain, kind of matter of fact fashion, although what did seem awkward was the fact there was a certain part of the courtroom that gates didnt seem to want to look at. The manafort part of the courtroom. Right. Let me ask you how they deal with explaining to a jury that someone is a cooperating witness, that theyve already pleaded guilty to committing some crimes. Does that change or could you detect any change in any of the Body Language from the jury . Did they seem to to listen less intently or did they lean in as this was someone who had traded something . How does that go over in a jury . So, i was watching the jury as they were describing, or, as i said, as the prosecutors were leading gates through a description of his deal with the government, and the jurors were watching that very intensely. I saw a number of them taking notes on
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. It looks very hinky to me. Heres why i ask you about what this is about because lets say you win. Lets say the democrats win. You get the house. Probably not the senate, but you get the house. Theres a call for impeachment among progressives like yourself. Yes. Two things happen. Well, i dont think its just progressives, chris. There will be a call for impeachment from all those not heard, who are the majority in america. Okay. I give you that fact. Ill stipulate to it for the point of this argument. Okay. So everybody calls out. You dont have the votes. It doesnt happen. You galvanize support for the president , and we are torn more apart in this country. Are you worried about that outcome . No, i am not. I am believing in the american people. I believe in this country. I believe in what it was founded on. I believe in the constitution. I think that on election day, were going to show up in a huge w