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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Manafort. That is a fact. That is news. That is legally concerning for donald trump and politically concerning as confessions are not a great message heading into the midterms. But donald trump has his own plan. While he didnt know this trial of this Campaign Trial would be on track for a verdict heading into labor day, which is of course a key time for the midterms, he has long known he has his own pla...

Midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power rally. Were not going to read the tweet tonight from the president attacking the players in last nights game because it is not particularly newsworthy and were not going to show you all the headlines it sparked. You can imagi...

View, that argument? >> quite a bit. first of all, its never been clear what they meant. its been a slogan like fake news or drain the swamp by perjury trap. just yesterday giuliani made clear what he meant, including in this interview. he said, look, there are questions like, why did you fire comey? that is not a perjury trap question. thats a straightforward question that we need to know. thats exactly the sort of thing that a prosecutor would be asking. the things hes posing as paradigms are ...

First of all, its never been clear what they meant. its been a slogan like fake news or drain the swamp by perjury trap. just yesterday giuliani made clear what he meant, including in this interview. he said, look, there are questions like, why did you fire comey? that is not a perjury trap question. thats a straightforward question that we need to know. thats exactly the sort of thing that a prosecutor would be asking. the things hes posing as paradigms are exactly the down the middle questions...

Anything, would be some kind of gotcha exercise where the president is caught unawares. you cant be caught unawares by a question of why did you fire comey? and we dont know the answer to that because hes given seven or eight different ones. >> he seemed a little caught unaware when lester holt asked it. >> is that, in fact, the standard of record? he since has backed off from that. the one thing that isnt is a perjury trap. that is a legitimate question for investigation. now hes scared of the ...