Washington post good morning to wreck. Does cohens guilty plea mean that the president broke the law well it certainly makes it more likely thats people that investigators will figure out that he did break the law in case what cohen said was in fact true but whether thats going to have any legal consequences thats a totally different question ok the legal call a consequence of right now is the possibility of an indictment for the u. S. President how likely is that scenario. Well thats an area which is not very likely at the moment because the Department Of Justice has actually done a few analyses in the past and theyve always concluded that indicting were charging a sitting president is simply impossible so you would have to have a prosecutor whos willing to take the risk to challenge that ok you know weve seen legal troubles for the president before and for his Associates Im thinking of general Michael Flynn one example is the cohen case different than that well
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a distance. a little bit later on the program will be looking at women struggle for equality in the workplace we ll be talking to one of the auto industry s very few female c.e.o. s that s coming up a little bit later in the program but first let s catch up on some other stories making news around the world thousands of demonstrators supported into central algiers after friday noon prayers in the latest of a series of protests against president abdullah as he s beautifully because bid for a fifth term in office reports a authorities have deployed security forces and stopped public transit services into the capital. donald trump s former campaign chief paul metaphor has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud who was also ordered to pay more than twenty four million dollars in restitution and fifty thousand dollars in fines an f.b.i. investigation revealed metaphor that hidden foreign income from working for ukrainian politicians aligned with russia. the cre
thank you for sharing your insights with us thank you. well coming up we ll be looking at women s a struggle for equality in the workplace so we ll talk to one of the auto industry s very few female c.e.o. s that s coming up a little bit later in the show but first let s catch up on some other stories making news around the world finland s center right government has resigned prime minister you have announced a move after failing to get parliamentary support for planned social and health reforms the country already has parliamentary elections scheduled for next month. donald trump s former campaign chief paul metaphor has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and a bank fraud he was also ordered to pay more than twenty four million dollars in restitution and fifty thousand dollars in fines an f.b.i. investigation revealed that metaphor had hidden foreign income from working for ukrainian politicians aligned with russia. the crew dragon capsule built by the
been struck yesterday more by the news of a cohen cohen pleading guilty done by demand afford burdick but also there might be some legal obstacles here because those are two very different cases you have a former long or one time campaign manager and then you have his lawyer and there are different legal implications for defending his person because they re still ok what are prison trumps political options right now you mentioned the midterm elections are coming up in november are they that much more of a higher stakes game for the political survival of the president well they could become that if the democrats decide to make that their rallying cry there are two options i think. either this could in bold trumps supporters who consider all of those investigations deeply unfair or it could impose on the democrats who managed
now let s get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world french president emanuel mccrone is calling for profound reforms in europe s migration policy he made the comments after talks with the talian prime minister just seppi kaante in paris micron said that europe s response to mass migration has not adapted to the times he backed conti s plans to create processing centers for asylum seekers in africa china says that it is imposing tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods including agricultural and auto products the move is in retaliation after the trumpet ministration announced levies on chinese their imports the tit for tat threatens to ramp up global trade war. donald trump s former campaign manager paul metaphor has been ordered to jail a federal judge revoked metaphor to house arrest a week after special counsel robert miller charged him with witness tampering