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good chemistry. but i can tell you, there is been no missile launches no, rocket launches, we got the hostages back. [applause] and we didn t pay $1.8 billion in cash for the hostages. [applause] there s been no nuclear tests. and they say what s taking so long? i said, for 40, 50, 60 years, during the nuclear age, 25 years, you ve been working and nobody complained about the fact that president obama was unable to do anything with north korea and he considered it, read the papers, you ll see what he considered it. i ve been three months, i have a
he picked up $44 billion. he told that to the press, he didn t report it. $44 billion. and then i just left recently, and we re going to pick up at least another close to $100 billion extra. i said to him, you got to pay your bills. the united states is paying close to 90% of the cost
doesn t stop there. cohen s 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 trump s 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. he s tweeting. he ll be filing for the washington post. we ve put together an all-star lineup for this morning s 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 there s a parallel. we ll 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
“The younger generation of the mafioso” isn't killing people, a judge said this week in granting bail to two alleged members of New York's Gambino crime family.
Right? right. so the question is, what did you do with all of this crazy incoming? did you, in fact, buy into it? did you, in fact, participate in a rico conspiracy? right, and the burden on the georgia prosecutors is more than just forwarding it, more than just saying, hey, i m part of the white house switchboard, although the tapes and other things suggest maybe he did do more, so that s one of the big questions. i don t know, you know, in some circles we call it a rabbi, in others we call it a sherpa. a guide, a sage, that s what you are when we come to washington. happy to be your rabbi. i didn t know gene was a rabbi. it s a term. okay. good to see you, sir. appreciate gene robinson. we were down at the federal courthouse and glenn kirschner was with me. this is airing for the first
There first so they can all see one case, all the evidence presented. and then they have the evidence of that trial trump would be specifically when he then stages his defense. any merit in that? yeah, i mean, that s what the benefit is. if you see someone else go first, prosecutors will have to put forward all of the evidence of the existence of the kper prize, the predicate acts that underlie the rico conspiracy. so, there s a lot that you get to know. i think other defendants other than trump would be happy with this result because they would get to see a preview of all of these witnesses, see them cross examined, et cetera. the big guy at the top of the ticket doesn t want this. he s made clear he doesn t want this to go and doesn t want voters to see, particularly in georgia where there are likely to be cameras in the courtroom the full weight of the government s case before the primary starts. voters could see the trials before the first votes are cast here. senator, i wa
The acts that underlie the rico conspiracy. there is a lot to know. i think other defendants besides trump would be happy of this result because they get to see a preview of all the witnesses being cross examined. but the big guy has made it clear he doesn t want this to see and voters to see because it will be in the courtroom before the primary starts. they could see them before the first votes are cast here. senator, i want to ask about this other new aspect we are seeing on monday, mark meadows, this first hearing, mark meadows, what do you think we will see? some say brad rathlisburger will be there. what about the judge that appointed steve jones. jones is widely respected across the aisle. i mean, all attorneys really do respect him. and what s interesting with him
Which is if he continues to behave this way, she s going to move the trial up as quickly as possible, so that he has less time to take the jury pool. and we will see a trial much sooner than trump wants. so, greg, in the georgia case, donald trump shook up his legal team just ahead of his surrender on thursday. what can you tell us about his new attorney, steven sadow? yeah, steven sadow is a veteran criminal defense attorney. he is an expert in rico as well. he s handled several cases involving defendants who were charged with rico conspiracy charges, and helped try to sever them from the barr case or remove them entirely. he is also handled a lot of high-profile cases, involving big name celebrities. so he is used to the spotlight, although no one is used to the spot like he s about to get as the defendant, the attorney defending the most high-profile client in criminal trial history here in georgia. so, in this georgia case,
Strong, but he has a shot. he faces two counts, one being in the rico conspiracy, the other being to solicit public officials to violate the oath of office. in addition to traveling to georgia to oversee the ought it not open to the public, he made texts and phone calls. he s going to argue he did it as part of staff of the chief of president. as a result, he was following instructions of his boss as a public official to carry out his responsibilities. he wasn t engaged in criminality. that will be his argument. he ll be arguing that he was acting as a public official. he certainly has a shot to having it removed to federal court. remember, in removal to federal court, the essence is the same. it will be prosecuted under georgia law and by georgia prosecutors. he certainly has the opportunity to do that, and he very well