Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Very troublesome for the president here. The fact is if President Trump were president right now, he could be indicted for these Campaign Finance violations, couldnt he . Absolutely. When you look at the way the prosecutors have described it, when you look at the way Michael Cohen described it in court, these documents, its criminal information, so its essentially laying everything out. If this was an indictment and trump, donald trump was not the president , we could be looking at an indictment against the president. We could also, you know, if this was an indictment, look at this as the president being an unindicted coconspirator. Think of that, and certainly, the ramifications of that. Its really serious here. Well see what happens from here. The other thing in these documents that the prosecutors have talked about was that Michael Cohen, and we dont know who these people are, was working w
A recap of the days news. Mr. Trump, helped along by aras and amon. Its clear from the very beginning the information being offered to the Trump Campaign was coming from russia. And it was clear that the information being offered was dirt on clinton. Its the first thing they said. Despite trump juniors initial claim the meeting was about the adoption of russian children. That claim coming in a statement we later learned was dictated by President Trump himself. After White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed he didnt. How did we learn about the president s statements . Well, his own attorneys acknowledge it in a letter to Robert Mueller in january. Its all right there in front of your face. Its all in writing. This is an administration that has tried to distract and deflect from the facts literally from day one when then Press Secretary sean spicer, remember, tried to claim that president
trumps Inauguration Crowd was the largest ever. And Kellyanne Conway doubled down on this
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. He said that initially. They later reversed themselves and flynn was indicted for making a false statement to an fbi agent. But as point of fact, judge, hes told them things that were not true and things that he should have known and recollected in realtime. Right. Maybe he did. And maybe he did it because he thought there was some impropriety about having the conversation with kislyak. Thats why sally yates, then at the a. G. s office, then went to don mcgahn and said you better figure out Whats Going On with this. I dont think there was any impropriety in that conversation at all. In fact i think flynn would have been committing malpractice if he had not had the conversation with kislyak. He is the guy who was going to be the National Security then why did he lie about it . Beats me. Thats a good question, no . Its an excellent question, but i dont know the extent to which he lied, whether h
Camera. Also developing this tuesday night, authorities before the cameras just a short time ago. The body of the missing College Student Mollie Tibbetts has now been found. Authorities have just revealed the suspect is an undocumented immigrant. The powerful storm system moving east tonight. Severe thunderstorms, dangerous winds. From virginia and d. C. , up through the northeast, and the major hurricane were tracking. And the stunning moment in court today involving the father and husband charged with killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters, as his slain wifes father breaks down. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a very busy tuesday night. We begin with the breaking news tonight. Two bombshell headlines involving two men who worked very closely with the president. A guilty plea for one, and a guilty verdict for the other. On the left, President Trumps former campaign chairman, paul manafort, found guilty on eight
counts against him. Jurors couldnt reach consens
And people are exhausted. Trump did respond to Michael Cohens plea today. This morning he wrote if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen and Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. Trump also spoke to fox news about his relationship with Michael Cohen. He was a lawyer for me for one of many, you know, there was a lawyer and the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. I dont know where that term came from, but hes didnt do big deals. Did small deals. Not somebody that was with me that much. You know, they make it sound like i didnt live without him. I understood Michael Cohen very well. Turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer, frankly. He was somebody that was probably with me for about ten take this all together this being the president of the United States after all. The Washington