you know, maria teresa, as e.j. was just saying, we re probably in for a tumultuous december, but next week promises to be super tumultuous. on or before december 4th, which i believe is tuesday that s right. prosecutors are to file a sentencing memo related to michael flynn, and then on december 7th, a factual filing due on paul manafort s alleged crimes and lies, which in both of these instances, we are going to get, for the first time, i think, the clear outlines of what the lies are, what the crimes were, and filling in a lot of the holes in the story that maybe even rachel was hasn t been able to figure out. right. well, she has a day job, right? right. in all seriousness, what s really interesting is the hubris of the president has pursued this case. the way i keep thinking about it is that he s icarus that s flown too close to the sun and that sun is mueller. mueller has been very
manafort s case, they re going to submit their detailed accounting of how exactly manafort had bes been lying to , how he breached his cooperation agreement with them. this week, between the manafort explosion and the michael cohen guilty plea about trump tower moscow yesterday, we have already had quite the rollout this week from the special counsel s office about what they ve got and who else should be worried about the evidence that robert mueller and his team have assembled. well, now we know, as of this court appearance today, that at the end of next week, next friday a week from today, we ll get another big dose of that as it pertains to paul manafort, the president s jailed campaign chairman. but here s the thing, even before then on tuesday, we re going to get yet more, because on tuesday of next week, that s the deadline for mueller s prosecutors to file their memorandum in aid of sentencing for michael flynn. mike flynn is, of course, the
there is no chance i d testify against the president. i d have to bear false witness. i d have to make things up and i m not going to do that. i ve had no discussion regarding a pardon. e.j., i have another question for you. i want maria-teresa kumar to take that one. clearly, i m not going to do that. i ve had no discussions regarding a pardon. doth the lady protest too much? what s so interesting is if folks join me in going back to the future in june where he was basically saying, well, mueller must not have anything on me because he hasn t called. sit tight, roger, after tuesday. the tables may have turned. i think what you re seeing is this evidence of roger stone saying, don t worry. if something happens, i want to make sure something happens when it comes to me when you are thinking down to the pardon. e.j., here s the clip i want you to react to.
russia. because it s part of their deal. because sanctions and a huge financial deal for trump and lying publicly about the deal for trump and lying about contacts with the russian government, it s all one thing. and it may have even all been run by the same guy, dmitry peskov, in the russian government. and so, on tuesday, mike flynn will be in court, and we will learn what robert mueller has come to know in his dealings with mike flynn since flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi about sanctions a year ago. right before flynn comes to court, we have finally learned the answer to the biggest mystery about the case against him. why he bothered to lie about those sanctions discussions in the first place. it wouldn t have needed to be surreptitious if it was just about sanctions alone. but mike flynn and his deputy, k.t. mcfarland, and the president himself, we now know, they were all compromised by russia at the time, because of what they were lying about that russia knew the truth about
are you a smart man? i have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. donald trump insisted that he had no deals in russia over the last two years, but after michael cohen s plea agreement with the special counsel this week, we know that his company was secretly pushing a deal for a trump tower in moscow as late as june of 2016. and as more information comes to light, trump continues to move the goalpost. joining me now, e.j. dionne, washington post columnist and co-author of one nation under trump. msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, nigh ra hack, and maria teresa kumar, ceo and president of voto latino. before i get your reactions to yet another rachel maddow epic explanation of what was going on, i want to play what congressman adam schiff had to play on this week with george stephanopoulos about michael cohen s plea this week. let s take a listen to this, first. when this came to light, the kremlin intervened.