A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Guilty to one count of filing fraudulent information to get a bank loan but the ones that could be most problematic for President Trump are counts seven and eight in which he said he coordinated with a candidate for federal office whose name was not revealed and worked at the direction of that candidate to provide payments of 150,000 to one woman which would likely be Karen Mcdougall. Remember that payment she received from the National Enquirer was 150,000 and that was classified as an unlawful corporate contribution and a contribution of 130,000 to Stormy Daniels that was made on october 27th just a week before the election. Again, cohen saying he did this on behalf of and the direction of and in coordination with a candidate for federal office, that person unnamed. Just heard from Rudy Giuliani a
second ago about all of this because people are talking about a connection between these payments and President Trump, hes saying to fox news there is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president , against mr. Cohen its clear as the prosecutor noted his actions reflect the pattern of lies and dishonesty but were a significant period of time. It doesnt look like the Special Prosecutor or the Southern District of new york will have much of an act to hold over Michael Cohens head to because he and his attorneys have agrees to sentencing, somewhere between three and a half and six years. It looks like that part of the case may be over in terms of Michael Cohen. Now we will have to start pulling of the threads on this federal candidate directing and working with cohen to make these payments to affect the outcome of the election. That could be the most problematic part. Bret we heard the
president addressed the manaforts development but not the cohen development, do we expect that is going to stick tonight as hes in West Virginia . You never know with these campaign events, he could say anything. Looking at the statement we got from Rudy Giuliani that may be the direction, there is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president in these charges. Bret john roberts live on the north lawn,. Jurors said guilty to eight counts and could not Reach Agreement on others, peter doocy outside the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia,. Good evening, Paul Manafort set of stone faced on the court room on the ninth floor as the judge announced he was guilty on eight counts and a mistrial had been declared on ten others. This all unfolded after a Late Afternoon note from the jury
room to the bench where jurors wrote after exhausting all options we have reached a verdict, we are not able to reach consensus of ten of the counts. The judge invited the jury who deliberated for 4 days into the court and asked all 12 jurors one of the time if it was ever going to be possible for them to come to any kind of consensus on those ten outstanding charges and one at a time they all said no. No chance of agreement in the jury room on the remaining bank and tax fraud charges. Now the manafort legal team is plotting their next move. Mr. Manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through or complete a hung jury on all counts. However, he would like to thank judge ellis for granting him a fair trial, thank the jury for their very long and hardfought deliberations. He is evaluating all of his options at this point. The judge revealed that the
end of last week that he had been threatened as a result of his role presiding over this case, thats why he denied a motion by a handful of news outlets who wanted the jurors names unsealed before the end of the trial. Before dismissing the jury at the last time before 5 00 p. M. , the judge urged them to not to talk to reporters because he wants to protect the deliberative process. If jurors dont talk to the press, it will be tough to tell who they are and what happened because judge ellis just said i have ordered that your names remained under seal. The mueller team has until august 29th to decide what they want to do about those ten outstanding charges that resulted in mistrials and whether or not they will retry them. Thats not all that Paul Manafort has on the horizon, he still faces federal charges in a federal court in washington, d. C. , and that a trial begins next month. Bret peter doocy outside
the courthouse. If those two stories were not enough today, the Special Counsel team once again taking steps to delay the Sentencing Hearing for former National Security advisor michael flynn. If this happened at the end of june, he pleaded guilty to lying to investigators, he was fired for lying to officials. A lot of reading into delay about what the delay could possibly mean or not. Lets get the analysis, George WashingtonUniversity Law professor Jonathan Turley joined us this evening along with fox news leave corresponded and host of fox news tonight, shannon bream. I want to start with the cohen case, these are the charges, the guilty pleas, five counts of tax evasion, one count of willfully causing an unlawful corporate contribution, the most potentially damaging legally, politically is the Campaign Finance violation. Violation of Campaign Finance laws the prosecutor saying differently. Its interesting, in this we have a decision by Michael Cohen that hes going to lay out everything he confesses to in this information and they have negotiated this range of incentives for him possibly. Its interesting that he said hes not going to cooperate, that wasnt part of the deal. There is many people who say hes protecting the president by not having a big public trial over this even though it may have gotten him in criminal trouble. Even though the president may feel stunned and burned, cohen keeping this private and agreeing to not help prosecutors is a bit of a win for the president. Bret i want to play two sound bites, the president on Air Force One and Rudy Giuliani talking about paying back cohen one after the other. [reporter questioning] President Trump no. They are obviously trying to get at President Trump by bringing these charges against manafort. Hes a hardened target form robert mueller. He cant go to jail for ten years, hes an older guy. If he wants a deal, he wants a walkaway that means a part in. There is no indication that manafort is changing from that strategy. Bret michael just moments ago issued a statement. He said he took the step today so his family can move onto the next chapter. This is michael fulfilling his promise made on july 2nd to put his family and Country First and tell the truth about donald trump. Today he stood up and testified that donald trump directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the purpose of influencing an election. If those payments were the crime for Michael Cohen, then why wouldnt they be a crime for donald trump . If anyone was doubting, lanny
davis wanted to make sure we knew. This is something that has been debated hotly, a couple of Justice Department memos from 1973 and 2,000 that talk about this and essentially the understanding is you cant indict a sitting president in most normal circumstances. Rudy giuliani has said he has had conversations with muellers team and during that he said theyve aurally acknowledged the doj guidelines. Whether that means they agree with them or would seek some type of exemption, if not about indicting a sitting president. According to the Justice Department he cant do it. Bret a Stormy Daniels attorney has been out and about and a lot of tv shows tweeted today Rudy Giuliani, buckle up buttercup. You and your client completely misplayed this. The development will permit us to have the stay lifted in a civil case and will proceed under an expedited deposition of
there is this great debate i think its now moot because mueller is going to follow the policies of the doj. That doesnt necessarily help things. The statute of limitations is still out there, he could still bring a charge after the president leaves office. More importantly, he can detail a criminal conspiracy in a report to Congress Just as the House Of Representatives might switch parties. Bret it brings us back to the fight over the Campaign Finance law and whether this if it all happened as cohen pleads to that violation. There are four former fec chain who says it didnt, obviously giuliani is making that case and you wonder where the lawyers are going to go. Before the trial started, the judge in the manafort case said i think the prosecutor shouldnt have unfettered power. What youre may be doing here is to lay out for something that would involve impeachment of the
president. All of the different investigation, all of the Michael Avenatti stuff, giving them plenty of material to say, they got one thing after another that could be connected to the president and the cohen stuff is the worst of it. Bret we dont know and what weve seen today if cohen will cooperate with mueller on other fronts whether it comes to money or russia or other things. Thats right, but cohen is out there. Hell take a deal if its good enough, hes made that clear. He can still have mueller come to him and say youre looking at six years. He says its a major deliverable. The fact is, he ultimately gave a mueller what he needs today, he already went on the record to say President Trump ordered him to make this payment. He is locked in as a witness. The question is does he have something more . Are there some of the tapes relevant, is mueller now going to look at him and say im willing to do a Side Agreement with you, give you a partial
deal and to ask the court to reduce your sentence . Bret does mueller have more power today . Yes, hes in a much stronger position. Bret at shannon, jonathan thank you, well see you tonight at 11 00 eastern time. Up next, please confirm they found the body of Molly Tibbets and the suspect in custody is an illegal immigrant, will have that story. Heres what some of the fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. And charlotte, top officials at the university of North Carolina system say the toppling of a confederate statue is unacceptable, dangerous, and income principle. Last night activists yanked the bronze figure of a southern soldier known as Silent Sam Off at stone pedestal. Campus Police Say One person pays criminal charges. In milwaukee officials declare a State Of Emergency due to torrential rains that have caused widespread running aroung
around madison. It has flooded major roads and knocked out power to thousands of customers. This is a live look at denver from our affiliate fox 31, a cloudy done for the big story there tonight a Court Appearance for the man accused of killing his pregnant wife and their two daughters. Christopher wants is charged with firstdegree murder, he did not enter a plea. He told authorities he strangled his wife after she killed the children after he wanted a separation. Thats two nights live look out side of the beltway. Well be right back. Turn your wish list into a checklist. Learn more. Do more. Share more. At home, with internet essentials. Bret another Fox News Alert, investigators and iowa are confirming they have found the body of a College Student missing for a month and they have an illegal immigrant in custody, charged with her murder. Correspond of the life tonight in iowa. Police say 24yearold Christian Rivera has been charged in firstdegree murder and Authorities Say he is in this country illegally. Investigators say he confessed he followed her while she was out on her jog, he approached
her and she took out her cell phone and said leave me alone. He tells police he blacked out and doesnt remember what happens next. Authorities say this morning he led them to a remote location roughly 13 miles from her hometown where they found what they believe is her body in a cornfield. Authorities say Surveillance Videos showed her jogging and also showed his black malibu car, thats how they were able to track him down. Police have not confirmed the manner of her death. Police say rivera did see her prior to july 18th but cant yet expand on how often he might have seen her or if he stalked her before july 18th. He followed her and it seemed to be drawn to her on that particular day and for whatever reason he chose to abductor. Police say he has been in this country for four to seven
years and Molly Tibbets was set to return to the University Of Iowa as a sophomore. Bret live in iowa tonight, thank you. Another Fox News Alert just in. California republican congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife have been indicted, charged with converting hundreds of thousands of dollars in Campaign Funds and falsifying Campaign Finance records. The indictment states the hunters used a quarter million dollars, will follow this story as well. The last war crimes suspect facing deportation from the u. S. Is in germany tonight. 95yearold was taken by i. C. E. Agents from his home in new york this morning. The former Labor Camp Guard arrived in the u. S. In 1949 as a war refugee. He later confessed to being a guard who worked at a concentration camp, he was ordered deported but it took 14
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