paul manafort was right in the middle of everything at that time when the russia collusion or the potential russia collusion was at its height. good for the newtster. jonathan? manafort gives very few political contributions. one person he has given money to is dana rohrabacher who happens to be the most pro russia congressman on capitol hill. jason? we all know part of these charges are a fara violation, the foreign agent registration act where you have to admit that you re lobbying on the part of a foreign country. the department of justice did their own investigation on fara enforcement in 2016. they have only prosecuted seven people in the last 50 years for violating fara. manafort is now the eighth. number eight. thank you, heidi, heidi przybyla, jonathan allen and jason johnson. when we return, let me finish when we return, let me finish to
he lied to his own staff. he lied to the people of south carolina. and he got caught in an enormous way. what should he have done? now that we re doing this, now that we re mentoring him in reverse, in retrospect, what should he have done? told everyone i was down in buenos aires with this woman i met, we were having a time together and it got serious. and i guess i m in a situation. would that have worked? here is a tip. if you re going to buenos aries to have an affair, at least acknowledge that you re going to buenos aries. don t claim you re out hiking on the appalachian trail. okay. now, just to put this in perspective, newt gingrich is always useful in putting things in perspective. there are a lot of ways to attempt a political comeback. newt gingrich used a different approach to explain his infidelity in a 2011 interview. this is only two years ago. let s listen to the newtster because he beats the band when it comes to this stuff. there s no question at times in my lif
is he bringing the woman from argentina with him back to d.c.? where does he stand on this thing? well, it gets pretty wild, doesn t it, because all the questions you ask are appropriate ones. and the first question really is, if he had made a bigger mistake, if he had done something worse, would he be better qualified for congress? because that seems to be the argument he s making. and, of course, the reality of it is the biggest mistake he made was lying. he lied to his own staff. he lied to the people of south carolina. and he got caught in an enormous way. what should he have done? now that we re doing this, now that we re mentoring him in reverse, in retrospect, what should he have done? told everyone i was down in buenos aires with this woman i met, we were having a time together and it got serious. and i guess i m in a situation. would that have worked? here is a tip. if you re going to buenos aries to have an affair, at least acknowledge that you re going to buenos aries.
anyway, they will give goodant views. thank you david corn. thank you joan walsh. wait until you hear the brain dead answer repeated over and over by united states congressman whob still, believe it or not, is still in office about what he said about the president not being an american. finally this guy is caught by a good piece of work by a local journalist out there in his street. tomorrow newt gingrich will join us. we will have a lot of fun looking back over his late great presidential campaign, and we will have some real interesting back and forth with the newtster. i m glad he s coming on. this is the place for politics. [ female announcer ] e-trade technology
ready for it. thank you, great friends. and now, guess who says that attacking mitt romney over bain capital is a bad idea? newt gingrich. the newtster. don t listen to him. he is like freddy krueger, he keeps coming back. it is friday and the place for politics. this mom has been doing it for years. she s got bounty. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty