GOP Insiders Are Freaking Out That The Party ‘Looks Like A Criminal Enterprise’ A culture of corruption.  Seemingly lost in the one-two punch of Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort guilty verdicts yesterday was the news that a second GOP member of Congress was also indicted by federal prosecutors. Republican Duncan Hunter of California was charged by the Department of Justice for stealing campaign funds and using the money to pay for lavish family vacations and other personal expenses. And Hunter is the second GOP member of Congress to be indicted in the last few weeks. The first was Rep. Chris...

Trump’s Not Going To Like Today’s Newspaper Front Pages Yesterday was undoubtedly a bad day for Donald Trump and newspapers around the country (and world) are reflecting just that. Check out the newspaper headlines reacting to yesterday’s news: New York Daily News Michael Cohen pleads guilty, linking Trump to payoffs… https://t.co/sknpH1zDYn …As Paul Manafort convicted of fraud https://t.co/482P8HYrzY An early look at Wednesday’s front page: pic.twitter.com/hVrKz8U71N — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 21, 2018 New York Post   The New York Times The front page of the New York Times. pic.twitter.com/WBdN5WLJWg — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 22, 2018...

Cohen’s Lawyer Tells Maddow His Client Has Info To Share With Mueller (Video) Lanny Davis says Cohen will tell Special Counsel Robert Mueller “all that he knows.” Michael Cohen’s attorney told Rachel Maddow Tuesday night that his client has knowledge that would be “of interest” to Robert Mueller and would be willing to tell the special counsel “all that he knows.” “Mr. Cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel and is more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows,” Davis said on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show.” Lanny...

Conservative Columnist Calls For Trump To Resign Or Be Impeached Conservative says Michael Cohen’s testimony that Trump instructed him to violate federal election law amounts to “high crimes and misdemeanors. Following the bombshell revelation Tuesday that Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to violate federal election law in the payoff of a porn star. The former Republican and New York Times columnist tweeted Tuesday saying “I’ve been skeptical about the wisdom and merit of impeachment. Cohen’s guilty plea changes that. The president is clearly guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. He should resign his office or be impeached and removed...

GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter Indicted For Embezzling Campaign Funds Congressman will remain on the ballot in November despite indictment. Republican Duncan Hunter of California and his wife were indicted Tuesday on charges of embezzling and misusing at least $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses, the Department of Justice announced. According to prosecutors, the California Republican used the funds to purchase lavish trips to Italy and Hawaii, to pay for his children’s tuition and even to pay for his family’s dental work. The DOJ also noted that thousands of dollars were also spent on “fast food, movie tickets, golf...

Michael Cohen Just Implicated Trump In Guilty Plea Cohen says he was directed to violate federal election law by Donald Trump.  Donald Trump’s longtime attorney and business associate entered a plea of guilty in federal court Tuesday. As part of his guilty plea, Michael Cohen said he was directed to violate campaign law at the direction of the candidate, Bloomberg is reporting. Additionally, at the same candidate’s direction (Donald Trump), Cohen said he paid $130,000 to somebody to keep them quiet, which was later repaid by the candidate. Prosecutors told the judge that the purpose of the payments was...

Jury Finds Paul Manafort Guilty On 8 Charges The president’s campaign chairman has been found guilty on multiple federal charges After about four days of deliberation, the jury in the Paul Manafort case has delivered a guilty verdict on 8 charges including: • 5 counts of tax fraud • 1 count of failing to file a foreign bank account • 2 counts of bank fraud The guilty verdict for President Trump’s campaign chairman comes on the heels of the news that Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime business associate, has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors. The 8 guilty verdicts against...

WATCH: Michael Cohen Surrender To Authorities At FBI Field Office Trump fixer Michael Cohen is in custody, will plead guilty and cooperate with federal prosecutors. Michael Cohen walked into the FBI field office in New York Tuesday after to surrender to federal authorities as part of his plea agreement. Moments ago: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen seen entering FBI New York office as NBC News reports that he's reached a plea deal. https://t.co/KbtozqtTkU pic.twitter.com/7o3uU4PirA — CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) August 21, 2018 [image via...

Michael Cohen Has Flipped, Now Cooperating With The Feds The rats are fleeing the ship. Michael Cohen has reached a deal with prosecutors. President Trump’s close business associate and so-called fixer Michael Cohen has agreed to a criminal cooperation deal with federal prosecutors, according to ABC News. “ABC News has learned that Michael Cohen has entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York,” ABC News reported. NBC News has also confirmed the news. While the plea agreement is with the Southern District of New York it will extend to any relevant federal...

Rachel Maddow Obtains Secret Devin Nunes Recordings At GOP Fundraiser Devin Nunes caught blabbing about Mueller investigation, Supreme Court vote during Republican fundraiser. [listen to the audio below] The Rachel Maddow Show obtained and released secret audio tapes from a private Republican fundraiser where Congressman Devin Nunes can be heard discussing the Russia probe. In the recordings that Maddow played on her show Wednesday night, Nunes can be heard telling Republican donors that the reason Republicans have hit a snag in their attempts to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is because the Senate needs to focus on the impending Supreme Court...