The Bill Press Pod

Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in jail. It's a VERY lenient sentence for someone who has done the damage that he's done. It goes against the recommended sentencing that Robert Mueller suggested. Now the question is... Will Trump pardon him?Democrats continue to form a circular firing squad around Rep Ilhan Omar. She said nothing wrong, but that didn't stop House Democrats from forcing a vote to condemn her comments in an "anti-hate" resolution. They took the GOP's bait once again. Shameful. We talk to the author of Killing Journalism, Joe Strupp, Rep Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Jennifer Haberkorn from the LA Times! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Yes, the 2020 race for President is exciting and Democrats are itching to get rid of Trump. But let's not forget that there are important House and Senate races underway and those are SO important! The stories of Trump manipulating security clearances for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are extremely disturbing. How widespread was this practice? Why is it such a problem?Guest host Chris Lu hosts the show and talks to Bridget Bowman from Roll Call, Julie Zebrak from Yes Moms Can and  Director of Workforce Policy at Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Harin ContractorSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Republican Senate will take a vote to either support or denounce Donald Trump's national emergency declaration. There have been a handful of Republicans who have voiced their concern over Trump's drastic measure, but will they actually walk the walk and vote against Trump? The field of 2020 candidates continues to materialize. There were a few potential Democratic candidates who said they will NOT run in 2020. What does that mean to the larger field? And does Bernie still have the energy that he had in 2016?Guest host Sabrina Siddiqui welcomes Lauren Gambino from The Guardian, Matt Gertz from Media Matters and Pema Levy from Mother Jones! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jane Mayer from the New Yorker wrote a blistering profile of the Trump White House and its obsession with Fox News. Trump is in daily communications with the hosts on the network and actually allows the narrative on Fox to dictate how he runs the White House. This isn't state-run media. It's a media-run state. Hillary Clinton officially rules out running for President in 2020. Good! Now Democrats can focus on all of the wonderful candidates already in the race. Guest host Peter Ogburn talks to Andrew Resuccia from Politico, Vann Newkirk II from The Atlantic and Travis Waldron from HuffPost! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump went to CPAC to address his loyal fans. It was a rambling, nonsensical speech that ran over 2 hours. It was officially the longest speech of his presidency. That's a terrifying thought. Will the Senate vote to shut down Trump's national emergency declaration? Rand Paul is the latest GOP Senator to say he'll vote against it. Do you believe him?The White House is still trying to clean up the mess that Trump created over Otto Warmbier. John Bolton, Trump's national security advisor, says that his opinion on his comments "doesn't matter." We talk about the ERA with Winsome McIntosh, get a CPAC recap from Brittany Shepherd from Washingtonian and Alex Ward from Vox! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a closed door meeting, Michael Cohen met with members of Congress for a third day of testimony. While we don't have the details, Rep. Adam Schiff says that we'll soon get a chance to learn what he said. We'll just have to wait and see!Donald Trump continues to give legitimacy to autocrats. He said that Kim Jong Un knew nothing about the terrible treatment of Otto Warmbier. This is after Warmbier was locked up in a North Korea prison and mistreated to the point where he died. Why can't he stand up to ANYONE?We talk to Adam Smith from End Citizens United, Jason Dick from Roll Call and Nahal Toosi from Politico! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael Cohen made his way to Congress on Wednesday. While Cohen has a long history of being a liar and a cheat, he brought actual evidence that Donald Trump broke the law on multiple occasions. It was a brutal day for Donald Trump. Michael Cohen says Trump is a racist, a con man, a liar, a cheater, and much much else. If you believe Cohen, Donald Trump absolutely committed multiple crimes. Not only that, Donald Trump shut down his summit with Kim Jong Un after he walked away from a nuclear deal. In other words, it was a total waste of time. What a disaster. We talk to Joe Perticone from Business Insider, Ginger Gibson from Reuters and Eliza Collins from USA Today! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael Cohen comes to Capitol Hill to testify to Congress today. According to his leaked remarks, he will accuse Donald Trump of breaking the law WHILE he was President of the United States. He says he knew about the Wikileaks story and worked with Roger Stone to get the story out there. He will accuse him of being a racist. Bottom line: There will be plenty of evidence to impeach Trump after these remarks, but will the GOP actually do anything about it?The House has voted to block Trump's "national emergency." The Senate is up next. Even Mitch McConnell can't give a definitive statement as to whether or not the declaration is legal.... But he still supports it. We talk to Matt Ford from The New Republic, Irvin McCullough from the Government Accountability Project and Matt Ford from HuffPost! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael Cohen is coming to Congress and all reports say that he is going to turn on Donald Trump and spill everything he knows about Trump's crimes. It could be devastating to Trump, but only if Republicans care enough to do something about it. This will all take place at the same time that Trump is meeting with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. It will be interesting to see how he handles the potentially devastating news from Cohen. We talk to Amanda Becker from Reuters, Adele Stan from Right Wing Watch and Nikki Schwab from NY Post! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump is prepared to meet with Kim Jong-Un again. After the embarrassment that the last summit was, what will happen this time? Will Trump give them a higher position on the world stage?This will be an insane news week. Not only is the North Korea summit happening, but Michael Cohen will be testifying to Congress! We also talk about the Academy Awards! We have all the winners and losers.We talk to Joe Cirincione from the Ploughshares Fund, Eugene Scott from Washington Post and Will Sommer from The Daily Beast! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.