quote, committed a crime or crimes by colluding with russian government officials, with respect to the efforts to interfere with the 2016 election for president of the united states and violation of united states law. and allegations la paul manafort, who has pleaded not guilty, is one of 19 people facing criminal charges from the investigation. another attorney alexander vanderswan is expected to be sentenced today for hiding documents and lying about conversations with manafort's former deputy, rick gates. back at the white house, the white house is now confirming that president trump and russian president putin discussed the idea of meeting at the white house during a phone call two weeks ago. the kremlin's foreign policy adviser revealed yesterday that trump made the suggestion during