foreign agent while lobbying on behalf of a ukrainian political party launched by manafort. patton is cooperating as part of his plea deal. he also admits to helping two foreign nationals make an illegal $50,000 donation to president trump's inauguration. as the washington post reports, mueller has been probing whether foreign money flowed into the coffers of trump's inaugural committee that raised more than $100 million. the first evidence that it occurred. this revelation comes on the last business day before labor day as many in washington braced for the possibility of more indictments stemming from the russia probe. this is the deadline that donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani set for mueller to be finished with his investigation or wait until the midterm elections. >> i think if it isn't over by september, then we have a very, very serious violation of the justice department rules that