Mueller. It should be a fascinating dynamic. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if over the course of this evening the Judiciary Committee didnt decide to sort of follow the same path that the intelligence is doing and just swear zebley in. Why have him sitting there and not able to answer your questions . Well see. Still evolving. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. You know, i think to that question that the Judiciary Committee has some slightly different rules on what it means once someone who is sworn in as a witness, but we have a Judiciary Committee member here with us who is going to answer all of that. I now believe that the Intelligence Committee hearing now might turn out to be the better of the two hearings because i think aaron zebleys contribution could be really invaluable tomorrow. I suspect he will be less tight and constricted in the way he talks about this. Hes certainly in a position to know everything, an
Have. The judge, is it unanimous . The foreperson, yes, sir. The judge, have you completed the verdict form . The foreperson, yes. The judge, would you give it to mr. Burns, please . The court clerk. The verdict form is given to the court clerk. The judge, all right. Ladies and gentlemen, we are now going to read your verdict. Please listen carefully to the verdict as its read because once the verdict is read each of you will be asked whether this is, in fact, your verdict. And then the court clerk says. Will the defendant please rise and face the jury. The defendant rises and faces the jury and then the clerk reads from the verdict form. We, the jury, unanimously find the defendant, bee by john keon. We unanimously find the defendant guilty of conspiracy to make willful and material false statements and omissions in a Foreign Agent registration act filing as charged in count 1b of the indictment. And we, the jury, unanimously find the defendant, guilty of acting in the United States a
Well hear from survivors who owe their lives to First Responders. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Odonnell good evening. This is our western edition. Tonight, we are on the eve of historic hearings on capitol hill where, for the first time, former special Counsel Robert Mueller will face questions about the nearly twoyear investigation that led to criminal indictments against 37 people and companies, including the president s onetime campaign chairman. The investigation found that the russian government interfered in our last president ial election in a sweeping and systemic fashion. But mueller did not recommend criminal charges against President Trump. Cbs news learned today mueller will not be alone when he testifies under oath tomorrow for five hours. His longtime righthand aide will be with him, and the Justice Department is trying to put limits on muellers testimony, including what he can why about the president. Incy cordes is on cap
The Trump Administration reaches agreement with congressional leaders on a budget deal to raise the debt ceiling, democrats are on board but what about conservative republicans. And kims submarine. North korea shows photos of kim jongun inspecting a new submarine under construction. Given the norths Nuclear Arsenal and missiles the implications may be ominous for the u. S. And its allies. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. Tension is building ahead of tomorrows landmark testimony by Robert Mueller and the former special counsel has just added to it with a lastminute request that his deputy be sworn in alongside him. The deputy is expected to provide advice but not to testify. Feverish preparations are underway for the back to back hearings by the House Judiciary Committee and the Intelligence Committee. Judiciary democrats want to explore alleged obstruction by the president while the Intelligence Committee will focus in
The aperture at the end of the hearing. From your testimony today, i gather that you believe that knowingly accepting foreign assistance during a president ial campaign is an unethical thing to do. And a crime. And a crime. Circumstances, yes. And a crime given certain circumstances. And to the degree it undermines our democracy and institutions, we can agree it is also unpatriotic. True. And wrong. True. Knowingly accepting foreign assistance during a president ial campaign is a crime in certain circumstances, according to Robert Mueller. It is wrong, it is unethical. Coming from a person who said repeatedly today that he was blocked from Justice Department policy from bringing an indictment against the president , even if he had wanted to, you know, maybe that rings a Little Hollow for him to say, yeah, that might have been a crime. Maybe it is, you know, just interesting, just dismaying to hear the actions of the president of the United States described as unpatriotic and unethical