A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. As part of his plea deal he agreed to cooperate with muellers investigation, and then theres dutch lawyer Alex Van Der Zwaan Who pled guilty to lying to investigators about his discussions with gates. He served 30 days in prison and was deported to the netherlands in june. Richard pinedo pled guilty to Election Fraud running a business selling dummy Bank Accounts to shadowy buyers including russians to sew discord in american politics. His lawyer said he didnt know the identity of his customers. He cooperated with muellers investigation as well. Fired Trump National security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with former Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and hes been cooperating with the special counsel investigation. His Sentencing Hearing was delayed for the fourth time today. Former Trump Campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pled guilty to making a false statemen
This is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. If you get positive covid, you aint leaving you need to book a covid test before you leave or they wont let you leave. Lorry drivers are told they can travel again, if they test negative for coronavirus thats after france lifted a ban imposed over covid fears. But this morning, tempers flare as drivers, many of whom spent a third night in their vehicles, clash with police in dover. More parts of england could be moved up to the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions tier 4 possibly as early as boxing day. We want to hear your thoughts on the latest lockdown plans and the possibility of more restrictions. Do you support them . What effect will they have on you . Do get in touch with me on twitter annita mcveigh
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Has been doing for the past week other than filing these 89 new felony criminal charges against 17 people, but even just that activity of his that we can see in public, i would say that makes this a pretty good contender for busy week when it comes to the special counsels investigation. Just today alone has been head snapping in terms of how much happened all at once. Just since yesterday, just rick gates have been charged with 23 new felonies on top of the eight he was already facing. He then had his entire legal team replaced. Then he got a new lawyer, and then he had all 31 felony charges pending against him dropped. Then he pled guilty to two brand new felony charges, and then he signed onto a sweeping and sort of intimidating Cooperation Agreement with the government which among other things he pledges to go undercover for them if they and him to. Can rick gates go undercover anymore now that hes this famous for what he and Paul Manafort have gotten themselves into . If you have t
Should you care . Our team is breaking this down into what we know and what we still dont know. Speaking of russia, donald trump is blaming then president obama in a twitter tirade to not doing more to stop russias sberns. Were going to ask a staffer in the Obama Administration. Russia still at it flaming the flames on social media after a school shooting. Trying to turn up the heat on lawmakers, today in florida end. Well tell you what theyre up to in a couple of minutes. We want to start with that breaking news. The new charges in russia against a guy named alex. I want to bring in ken. So were going to talk about what we do know and what we dont know. We do know this persons name, not a name anyone has heard before. Who is he . He is listed on his link page in all of this relates to the work of Paul Manafort and rick gates who is working on behalf of a politician and they asked this law firm to prepare this report. The Justice Department was asking questions about this law firm and
This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. 11 00 p. M. Op the east coast live with new developments. President trump claiming today he has been tougher on russia than former president obama and encouraging people to look at the facts. So were going to do just that. Here are just some of the actions president Obamas Administration took against russia. Okay . Here we go. After a prominent kremlin critic who called out russian financial corruption dies in prison, obama signs the act that imposes travel and financial restricting on human rights abusers in response the kremlin halts the american adoption of russian babies. In early 2014, the russians began military operations in ukraine, ultimately taking parts of the country by force. In response, the Obama Administration begins imposing multiple rounds of sanctions over the next two years. The sanctions target russian defense, financial, energy and technology companies. The u. S. Joins allies in suspending russias membership in the g8. The Obama