That should not have been done. There will be some account credible. A political person. You dont know the ho did there. Then theres ryan zinke. A very special guy that i made secretary of the interior. Does he know the interior . The truth about whats really happening in that department from a scientist who used to work there. Shes a tough cookie and youve done a great job. When all in starts right now. And good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight new evidence would could be the missing link between the Trump Campaign and its associates and russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. We know that the president of course, cheered russias actions out in the open promoting democrats stolen emails on the campaign trail and explicitly calling for russias help. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. But the big question at the heart of the russia probe is whether
I think the leaks are reprehensible. At least eight of my current or former associates have been terrorized by mr. Muellers investigators. Roger stone weighing in on the Mueller Investigation. Former aide sam nunberg will join me with reaction. Plus the rolling narrative from the president s attorney and the one thing Rudy Giuliani says the president should hold out for before agreeing to sit down with the special counsel. But we begin with a live picture of the white house are the president is lashing out at the Justice Department. And also at the New York Times, this over a new report about a previously unreported meeting at trump tower with a foreign country. Now, the president in one tweet earlier about the report sz that the worlds most expensive witch hunt has found nothing on russia and me, so now they are looking at the rest of the world. Two democratic lawmakers in charge of the russia investigation on capitol hill are weighing in on that New York Times report today. Congressm
Jerome corsi did an interview this morning with a conservative outlet that basically explains why he will not take this plea. He explains that the special counsel offered him a plea deal essentially that it would be one count to lying and that hes refusing to take that plea deal because essentially if he does, hes lying about the fact that theyre saying that hes lying. Its very confusing. He says he knew about the emails and that Julian Assange had the poddesta ooh emails and was going to release them in october. In this interview, calling it the october surprise and, of course, Julian Assange would know how to do that. He gives a good explanation of how he knew about these emails and says he had no knowledge of Julian Assange, never spoke to him about it, never communicated to anyone about it. Corsi says the special counsel has been asking questions about whether or not he was the conduit between Julian Assange and roger stone and essentially the campaign and whether or not anyone in
Tonight, were reporting a rare announcement from the russia probe that confirms the fbi is now investigating an apparently credible plot to try to frame mueller. An effort to smear him in order to either discredit him or get him potentially even removed from the probe into collusion in the trump operation. This sounds big and unusual. Because its big and unusual. In a moment, i will be joined on the beat by someone who was approached by people apparently working on this scheme. First, here is exactly what we know. Multiple news outlets reporting on a plot by a republican linked operative trying to frame mueller on what appeared to be madeup allegations of either harassment or Sexual Misconduct that would be pushed against mueller. The atlantic reporting the details from a woman who recounted this explosive offer, up to 20,000 to make accusations of workplace misconduct against mueller. She said they would be false and an republican offered to pay off, quote, all my Credit Card Debt and
Midterm clues a familiar face turns his focus to 2020. When they go low, i say we hit harder. Inside politics. The stories sourced by the best reporters, now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. To viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. It was a very big week for the special counsel. Dramatic testimony in the paul n manafort trial including clues about whats to come. Took a turn playing conservative radio host, more evidence the focus is on politics, not the law or the truth. A lot of people interpret it this way. If hes telling the truth, why wouldnt he go in and testify . Hey, welcome to the real world. The reason we have to worry about it is one, were giving away prerogatives of the president. Second, were walking him into a possible perjury trap, not because he isnt telling the truth but because somebody else isnt telling the truth. Why would you do this . Why would you submit any claim let alone the president of the United State