On a tuesday evening. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 698 of the trump administration. Just hours ago, federal judge Emmett Sullivan ordered former National Security adviser Michael Flynn to surrender his passport 17 days from now. And he must further tell the court if he wishes at any time to travel outside of a 50mile radius of washington. This was supposed to a sentencing day for Michael Flynn stemming from his guilty plea and his cooperation with the mueller investigators. Flynn and his team thought they would leave court today with a minimal sentence, but when court was in session and judge sullivan walked in and started to talk about what flynn had done, it all started to go south. For starters here, lets pause to remember the name of this case, United States of america versus Michael Flynn. That right there tells you where we are in how far weve come. The judge made it clear he did not like this plot line that has taken hold among the
To go back to school. Today, trump says they were misquoted, even though we can see and read their tosworn testimony that was nothing like their bossview of the world. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a thursday night. Well, good evening, once again, from our next nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 742 of the trump administration. The New York Times just published an interview with the president who sat down with reporters Maggie Haberman and peter baker. Peter standing by to talk to us in a moment. President talked about a wide range of topics many of which well cover here tonight. We begin with his comments on roger stone, his longtime political adviser, friend of 40 years who was arrested in ft. Lauderdale, florida, last friday. The times reporters write that trump, brushed off the investigations that have consumed so much of his presidency, saying that his lawyers have been reassured by the outgoing Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein that the president , himself
Misquoted, even though we can see and read their sworn testimony that was nothing like their bossview of the world. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a thursday night. Well, good evening, once again, from our next nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 742 of the trump administration. The New York Times just published an interview with the president who sat down with reporters Maggie Haberman and peter baker. Peter standing by to talk to us in a moment. President talked about a wide range of topics many of which well cover here tonight. We begin with his comments on roger stone, his longtime political adviser, friend of 40 years who was arrested in ft. Lauderdale, florida, last friday. The times reporters write that trump, brushed off the investigations that have consumed so much of his presidency, saying that his lawyers have been reassured by the outgoing Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein that the president , himself, was not a target. Mr. Trump said he never spoke wi
Of the Mueller Investigation about one of the big names, the big targets, former Trump Campaign chairman paul manafort. The revelations are coming from the transcript of a closed door Court Hearing that took place earlier this week. Kind of thing thats published all the time but not quite like this. During that hearing, muellers prosecutors explained in detail why theyre accusing manafort of lying to investigators while he was under a Cooperation Agreement with the feds. The document has more than its share of redactions, those lines blacked out to protect secrecy. But even so, there are clues throughout. Muellers team appears to be very focused on repeat the contact between manafort and konstantin kilimnik. Hes a longtime manafort business associate with ties to russian intelligence. According to this 143page transcript, prosecutors accuse manafort of lying about several of their meetings and contacts. That includes one meeting, august 2nd, 2016, which would have been just weeks after
Coming out of the Mueller Investigation about one of the big names, the big targets. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The revelations are coming from the transcript of a closed door Court Hearing that took place early they are week. Kind of thing thats published all the time but not quite like this. During that hearing, muellers prosecutors explained in detail why theyre accusing manafort of lying to investigators while he was under a Cooperation Agreement with the feds. The document has more than its share of redactions, those lines blacked out to protect secrecy. Even so, there are clues throughout. Muellers team appears to be focused on repeated contact between manafort and konstantin kilimnik. Hes a long time business associate with ties to russian intelligence. According to this 143 page transcript, prosecutors accuse manafort of lying about several of their meetings and contacts. That includes one meeting, august 2nd, 2016, which would have been weeks after the Gop C