with anyone at all about building the tower. you have to take with a grain of salt. a grain of salt, perhaps like a big shed full of blocks of salt. in the past, have seen dimitri peskov say things that turned out to not be true. so not surprising they d be pushing back. right. we have to take that with a little bit of salt. i think it shows russia does not want to further this narrative that they were sort of pushing the trump that the trump campaign pushing the whole idea of collusion during a time of the campaign. there s evidence that shows president trump was willing to have these secret talks about the trump tower deal, keep them secret from the public and say i have no deals with russia. it does beg the question why, although why all the misleading statements. what was being hidden from the american people during the campaign in 2016? i m used to attorneys going on television and saying a lot with saying absolutely nothing.
come out to light since 2007 may encourage that view. had these additional statements and evidence been known, the outcome may have been different, but they were not known to us at the time. jake, it really does, based on that, beg the question why didn t he allow the investigation to run its course before striking that plea deal that s? that s usually how this all works. this week in south florida there was a civil suit. we were expecting to hear from the victims. the first time they were going to take to the stand and hear their stories. acosta, of course, would have faced more scrutiny, but in a last-minute move the case was settled silencing those victims just once again. rene marsh. thanks very much. joining me now is debbie wasserman schultz of florida who wrote that letter from the justice department demanding that the inspector general look into this.
you heard concerns from senator mccain, unclear if he will vote against them if he would vote so the question is about the path here. at this point it seems likely they could get through but we don t know if other republicans will join him. it s too soon to say but it will keep things interesting. sunlen serfaty on the hill for us. thank you. the trump administration slapping wrsh a new rou russia new round of sanctioning. the kremlin is preparing its response. we ll have details ahead. [girl 2] perfect! you have a us-based bank account, right? [man] i have wells fargo. [girl 3] perfect! then you should have zelle! [man] perfect. [girls] perfect! [vo] the number one mobile banking app just got better. [man] does your coach use zelle, too? [boy] of course! [vo] another way we re building better every day.
beleaguered staffers are bracing for a possible purge of the cabinet. the very group that president trump once called the finest group of people ever assembled. and right now on capitol hill, three cabinet members are testifying in separate hearings. rick perry may be the only one of them who has job security. cnn s jeff zeleny at the white house for us. what are sources saying to you about a possible shake-up? that has been the question really hanging over washington, certainly here at the white house and across the agencies of government. who is next to fall? the president clearly in a firing mood, earlier this week with the abrupt dismissal of a secretary of state. advisers were saying that there is still a large shake-up to be expected. the president himself, the other day, said he s nearing having his preferred choices in his own cabinet. but also just a few moments ago in the oval office, the president was meeting with the prime minister of ireland, he was asked by a reporter s
now with the campaign legal center. so, this is the latest link, right? even though you have this lawyer saying with the exception, right, this is the latest link between the trump organization and efforts to silence stormy daniels. can you explain the significance of having this attorney jill martin s signature on the arbitration documents. right, when it came out that michael cohen was involved, his answer was, i was doing this on my own, nobody in the trump organization knew about it and e-mails came out from michael cohen using the trump organization e-mail. he said, well, people do that, they do it personally, the organization had nothing to do with it. now we find out that jill martin signed the document in the arbitration, representing the consulting firm, the llc, and used the trump organization address and her only job as far as we know is the trump organization, she doesn t take cases on the side, so this raises the question of whether or not the trump organization is much