Reporter hes not quite seeking forgiveness but one of Donald Trumps top surrogates pastor mark burns apologized an interview on cnn after tweeting this cartoon of Hillary Clinton in blackface. An image thats offensive to africanamericans. Obviously my message i stand by. The myth doethodology, i do not. The message is simply this. I believe that the Democrat Party has been using the black vote, that black voting bloc. Never, ever will we allow her to step back into reporter a popular warmup act at trump rallies, burns preaches with a booming voice and a passion for ripping into Hillary Clinton. She dont belong in the white house. Im going to still say it. She belongs in jail. Reporter the pastor is just the latest prominent campaign voice to create a distraction for trump as he attempts to woo africanamerican voters. The Clinton Campaign accused burns of crossing the line. I think he surrenders the ability to discuss the issues. I think its unfortunate. Theres an unfortunate pattern he
Africanamericans. Obviously my message, i stand by it but the methodology, i do not. The message is simply this. I believe that the Democrat Party has been using the black vote, that black voting bloc. Never, ever will we allow her to step back into reporter a popular warmup act as trump rallies, he preaches with a booming voice and a passion for ripping into Hillary Clinton. She dont belong in the white house. Im going to still say it. She belongs in jail. Reporter the pastor is just the latest prominent campaign voice to create a distraction for trump as he attempts to woo africanamerican voters. The Clinton Campaign accused burns of crossing the line. I think he surrenders the ability to discuss the issues. I think its unfortunate. Theres an unfortunate pattern here. Reporter other top surrogates and staffers from the Trump Campaign are coming under scrutiny as well. Buzzfeed discovered that audio of Trump Campaign ceo steve bannon using a derogatory term for lesbians on a conservat
Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. This morning, special counsel on the defensive Republican Leaders on the attack and a potential key week in the russia investigation on deck. Robert muellers team is preparing to interview President Trumps private lawyers, but its also been forced to defend itself against new attacks for members of the trump Transition Team. Republican lawyers and the conservative media. At issue here is tens of thousands of emails sent by members of the Transition Team. The Transition Team lawyers say mueller got those emails illegally and argue the documents should have been protected. The special Counsel Office says it has followed the proper legal channels and the emails are fair game because sent from government attacks. Here is more on the investigation moving forward. Reporter this story just adds another layer on what has been a barrage of attacks on the special counsel from republicans, some republic
Besos in writing . I have the letter. Ill read it for you. Friday adjacent. What do you say . Lets get after it. All right. So this comes directly from the office of the special counsel. They say that Paul Manaforts 2016 meeting while he was Campaign Chair with an alleged russian operative named constantine kilimnik. They say its not a throw away. Its not a detail. Its at the heart of their investigation. And there is new evidence emerging tonight. Muellers team says it has proof that the president s former chair continued doing work related to ukraine in 2018 after he was indicted. Think about that. He continued to keep in touch with kilimnik and discuss ukrainian politics through last year. Ukrainian politics means russian politics because that was the context of the discussion. How to do things through ukraine that would be good for russia. Where does this come from . A transcript of a closed door hearing on monday. The big question, did the president know about the manafort meeting
Besos in writing . I have the letter. Ill read it for you. Friday adjacent. What do you say . Lets get after it. All right. So this comes directly from the office of the special counsel. They say that Paul Manaforts 2016 meeting while he was Campaign Chair with an alleged russian operative named constantine kilimnik. They say its not a throw away. Its not a detail. Its at the heart of their investigation. And there is new evidence emerging tonight. Muellers team says it has proof that the president s former chair continued doing work related to ukraine in 2018 after he was indicted. Think about that. He continued to keep in touch with kilimnik and discuss ukrainian politics through last year. Ukrainian politics means russian politics because that was the context of the discussion. How to do things through ukraine that would be good for russia. Where does this come from . A transcript of a closed door hearing on monday. The big question, did the president know about the manafort meeting