and this is very, very bad situation. very bad for the president of the united states who has had so many people in his campaign collaborating with the russians when there s known criminal activity going on. and robert mueller is going to get to the bottom of it. and the big question for the slo voters is why congress hasn t been getting to the bottom of it, too. and that s of course because they don t want to. and you raise a big issue, which is if you re going to meet with a russian spy you should have a good reason. and so far that hasn t been substantiated. bet quin on the question of private negotiations between the lawyers, we know rudy guiliani went in and did the mueller meeting. we know john dowd did the interview. what do you think of of the people who has been in a few
trump campaign collaborating i the russian attack on our elections last year. and all of this stuff in our own politics, in our own government, this is fascinating to watch unfold. the a.p. is reporting today that in addition to reportedly being a focus of the fbi s investigation into russian collusion, paul manafort is the target about his ties to an international money laundering scheme. the a.p. says today it s the same financial crimes unit that tracked down and shut down the financing of al qaeda after 9/11 that s now investigating the money trail left all over the world by paul manafort. it was just reporting that paul manafort s business partner with whom he was engaged in many of his ukraine contracts tonight manafort s business partner rick gates has been ousted from a group called america first priorities which is a super pac type group set up by the trump administration to advocate for trump policies outside the white house. rick gates has been pushed out
in that attack, that investigation may be starting to fall apart in the house of representatives because of the republican leadership of the intelligence committee there, congressman devin nunes reportedly apologized to his committee for his behavior which has seriously called into question whether somebody like him, a member of the trump campaign and trump transition can lead that investigation. the fbi investigation continues, of course, cnn now reporting that fbi investigators are focusing increasingly on the evidence they have found about trump campaign collusion with the russians. the top democraticember of the intelligence committee in the house says there is more than circumstantial evidence of the trump campaign collaborating in the russian attack on our elections last year. and all of this stuff in our own politics, in our own government, this is fascinating to watch unfold. the a.p. is reporting today that in addition to reportedly being a focus of the fbi s investigation i
in that attack, that investigation may be starting to fall apart in the hoe of represenves because of the republican leadership of the inteigence comttee there, congressman devin nunes reportedly apologized to his committee for his behavior which has seriously called into question whether somebody like him, a member of the trump campaign and trump transition can lead that investigation. the fbi investigation continues, of course, cnn now reporting that fbi investigators are focusing increasingly on the evidence they have found about trump campaign collusion with the russians. the top democratic member of the intelligence committee in the house says there is more than circumstantial evidence of the trump campaign collaborating in the russian attack on our elections last year. and all of this stuff in our own
is it true that you and or other senior members of congress were aware of allegations and knew that the fbi is looking into something. well, i did not. i don t serve on the intel committee. do you believe that now? do you believe that the fbi was looking into anything. i believe they probably are because the information is in regard to three major officials of the trump campaign collaborating with russia to have them work on fake news and take downhill ri clinton and to con fire with an outside country and i have to give him credit on this point. if a candidate conspired to take down your opponent wouldn t this be against the very core of our democratic process and he said yes. yes it would be. so i have to give credit on that one but certainly it is a major.