charged with committing that requested crime that day. and so the questions that remain are significant, but far more narrow. was that a coincidence? some kind of overreaction to overheated candidate rhetoric? or was it a key step advancing an international criminal conspiracy unfolding in plain sight? i m joined now by carol lee, nbc s national political reporter who along with our colleague, katy tur, broke that exclusive story i just mentioned about those questions that witnesses were being asked by mueller investigators in february, which feels very pertinent tonight. carol, thank you for your reporting. thank you for joining us. thank you. when we look at that line of questioning, what does that tell you about how early mueller was reviewing this issue, and what it means in today s indictment? well, if you look at what we reported in february, we there were a number of things in that story, but two of them stick out pretty significantly now in light of this indictment. the
we know trump was dragged to sanctions for russia by congress. to stand tall and tough on the world stage. and let s be clear. about how big this is. tonight, we learned something no one knew in public yesterday, it does look like the russians were listening to trump s hacking request on july 27th, 2016. today we learned they are charged with committing that requested crime that day. and so the questions that remain are significant, but far more narrow. was that a coincidence? some kind of overreaction to overheated candidate rhetoric? or was it a key step advancing an international criminal conspiracy unfolding in plain sight? i m joined now by carol lee, nbc s national political reporter who along with our colleague, katy tur, broke that exclusive story i just mentioned about those questions that witnesses were being asked by mueller investigators in february, which feels very
requested crime that day. and so the questions that remain are significant, but far more narrow. was that a coincidence? some kind of overreaction to overheated candidate rhetoric? or was it a key step advancing an international criminal conspiracy unfolding in plain sight? i m joined now by carol lee, nbc s national political reporter who along with our colleague, katy tur, broke that exclusive story i just mentioned about those questions that witnesses were being asked by mueller investigators in february, which feels very pertinent tonight. carol, thank you for your reporting. thank you for joining us. thank you. when we look at that line of questioning, what does that tell you about how early mueller was reviewing this issue, and what it means in today s indictment? well, if you look at what we reported in february, we there were a number of things in that story, but two of them stick out pretty significantly now in light of this indictment.