on the factions of former president trump. key witnesses include two top aides of former vice president mike pence who were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role the lawyers played. washington post reporting that investigators have emails and phone records of key officials and aides who served in the trump white house, including former chief of staff mark meadows. so until now there was almost no sign that the federal investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. that is what makes these reports so significant. it changes the entire framing of what we know that the federal government, the department of justice, is doing here. and it comes at the same time that the new york times has this new report about so-called fake elector scheme, previously undisclosed emails that reveal trump advisers actually use the word fake. joining us now is david loughlin, former senior justice department official and former prosecutor, also rep
notion, any conversation really up in the higher levels going on between these two countries, where as in the past you may have seen a phone call between the two leaders. that s not taking place now. so clearly the ball is in russia s court. in this sense and amern america life is on the line here. bianna golodryga, thank you for helping us understand. these are difficult times for brittney griner and her family. the claim trump s former defense secretary is now refuting about troop response on january 6th. what a newly released deposition is revealing. and how the insurrection hearings changed public opinion. cnn s senior data reporter harry enten here with the numbers. (vo) get verizon business unlimited from the network businesses rely on. like manny. event planning with our best plan ever. (manny) yeah, that s what i do. (vo) with 5g ultra widebaband in may more cities, you geget up to 10 times the spd at no extra cost. get verizon bubusiness unlimitd
the trump administration. reporter: and a saudi lobbying firm paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for food and accommodations at the trump international hotel in washington. ethics advocates warn foreign leaders could be booking stays at the properties to curry favor with the president, something which violates the u.s. constitution. they could change u.s. policies in ways that favor them while benefiting president trump, but presumably against what the united states would do in the absence of this kind of effort. reporter: the trump organization has promised to donate the profits from foreign entities spending at these properties. when he became president, trump pledged to remove himself from day to day operations of those properties, turning it over to his sons. some groups are still suing president trump for violating that part of the constitution that forbids a president from making money off a foreign government, a claim trump s lawyers refute. and there are some questio
u.s. and allow troops on the border with venezuela. also getting questions about packing the supreme court and a twitter lawsuit that devin nunes has brought. interesting mix of questions for the president of the united states while he was standing next to the president of brazil. the president of brazil is pretty controversial down there. he s been called the trump of brazil. he said some pretty controversial things. i thought it was notable that he mentioned just a moment ago, the president of brazil, that president trump and him do share a great deal in common. unclear exactly what he means, but bolsonaro is a far-right politician. he rose to popularity, promising to end corruption, draining the swamp. obviously real parallels there to the president of the united states. he has also said that he couldn t love a gay son and that a parent should beat the gay out of their sons. he said to a fellow lawmaker that she was not worth raping.
china into brazil? yesterday it was mentioned it will incentivize relations with china. how does the u.s. see that and what you said about president trump, the chinese in brazil? translator: like i said, brazil is going to keep making as much business with as many countries as possible. no longer business is going to be found into the ideology, as it used to be. we are also following this objective for the good of our peoples. thank you very much, mr. president. i appreciate it. thank you very much. and thank you, everybody. thank you very much. china is going very well. talks with china are going very well. thank you, everybody. thank you. donald trump with the president of brazil right now, getting questions on a number of topics, one of them venezuela and president maduro down there, whether or not brazil would become like a nato ally to the