campaign associates. cnn is told investigators combed through the list of shell companies and trump branded process. reaching back several years. and officials familiar with the investigation tell cnn special counsel robert mueller s team has examined the becoming of russian business associates connected to trump. getting back to the 2013 miss universe pageants he hosted in moscow. thank you for their amazing hospitality. reporter: cnn couldn t determine whether the review included trump s tax returns. but even investigative leads that have nothing to do with russia but involve trump associates are being referred to the special counsel to encourage subjects of the investigation to cooperate. the entire thing has been a witch-hunt. reporter: president trump keenly aware of the increased
down the details on this. i will say, you know, when it comes to the violent incidents, the reason why this has been such a story of interest this week is because his version of events has changed over time. you know, he said yesterday for the first time that two of the people he attacked he s described as jerry and bob he now says those were fictitious names. that s why cnn couldn t find the people who were involved in those incidents. and part of our biggest question tonight is, you know, why the campaign wouldn t want to just cooperate with us in putting some of these people forward for us to talk to. this is obviously an issue of temperament and something that is a big part of his life story, and we are looking forward to talking to those people so we do hope they emerge over the weekend as his campaign has suggested. thank you very much, maeve. i want to go to sunlen. she ll be with us in a moment. she was actually in the room with dr. carson as he was
hilton. people like nancy grace. if i were paris hilton i would take these people to the cleaners. it s horrifying and she could suffer mental illness because of it. i think she could have been part of it. look at how she is moving her hair. reporter: but a lawsuit would show that paris is not in on it. tmz says she is furious over the stunt and totally freaked out about flying. cnn couldn t contact paris or the prankster. nbc, the network that carries the show told cnn we are only the broadcaster. so we are not liable for the content. we have two words, not funny. to make someone think they are going to die so you can die laughing. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. i agree with that. not funny and not cool. that is the worst ever not cool at all.
would take these people to the cleaners. and it s horrifying and she could suffer severe mental illness because of it. there are doubters. i think that she could have been part of this. look how she is constantly moving her hair. but a lawsuit would show she wasn t in on it. tmz quotes sources as saying she is furious over this stunt and totally freaked out about flying. cnn couldn t contact paris or the prankster. nbc, the network that carries the show told cnn, we are only the broadcasters. we are not liable for the content. we have two words. not funny. to make someone think they re going to die so you can die laughing. jeanne moos cnn, new york. i have to say you really do have sympathy for her. something weird and disturbing. your sense of what goes on in those situations. thank you for joining us. be sure to that set your dvr so
even have her last name interviewed on msnbc, and she posed this question. take a look. when we were out here protesting all last week for six days straight peacefully there were no news cameras, there were no helicopters, there was no riot gear, and nobody heard us. so now that we burned down buildings and set businesses on fire and looted buildings, now all of a sudden everybody wants to hear us. why does it take a catastrophe like this in order for america to hear our cry? you made the point at cnn had been covering this earlier, some other news organizations have done some stories. but last saturday night, white house correspondencets dinner and almost no one broke away. i was outraged. you read the column. i went crazy. i couldn t believe that cnn couldn t do a cut-in and then this exercise in black tie narcissism while a city is on the edge. people couldn t leave camden yards after the baseball game. the streets were so out of