criminal counts against 37 people and company. sixov of them from trump world. manafort is awaiting sentencing. his deputy also pleaded guilty as did trump s former campaign adviser who did time in prison. former trump fixer will head to prison in may. former trf former trump national security adviser is awaiting sentencing. many of these individuals from trump world were charged with lying to the fbi or to congress about their contacts with russians which leads us to the questions we hope mueller will an answer starting with why. why all of the lying about contacts with the russians? was there any conspiracy between president trump, his campaign, administration and russia? did the president of the united states commit any crimes whether
now revealing new details about the moment he briefed top congressional leaders about the counter intelligence probe into president trump. there were no objections. there were no protests. there was no you know, there was a clear sense in the room that people were resigned to the fact that we had taken a necessary step. the briefing was in may 2017 on the same day mueller was appointed. the so called gang of eight, the top leaders of congress from both parties, democrat and republican. any concerns from burror mcconnell, the republicans? no pushback whatsoever. the top democrat was in that briefing and talked about his concerns with jake on state of the union last month. i m not going to talk about what we may have been briefed in
leadership. they say trump is angry about recent congressional testimony that openly contradicted his own portrayal of the threat posed by north korea. we assess that north korea will seek to regain capabilities and unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to ve sheem survival. . white house aids thought it had been resolved. did you talk ability the dispress ydi displeasure? i did. they said it was taken out of the context. as he heads to vietnam for a summit sources say he is concerned that coats s comments could undermine his message that it is strong enough to overcome his concerns. there is no nuclear testing.
is evidence of collusion. that is like an enormous jump to make. i m frankly glad they didn t push back. let the fbi do its job. i think most people sitting in that room probably at least on the republican side of the aisle which is my side of the aisle probably said no. he is probably not an asset. i think that s the role he played. he has been a mouthpiece for putin. i think governor deal is correct that when we follow the money trail i think we are going to find out that he was involved in some very shady deals but it s not going to come out with the release of the mueller report. i think it will take the southern district to dig down deeper into the trump organization and his own finances and family s finances to come up with that. you think almost he was like an unwhiting agent? i think he was manipulated. i think he wants a relationship with putin for a number of
to keep him on board. we flknow that mueller has unfinished business. flynn is cooperating with special counsel s office. rick good faith gates has yet t sentenced. do you see it as a sign of mueller s office saying they have done everything they can find and it is up to the courts to prosecute? i think we are seeing the end here as far as it relates to the campaign itself. a lot of places have been carved out. if you go back it was trying to determine whether or not there was coordination or collusion between the campaign of donald trump and the russians. it will be his major focus. i think that parking lt of it i coming to a close.