Barrack had to do with Paul Manafort and rick gates, that is, the former Trump Campaign chairman and his deputy. Manafort, of course, is being charged with a litany of financial crimes and fraud, as is gates. Gates has pled guilty, while manafort denies any of those charges. We understand that tom barrack was not asked about his personal relationship with the president , whom, as you noted, hes known for more than 40 years. He actually introduced donald trump to Paul Manafort, so he knows the two men well. Further, barrack was asked to join the administration in a senior role, but he reportedly turned that down. Also, the source indicates that barrack was not asked about his role on the inaugural committee. He was not asked about any financial issues, and further, he was told that he is not a target of their investigation. Still, its notable because it shows you just how broad the special counsels investigation has become. And meantime, the New York Times is reporting on a separate iss
Formal sentencing, which is expected to happen, i think, in august, sometime in late summer. It was reported at the time of Steve Stockmans corruption trial that his lawyers were surprised that they put congressman stockman in handcuffs and took him away into federal custody immediately after his conviction. They took him right from the courtroom. Apparently, his lawyers thought hed be allowed to go home and live free while he appealed his convictions or at least prepared for his sentencing. But no. Congressman stockman was convicted on a whole lot of felonies. He was convicted on 23 felony charges. They brought 24 felony charges against him. Jury came back and convicted him of 23 of the 24. And if you do the math on that, that means at his sentencing he was facing a theoretical maximum sentence of over 450 years in prison. And so, maybe because of the sheer amount of time hes now facing, maybe because of other things about congressman stockman, which well get to in a moment, the judge
Investigation. Were going to cover a lot of ground tonight starting with these new indictments. For more on that, were going to turn back to new york to ari melber. Take it away. Thank you very much, richard. There is, indeed, major news today in this russia investigation. Bob mueller charging 12 mill tear military Intelligence Officers with conspiracy, and other serious crimes. Mueller says the objective was to medal in the 2016 election. These charges come just three days before President Trumps scheduled oneonone meeting with putin in finland. Tonight, the white house says that meeting still on. Now, here is the first thing to know about this indictment. It is exhaustive. Mueller making the case against putins agents with far more detail than would be legally required. Over 29 pages of meticulous detail, mueller showing how these 12 Russian Military intelligence operatives allegedly worked to impact the election. These are not random hackers or the proverbial 400pound guy sitting on
We are live in singapore with the details including who may end up picking up kim jonguns hotel tab. We have john brennan joining me onset live to talk about it. And former president bill clinton, his take on the me too movement. 20 years after his own sex scandal involving monica lieu wince sky. Do you feel like you owe her an apology . I do not ive never talked to her. We have more of that interview coming up. You do not want to miss it. Were going to start with the current president and the new claims from his legal team. Rudy giuliani now saying publicly what a lot of folks have success inspected for a while, that if push comes to shove, the president s team is locked and loaded, ready toing for a broad definition of sec e executive power, so broad that giuliani now suggests the president might be above the law. Part of a memo first reported in the New York Times. The problem with the argument here might be giuliani. Had is not one of his more consistent legal views. Watch. What ha
In prison. He was arrested last spring. He was convicted last month. And immediately after he was convicted he was taken into federal custody to await his formal sentencing, which is expected to happen i think in august, sometime in late summer. It was reported at the time of Steve Stockmans corruption trial that his lawyers were surprised that they put congressman stockman in handcuffs and took him away into federal custody immediately after his conviction. They took him right from the courtroom. Apparently, his lawyers thought hed be allowed to go home and live free while he appealed his convictions or at least prepared for his sentencing. But no. Congressman stockman was convicted on a whole lot of felonies. He was convicted on 23 felony charges. They brought 24 felony charges against him. Jury came back and convicted him of 23 of the 24. And if you do the math on that, that means at his sentencing he was facing a theoretical maximum sentence of over 450 years in prison. And so mayb