The delusion that they have just latched themselves to trump and to this presidency. So frankly, i would be surprised if they ever get off the ship. Its going to be an issue in 2018. The voters have a say. Jennifer rubin, great to have you. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, thank you, my friend. A bunch of news has broken late today and into this evening, stories were continuing to follow as developing news stories. That includes the federal court in washington, d. C. , unsealing a new batch of documents in the Special Counsels criminal case against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump Campaign official rick gates. The 12count Felony Indictment against them was unsealed yesterday alongside a guilty plea from a more junior Campaign Official who now admits he lied to the fbi about his russia contacts during the campaign. That was all yesterday. This new filing Unsealed Tonight
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low level volunteer who few people knew. that distancing strategy is something we ve seen repeatedly from the president. it s about to be tested in this case. whether or not george papadopoulos was himself an important figure on the campaign, the documents unsealed by the court appear to show him reporting to senior campaign officials frequently about his ongoing interactions with russians during the campaign. the documents that mueller s team have appear to show trump campaign officials encouraging george papadopoulos to keep up those contacts with russians. well, tonight nbc news reports that the person who is described as george papadopoulos campaign supervisor, a man named sam clovis, who was national co-chair of the trump campaign, chief policy adviser to the trump campaign, sam clovis last week met with robert mueller s investigators. and nbc news reports tonight that sam clovis has also testified to the grand jury in this investigation. so if the trump white house decides they
alone. something else we ve learned tonight as well, the president did his best today to downplay the role and importance of the campaign official whose guilty plea was unveiled yesterday. today the president derided papadopoulos as a, quote, young low level volunteer who few people knew. that distancing strategy is something we ve seen repeatedly from the president. it s about to be tested in this case. whether or not george papadopoulos was himself an important figure on the campaign, the documents unsealed by the court appear to show him reporting to senior campaign officials frequently about his ongoing interactions with russians during the campaign. the documents that mueller s team have appear to show trump campaign officials encouraging george papadopoulos to keep up those contacts with russians. well, tonight nbc news reports that the person who is described