An alleged felon. Hes under federal indictment on Campaign Finance charges. Hes wearing an ankle monitor. Hes out on bail. He has baggage. But as prosecutors often say, they dont get to choose their witnesses. Its the alleged bad guys who choose their associates. In a moment our conversation so you can decide for yourself what to make of lev parnas story, the Pressure Campaign he says he helped carry out. The extortion he says he helped carry out on the president s behalf to get the ukrainians to announce an investigation of the bidens. And with his words practically hanging in the air today, the nonpartisan Government Accountability office, they released a bombshell report saying the administration broke the law when it withheld congressionally mandated military aid to ukraine. In the space of a day, the white house broke the law. The henchman implicates the president and other top officials in the scheme. For the third time in american history, the impeachment trial began. Will all s
Does, he returned again and again to his phrase, his favorite phrase, which is no collusion. There were no collusion. And thats been so found as you know by the House Intelligence Committee. Theres no collusion. There was no collusion with russia. So, of course, what the president didnt mention there is that it is it was the republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voting along party lines who said they found no evidence of collusion. Democrats did not sign on to their report. He also didnt mention that the House Intel Committee finding has no bearing on the Mueller Investigation. But theres more. The president had this to say about whether he is considering firing mueller or Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Theyve been saying im going to get rid of them for the last three months. Four months. Five months. And theyre still here. Well, thats not exactly ringing endorsement from a president who just to recap has already tried twice to fire Robert Mueller. Once in june of la
Russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u. S. Democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president elect trump. We have high confidence in these judgments. High confidence in these judgments. High confidence. That from the very people charged with protecting our democracy. And theres more. The office of the director of National Intelligence putting out a statement tonight, standing by their assessment. So are republicans on the House Intel Committee more concerned with protecting the president than protecting our democracy . In a moment, im going to talk to a top democrat on that committee. And ill get the former director of National Intelligence to weigh in on all of this, as well. Plus, well have the latest in the saga of the president and the porn star. President trump really seems to have met his match with stephanie clifford, aka
President tonight, it just kicks the can right down the road, funding the government for less than three weeks. Why did we go through all of this you know what . So who are the winners and who are the losers in all of this . We know the daca folks lost. The democrats lost. Really, the American People. Has anything really changed . What about the deal maker in chief . Where has he been . And what about february 8th . Will we be right back where we started . Hmm. Stay tuned. Lets get right to cnn Political Correspondent dana bash, pamela brown, political analyst april ryan. Thank you all so much for joining us. I think those are very legitimate questions. We went through all this rigmarole, pamela, for days. I was up until 2 00 a. M. On this network on friday Night Saturday morning. Capitol hill finally got their act together. But the big question throughout all of this, and i asked this on friday night as well. Where is the president . And on saturday. Where is the president . Right. Th
Intelligence communitys assessment that putin was trying to help the Trump Campaign over Hillary Clinton. The Intel Community could not have been clearer. And this is a quote. Russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u. S. Democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president elect trump. We have high confidence in these judgments. High confidence in these judgments. High confidence. That from the very people charged with protecting our democracy. And theres more. The office of the director of National Intelligence putting out a statement tonight, standing by their assessment. So are republicans on the House Intel Committee more concerned with protecting the president than protecting our democracy . In a moment, im going to talk to a top democrat on that committee. And ill get the former director of National Intelligence to weigh in on