stone denied any russian connections calling the whole thing a political exercise. nbc news learned today special counsel robert mueller is ready to start interviewing current and former members of trump s inner circle. this will get the attention of a lot of people. the conversations could start this week. the daily beast reports the former white house press secretary sean spicer is the latest trump associate to hire an attorney. among the others who have lawyered up, mike pence, donald june, where are jared kushner and hope hicks. they re expected to be on mueller s list. just where the special counsel investigation might lead is the subject, as you may be aware of intense speculation. but senator richard blumenthal, the democrat, told the politico that indictments are all but inevitable. he said i m about 99% sure there will be some criminal charges from this investigation. manafort and flynn are the most