Plus making sense of trumps newfound benevolence towards Hillary Clinton. So much for locking her up, i guess. President obama bestows his final medal of freedom. This is what makes us the greatest nation on earth. When all in starts right now. This is america. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Donald trump was defiant today in the face of growing bipartisan criticism and grave concern over the unprecedented conflicts of interest that have arisen as the president elect mixes the business of the American People with his ongoing efforts to expand his personal business empire. Prior to the election, it was well known that i have interests in properties all over the world. Only the Crooked Media makes this a big deal. Trump expanded on those comments in an interview with reporters from what he likes to call the failing New York Times. After selling his company to avoid the conflicts he said thats a hard thing to do because i have real estate. His daughter ivanka, if it were up to
Would say nondestruction. Plus making sense of trumps newfound benevolence towards Hillary Clinton. So much for locking her up, i guess. President obama bestows his final medal of freedom. This is what makes us the greatest nation on earth. When all in starts right now. This is america. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Donald trump was defiant today in the face of growing bipartisan criticism and grave concern over the unprecedented conflicts of interest that have arisen as the president elect mixes the business of the American People with his ongoing efforts to expand his personal business empire. Prior to the election, it was well known that i have interests in properties all over the world. Only the Crooked Media makes this a big deal. Trump expanded on those comments in an interview with reporters from what he likes to call the failing New York Times. After selling his company to avoid the conflicts he said thats a hard thing to do because i have real estate. His daughte
Came after her, and someone else you might know. Larry cud low is here to respond to critics on trumps bold trade moves. But first, lets try to unlock a mystery. Why doesnt the russia investigation time line seem to add up . Investigative reporter John Solomons latest piece on the hill points out key discrepancies. Lets just look at a few facts and dates. One, the fbis most senior counterintelligence agents visited london in the first week of may 2016. Days later, on may 10th, australian diplomat Alexander Downer met in london at a bar with george papa dap louse who revealed that russia had dirt on hillary clinton. Then drump Campaign Adviser carter page was contacted by an associate of an apparent informant in june. But not until july 31st did the fbi launch its counterintel investigation. John solomon discovered that the fbi violated its own rule by using informants before the investigation was ever launched. So why were fbi informants contacting trump figures about russia long befor
Look at ambassadors not there. Look at what happened in syria recently. I think president putin knows that more than anybody. Joining me now, cory gardner from colorado. Take a look at what dan coats said last week about interfering. The Digital Infrastructure that served this country is literally under attack. We are not yet seeing the kind of electoral interference in specific states and in voter databases that we experienced in 2016. However, we realize were one click of the keyboard away from a similar situation repeating itself. Senator, im sure that when Sarah Sanders takes the podium, this is one of the first question she gets. That the president said something in helsinki. He clarified his comments. Today he says no in response to a question about whether question is currently interfering in the election. Could both things been true . The president has been tougher than the Obama Administration on russia and that russia is still trying to meddle in our election . Theres no doub