all they knew is that a woman with a russian name wanted to meet with them. they didn t know she was a representative of the russian government. and indeed she s not a representative of the russian government. well, she was a representative of the russian government. in the e-mail exchange that donald trump jr. had with rob goldstone, who was setting up this meeting with the russian, the intermediary, it says clearly, this is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of russia and its government s support of mr. trump. clearly this was a meeting that was designed to provide information. they didn t get it necessarily from the russian government to the trump team. what the problem is that rudy giuliani is doing, he s out here giving what he wants to give, and he understands he s trying to play this in the court of public opinion. he clearly understands that whatever he puts out there, the trump base is listening.
evidence in the paul mafrnafort trial is an e-mail exchange from jared kushner. manafort e-mailed kushner recommending a bank chairman for secretary of the army. at the time, that bank was providing millions of dollars in loans to manafort. the e-mail included two other recommendations for possible trump appointees. kushner responded, quote, on it. there s no indication the trump team in the end considered those suggestions or that kushner was aware at the time of those millions of dollars in loans to manafort. jim heinz of connecticut is a member of the house intelligence committee and he joins us now from stamford, connecticut. thanks for taking the time. good afternoon, jim. so that e-mail there was an example of manafort s continued influence or perceived influence with the trump administration because three months after he left as chairman he felt he had the influence at least to request a job for his banker.
trump jr. who put this meeting into place? what is so interesting, you see the dad taking the fall for the son in these types of, you know, familiar escapades. yes. because obviously you can t overstate the importance of this admission. that s what it is. it s an admission that everything that they have been saying previously about this meeting that i was about russian adoptions, which by the way just code language for, you know, russian sanctions to begin with. it is a toning down of everything about the issue. no, it definitely goes to a campaign finance violation. there is a specific section in the united states criminal code which says it is illegal to accept or solicit. solicit is really the key word here. even if nothing came of this meeting, we have that e-mail exchange with don jr. saying i love it. if it s what you re saying, i love it. that s soliciting something of value from a foreign national. this is not research when it is
the st.tvs to fox would be stand operating procedure going forward. with us is one of the reporters on the story. shannon and john pacback, as we. katie, this stems from an e-mail exchange you managed to obtain. tell us more about that and what it shows. well, i mean, it was an e-mail exchange between white house military office officials and white house communications officials. it illustrates the degree to which the president cannot really handle opposing views or anything outside of his preferred programming. it just was illustrative of engaging a military office, to make sure fox was the network he sees when he is on air force one or when he is traveling. and also what his entourage, his wife, and other officials see. here s the thing though, right, pause tbecause the presis a prerogative to watch what he wants, the history channel,