Guilty. Very legal steps and a grave Law Enforcement investigation despite cries, including from the president himself, that there is nothing to investigate, that thats a witch hunt, that its fake news, that we should be paying attention to this or that. A chorus of empty and desperate cries it turns out. In terms of collusion let us look into the case of the United States of america versus George Papadopoulos. He is one of five Campaign Foreign policy advisers that then candidate trump named to the Washington Post in 2016, pictured here with President Trump in a photo from the president s twitter feed that money where hes meeting with Foreign Policy advisers. At that meeting mentioned in the affidavit the defendant said that he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between then candidate trump and president putin. Papadopoulos was additionally told by an unnamed professor with connections to the kremlin that the russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton. Thousands of emails, he
Into a school bus. Kids were hurt on that bus. Luckily, they survived. The city, to be honest with you, i dont know how to describe for how to people feel. For it to be in the wake of 9 11 and to bring back the freshness of the panicked calls of those who didnt know what was going on, couldnt reach their loved ones, who had loved ones at that school. The scale is different. The destruction is different. But the feeling is the same. As you will hear this morning, so many are left with the same questions. Can you avoid Something Like this . Is this just part of normal life now even here in one of the safest cities in the shadows of one of the safest places in the world after what happened on 9 11. A lot of things are brought back. A lot of new questions as well about the man who did these murders, about him doing it in the name of terror, how it can be prevented going forward. Troubling questions that often dont find satisfying answers. Lets start with what we know happened here in new y
Up multiple meetings between Trump Campaign officials and russian agents. With the promise of dirt on Hillary Clinton and thousands much her e mails. He lied about these meetings and is cooperating with muellers team. The press secretary tried to dismiss papadopoulos completely. It was extremely limited. A volunteer position and again, no activity was ever done in an official capacity on behalf of the campaign in that regard. Heres papadopoulos. Let that not be enough for you, heres trump himself speaking to the Washington Post about that volunteer. George papadopoulos is an oil and energy consultant, excellent guy. Excellent guy, part of the Foreign Policy team. And by the way, papadopoulos was a volunteer, just like paul man in a minority, in a sense. And kind of like the president himself who isnt taking a salary at all as president of the United States. This breaking news is crucial, it comes as mueller charges Paul Manafort and rick gates with 12 counts of criminal misconduct. 75
Earlier this month to making a false statement to the fbi. His plea, his emails and other documents relating to his arrests that came out today tell us things we did not know until now. Whats more, they provided key new points along a timeline that special Counsel Robert Mueller could possibly build into a case that team trump colluded with russia to win the election. On top of all that another document unsealed today suggests that George Papadopoulos barely on the radar until now, might have been wearing a wire. We have koerpts covering all the angles tonight on him, on manafort, on the president as well as a team of legal and political experts. We begin with cnn man u rang u and George Papadopoulos who is front and center. Soon after joining the Trump Campaign in march 2016 George Papadopoulos had a meeting with a london based professor who promised dirt on Hillary Clintons campaign. He had multiple interactions with this professor. And the professors promise, actually came around th
U. S. Election, but it has clearly, clearly expanded far beyond that. We do not yet know the nature of the charges this morning. The indictment is still sealed at this hour. But that could become clear any moment, as it is unsealed. As for manafort, remember, this is the man who was in charge of all of the president s campaign for five months during key moments, including when he sealed the republican nomination. Lets get straight our justice correspondent, evan perez, part of the team that broke this news this morning. Evan, so much to get through with you, but just begin with what we know and what were waiting for. Well, poppy and john, we know that the that the two men, manafort and gates, were notified this morning that they were to turn themselves into the fbi and they have now done so. Theyre being processed right now, photographed, and then theyre going to go over to the federal courthouse, where theyre going to be read the charges for the first time. Now, even at this hour, the