Neck, both hands, slid him to the side, body slammed him, and then got on top of him and started punching. Will Greg Gianforte join congress after allegedly committing assault . Tonight, my exclusive interview with the reporter who got sent to the hospital for asking about health care. The guardians ben jacobs when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The fbis russia investigation now involves one of the closest members of the president s inner circle. Nbc news reporting tonight that Jared Kushner, the president s soninlaw and senior adviser, has now come under fbi scrutiny according to multiple u. S. Officials. Investigators believe kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry, officials said. That does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him. This follows a Washington Post report late last week that investigators had identified a Current White House official as a significant person of interest, someone close to the
Anonymous official, particularly when they do not identify the country let alone the branch or agency of government with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated. Americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. The department of justice has a long established policy to neither confirm nor deny such allegations. And as you know, that comes at the end of a couple days in a row now of what are appear to be leaked information about the special prosecutors investigation. No way of knowing where thats coming from. Might be coming from inside the Justice Department. Might be coming from people who are subject to that investigation or who knows. But a really extraordinary statement by rosenstein. Im struck by the reference to what country. Yes, yes. He is implying with that strange part of that statement that maybe the sources or individual a source for these recent newspaper reports about whats happening with the ongoing investigations is a foreign source. Im trying to j
Trusts. End quote. All this adds up to some very tough questions for the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Hell be going to the lectern not that far from now. Within an hour or so. Less than an hour i should say. His first on camera Briefing Since President Trump returned from his overseas trip. We will of course have live coverage right here on cnn. But first lets bring in cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto and our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. I know youve got some breaking news, some new reporting on the president s personal attorneys now being asked to provide Sensitive Information to the u. S. Congress. What can you tell us . Thats right, wolf. Another person connected to President Trump being drawn into the russia investigation. This time it is President Trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen who is a fixture of course throughout the Campaign Cycle frequently appearing on cnn and other networks as a surrogate to donald trump. He has been
Clearance application about two more international trips. Both made during the president ial campaign. One of the trips involving a Nuclear Russian deal worth 100 billion in saudi arabia. And tonight, Top Democrats on the House Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees are demanding more documents from flynn. The committees letter, which weve obtained, also charges and get this, they say flynn did not disclose a single meeting with a Foreign Government official for seven years. On page 74 of the Government Security clearance form, fs86, its a very clear question when applying for security clearance. It says, have you in the past seven years been involved in any other type in any type of business adventure with a foreign national. The Committee Letter says flynn completely missed the question. They wrote, quote, in their letter, most troubling of all, we have no record of general flynn identifying on his security clearance renewal application even a single Foreign Government official tha
Tapper. We want to begin with the politics lead. The investigation now including the president s family. President trumps soninlaw, the man perhaps closest to him, Jared Kushner, now in the spotlight in the fbis russia investigation. U. S. Officials telling cnn that the bureau is now looking at kushners role during the election and during the transition, and that includes his ties to russians. Cnns elise labatt joins me now. Its an important distinction whether someone is a target, subject or witness in an investigation. Where does Jared Kushner fall in all of this . Reporter just because the fbi is interested doesnt mean he did anything wrong and no allegations thus far that Jared Kushner did anything wrofnlg the fbi has not talked to him yet. Its not even clear that he will, but because he was so involved in the campaign and transition investigators feel he may be able to provide information to assist the fbi probe. Tonight the fbi criminal probe of russian interference in the 2016 p