Since we heard this. I was going to fire comey. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. When i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. The president s comments to lester holt instantly became an enormous component in what is now a yearlong russia investigation. Tonight theres new reporting on one of the largest remaining questions about this inquiry, and that is whether or not the president will sit down with mueller and his team. Jonathan lemire of the Associated Press has just spoken again with trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Lemire writes, quote, any preparation with trump for a possible interview with federal investigators would likely be delayed until after this june 12 summit in singapore because, quote, i wouldnt want to take his concentration off something far, far more impo
Administration, and special Counsel Robert Mueller has filed new charges against the former Trump Campaign chairman. It is even more clear tonight that Paul Manafort is in a world of trouble. Earlier today manafort was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice for allegedly trying to tamper with witnesses in his case. As we reported, muellers team is seeking to have manaforts bail revised or taken away entirely over these allegations. Late tonight, manafort responded to muellers bail finding, saying the accusations of attempted witness tampering are based, quote, on the thinnest of evidence. Manafort is due in court on june 15 to find out if he will immediately head to jail. The same obstruction charges were also brought today against manaforts longtime russian associate, konstantin kilimnik. Todays indictment says that around february and april of this year, quote, the defendants Paul Manafort and contanstein kilimnik knowingly and intentionally
Day 498 of the trump administration, and the president said today the june 12th north Korea Nuclear summit is back on. He had canceled it just a few days back, and theres more. The wall street journal reports tonight the white house is planning for yet another potential summit, this one between trump and russian president vladimir putin. But more on that in just a moment. First, todays announcement on the Nuclear Summit came after the president met with a top north korean official for over an hour in the oval office, something historic in and of itself. Kim yongchol is the north korean leaders righthand man, former intel chief and top Nuclear Weapons negotiator. And as the New York Times points out, hes the first north korean official to set foot in the white house since the year 2000, only the second ever to meet with a sitting american president. After the meeting, President Trump spoke to reporters about denuclearization, but listen carefully as he also here sets expectations. Mr. P
Hes put up millions of dollars basically as security, telling the government he wont flee the country, he wont flee prosecution. Hes wearing ankle bracelets hes wearing one or two ankle bracelets and hes promised to put up millions of dollars in property and cash to say that he can be left at home rather than in jail while he awaits these charges. The special counsels Office Tonight has said that while hes been out on bail, while hes been on pretrial release Paul Manafort has been tampering with witnesses in his case and he should therefore effectively be jailed, and theyre demanding that from a judge this evening. That news is just breaking tonight. Were just getting in that filing. I in fact just read it as i was getting makeup put on just moments ago. Were going to have some expert help in terms of figuring out what that means and how serious this is for the president s Campaign Chair, potentially for the president coming up in just a moment. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime, th
And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Tonight the death toll is ten in santa fe, texas, following this nations latest mass School Shooting. The accused gunman is in custody. He is 17. Well have a live report from texas ahead in this broadcast, but first we begin with what was day 484 of the Trump Administration and the president s new attacks on the fbi stepping up the pressure on the bureau and the Justice Department as part of his latest moves to cast doubt on the entire russia investigation as led by robert mueller. Today the president issued these messages raising the possibility of a government informant who was inside the 2016 campaign. Quote, apparently the doj put a spy in the Trump Campaign. This has never been done before, and by any means necessary, they are out to frame donald trump for crimes he didnt commit. Not long after that, there was this. Reports are there was indeed at least one fbi representative implanted for political purpo