Pay 25 million to settle a series of fraud lawsuits against his pretend real estate educational outfit trump university. After the settlement new yorks attorney general Eric Schneiderman issued this scathing same. In twooenlt my office sued donald trump for swindling thousands of innocent americans out of millions of dollars through a scheme known as trump university. Donald trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today that all changes. Todays 25 Million Settlement Agreement is a stunning reversal by donald trump and a major victory for the over 6,000 victims of his fraudulent university. And, yes, trumps meetings with potential cabinet members are also significant, especially his sitdown with former trump critic turned republican whose name is being floated for secretary of state mitt romney. I appreciate the chance to speak with the pre
President issues an interview, it could be before the grand jury and minutes ago, another attack by the president on the Justice Department. Then theres the question, what is the president going to do about his doctor. The president s physician of 35 years, the apparent author of the infamous clean bill of health that trump received during the campaign now says he didnt write that at all and accuses the white house of raiding his office. Plus then theres the question of what the president is going to do about the iran deal. Any moment, President Trump will be at the state department for the very first time and to swear in his new secretary of state mike pompeo, the president s remarks will be parsed here for any clues of whether hes in or out. Lets begin with the state department. Michelle kosinski is joining us now. Mike pompeo has said that he promises to bring the swagger back to the state department. What does that look like . This is a mega swearing in with President Trump on his
Not manafort is guilty that will be decided. Robert muellers credibility is also facing a very real test today, as well. And wait, courtesy of rudy giuliani, there, of course, is still more hanging in the balance. Now he says the entire Mueller Investigation is on hold until theres a verdict. Are you any closer to having a deal with mueller to sit down . No. Havent heard from him in a week. How do you interpret that . I think theyre waiting for the i hate to bring up the case. I think theyre waiting for the manafort case. I think they feel if they win theyre going to be empowered. Cnns Jessica Schneider is outside the courthouse now. You were inside the courtroom as this all started this morning. What are they telling jurors . Reporter well, i just stepped out of the courtroom. We are one hour into prosecutors Closing Arguments here. They consistently went back to one theme repeating a few key phrases here. They first said that Paul Manafort is not above the law. Then they continue to