Reporting tonight on trumps written answers to muellers questions. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday evening. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 678 of the trump administration. And we have new reporting from the wall street journal tonight. The story outlines what may have led to the collapse of the plea agreement between the extrump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and Robert Mueller. Manafort now stands accused of lying to the feds. He is facing years in a federal penitentiary. The journal reports manaforts alleged lies have to do with his personal business ties and his work pre2016. Manafort allegedly made inaccurate statements about his communications with Konstantin Kilimnik said people familiar with the matter. Mr. Kilimnik, who mr. Mueller charged earlier this year along with mr. Manafort, was trying to influence the testimony of two witnesses against mr. Manafort. This worked for mr. Manaforts lobbying firm
Security, climate change. A family that is threatening to turn against one of its own. The u. S. What President Trump might need right now is a friend, so who does it appear hes reaching out to . Who do you think . G7, which used to be the g8. They threw russia out. They should let russia come back in. Because we should have russia at the negotiating table. That was just the beginning of an avalanche of news the president made before heading to canada this morning. There was this on his preparations for the north korea summit. I said ive been preparing all my life. I always believe in preparation. But ive been preparing all my life. On leakers after a Senate Intel Staffer was arrested last night in connection with a leak investigation, though to be clear, he was arrested for lying to the fbi. Not for leaking. Im a big, big believer in freedom of the press. But im also a believer in classified information. Has to remain classified. That includes comey and his band of thieves who leaked
Court on the Legal Defense team thats repmag representing maria buttina. To try on influence the 2016 election on behalf of the russian government. Maria butinas lawyer has done lots of interviews and made lots of appearances. Prosecutors are asking for the judge to put a gag order on her lawyer so he will be restricted to only pleading her case in court rather than on tv. She of course remains in jail tonight awaiting trial. The judge in her case refused to allow her out on bail after prosecutors argued that she was a severe flight risk. They argued that her extensive alleged ties to the russian government would create too strong a possibility that she would take refuge in the Russian Embassy in washington or otherwise find a way to flee country to avoid this prosecution. So she did not get bail. She does not even yet have a date set for her trial. It looks like she will be in jail until that trial happens. And small world, as it happens. The jail where she is being held this very nig
Lug good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The former Campaign Chairman to the president of the United States is behind barses. Hes behind bars for allegedly colluding with a suspected russiang to sub born perjury and obstruct justice while he was under house arrest. Today a judge in washington, d. C. Revoked manaforts bail after the special counsel accused him of tampering with witnesses while he was out under house arrest filing new obstruction of charges against manafort and con tan tin kilimnik who is believed to have ties to russian intelligence. The judge sent manafort to jail to await his two upcoming trials on multiple counts of conspiracy and fraud among other charges. Did he get to ditch his two ankle monitors. Quite the record for a campaign whose unofficial slogan chanted was lock her up. Lets review. The Top National Security advisor who let the chance the at the convention has been cooperating with investigators and pled guilty. Foreign policy adviser pleaded guilty
Ultimately ruled that the severity of the alleged crime violated the terms of manaforts bail agreement, saying that allowing his release would, quote, harm the integrity of the Justice System. Nbc news reports that manafort did not appear to react to that ruling. He was then immediately taken into custody, giving a quick wave to his wife as he was escorted from the courtroom. Manafort will now be held in pretrial detention until september. Reacting to the news, manaforts former client, President Trump, was quick to defend his reputation, saying, quote, wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented ronald reagan, bob dole, and many other top political people in campaigns. Didnt know manafort was the head of the mob. What about comey and crooked hillary and all of the others . Very unfair. Now trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is dangling a president ial pardon. Responding to the news of manaforts incarceration, giuliani telling the New York Daily News, quote, when the who