Of the Mueller Investigation about one of the big names, the big targets, former Trump Campaign chairman paul manafort. The revelations are coming from the transcript of a closed door Court Hearing that took place earlier this week. Kind of thing thats published all the time but not quite like this. During that hearing, muellers prosecutors explained in detail why theyre accusing manafort of lying to investigators while he was under a Cooperation Agreement with the feds. The document has more than its share of redactions, those lines blacked out to protect secrecy. But even so, there are clues throughout. Muellers team appears to be very focused on repeat the contact between manafort and konstantin kilimnik. Hes a longtime manafort business associate with ties to russian intelligence. According to this 143page transcript, prosecutors accuse manafort of lying about several of their meetings and contacts. That includes one meeting, august 2nd, 2016, which would have been just weeks after
Mueller underscored in breaking the silence today, the Justice Department rules prevented him in ever indicting a sitting president. Mueller delivering that Pivotal Point that the legal wall barricading mueller from ever doing anything with his evidence on President Trump other than writing it down for congress, he delivered that today in his signature understated manner. Noting in his first remarks to the country here that he would base he cannily not be able to give donald trump the good news that there was no crime. In fact, that if he wanted to, he would have given that good news if the evidence supported it. But, this is important, some of this may get lost, were going to break it down for you right now. Bob mueller and his first ever remarks as special counsel made the evidence that he gather dd not provide the confidence that the President Trump clearly did not commit a crime. As set forth in the report after that investigation, if we had confidence that the president clearly di
You. It didnt make sense, ill explain. It doesnt get funnier but it will explain something the president is up to. As for whats going on, this impeachment caucus is actually growing. We have the newest member on the beat. Also donald trump in the downward spiral. And now shaking. Plummeting, him lashing out at china and the own fed chief. A serious story with hereby elements. And it was featured parentally with a shoutout on netflix show. Well explain. We begin tonight with the steadily growing calls as i mentioned from House Democrats demanding for real accountability for what they say are crimes by the president of the United States. For obstruction of justice. 132 democrats in the house now are backing impeachment proceedings against trump. Now lets be clear about what happened. A lot of other things have been happening. But take it together and now as the summer draws to a close, you have more than 55 of the entire caucus backing impeachment probes. Nadler is investigating trum top
power and vows to pardon the violent lawless criminals, that is as violent and lawless any claim nay mainstream candidate has made since the jim crow era if not the civil war. so as we eye what is coming on monday, i want to bring in some experts with context. attorney maia wiley from the leadership conference on sufficiently rights. she worked in the civil division. and nick ackerman who has in some ways been calling for this day. i start with you, nick. you probably made the case that the evidence is there and that congress can speak. the doj makes up its own mind. congress can speak. what do you make of this planned hearing which based on the reporting we don t have the vote yet. when the vote comes in, we ll report it. the reporting suggests they will hold votes on criminal contempt on criminal referrals of the former president and others. well, i think it s a very
Because i was terrified that i would lose my job and my reputation, because it would have been turned on a, she slept with a player. Because i know that thats what he told his teammates. Obviously didnt say, i raped her. Im sure, i cant imagine that they would have been thought that was okay. So he told some others. I was terrified to tell anyone that some wrong version would come out and i would have my reputation it has come out now. I cant prove, and so i would just be the subject of a lot of negative vitriol and ultimately he would not face any consequence. Kat, i know this was difficult. Its so important that you spoke out about this, that you tell your story and we really appreciate you joining us this morning to tell it again. Thank you. One more thing. Two things. One, i really have been just heartbroken by the volume of women who have reached out to me from friends to strangers to other reporters to say this has happened to them. Its an astonishing number and it breaks my hear