Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis bergdorf. Judging by new reports and the president s own tweets, donald trump is seeking to end Special Counsel muellers investigation one way or another. Three sources tell the New York Times trump is flouting his lawyers advice and pushing for an interview with Robert Mueller in hopes it will clear his name. The report came hours after the president released seven tweets with misleading claims about the probes origin, writing, this is a terrible situation, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witchhunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob mueller is totally conflicted and has 17 angry democrats that are doing his dirty work. Are a disgrace to usa. Well, the president ignored reporters questions after a white house meeting while his surrogates said he was merely expressing himself. It is not an order. It is the president s opinion, and it is ridiculous that all of
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The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Tr review the changing narrative on this famous sitdown meeting. First, dont forget the initial line was, there was no meeting, right . Remember, it took place back in june of 2016. Not a peep about this. And then take a look at this from donald trump jr. So don jr. , this is nine months after it happened, quoting him, did i meet with people that were russian . Im sure, im sure i did, but none that were set up. And certainly none that i was representing the campaign in any way, shape or form. That was then. Then in july of last year, the New York Times broke this story. And the story became that, yes, there was a meeting, but it was on russian adoptions or more accurately sanctions. Very soon after the trump team was then forced to fess up that the meeting was actually to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, and then the public was told, okay, yes, there was this meeting, but no dirt on Hillary Clinton actually came from it. Don j
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort is on trial. Charges predate the Trump Campaign but could have ramifications for the campaign if he is convicted and could face up to 10 years. Lets take a look at some evidence presented by the Special Counsel against Paul Manafort. Case stands on two basic legs. One that manafort Made Tens Of Millions working for ukrainian politicians and russian oligarchs that he never paid taxes on and two that he took out fraudulent loans from u. S. Banks. Manafort spent upward of there is 14 million to buy several properties in alexandria, virginia, landscaping, housekeeping and Home Improvements done to boost the value of the homes. Then allegedly inflated his worth on loan applications like this one, taking out even more money. As the Specialty Counsel put it, he created cash out of thin air. He spent more than 1. 4 million at Clothing Stores in new york and and beverly hills. T
The latest news from around the world. Neighborhood rebuild after last years fire wiped out nearly everything. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And all around the world. Im Natalie Allen live to you from atlanta this is cnn newsroom. Thanks for joining us. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro says he has survived an Assassination Attempt and now promises to find those responsible. Mr. Maduro says drones detonated explosives near him during a military ceremony. You can see him and his wife right there react to the first explosion. Then there was a second, and soldiers broke ranks and scattered. Video also shows bodyguards surrounding mr. Maduro with shields and taking him off the stage. Hours later, he addressed the nation again and he seemed unharmed. He revisited a conspiracy theory
of that has been going on for the last couple of years. Of course, well have to wait to see the evidence to see what was really behind it. It is very possible that it could have been an attempt. The
Judge tonight is calling the Trump Administration reunification efforts unacceptable. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. At the close of the first week of Paul Manaforts trial, things do not look good for the former Campaign Chairman of the trump campaign. And today in particular, the testimony about manaforts alleged tax evasion and bank fraud took on a Very Human Dimension when his accountant admitted under oath on the stand that she had in fact knowingly falsified Tax Documents in order to save Manafort Hundreds Of Thousands of dollars in taxes. Manaforts accountant, Cindy La Porta testifying i knew it was wrong, i could have refused but that would expose the Accounting Firm to the risk of litigation or i could have called longtime clients liars. I very much regret it. This is the first of two trials of Paul Manafort being brought by special counsel robert
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