Money charges against Paul Manafort but a surprise revelation, George Pep Adopt Lus pleaded guilty earlier this month making a false statements to the fbi. His emails related to the arrest came out today, couple of things we did not know until now. They provided key points along a time line that Robert Mueller could possibly build a case that Team Trump Colluded with russia to win the election. Ood suggestion that george may have been wearing a wire. We have correspondents covering all the angels tonight. We begun with manu raju on george. What have you been learning . Thats true joining the campaign in march 15, george had a meeting with a london base
professor who he promised dirgt on Hillary Clintons campaign. He had multiple interactions with this professor. This professor came in around the same time that John Pa December that, Hillary Clintons former campaign manager, his emails were hacked. We do know that george lied to federal prosecutors and admitted to lying about these inte
This picture taken in march of 2016. The man circled in this photo is george papadopoulos, who pled guilty to lying about the fbi and his interactions with russians during the campaign. Also in this picture, if you widen it a little bit you see the Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who previously said he did not remember that meeting, but today. I do now recall that the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel and mr. Papadopoulos attended, but have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. In all of my testimony i can only do my best to answer your questions as i understand them and to the best of my memory. Martha chief National Correspondent ed henry live at the white house with the back story on todays big hearing. It also included some brandnew details about the clintons. Great to see you today. Accusations that i have ever lied. That is a lie. Let me be clear, i have at all times conducted myself honorably and in a manner consistent with the high standards
Investigation would soon be winding down. However, there are signs to the contrary. Axios is reporting that, quote, members of Robert Muellers team are reaching out to former Republican National Committee Staff who were familiar with the digital campaign. The goal is to determine if the joint effort was related to the activities of russian trolls and bots aimed at affecting the american electorate. Ty cobb said all of the interviews with the special team are over. However, former colleague said i would be shocked if he was done with the inner circle. All of these indictments, guilty pleas and interviews could be round one. Joining me is Jonathan Swan with acti axios. Thanks to all of you for joining. Barry, the resident former prosecutor here, let me start with you. You have this report from the Washington Post saying that if
point is that its a question that a lot of people close to the situation are asking themselves is why did mueller allow for this prosecutorial vulnerability . Bec
Michael flynn. End the investigation. Im joined noud by ken dilanian with nbc news it, Natasha Bertrand who covers is the russia probe with the atlantic and jill winebanks, all three of you, i want to know what you make of these two witnesses being called, comey already and sessions very soon. And then the president. Chris, what i think this shows is mueller is accelerating sat ob struskz justice aspect of the probe. The three pillars of this investigation, it looks like the Obstruction Case is going down the track further and faster than the collusion and Money Laundering. Theres a lot we dont see but the obstruction witnesses we know who they are and what stories they have to tell. Its not a surprise that comey is a key witness. Whats surprising to me is its happening now and seems like its speeding up. Natasha, explain how you see what kind of a case mueller is going to make here with these hot witnesses now. It seems like ken said hes moving more quickly along the obstruction path.
By his thinking, why deprive good friday visitors of a good visit to an iconic irish pub. Submit ted without judgment. That is our program for a friday nig night. Whatever your persuasion, we wish you a good weekend. Good night from our headquarters here in new york. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Icing is in and public criticism of russia is still very much out. Nbc news with extraordinary reporting about Donald Trumps quote, president Donald Trumps National Security advisor spent months trying to convince him to sign off on a plan to supply new u. S. Weapons to ukraine to aid in the countrys fight against russianbacked separatists. When the president finally authorized the major policy shift, he told his aides not to publicly tell his decision because doing so might agitate russian president Vladimir Putin. Quote, he doesnt want to bring it up, one white house official tells nbc news. It is not something he wants to talk about, this source says. This new reporting helps fill in