Wikileaks. We know that while the russians were trying to sway the u. S. Election, they were reaching out to key members of trumps family and key members of his campaign. According to the latest Court Documents, the russians offered trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen political sin si a wealthy russian family offered donald junior dirt. He wrote in an email to trumps son quote this is obviously very high level and Sensitive Information but it is part of russia and its Government Support for mr. Trump. At no point that we know of at least did a Single Member of trumps family or his campaign alert anyone, not even the fbi about these contacts and offers of help. Instead, in some cases, we know they accepted the help. Trump junior famously responded to the offers of clinton dirt by emaili emailing, if its what you say i love it and set up a meeting at trump tower. Jared kushner was there and Paul Manafort and a russian government attorney who describes herself as an infor informant. Tr
Louis bergdorf. Well, in the aftermath of this weeks drama surrounding Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort, President Trumps lawyer Rudy Guilliani tells nbc news the president agreed in june he shouldnt do pardons while Robert Muellers investigation is ongoing. Guillianis comments come after the Washington Post reported that trump recently asked his lawyers for their advice on the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and other aides accused of crimes. Guilliani told nbc that trump did not specifically ask about manafort in a meeting earlier this summer. He said, quote, we discussed it in early june and we agreed no pardons during investigation, and that has not changed. Earlier this week the president did not rule out a pardon for manafort when he was asked about it on fox news. One of the reasons i respect Paul Manafort so much is he went through that trial you know, they make up stories. People make up stories. This whole thing about flipping, they call i
Further charges right here in the United States. Now, tonight, on the beat we have special coverage of all and a former roger stone associate. But, first, i bring you the facts tonight. Tonights indictment not aimed at say a lawyer who did work for Trump Associates like some past indictments. Not aimed at unknown political operatives like george papadopoul papadopoulos. No, tonight, the who is quite clear and disturbing. Mueller aiming squarely at top Russian Military intelligence officers. The white is a conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 election. The charges are conspiracy to commit an offense against the u. S. , Identity Theft and Money Laundering among others. That means that right now we know more about bob muellers strategy for pressing this case Going Forward than ever before. The political world talks a lot about collusion, as weve reported, though, the key word tonight is conspiracy. Mueller stating the object of this conspiracy was to hack u. S. Campaign officials, steal do
Winds may have moved on but its left the carolina coast submerged. And pat mccrory joins me to talk about why the recovery will be extremely difficult. We had been telling you Brett Kavanaughs confirmation was a sure thing but news tonight that could make a difference. Doug jones says we should hold off and wait but most critically breaking tonight, republican jeff flake tells politico hes not comfortable voting yes until his Committee Hears more from christine ford. Because its a party line voerkts thats going to have a real impact on how this moves ford. That vote is scheduled for thursday. Ford says she is the author of that letter to Dianne Feinstein saying Brett Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her more than four decades ago. Ford, now 51 years old and a Research Psychologist tells the paper that while his friend watched a drunk teenage kavanaugh pinned her to the bed, groped her and attempted to take her clothes off. Ford alleges when she tried to scream, kavanaugh put his
Look at the cast of characters of trumps reality show presidency. There are the villains, the sycophants, of course, the flippers and the wouldbe celebrities of course. And some of them are heading to prison. And others are helping to put former allies in prison. Theres been backbiting, social climbing, conspiracies and yes, relentless drama. And one sideshow came full circle when Omarosa Manigault newman, who played the villain on the apprentice and later a white house aide, came out with a new tellall book. Omarosas strategy on the apprentice was to mirror trumps own behavior. Here she is on season 1. Heidi was fantastic. And i will tell you theyvent always been a fan of heidi. I havent always thought that she was professional nor that she had much class or finesse. Thats very nice. Thank you. Thats one of the worst compliments ive ever heard. Best compliments, i have no class. But ive been very candid with heidi, have i someone. Yes. I appreciate that. Im not so sure. Thats maybe th