Came directly from the top, president Vladimir Putin himself with the goal of hurting Hillary Clinton and helping donald trump. They get the playbyplay of President Trump and president obama delivering their response. We have one of the reporters behind this major, major story. Thanks so much for joining me. This is the first time that folks are hearing not only of Vladimir Putins direct involvement, but that intelligence captures his specific instructions and the objections he wanted to obtain. How and when was the president first alerted . Thats one of the important facts here. This intelligence bombshell surfaces in the very beginning of august. Not long after both parties held their conventions and way before the election, of course. So, one of the things our story explores is why is it that it was only five months later that the Administration Shared any of this information with the public . You also spoke to more than two dozen current and former u. S. Officials for the story. It
Im gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. Find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. President trump says this to a cheering crowd of boy scouts. Who the hell wants to speak about politics when im in front of the boy scouts, right . This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. The president actually went on to blast the media, push for the repeal of obamacare, and reminisce about his election victory, all in front of the boy scouts. So much for not talking about politics. Meanwhile, team trump insisting over nobody in the campaign had any contact with russia. The president calls it fake news, a witch hunt. His own soninlaw admits his word perhaps four encounters with russians during the campaign and transition but he says he didnt collude and says he doesnt know of anyone else in the campaign who did. So what should the American People believe when it comes to this white house and russia . Lets discuss. Senior political commentator david swerdlick, National Security analyst julie
Apparently knowing the New York Times was ready to publish the truth about the meeting, trump junior was forced to admit that it was actually about getting russian dirt on hillary clinton. Again, that meeting was in june of twepgt 2016. A few days later he acted like it was nothing more than a conspiracy cooked up by the democrats. It just goes to show you their exact moral compass. Theyll say anything to win this. This is time and time again, lie after lie. He hear his house cat at home once said this is whats happening with the russians. Its disgusting. Its so phony. Once the truth came out about the nature of the meeting, which again was about getting dirt on hillary clinton, heres what he said on Sean Hannitys show. Like i said, in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. Again, this is before the russia mania. This is before they were build it up in the press. For me this is Opposition Research. Trump junior has repeatedly said his father never knew abou
Some great reporting for you this morning. Good morning to you. Glad to have you this saturday. Im victor blackwell. And im renemarsh. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has filed his first possible charges in the 2016 Russian Election and possible collusion with the Trump Campaign. Sources say anyone charged could be taken into custody as early as monday. These developments, of course, come just hours after the president , again, blasted the investigation on twitter. It is a landmark moment in the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. Sources briefed on the matter say a federal grand jury in washington approved the first charges in the investigation led by special Counsel Robert Mueller. A spokesman for the special counsels office declined to comment. The indictments are sealed, but plans are under way for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as monday. When you see a sealed indictment like this, it almost always happens for one reason. Theres a fear that th
Departments full cooperation with congress to lift the gag order that this informant was under. Two sources said that white House Counsel don then gave directions to the justice department. Today the president s counselor, Kellyanne Conway confirmed the president did indeed want that informant to be able to speak. It is not unusual for a president to weigh in. This president , as you saw from everything with jfk files to this particular ongoing investigation, alison, is for transparency. And he believes, as many others do, frankly, that the fbi informant should be free to say what he knows. So what does the informant know . The person played a Critical Role in the fbi investigation into russian bribery and reportedly may be able to shed new light on what the russians were talking about when the u. S. Approved this sales, back in 2010, u rain and company. That transaction got the sign off of Clinton State Department along with reported 8 other agencies. So ive got dana bash with me. She