fbi knew about contacts between the transition team and the russian government, as have been documented previously. they obviously were concerned about possible leaks of information from the trump transition team to the russians and contacts by flynn, which are now part of the charging documents and official files with the court show that, in fact, high-level members of the trump transition were knowledgeable about flynn s contacts. and the question really now is, what did they know and when did they know it? not only flynn but also jared kushner and even the vice president because he played a critical part in that campaign. and hope hicks may be a source of information about it. well, the new york times is also reporting, senator, that hope hicks, and she s the white
interview he did with interfacts. her thought was why would you let a low-level coffee boy represent to the russian media with the campaign? isn t that asking for potential trouble? this is all about creating distance between whoever that individual is and the campaign for the public consumption. they did it with manafort. they did it to a lesser extent with flynn. flynn is a harder one to do because he was in the white house and a very senior adviser to the president. this is one we didn t know about until this information came out. so the further the more distance they can put between themselves and this person, at least in the public eye, the better. everyone stand by. there is more information coming into the situation room. we ll take a quick break. resume our coverage right after this. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,. .isn t it time to let the real you shine through? maybe it s time for otezla (apremilast).
idea, but when news broke about his cooperation with the special counsel, president trump slammed papadopoulos in a tweet. a young, low-level volunteer who has already proven to be a liar. what was your reaction when you saw that tweet? as the same person who called him excellent guy. so i agree with that. reporter: she says her fiance interacted with campaign manager corey lewandowski, steve bannon, paul manafort, including other campaign officials. and she says during the transition former national security adviser michael flynn. they have all denied, downplayed or say they don t remember their interactions with him. you say that he was consistently in touch with these high-level campaign officials. yes. what was his interaction with michael flynn? he was in contact with mo michael flynn and he worked with michael flynn during the transition and he was actively contributing to develop the