more information has become clear with trump campaign. back with us, at the hill, washington post, congressional reporter at politico. alan harks pi alana, pick it up for us here. the big question about the conversation that nbc has been able to confirm is what is robert mueller throat right now? what is his next step? who might be the target of this indictment? well, that s not something we can say with any degree of certainty. however, what we do know, is that the two major figures, his team has been sir skeling are paul manafort, the former trump campaign chair, and michael flynn, the former national security adviser. when it comes to manafort refers to money laundering, he is
alex was mentioning. nbc news confirming special counsel robert mueller s office will serve up an indictment on monday in the russia probe. that s according to u.s. official with firsthand knowledge of the process ongoing. part of mueller investigation focuses on whether russia had help meddling in the 2016 election from the trump campaign or anyone tied to the president. nbc kelly o donnell at the white house with very latest. kelly, what do we know? and what s the white house saying in reaction to the reporting of the confirmation nbc has just had? reporter: no reaction from the white house. and none expected at this point. we could always look to the president s twitter feed to see if he has anything to say on this. but what i m hearing from white house sources is that because specifics are not yet known, there is nothing for them to comment on. for example, we don t know what person or persons is under this indictment or the kind of offense. is it something that relates to white
means. there is one fact that we do know. and that is that this indictment is under seal at this point. and what s significant about the indictment being under seal is normally the prosecutor doesn t ask for a judge to put an in indictment under seal unless they are concerned about the individual or individuals whom are being indicted fleeing the jurisdiction. so this gives enough time for the agents or the u.s. marshalls to go tout and arrest the person, bring them before a magistrate judge where bail is set. so i thisty that s one thing that is of interest here is that the indictment itself just wanted handed up by a grand jury and filed in the public record. that s unusual only to the extent that it s only normally done when the prosecutor is concerned that the individuals might flee. now, having said that, we do
and how you can have a $0 co-pay. today msnbc nenbc confirms indictment is coming monday. house speaker paul ryan expects the fbi to turn documents next week. but as details flood the headlines donald trump is trying to make the case that the dossier has been discredited because opposition research was funded in part by the hillary clinton campaign. yet even as he tries to distance himself from the investigation,
the timing being six months in, does this mean at the moment mueller s team is hoping show shake the tree, maybe pressure folks to turn, if you will? reporter: i think that s a possibility. but i think it s more likely that mueller would be bringing his first indictment in a way that would not only tie in allegations that we know about, like, for example, money laundering allegations that are out there about manafort or false statement allegations out there about flynn, i would think that his first indictment he would want to combine the russian collusion in the allegations of that indictment, just for political reasons, just to show that this is moving forward and that they have real allegations they are looking at. i could be wrong. it s all speculation. right. reporter: but i guess we ll find out on monday.