mule wizard previously described as someone with ties to russian intelligence. the evidence demonstrates that manafort lied about his contacts with trump administration officials which he had denied. quote, for instance, in a text exchange from may 26, 2018, that s this year, manafort authorized a person to speak with an administration official on manafort s behalf. furthermore, review of documents recovered from a search of his electronic documents demonstrates additional contacts with the administration. mimi, i want to talk to you about this russia thing and what we re learning here. it wasn t just the trump tower business that was going on right through the campaign. in other words, trump was working for money when he was working for votes. that s not exactly anything but a conflict of business, but the idea they were russians. this is the whole thing about the russian campaign. all the time these spooky russian figures reaching out like tent cams trying to establish relations with
cannot be overstated, what we re doing tonight is stating that the sitting president directed a campaign crime because he thought it would help him win an election, which through the electoral college, he did win. that s where we are. that s my lead too. thank you, ari melber. thank you, chris. go ahead. why is cohen not getting credit for cooperating with the southern district? they say in the document because he refused to answer questions about other crimes they were investigating and past criminal conduct, which is bizarre because he seems to have fully cooperated with robert mueller. but for whatever reason, he would not he only met with the southern district prosecutors a handful of times and he refused to answer their questions about matters that they cared very much about, and that s why they re bringing the hammer down on him. he is facing three and a half years in prison, chris. as ari mentioned a moment ago, we re also receiving the sentencing memo in the case of