Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. His plea agreement, including that he stole some hundreds of thousands of dollars from Paul Manafort, rick gates did, by filing false expense claims. So really, just a long list. It was remarkable to be there in the courtroom as rick gates over the course of 80 minutes detailing that long list of alleged crimes. So allegedly, theyre both Stealing Money through not paying taxes and other means, and then gates is also Stealing Money from manafort . Thats exactly right. So you have listen, this is one of those cases when i was inside there, anderson, having followed a mob priel or two, it struck me as you had the case of the bob boss there with his capo testifying against him. Of course in many cases like this, the person who is gates witness doesnt have the cleanest record himself. And that certainly holds true for rick gates. I should mention he also pleaded guilty to lying to federal prosecuto
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Dealing in u. S. Dollars, currency abroad, business and precious metals, aluminum, steel and coal. And thats only phase one. In less than three months the administration hits irans Oil Production and banking sector. Shannon thank you very much. Those new sanctions kick in against iran at 12 oh one eastern time. Lindsey graham, member of the Senate Armed Services committee joins us now to dig in further. The sanctions kick in and iran is complain about it, senator. Strong message is not just for them but also for our allies. The United States is fully committed to enforcing all of our sanctions and we will work closely with nations conducting business with iran to ensure complete complaints. Individuals or entities that fail to wind down activities with our brand with severe consequences. Who is that for . Thats for anyone, particularly the iranians that prop up the ayatollah. Theyve made the decision that
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Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Knowing that was illegal. Cnn chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is covering the trial. He joins us. Now what more did gates say on the stand . Anderson, you had the deputy there sitting within ten feet of his former his longtime boss, documenting by his accounts numerous crimes, alleged crimes by his boss, Paul Manafort. And the list started with them setting up 15 Foreign Bank Accounts which they did not report to the government for the purposes of hiding taxes. He said that they filed false income tax returns. He said they failed to file as foreign agents even though they were working as agents for a Foreign Government, in this case the prorussian Government Of Ukraine at the time. And rick gates said he did all of this, his words, all of this at the direction of Paul Manafort, saying these are crimes we did together, in
and that certainly holds true for rick gates. I should
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Was obvious the meeting was to get information from foreign nationals which is a crime. Lawyers running around collusion is not a crime. Anybody knows a low he ranking congressman like i was in my first year understood you cant get an in kind contribution from mullahs in iran or Vladimir Putin in russia. Thats right, joe. The president is concerned. Hes anxious, fearful about where this is all headed. His legal team is focused on that Trump Tower Meeting as they have been for some time. Thats a key moment in the mueller investigation. Our reporting, despite what the president tweeted in response to it very much is that hes worried about don junior, expressed that worry to people hes been talking to on the phone, privately brouting about this. Mueller seems to be inching
closer and closer to the oval office, to the people in the president s circle. That
An offer of talks or 7 more economic pain, part of the Trump Administrations maximum Pressure Campaign as north korea calls on the white house to drop sanctions over its Nuclear Weapons program. Richardson has more. Reporter in an hour the Trump Administration is exiting the Iran Nuclear Deal. That is when the United States restores sanctions against iran that it lifted under the Obama Administration as part of the nuclear agreement. Officials say the sanctions are designed to constrict the revenue iran uses to fund, quote, terrorists, dictators and militias around the region, the National Security adviser denies the Trump Administrations goal is the collapse of the iranian government. Our policy is not Regime Change but we want to put unprecedented pressure on the government of iran to change its behavior and they have shown no indication they are prepared to do that. The president made it clear that he views the Iran Nuclear Deal is one of the worst in american diplomatic history. Ev