thank you, guys. more on the flynn story in a moment. but today signs we could be nearing the end of the ongoing saga of trump s claim he was wiretapped by president obama in what appears to be an information laundering operation involving house intel chair devin nunes who made two trips to the white house last week first to review certain classified information and then, the following day, to deliver that information, the same information, to the president himself. there are now three white house officials reportedly involved in getting nunes that information. ezra cohen-watnick, the senior director for intelligence at the national securitil security cou michael ellis, a lawyer. the third, as reported by the washington post, is a top lawyer for the national security council, john eisenberg. today white house press
university and noticed that trump s promises and sales pitch might now sound familiar to americans at large. that s thing 2 in 60 seconds. you know.diarrhea? abdominal pain? but we said we d be there. woap, who makes the decisions around here? it s me. don t think i ll make it. stomach again.send! if you re living with frequent, unpredictable diarrhea and abdominal pain, you may have irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea or ibs-d - a condition that can be really frustrating. talk to your doctor about viberzi. a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medication you take every day that helps proactively manage both diarrhea and abdominal pain at the same time. so you stay ahead of your symptoms. viberzi can cause new or worsening abdominal pain. do not take viberzi if you have or may have had pancreas or severe liver problems, problems with alcohol abuse, long-lasting or severe constipation, or a blockage of your bowel or gallbladder. if you are taking viberzi, you shou
thing 1 tonight, a federal judge gave final approval today for a $25 million settlement payment from president donald trump to class action fraud lawsuits brought against the now defunct trump university, which was owned by donald trump. the lawsuit claimed the for profit seminar program made false promises and used high-pressure sales techniques to swindle thousands of dollars out of its students. the settlement means the nearly 4,000 students who joined the lawsuit will recoup about 90% of what they spent, but trump will not have to admit wrongdoing or apologize. trump first agreed to the $25 million settlement in november shortly after the election. we went back and watched the promotional videos for trump university and noticed that trump s promises and sales pitch might now sound familiar to
questions about who else may have been involved. where else may this go because it seems like with each step, there s something else they re not necessarily being very forthcoming about. you know, bart, you re a veteran reporter on issues in this space, and i remember reading your incredible cheney biography, which is incredibly well sourced. buit strikes me part of what makes this so strange is it seems like we learn everytng. you know, everything leaks eventually. so eventually it leaks that nunes was at the white house, and then eventually it leaks the actual names of individuals at play. is this normal that we learn everything or seemingly learn everything so quickly? it s not normal. i m not doing the front-line reporting that karen and greg miller and our colleagues at the post are doing, but i m astounded to read these stories that say, you know, 14 white house sources and people close to the president said yesterday.
fbi has first bite because that s a criminal investigation. you know, one of the weird things today about president trump s tweet was when he suggested that the fbi was part of this witch hunt. it s hard to think that the fbi, especially director comey, is a democratic operative. i think hillary clinton would have a thing or two to say about that. all right. paul butler, thank you for your time. great to be here. coming up, the cloud of suspicion only continues to grow over the white house. but will any of this have any impact on president trump himself or only the people around him? david cay johnston on the shades of watergate and iran-contra in the trump white house ahead.