how long this will go on. you think? this, of course, is special counsel robert mueller s investigation into russian meddling. what the trump folks did in 2016 and what donald trump has done as we were just reporting in potential obstruction. now, if you judge by the geyser of new reporting about just one piece of this, michael cohen, donald trump s long-time lawyer, mueller has a lot more to chew on than many people initially knew. it was just two days ago that michael avenatti, stormy daniels attorney, dropped the bomb with that report outlining and alleging a slush fund run by cohen which saw money deposited by the likes of among others this company columbus nova with strong ties to a russian oligarch linked to putin plus at&t, plus a big pharmaceutical company, novartis. mueller s team questioned both those companies over the payments. that happened a while ago, we just didn t know about it until avenatti dropped this bomb. in fact, now that it s come out, neither of those compan
and what donald trump has done as we were just reporting in potential obstruction. now, if you judge by the geyser of new reporting about just one piece of this, michael cohen, donald trump s long-time lawyer, mueller has a lot more to chew on than many people initially knew. it was just two days ago that michael avenatti, stormy daniels attorney, dropped the bomb with that report outlining and alleging a slush fund run by cohen which saw money deposited by the likes of among others this company columbus nova with strong ties to a russian oligarch linked to putin plus at&t, plus a big pharmaceutical company, novartis. mueller s team questioned both those companies over the payments. that happened a while ago, we just didn t know about it until avenatti dropped this bomb. in fact, now that it s come out, neither of those companies deny the payments, but there s even more to this story. the drug giant ceo sending an e-mail to all staff saying, yesterday was not a good day for novartis
exclusively on his commitment to the best interests of the american people. some statements don t age well. tonight a year later we know that even trump s allies don t bother claiming anymore the comey firing was about a recommendation from rod rosenstein and jeff sessions. everyone knows it was a trump idea. he even owns it. but that day pence was eager to adopt the company line, whatever the company line was. which brings us back to today. because if you want to know the company line in this administration, you want to know exactly what the official trump position is, the exact talking point offered with no independence and certainly no improvisation, turn to mike pence. you know, former trump lawyer ty cobb, he may have been too cooperative with mueller for trump s taste. and the new trump lawyer rudy giuliani, he may be too chatty, but mike pence, boy, does he stick to the script.
tonight a year later we know that even trump s allies don t bother claiming anymore the comey firing was about a recommendation from rod rosenstein and jeff sessions. everyone knows it was a trump idea. he even owns it. but that day pence was eager to adopt the company line, whatever the company line was. which brings us back to today. because if you want to know the company line in this administration, you want to know exactly what the official trump position is, the exact talking point offered with no independence and certainly no improvisation, turn to mike pence. you know, former trump lawyer ty cobb, he may have been too cooperative with mueller for trump s taste. and the new trump lawyer rudy giuliani, he may be too chatty, but mike pence, boy, does he stick to the script. here he is today telling andrea mitchell mueller needs to wrap it up. what i think is it s been about a year since this