And what im concerned about is someone who doesnt want to try to relitigate 2016, but wants to make sure our country is protected in 2018 when you dont have someone in the white house whos kind of leading a whole of government approach. It means that our response to these kind of actions by russia and for that matter other nations that may try to copy russias efforts, those National Security efforts are undermined by this kind of aversion in the white house to face the reality. Also tonight, another Washington Post report says that music promoter Rob Goldstone who set up that june 2016 trump tower meeting with the president s eldest son and several different russians offered to broker a meeting between donald trump and Vladimir Putin right after mr. Trump announced he was running for the white house. President trump has been outspoken about his admiration for putin. The russian leader dismissed the
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music promoter rob goldstone who set up that june 2016 trump tower meeting with the president s eldest son and several different russians offered to broker a meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin right after mr. trump announced he was running for the white house. president trump has been outspoken about his admiration for putin. today during a news conference in moscow, the russian leader dismissed the investigation into possible collusion during the u.s. election. you know, all of this has been invented, made up by people holding opposition to president trump, with a view to shedding a negative light on what president trump is doing. and for me, it is very bizarre. putin went on to praise mr. trump saying, quote, look at how the markets have grown.
and what i m concerned about is someone who doesn t want to try to relitigate 2016, but wants to make sure our country is protected in 2018 when you don t have someone in the white house who s kind of leading a whole of government approach. it means that our response to these kind of actions by russia and for that matter other nations that may try to copy russia s efforts, those national security efforts are undermined by this kind of aversion in the white house to face the reality. also tonight, another washington post report says that music promoter rob goldstone who set up that june 2016 trump tower meeting with the president s eldest son and several different russians offered to broker a meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin right after mr. trump announced he was running for the white house. president trump has been outspoken about his admiration for putin. the russian leader dismissed the
that s maybe several weeks or months away. and then the flynn investigation is obviously significantly underway. there was reporting over the weekend that bob mueller sent a range of document requests to the department of justice to look at what jeff sessions and others did with regards to the firing of jim comey. bob mueller will be talking to rob goldstone who set up the june 2016 meeting in trump tower. there are a number of significant issues for bob mueller to look at. i think anybody who thinks we re closer to the end is just engaged in wishful thinking. carol, why does donald trump s attorney keep telling him this is almost over? just sit tight a few more weeks? because that s what the president wants to hear. that s the lawyer you want. you want that for a lawyer or ha doctor. doctor, how am i? great. keep in mind, the president says it s the waste of time.
on donald trump jr. and the e-mails, the meeting last june along with jared kushner and paul manafort with a lawyer from russia who keir simmons sat down with later. i want to bring in our national security reporter in d.c., ken, what do you make of the e-mails i read the new york times said don jr. put the e-mails out to scoop the times because they were about to release them. this may be the most extraordinary development yet in the whole trump/russia saga. as you know for months, donald trump and associates have been denying that there was any coordination with the russian government that they were aware of attempts by the russian government to help the trump campaign. here in black and white and i want to read this to you from rob goldstone who set up the meeting, to done sald trump jr. on june 3rd, 2016, the crown prosecutor of russia met with his father aris, an oligarch in