Something you know about but is actually getting very serious. This legal pressure on donald trump is entering a different phase. And one way we can see that is pretty simple. Donald trumps aides are now admitting incriminating things they used to lie about. Like that trump was behind that payment to Stormy Daniels and his team has been lying about that. When you think about it, since october 2016. In a moment, i will speak live to Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels lawyer about that new legal exposure. In another way you can see this pressure building tonight is how much trump aides are struggling to defend these new things theyve admitted. It was not a Campaign Contribution because it would have been done anyway. This expenditure would have been made whether he was running for president or he wasnt running for president. Theres a long standing agreement that Michael Cohen takes care of situations like this then gets paid for them. This was not uncommon for him to do that. Every lawyer
Sustained pressure made several officials uncomfortable because they viewed it as improper and worried it could be politically and legally problematic. As the New York Times reported this week, trumps intervention with the attorney general is a key line of inquiry for the special counsel. The central question in the obstruction prescribe is why trump fired the man investigating his campaign. Former fbi director james comey. Last night, the New York Times revealed former acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe took confidential notes about the circumstances of comeys firing. According to his account, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein said the president originally asked him to reference russia in his memo used to justify comeys dismissal. The times reports to mr. Mccabe that seemed like possible evidence that it was related to the fbis investigation into the trump campaigns ties to russia. Today the president tried to deny russia played any part in his decision to fire comey. Not that it
Steps to yield to his demands. In two separate meetings, Top Justice Department and intelligence officials met with trumps congressional allies and other lawmakers to go over confidential materials about the use of an fbi informant in the russia probe. Afterwards, speaking on behalf of the democrats, congressman adam schiff said there was nothing in the briefings to support the president s Conspiracy Theory. Nothing we heard today has changed our view that there is no evidence to support any allegation that the fbi or any Intelligence Agency placed a spy in the Trump Campaign or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and protocols. Thank you. In another stunning it development, we learned one of the president s Defense Attorneys in the russia probe, emmet flood, was present for part of both meetings. Though he left before any classified information was discussed. He was there along with trumps chief of staff john kelly even though Sarah Sanders specifically said on tuesday t
After his comment about his daughter, but he has yet to say anything about roseanne barr. Tho countri those countries clearly preparing to fight. Kim yong chol will be handing a letter to the president from kim jongun. Youre looking at live pictures come in from the west wing of the white house. Kim yong chol is the first one leaving his hotel early this morning. Hes been meeting with mike pompeo. All of this comes just 11 days before an expected possible summit between the president of the u. S. And president of north korea, kim jongun. First of all, what do we know about the letter that is being delivered and what do you know about the planned summit. Well, wolf, let me walk you tlul the mysterious. Kim yong chol is expected to arrive at my, so well see if that will include john bolton, chief of staff, and they will head over to the oval office where Kim Yong Chol will meet with President Trump and then handdeliver a letter from kim jongun. That letter, obviously, is very critical ri
Involvement in the moscow project, plans for cohen and trump to travel to russia for it, and critically, outreach on the project. Saying donald trump referred to in this document as individual one was the person involved and saying cohen lied to congress to match trumps political messaging as well as out of loyalty. Cohens first lie, he talked with trump about moscow more than claimed. He briefed trumps family members, well get to that tonight within the Trump Organization about this project in russia. Cohen working on trump projects. The candidate and the president said over and over, he didnt. I have nothing to do with russia, folks. I have no dealings with russia. I have no deals in russia. I have no deals that could happen in russia because weve stayed away. And i have no loans with russia. I have nothing to do with russia, no investments in russia, none whatsoever. I dont have property in russia. I own nothing in russia. I have no loans in russia. I dont have any deals in russia.