Clearance was a meeting that he took at trump tower during the transition where he hosted the head of another russian bank. Jared kushner met with the head of a russian bank called veb bank. Its a bank but really just an entity of the russian government. The leadership of veb bank is hand picked by lad peer putin and veb banks connections with russian intelligence are not subtle. Sergei gorkov is a graduate of the fsb academy which means he went to kgb grad school. Veb bank was coordination of a spy ring, that was the russian Spying Investigation where carter page was found by the fbi to have been essentially a willing target for those russian spies. At least he was a source of information for those russian spies who were looking for
americans to give them investigation to help them with their Spying Efforts against america from their home base in new york where they were ostensibly working for veb bank but really they were spies. So there was the alfa bank servers communicating with t
is someone whose record throughout the mueller report and the aftermath was really questioned because of his close relationship with the president, his decision not to continue with an obstruction of justice charge, his calling into a potential spying investigation, he used that word, there are a lot of questions that have led up to the way we already see the relationship between the president and his attorney general. one message that s been sending to those who work at the justice department, bill barr s general attitude toward investigations into this president, the way he summarized the mueller report, talked about needing to investigate the or begins of the mueller report, and whether that has sent a message without him having to say anything, i m not sure that s an open question. greg, there was another moment that was really interesting in the hearing. this came from joaquin castro when he was asking acting dni maguire why maguire decided that the president was outside of the
as he goes through the investigation. that are really is amazing, the difference in cooperation this spying investigation versus the cooperation the president offered on the mueller investigation. really, chris, what i think this is an attempt by the president to let the women and men of the intelligence community know, fbi agents and others know if you investigate him, he is going to come after you. bill barr and others come after you. that s what this is. congressman joaquin castro, thank you very much. the profound implications for journalisms and the first amendment and julian assange. tonight s thing one, thing two starts next.
as he goes through the investigation. that are really is amazing, the difference in cooperation this spying investigation versus the cooperation the president offered on the mueller investigation. really, chris, what i think this is an attempt by the president to let the women and men of the inis telejens community know, fbi agents and others know if you investigate him, he is going to come after you. bill barr and others come after you. that s what this is. congressman joaquin castro, thank you very much. the profound implications for journalisms and the first amendment and julian assange. tonight s thing one, thing two starts next. tonight s thing one, thing two starts next. honey have you seen my glasses? i ve always had a knack for finding things. colon cancer, to be exact. and i find it noninvasively. no need for time off or special prep. it all starts here. you collect your sample, and cologuard uses the dna in your stool
similar ways the president didn t jell with rex tillerson. when a president says he s close to you never know with this president. with the other presidents that may be hiding in plain sight. trump, he tends to not necessarily turkish you didn t know if it s a hint at something or how he s speaking. if there were to be a shake up that s the way to look. ken, brief final thoughts to you on this. halle, i m struck by the appointment of gina has pel who is as much of a cia insider as you can imagine. one of my she was deputy head of what s known as russia house rg cia s russia spying investigation. she has a hard view of russia add appear adversary. that s something mike pompeo was