there s a top prosecutor whose allegations were central to giuliani s efforts. he inadvertently set a trap for president trump. matthew chance. what a mind-spinning 24 hours 48 hours, it s been, matthew. it is. we ve been wading through the documents. not just the transcript but also this incredible whistleblower report, which has been rich in giving us some indication of how this all works. out of all of it, it s this figure that s emerged as central. he was the prosecutor general of this country. wasn t just some random guy who walks in off the street. he was the main point of contract. not sourcing all of the humors.
this is widely discredited, a conspiracy theory involving joe biden and ukraine. joining me now is cnn reporter and fact-checker daniel dale. democrats are accusing trump of wrongdoing, trying to rope a foreign ally into helping his re-election campaign and trump then has pointed the finger back at biden saying that he in fact should be investigated. let s dig into these unproven claims that trump is making about the former vice president. what happened is ukraine had a top prosecutor who a lot of people thought was ineffective in fighting corruption and should be fired. in 2016 joe biden pressured ukrainian leaders to oust this prosecu prosecutor. he said we will not give you a billion dollar in loan guarantees and so ukraine s
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given the e-mails that donald trump jr. posted more than a year ago which he was told the woman offering dirt on clinton was, quote, the crown prosecutor of russia. the russian attorney the russian government attorney and, quote, part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. joyce vance, i m not exactly sure what it gains the president of the united states to continue having his attorney go out telling one lie after another after another. of course, after trump jr. learned that this top prosecutor, this member of the russian government was coming to meet him and manafort and kushner and the entire gang, of course he was thrilled. so they knew this coming in. i m not exactly sure how it helps donald trump to have rudy giuliani lying a year later. increasingly giuliani and the
process all over again. bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. we are learning new details tonight about what the trump transition team knew about lieutenant general michael flynn s contacts with the russian ambassador and then days between the election and inauguration. this comes as there is new concern about possible bias among members of the special counsel team. catherine herridge has details. a top prosecutor who now works for special counsel robert mueller s pressure probe praised then acting attorney general sally yates after she was fired in january by president trump for refusing to defend his controversial travel ban. the email obtained by judicial watch through federal also shows that on the night of january 13 andrew weissmann wrote to sally yates under the subject line i m so proud. thank you so much, my deepest respects. the disclosure follows confirmation that another