reporting from grig meg miller. in that piece, officials say there s no detailed record. even in classified files of trump s interactions with putin on at least five locations over the past two years and the report goes on to detail how the president has gone to really extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with put ben including on one occasion, taking possession of the ininterpreter tor s notes. over the weekend, trump d dismissed this. listen to what kellyanne conway said today on this. sure. the president at that time in 2017 was suffering from great number of leak as you remember i think week one or two of being here, his calls with the leaders of mexico and australia had leaked. he add an oval office meeting in 2017. contents of that leaked. there was great concern at the time. i haven t discussed this
shoulders of one man. president trump s nominee, william barr. his confirmation hearing begins tomorrow and there s one big question going into it. will he block the release of robert mueller s investigation? in his prepared text which he will be delivering tomorrow, he says quote, i believe it is in the best interest of everyone that this be resolved by allowing the special counsel to finish his work. general kai, what should we list ben for? the president s pick promising two major things. first, to let the mueller probe move forward and not interfere then second to even let the public see the end results. that likely won t quiet what is bound to be a very contentious hearing. this is a new congress. so the senate judiciary committee has taken on new members and a new chairman lindsey graham will be at the helm of the committee.
from closed door congressional interviews detailing the debate within the fbi when james baker told lawmakers there were two opposing fu vieuxes. one was asking if trump when he was fired james comey was quote somehow following directions somehow executing there, that is russia s will. on the other, the other view was that trump was quoting baker, completely innocent. and as we re learning about this internal debate, the washington post has this incredible reporting that president trump has been hiding information on his face-to-face meetings with putin. and in fact, on one occasion, president trump reportedly even took the notes from his own interpreter. let s start with laura jarrett. she s been breaking news left and right on this one. let s talk about the fbi debate
washington post and a cnn global affairs analysis. 18 reasons trump could be a russian asset. how many years in journalism have you been? many years. did you ever think you d be writing this piece? no, this is like something out of the manchurian candidate. it would have seemed bonkers until trump but it s not anymore. gleets through what is not. all 18 tastarting with one. trump has a long financial history with russia. this seems to be something so many people dance around but really it s like follow the money, which is your point. ifs how intelligence services ensha ensnare foreigners. we know donald trump jr. and eric trump have braggeded about how much money the trump organization has gotten out of russia. in 2016, the trump organization was pursuing a plan to build a
at the same time, he s called george w. bush a liar. that is a twisted example of evil trump and good. i do think that a trump victory is a gift to putin. it s like they re on the same page. and now you have putin basically pulling out the old kgb playbook on how to manipulate donald trump and it appears he s fallen right into it. mr. trump s continued flattery of mr. putin and the degree to which he appears to mod l many of his policies and approaches to politics on mr. putin is unprecedented in american politics. fast forward to what will soon be the president s third year in office and we re reading headlines like this from my next guest. max boot is a columnist for the