That. And james comey asking American Voters to end Donald Trumps presidency in 2020. Comeys war of words with the president continues. More on that in a moment. We start with President Trumps see no evil game plan today and over the weekend the president has essentially tried to down play the gaming reports from two teams of prosecutors including bob muellers special counsels office. For the first time the government has tied the president of the United States to a federal crime. Campaign finance violations. The memos also providing greater detail of how intertwined the president and his people were with those close to Vladimir Putin in the leadup to the election. Lots to sift through. Who better to kick us off than ken delaney. Hes diligently followed every footnote of this investigation. I want to start with news just into the news room. The woman who is accused of being an unregistered foreign agent, some new reporting on her plea arrangement, and perhaps a change of plea. What do
Burnett, outfront tonight, caught red handed, Sarah Sanders, it appears is not being truthful. Caught saying something untrue about the infamous june trump tower meeting. The stories about trumps involvement in drafting the letter about the meeting have shifted again and again. As we learn of a bombshell from trumps legal team, an admission that President Trump himself dictated the letter. When confronted about this today, Sarah Sanders deflected again and again and agn. You said last august that the president did not dictate the statement about the trump tower meeting during the campaign, but the lawyers wrote to the special counsel that the president did dictate that statement. Whats the reason for that discrepancy . Like you said, this is from a letter from the outside counsel, and i direct you to them to answer that question. Certainly didnt dictate the statement. I wonder if you could tell us the basis was your comment when you made that in august. Once again, this is a reference
New charges against the former Trump Campaign chairman. It is even more clear tonight that Paul Manafort is in a world of trouble. Earlier day manafort was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice for allegedly trying to tamper with witnesses in his case. As we reported, muellers team is seeking to have manaforts bail revised or taken away entirely over these allegations. Late tonight, manafort responded to muellers bail filing, saying the accusations of attempted witness tampering are based, quote, on the thinnest of evidence. Manafort is due in court on june 15 to find out if he will immediately head to jail. The same obstruction charges were also brought today against manaforts longtime russian associate, Konstantin Kilimnik. Todays indictment says that around february and april of this year, quote, the defendants Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik knowingly and intentionally conspired to corruptly persuade another person with intent to inf
Foreign National Christopher steele, was paid through fusion gps, used russian sources that not only werent verified were debunked. Are you concerned that that was paid for tore manipulate the American People in the leadup to an election. Isnt that closer to the mandate than Michael Cohen. Why isnt that happening . Where is mueller on that, sir. Having something to do with paying some Stormy Daniels woman 130,000ed . I mean which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. That money was not campaign money. Sorry, im give ugh a fact now that you dont know. Its not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. They funneled it through a law firm. Funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. Do you know the president didnt know about this . I believe thats what michael had said. He didnt know the specs of it as far as i know. He did know about the general arrangement that michael would take care of things like this. Like i take of things like this for my client. I dont burn
Administration, and special Counsel Robert Mueller has filed new charges against the former Trump Campaign chairman. It is even more clear tonight that Paul Manafort is in a world of trouble. Earlier today manafort was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice for allegedly trying to tamper with witnesses in his case. As we reported, muellers team is seeking to have manaforts bail revised or taken away entirely over these allegations. Late tonight, manafort responded to muellers bail finding, saying the accusations of attempted witness tampering are based, quote, on the thinnest of evidence. Manafort is due in court on june 15 to find out if he will immediately head to jail. The same obstruction charges were also brought today against manaforts longtime russian associate, konstantin kilimnik. Todays indictment says that around february and april of this year, quote, the defendants Paul Manafort and contanstein kilimnik knowingly and intentionally