Welcome to the weekend. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera. We begin with another tweet from the president. This time hes responding to the stunning report in the Washington Post that details how and when president obama learned that russia was leading a Major Campaign to sway last years election. President trump tweeted this. Just out the Obama Administration knew far in advance of november 8th about election meddling by russia, did nothing about it, why . The cia first told obama last august about moscows interference and it detailed Vladimir Putins specific instructions defeat Hillary Clinton, but it was another two months before the public would learn about moscows role. Lets get more on what President Trump is saying about all of this. As well as how russia is reacting. Cnn White House Correspondent athena jones has more. President trump called it a hoax and a stand, but it sounds like hes now saying he believes it happened. Reporter it does sound like that. This latest twe
Vladimir putin specific instructions defeat Hillary Clinton and help donald trump win the white house. It would be another two months before the public would learn about russias role and even longer until americans would be told about the kremlins exact goal. Lets get more on what President Trump is saying about all this as well as the russian reaction. Cnn correspondent athena jones outside the white house, also with us cnn contributor and cnns former Moscow Bureau chief Jill Dougherty joining us. Athena, is the president now saying he does believe definitively that russia hacked the election . Hi, ana. Well, it certainly sounds as though the president now agrees with u. S. Intelligence agencies who concluded months ago that russia meddled in the 2016 election. He still hasnt given a definitive denunciation or a definitive stand alone statement about that issue. But listen to what he told fox news. Well, i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia a long time be
President is also investigating or taking a look at issues related to pardoning potentially his aides and family members if necessary. And the report does say that the president has even inquired about the ability to pardon himself. This morning when asked about it the president s lawyer called that reporting, quote, nonsense. We are covering all of the developments this busy friday morning. Lets get to capitol hill where we find our Suzanne Malveaux. And before that joe johns is at the white house. Good morning, joe. Reporter good morning, poppy. So that question of whether the president has the power to pardon aides, family members and certainly himself is somewhat of an open question in the courts. It has not been settled. Many legal experts question whether its possible. And it comes on the heels, that report does, of reporting by bloomberg that the personal finances of the president of the United States are now being investigated, which would be an important turn in the investigat
The Russian Investigation from outside the white house. Because they are outside the white house working, they will likely not have to reveal their dealing with President Trump because of Attorney Client privilege. Ty cobb is set to take over handling the investigation from inside the white house. This comes, like you said, as the Washington Post and New York Times are reporting that trump staffers and lawyers are looking for ways to investigate bob muellers investigators, including anything they have thats a conflict of interest they think could discredit this entire investigation. Now, the report says they are scrutinizing donations to democrats and looking at bob muellers relationship with james comey, the fbi director who was fired by donald trump earlier this year. Its worth noting that john dowd, the trump lawyer is pushing back on the stories, saying they are nonsense. As you know in the New York Times interview, donald trump said that if they started looking into the personal f
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