The delusion that they have just latched themselves to trump and to this presidency. So frankly, i would be surprised if they ever get off the ship. Its going to be an issue in 2018. The voters have a say. Jennifer rubin, great to have you. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, thank you, my friend. A bunch of news has broken late today and into this evening, stories were continuing to follow as developing news stories. That includes the federal court in washington, d. C. , unsealing a new batch of documents in the Special Counsels criminal case against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump Campaign official rick gates. The 12count Felony Indictment against them was unsealed yesterday alongside a guilty plea from a more junior Campaign Official who now admits he lied to the fbi about his russia contacts during the campaign. That was all yesterday. This new filing Unsealed Tonight
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alone. something else we ve learned tonight as well, the president did his best today to downplay the role and importance of the campaign official whose guilty plea was unveiled yesterday. today the president derided papadopoulos as a, quote, young low level volunteer who few people knew. that distancing strategy is something we ve seen repeatedly from the president. it s about to be tested in this case. whether or not george papadopoulos was himself an important figure on the campaign, the documents unsealed by the court appear to show him reporting to senior campaign officials frequently about his ongoing interactions with russians during the campaign. the documents that mueller s team have appear to show trump campaign officials encouraging george papadopoulos to keep up those contacts with russians. well, tonight nbc news reports that the person who is described
right? but it s remarkable in a smaller way because gates and manafort have worked together for years and years and years. they ve just been indicted together in a 12-count felony indictment. but they re not necessarily handling their legal jeopardy in the same way. here s something to know about these guys. at his indictment yesterday morning, rick gates does not appear to have had a lawyer. he was not represented by counsel. just in case you were wondering if this indictment had come as a surprise. we expect rick gates will be represented by a lawyer when he turns up to court on thursday. but when he was indicted, he was alone. something else we ve learned tonight as well, the president did his best today to downplay the role and importance of the campaign official whose guilty plea was unsealed yesterday. today the president derided papadopoulos as a, quote, young