Giuliani to manufacture dirt on the president s political opponents and arrested trying to flee the country. Maybe ill ask rudy to say a few words. Tonight what we know about the two men. Is Rudy Giuliani now under investigation . And what did the president know and when did he know it . What conversations have you head with lev parnas and igor fruman . I dont know those gentlemen. You were in pictures with them. And Hillary Clintons Campaign Manager john podesta what he makes the push to impeach trump. And as republicans stews over defecks the new call from conservative lawyers who say a speedy Impeachment Inquiry is necessary. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The first arrests of the impeachment era happened today and washington, d. C. Airport attempting to leave the country with one way tickets get this only hours after they lunched with their Business Associate and lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Let me take a minute to explain these two suspects who
removing her from her position. he writes a letter, the president tweets about her, and eventually she was removed. what is the deal with these two? how do they get connected in any way shape or form to what essentially appears to be the inner circle of the president s attorney if not the president himself? that part is still a little unclear to us. but they started to make a lot of big campaign donations in 2018 and then started talking to mr. giuliani about his concerns about what ukraine had been up to in the 2016 election, starts introducing him to people in ukraine and seems to be delivering what mr. giuliani wants. and so ends up in his inner circle. michael, you guys were on
allegations. one has very little to do with the dealings with ukraine and with giuliani. it has to do with a marijuana business they were trying to get off the ground in nevada. and then allegedly getting money from a russian national to benefit this business, making donations to try to grease the wheels to get this business off the ground. the other set of allegations squarely has to do with the work with giuliani. those allegations are that they were making large donations to a pro-trump super pac. and part of that effort was to get more access to do what a ukrainian government official wanted them to do was get a u.s. ambassador to ukraine pushed out. there are tons of donations to all kinds of republicans coming from these individuals some of which are being returned. one of the people is a congressman michael sala who
how do they get connected in any way, shape, or form to what essentially appears to be the inner circle of the president s attorney if not the president himself? that part is still a little unclear to us. but from what we know, they started making a lot of big campaign donations in 2018 and then started talking to mr. giuliani about his concerns about what ukraine had been up to in the 2016 election, starts introducing him to people in ukraine and seems to be delivering what mr. giuliani wants. and so ends up in his inner circle. michael, you guys were on these two from the jump back in the summer. what sort of tipped you off these were key players in this entire operation? you know, it actually started with one of our reporters, colleagues from the organized crime reporting project who
wheels to get this business off the ground. the other set of allegations squarely has to do with the work with giuliani. those allegations are that they were making large donations to a pro-trump super pac. and part of that effort was to get more access to do what a ukrainian government official wanted them to do was get a u.s. ambassador to ukraine pushed out. tlsh there are hundreds of thousands of dollars and tons of donations to all kinds of republicans coming from these individuals, some of which are being returned. one of the people is a congressman michael sala who gets a bunch of money from them. we know it s pete sessions who lost in 2018 but he wrote a letter trying to get rid of the ukrainian ambassador. the very day, yeah, chris, they met with then congressman