The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Can i ask you, how could he feel as though he has nothing to do with Paul Manafort . A man hes known for 30 years, has been in business with 30 years, political consultant chairman of his campaign, lived in trump tower, how can he feel that way . He feels the charges under review right now in this case have nothing to do with the Trump Campaign of 2016, with the element of collusion. He believes he is innocent, trump does. And he thinks that this is that mueller is going after manafort so aggressively, specifically to try to embarrass the president , to try to take him down, to try to harm his presidency and that the media is complicit, that were going along with it and it bothers him. It has him really angry and hes been telling that to his confidants, theyve been of course telling that to us reporters. I know there is a danger in focusing too much on logic when it comes to donald trump. But
The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Has been in business with 30 years, political consultant chairman of his campaign, lived in trump tower, how can he feel that way . He feels the charges under review right now in this case have nothing to do with the Trump Campaign of 2016, with the element of collusion. He believes he is innocent, trump does. And he thinks that this is that mueller is going after manafort so aggressively, specifically to try to embarrass the president , to try to take him down, to try to harm his presidency and that the media is complicit, that were going along with it and it bothers him. It has him really angry and hes been telling that to his confidants, theyve been of course telling that to us reporters. I know there is a danger in focusing too much on logic when it comes to donald trump. But if Paul Manaforts crimes have nothing do with donald trump, why would he be bothered about the fact Paul Manafort i
discussing, for instance, the history of financial back and forth between trump and russia. he can talk, of course, about that important june 2016 meeting in trump tower where the campaign met with russia. he can talk about meetings in the seychelles. he may even be able to shed some light on this change in the republican party platform as it regarded ukraine. so, he can be very central on the topic of collusion. there is, of course, a much more benign possibility here, which is simply that mueller has limited resources. he and his team trust prosecutors in the southern district of new york. there are strong relationships there and they may be using the resources in that office to amplify what they have the capacity to do internally in the special counsel s office. joyce, i want to ask you a question, sort of a question i just asked phil, but from your perspective as you watched again, we re at the end of the week, it s friday, we ve seen this first week of the manafort trial is almo
has been in business with 30 years, political consultant chairman of his campaign, lived in trump tower, how can he feel that way? he feels the charges under review right now in this case have nothing to do with the trump campaign of 2016, with the element of collusion. he believes he is innocent, trump does. and he thinks that this is that mueller is going after manafort so aggressively, specifically to try to embarrass the president, to try to take him down, to try to harm his presidency and that the media is complicit, that we re going along with it and it bothers him. it has him really angry and he s been telling that to his confidants, they ve been of course telling that to us reporters. i know there is a danger in focusing too much on logic when it comes to donald trump. but if paul manafort s crimes have nothing do with donald trump, why would he be bothered about the fact paul manafort is being prosecuted for crimes that have nothing to do with him? s reality is he s b
i m the godfather to her 2-year-old son. she knows anything about the 016 election which i thought was the subject of this probe. i am confident she will testify truthfully if called upon to do so. tell me, jill, as you look at the mueller at mueller he s continuing to behave to roger stone, not interviewing stone to our knowledge at this point, bringing people before the grand jury or in to meet with his prosecutors. is roger stone destined to be indicted? it certainly looks like roger stone is a target, not just a person of interest. and i think that all of the facts that you ve related show that that is why he hasn t been called in yet. he is probably the person named in the hacking indictment against the russians as the u.s. person because we know that he s the one who was in touch with guccifer 2.