And people scratching their heads over his constant appearances before the press and cable shows. On thursday closed door testimony with the House Intelligence Committee and saying his testimony hard to follow. One called it bizarre and then the next day he is on Cable Television talking about the contacts and a trip to russia in july of last year in the heat of the campaign. Carter page, the former Foreign Policy adviser to the Trump Campaign. Meeting with no less than the deputy Prime Minister of russia and in that meeting in moscow for a conference. And then reportedly sending an email to the Trump Campaign outlining the meeting and even mentioning it to Jeff Sessions who of course was an instructional part of the Trump Campaigning at that time. Who is now attorney general and an individual who is denied many times being able to or has not remembered or denied having meeting with russians and that denial and refutation of that denial led to the appointment of the special prosecutor
Papadapoulos spent a night drinking with an australian diplomat and told him in that conversation that russia had political dirt on Hillary Clinton. According to the times, two months later when leaked democratic emails began appearing online, australian officials passed the information about mr. Papadapoulos to their american counterparts. Now no response of as of yet to the report from papadapoulos. And trumps claims that a dossier compiled by Christopher Steel sparked the russia investigation. The president tweeting, use the the fbi used this to go after the Trump Campaign. And today a message from putin telling trump he wants the two countries to, quote, make progress andn promoting pragmatic cooperation designed for the longterm. We are in West Palm Beach there in florida. And kit, a lot to talk about, but if this reporting comes t t tout out to be true, this is a realignment in the time line for the russia investigation. What do we know. Reporter well this would be fascinating if
Trumps lawyer even threatened lawsuits to keep it off the shelves. That did not work. This morning the president slammed the book and its author tweeting i authorized zero access to the white house, turned him down many times forager of the phony book. I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that dont exist. Look at this guys past and watch what happens to him and sloppy steve. That last part a reference to steve bannon who was interviewed by wolff and offered strong critiques of the president and his family. Also tweeting, the Fake News Media and this phony new book are hitting out at every new front imaginable. They should try winning an election. Sad. And he doubled down on his new nickname for bannon, the mercer dumped the stoppy steve bannon. Smart, Michael Wolff responded to the president s threat of legal action. Also to his criticism of his reporting. Where do i send the box of chocolates. You think hes helping you sell books. Absolutely. And
And the finance chief for the Republican Party faces new allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Steve is always calling and got advice. When allin starts right now. His advise i like to listen to. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president just landed back in washington from his trip to davos. And he returns to yet more questions about his actions toward special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. The president was attending the World Economic forum where he got to rub elbows with the socalled globalist elite. The only thing on reporters minds was the blockbuster report about the New York Times that the president ordered mule tore mueller to be fired last june backing off only after his white House Counsel threatened to quit. This morning the president gave them a classic trumpyan nondenial. Fake news, folks. Fake news. Typical New York Times fake stories. Back in august, amid on going rumors he would make a move and he denied the idea had even occurred to him. I havent gi