Thinking isnt a guns situation. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. One week after we learned Robert Mueller had brought indictments against two top trump officials, announced a guilty plea for a third, all eyes on a former highranking official in the Trump Administration itself, Michael Flynn. A man who spent 24 days in the white house as the president S National Security adviser. Nbc news exclusively reporting that shmueler now has enough evidence to file charges in the investigation into flynn and his son Michael Flynn jr. , according to multiple sources familiar with muellers investigation. To be clear nbc news is not reporting who might be charged, only that there is sufficient evidence to file charges in that investigation. Three sources tell nbc news that investigators plan to soon speak with multiple witnesses to gather more information about flynns lobbying work, including whether he laundered money or lied to federal agents about his
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Welcome to the lead. Im erica hill in for jake tapper. We begin with the poll tiblitic. Another huge blow to President Trump. His financial gatekeeper Allen Weisselberg granted immunity, the highest ranking executive at the Trump Organization who isnt named trump. One source telling Cnn Weisselberg knows where all the financial bodies are buried. He is mention and the Inthat Moux Cohen trump tape. I need to open up a company for the transfer of all the info regarding our friend david. You know . So that im going to do that right away. I have come up to spoken to me. Spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with so where are we . With the funding. The news after trump lashed
recording of last month of a conversation with trump two months before the 2016 president ial election about payments to former playboy model karen mcdougall. And ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set it up with where are we funding. Reporter another person on the tape . National en
authority at the trump organization, they used the president s business to cover up the financial trail of this felony, which is apparently a trail these prosecutors are pursuing. in part by giving immunity in exchange for cooperation to everybody else involved in this felony, who isn t named trump. - he s got legs of lumber and arms of steel he eats a bowl of hammers at every meal he holds your house in the palm of his hand he s your home and auto man big jim, he s got you covered great big jim, there ain t no other -so, this is covered, right? -yes, ma am. take care of it for you right now. giddyup! hi! this is jamie. we need some help. yeah, i ve had some prettyeer. prestigious jobs over the years. news producer, executive transport manager, and a beverage distribution supervisor. now i m a director at a security software firm.
reported to be entangled in multiple investigations s for influence peddling and money laumd laundering. but at the same time, the national republican party last year got steve wynn and elliott broidy, at the same time they got those guys at the top of the rnc, welcome to the trump era, there was also one other deputy finance chairman who was appointed at the same time. and that was this guy, michael cohen. who also ended up having to resign his post at the republican party. michael cohen today was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in federal crimes, including two campaign finance felonies which prosecutors and the judge today said he was inkahoots with the
because he found the president, donald trump, as dangerous to his family and to the country. that pivot point for mr. cohen, did that relate to the core issues at the heart of the special counsel s investigation? special counsel prosecutor janie reed today said in court mr. cohen has provided evidence directly related to russia is. that part of what made michael cohen decide to essentially flip against the president, his concerns on the russia matter? first of all, thank you for reminding that mr. mueller used those words, core issues. very important words. and michael cohen spoke to them and they have not been set forth yet. secondly, there were multiple, emotional, personal changes that occurred in michael cohen after donald trump became president, leading him to call me in long, heartfelt conversations about the changes he was undergoing, the regrets he had.