Contact us by the disgust he felt watching Media Coverage of the russia story. Not only were most reporters getting it wrong, they were getting it backward. The russians were in fact deeply involved in american politics, but the real story had almost nothing to do with the 2016 president ial campaign. Intrigued, we agreed to meet with at source today. He just left our offices here in washington a couple of hours ago. The story he told us is astonishing. We will be following up on it, confirming more of it and bringing you details about it this week and after. At first, heres an overview of what he told us. Media reports describe Paul Manafort as a central figure in the russia investigation due to the several months he spent as Donald Trumps campaign chairman. According to our source, thats only half true. He is indeed at the center of this investigation, but not because of his ties to trump. In fact, Paul Manafort spent years working with the Podesta Group on behalf of russian governme
the paul manafort guilty plea. the president tweeting the illegal witch hunt still in search of a crime. he has pled guilty in the second place that was supposed to take place and he signed a cooperation agreement with robert mueller. is the media speculation about how much of a serious threat to the president this is, is it justified or overblown. emily: paul manafort was the manager of donald trump s campaign and in regular contact with pro-russia forces in ukraine. it was the bipartisan swamp. he was working with the podesta group on behalf of pro-russian
bombshell in the russia investigation. the paul manafort guilty plea. the president tweeting the illegal witch hunt still in search of a crime. he has pled guilty in the second place that was supposed to take place and he signed a cooperation agreement with robert mueller. is the media speculation about how much of a serious threat to the president this is, is it justified or overblown. emily: paul manafort was the manager of donald trump s campaign and in regular contact with pro-russia forces in ukraine. it was the bipartisan swamp. he was working with the podesta group on behalf of pro-russian
doldrums team why they continue to obstruct tucker: why are you obstructing? why don t you demand that nancy pelosi order every democratic member who met with the podesta group on behalf of ukraine to admit it. to mike this is our democracy being attacked. if our legislative body in which you serve met with russian agents and they are not telling us who, and i don t know why. at the very moment we re talking about what did russian due to hack our democracy. it should be voluntary because what member of congress would say i was part of the hacking of our democracy. when we make them? russia. we are under attack. way to stop a country you are right there. don t act like this was happening with somebody else s in congress. you are here is not just a congressman, but the member of a larger body, a member of congress that was obligated to date by the justice department as part of this conspiracy to support our democracy.
went fine. if we suspect there s a lot there. brit hume joins us tonight. the fact, or the idea from our source that paul manafort was working for the podesta group on behalf of russian interests before running the trump campaign changes this story completely, it seems to me. it does to change completely. it suggests that what collusion there have been was between paul manafort and the podesta group on behalf of russian interests. the podesta group these two guys, tony and john, they lie at the heart of the democratic party and certainly of the clintons and their political endeavors. this changes the whole character and focus and it does raise also the question. you re coming around to getting at this now, that s remarkable on your part to have gotten this source to come and talk to you, how could it be that all these