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In a statement obviously written for him by his criminal defense lawyers, president trump told the press this. don has received notoriety for a brief meeting that many politicians would have taken, buff most importantly and to the best of my knowledge nothing happened after the meeting concluded. the lawyerly phrase, to the pbet of my knowledge, leaves open the possibility that something did happen after the meeting president trump claims he did not know about. this is the latest version of dona...

Im hoping the american public doesnt buy it in this courtroom, the public courtroom. >> and david, so the president has gone from defending the meeting at trump tower during the campaign saying it was all about adoptions to now saying, okay, we all know what it was about. but most -- now theyre saying most politicians would have had the meeting. trump used to say every politician would have had a meeting with a foreign power to get dirt on the opponent. and now the president seems to be concerne...

He committed crimes. gates said he had. he explained he helped manafort file false tax returns and helped him set up 15 overseas accounts used as part of the alleged crime. gates offered a twist. saying he defrauded manafort, his mentor and long-time boss. he had stolen several hundred thousands dollars from him by inflating his expense accounts. gates testimony is expected today. prosecutors intend to question him for another three hours. christine and phil. >> kara in virginia. thank you. do...

In his sworn testimony before the senate about the trump tower meeting, what he told the president, et cetera. did he lie in his testimony elsewhere, thats one question. and what does the special counsel have, if anything, to substantiate that donald trump, jr., knew or conspired in some way with russians, et cetera. those are the questions. we dont know what mueller has >> in the short time, i hate to rush you on this, but these are the shifting explanations for the trump tower meeting, okay? s...

Today. prosecutors intend to question him for another three hours. christine and phil. >> kara scannell, thank you. don junior is dismissing the trump tower meeting and accusing the russian of bait and switch. don junior claiming that russians wanted to give dirt on hillary clinton, but when they got there, it was about adoptions. >> it was a 20-minute meeting. it was nothing relevant to any of these things. that is all it is. thats all they got. thats not the premise that got them in the room...

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Jr. and his lawyers saying the meeting was primarily about adoption policy, not campaign politics. now even then, we knew and reported that adoption policy for the russian government, its not about adoptions. its about sanctions. not adoptions. so even in that statement, the notion that this was a meeting about helping orphans, it just didnt hold water. then the very next day, "the new york times" reported it most certainly was about the campaign, specifically about getting kremlin dirt on hilla...

Boom! as dana bash reported just now, the president is being urged to stop tweeting about that trump tower meeting promising russian dirt on hillary clinton. its advice the president doesnt seem to be taking judging by his twitter feed over the weekend where he admitted contrary to ever changing stories that the intent was to indeed get dirt on his opponent, something he claims was done all the time in politics. getting dirt on a opponent, sure. from a foreign adversary, not so much. gloria, t...

Speech and after the meeting was allegedly bust, that speech was never given. to continue distancing the president from this meeting after the story broke, the president and his team denied any knowledge of the meeting. listen. >> did you know the time that they had the meeting? >> no, i didnt know anything about it. >> he was not aware of the meeting, did not attend the meeting and was only informed about the e-mails very recently by his counsel. >> so then when it was reported that the preside...

Counsel have, if anything, to substantiate that donald trump, jr., knew or conspired in some way with russians, et cetera. those are the questions. >> in the short time, i hate to rush you on this, but these are the shifting explanations for the trump tower meeting, okay? so first we have july 8, trump junior meeting was primarily about adoptions, july 9 the meeting was primarily about research on clinton, and then e-mails were discussed in there and on and on and on. first we were told by trump...