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We have been doing a pretty good job of keeping track graphically of the folks who have been indicted so far, folks who have been charged by bob mueller. look at that. somebody is quick on the switch there. dom, way to go. this is the trump team so far. the criminal records so far. george papadopoulos, charged with lying about people he believed were working on behalf of russians. sam patten. paul manafort by the way, mr. manafort also in a courtroom today as well, manafort charged with tax and ...

Trump campaign. as the saying goes, tweet first, ask questions last, because minutes later, mueller secured his first guilty plea and it was campaign related. >> a former trump campaign adviser, george popadopoulos has pleaded guilty in a separate case to giving false statements to the fbi. >> its 10:45 a.m. here on monday and were reporting the first russia related charge in bob muellers investigation. that was a big deal by any measure and the indictments continued in the following moving. >> ...

>> shepard: 11 minutes at the top of the hour now more on robert mueller investigation. new memo catherine reported on revealed the special counsel does have the power to investigate whether the former trump campaign manager or chairman paul manafort colluded with the russian government. as we just routerred today a federal judge happened down the first sentence in the case. alex vanderswan a former corporate lawyer got 30 days behind bars for lying to the feds. federal and white collar criminal...

>> alex vanderswan, the son of a russian oligarch pleaded guilty to lying with trump advisor rick gates, a former campaign manager, paul manaforte, and it is part of a plea deal with robert mueller. >> we will break what you discussed into more detail in our next segment. is the republican investigation to the dossier heats up their spotlight continues to hover over three key players, hillary clinton, christopher steele and glenn simpson. sarah carter has been following the story since the begin...

Alex vanderswan? is there a single person on earth that had alex vanderswan as the next best guess for the robert mueller case? anybody telling you they know what the special counsel will do next and anybody that tells you they can see how the russia scandal will end for the white house and president, that person is taking you for a ride after the 13 russians get indicted on friday and today alex vanderswan, huh? the man who pled guilty today in federal court in washington is named alex vandersw...

Week, a lots going down. but take a listen to someone whos in the know, some colorful trump character, sam noneberg who was on the show last night. hes also worried based on what he knows about trumps long time lawyer michael cohen. >> i worry about michael, im not going to say michaels going to lie, michael got screwed the most i ever saw of anyone by donald trump. and what i worry about is what michaels going to say when hes called in by somebody like andrew weisman. >> when you see that and h...

Developing stories now and i confess, both of them have a lot of questions of how it will work out and whether the president gets to keep his children as white house officials. there is also news tonight that the democrats may have flipped yet another legislative seat. looks like the democrats may have won the seat tonight in one of the biggest swings since we have been watching all these special elections over the past year and a half. so ill have more on that coming up, as well. raise your han...

Dont think that muellers team would know about his involvement except for bob gates information. >> thats a september 2016 phone call, there would be no wiretaps and it doesnt say, unlike other things in the statement of the events that vanderswan implicated himself. >> all these charges come out and theyre strong. were talking about rick gates. i dont know if you ever listened to the rapper kevin gates, all my diamonds shining because they are diamonds? all these crimes charged by mueller are r...

That was after we knew lying to the fbi was a crime mueller would be polluting people for. but vanderswan told a total lie. hes a smart guy, he has an elite background, hes a son-in-law of an oligarch, why did he feel he could benefit from lying to the fbi. the situation hes involved in is a complex one, its messy, it involves an extraordinary amount of power in the united states and its something thats going to get even more interesting in the days to come. >> do you think this is a signal that...

And as a lawyer, you can keep your clients confidence about a past crime, but you cant help your client cover it up with obstruction or with an ongoing crime. every lawyer touching this case, the message is any crime, any obstruction will be prosecuted no matter who you are, or what your profession is. i am joined back with me, former federal prosecutor daniel goldman and the daily beast betsy woodruff. you have covered this case quite closely, todays indictment like some of the others does come...