Good morning, everyone. It is friday, december 7th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis burgdorf. New documents scheduled for release today could shed new light on Robert Muellers russia probe. Prosecutors for the Southern District of new york and the special counsels office both have until 5 00 p. M. Tonight to deliver sentencing memos concerning michael cohen. Those documents are expected to detail cohens cooperation in both of those ongoing investigations. Muellers team should also be filing a document that outlines the crimes and lies that led to the collapse of former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manaforts plea deal. Meanwhile, nbc news has also learned that in recent days President Trumps legal team has resumed discussions with the special counsels office. Thats according to two people familiar with the matter. Its been just over two weeks since trump admitted those written answers to mueller regarding the russia probe. Back in july, President Trumps lawyer
A major candidate’s campaign finance report often serves as a window into the advisors they trust, and the people and organizations they’re leaning on to make their bid successful. Doug Mastriano’s is no different though it has little in common with most statewide campaigns in Pennsylvania.
The gun control group Giffords filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Tuesday, alleging the advocacy group violated campaign finance laws by illegally contributing tens of millions of dollar
The complaint accuses the NRA of using shell companies to coordinate about $35 million of election spending illegally by running ad buys through what was actually a common vendor, in violation of FEC rules.