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Much later than was initially believed in the clinton e-mail case. in august 2016, f.b.i. lawyer lisa page wrote, "trump is not ever going to become president, right, right?" and strozk replied "no, no he wont. well stop it." the dates matter because late 2016 they found e-mail on a laptop computer shared by the clinton aide and her husband that was a separate investigation in new york city. the inspector general said strozk dragged his feet and no action was taken until two weeks before the ele...

Cohens watching -- just in past tense. >> i remember a couple of days ago perhaps the president sent a tweet where he was like, look, if paul manafort was the subject of an fbi investigation, it would have been helpful if the fbi had told me that. we know based on nbcs own reporting that shortly after hillary clinton and donald trump became the respective nominees of their parties, they were, in fact, briefed by federal officials, telling them, hey, look, you now are more susceptible to being sp...

Over the past few weeks one of the surprising terms in the special counsel investigation into russia meddle with our presidential election has been the revelation or at least the reporting that special counsel robert mueller is looking beyond russia to see if there were other countries also involved in that interference effort. last month "the new york times" reported on a previously unknown meeting that happe trump tower in august 2016 ahead of the election. in that meeting donald trump junior ...

Meeting that happened in trump tower in august 2016 ahead of the election. in that meeting donald trump jr. reportedly med with somebody whos now a cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation, someone whos been granted immunity reported for his cooperation, that witness, a man named george nader told don junior in that meeting that saudi arabia and the united air of emirates were eager to help his father. and george nader was quickly embraced as a close ally by trump campaign advise...

The years but we should have been told that comey and the boys were doing a number on him and he wouldnt have been hired. what does this say to you, that president trump had manafort on his mind this weekend? we dont hear the president speak about manafort all too often? and he came in very late, short period of time, come on. >> okay. lets deal with -- you mentioned i dont want to take -- you mention facts matter. lets just deal with the facts here because theres a lot of misrepresentation in t...

Between himself and his former campaign chairman. heres what he wrote via twitter. the president writing, quote, as only one of two peoe who could become president, why would the fbi or department of justice not have told me they were seeking an investigation nand not told e that they were investigating paul manafort? should have told me. paul manafort came into the campaign very late and was with us for a short period of time. he represented ronald reagan, bob dole and many others over the year...

Campaign." okay. what we do know from previous "new york times" reporting is that mr. zamel was stopped at a wshd wshd airport in february and had his electronics seized by federal agents working for the special counsel. mr. zamel also reportedly later appeared before the grand jury thats been impaneled by the special counsel. his lawyer says hes just a witness in the probe. but this reporting about a supposedly offered social media manipulation proposal possibly related to this offer of help fr...

Anything for the trump campaign." okay. what we do know from previous "new york times" reporting is that mr. zamel was stopped at a washington, d.c. airport in february and had his electronics seized by federal agents working for the special counsel. mr. zamel also reportedly later appeared before the grand jury thats been impaneled by the special counsel. his lawyer says hes just a witness in the probe. but this reporting about a supposedly offered social media manipulation proposal possibly re...

General is the place everyone is comfortable with this investigation proceeding. but when you tweet out i hereby demand something you as the executive can do in a memo or simple statement. youre trying to gin up this sense of outrage against your reporters as to say im besieged by the agency im supposed to be the boss off. its like someone telling the waiter, i want to see the manager. he is the manager. just make it happen. proceed with justice and finds out what happens at the end. >> all that...

About a meeting the presidents son had with arab princes and an israeli social media specialist three months before the election and both offered assistance to the trump campaign. >> if the "times" sorry is true, we have a second or a third nation trying to lean in to this campaign and i dont understand what the president doesnt get about the law that said if you have a foreign nation interfere in an american election, that is illegal. >> reporter: the "times" reports investigators have question...