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Theres been much speculation about the truth of those statements, and n we know for sure they were lies. this weekend, the "new york times" published a 20-page letter that trumps legal team sent special couel robert mueller on january 29th. heres the key part of the letter that pertains to the trump tower meeting, quote, you ve recved all of the notes, communications a testimony indicating that the president dictated a short but accurate response to the "new york times" article on behof his so d...

Avenattis documents. chief among the financial transactions are approximately $500,000 in payments received from mr. viktor vekselberg, a russian oligarch with an estimated net worth of $13 billion. he and his cousin routed eight payments to michael cohen to essential consultants llc through a company called columbus nova, beginning in january 2017 and continuing until at least august 2017. columbus nova is a private equity firm with over $2 billion in assets. columbus nova is the u.s. investmen...

What was novartis paying for? theres one more payment. the other payment is the one that gets the front page headline in "the new york times" tonight. firm tied to russian oligarch made payments to michael cohen. here is how its printed in avenattis documents. chief among the financial transactions are approximately $500,000 in payments received from mr. victor vexelberg, a russian oligarch. he and his cousin routed eight payments to michael cohen to essential consultant through a company called...

Crime. as everything ive read from and theres crime ever delineated in terms of the jurisdiction of mueller. the court can say look, you have way too much power. this is an unfettered type of prosecution with no jurisdiction limitations are not a problem because you worked for the people and the people are entitled to where you can go in which you can look at. it doesnt mean that cases be dismissed and if it is, can he pick up by u.s. attorney in any jurisdiction and still prosecuted. i dont thi...

Counsels team. instead, the judge said that the special counsel was only interested in manafort because of what he could provide that would lead to the presidents, quote, prosecution or impeachment. the judge continued to say, thats what youre really interested in. the judge also continued to say we dont want anyone in this country with unfettered power. its unlikely youre going to persuade me, the special prosecutor has the power to do anything he or she wants. the american people feel pretty s...

He is a very experienced judge. hes known to question aggressively the attorneys who appear before him, particularly if hes not familiar with them, because theyre not from his district, which is the eastern district of virginia. so, i wouldnt overread that. i mean, to be sure, he did, you know, ask hard questions and make hard comments about the scope of the remit for the special counsel and this idea of getting manafort to sing like a -- would be done in a drug case, but i think judge ellis kno...

Quote, prosecution or impeachment. the judge continued to say thats what youre really interested in. the judge also continued to say, we dont want anyone in this country with unfettered power. its unlikely youre going to persuade me the special prosecutor has the power to do anything he or she wants. the american people feel pretty strongly that no one has unfettered power. so, of course it was friday morning. hearing on paul manaforts motion to dismiss the virginia case because he does contend ...

>> were looking at how much oversight robert mueller has been under by his boss rod rosenstein. evan perez has that piece of all of this. the hearing this morning, what exactly did it reveal? >> i was in court there and we were all waiting to see what exactly the argument from paul manaforts lawyer would be. theyre trying to put aside some of the indictments, the charges filed against him, 12 counts here in the district of columbia. looming over all of this is the accusation from president trump...

Withholding from congress. the only thing doj can withhold documents when congress is engaged in an oversight investigation is if the president asserts executive privilege and that didnt happen and is not about to happen. jillian: it will be up to nunez whether that is enough. we heard from nunez about the viewing of the documents. he says, quote, although the subpoenas issued in august 2017 remain in effect i think deputy attorney general rosenstein for his cooperation and the doj said with thi...

>> well, i agree. i dont think there is any reason for the richest person in the world to own a newspaper. i mean, its going to set up issues and conflicts of interest. as far as the trumps line, only a fool would think theyre not losing money, the post office must be a fool because they came out and said that all of their competitive package products, even those that amazon uses, have to cover their costs. this was from an august 2017 207 press release. maybe the post office needs new accountan...