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Into the same territory that ultimately led to president nixon resigning the office. Certainly different set of facts, but this investigation is now starting to put the president in serious legal cross hairs and he should be worried. And the whole country should be worried. Nobody is rooting for the president to go down in this manner. This isnt good to democracy. But this investigation may ultimately lead to Congress Taking action. Lets go to sarah westwood. Senator murphy saying the whole coun...

Thanks for staying with us. Well, Michael Cohen endeared himself to donald trump with his ability to fix things. Now mr. Trumps former attorney could go to jail for doing his job as a fixer too well. Heres what weve learned so far. With the Government Court filings related to Michael Cohens sentencing, they show mr. Trump directed him to payoff two women to keep quiet about alleged affairs. The filings also show cohen had more contact with russia than he acknowledged in earlier statements. All t...

He also lied about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow, negotiations continuing well into the 2016 campaign. Then there is paul manafort. The former Campaign Manager chairman of the Trump Campaign lied about contact made after he was indicted and lied about contacts with russians tied to moscows military agency, the same agency that led the interference in the 2016 campaign. Then there is this. Stunning Washington Post report. In all, russians interacted with at least 14 Trump Associat...

Former Campaign Chairman accused of lying to the special counsel five different times. Now, manafort denies it. Team mueller says it has proof. And cnn has confirmed that at least 16 people in trumps world have had contacts with the russians. 16. Despite the president saying this last year. I have nothing to do with russia. To the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. So what does this mean for the president , politically . Legally . Will he be indicted . Can he even be indicted...

According to federal incorporat prosecutors, that trump personally directed an illegal scheme to manipulate the election through hush money payments, and that his adviser had more contact with russia than hes ever acknowledged. Sarah westwood is at the white house tonight. In a little over three weeks the new congress convenes. The big question is how are they going to handle these new revelations . The incoming chairman of multiple committees had already signaled their intention to investigate ...

Briefing and this is now on the record in this briefing transcript that she is unaware of any kind of pardon conversations going on behind the scenes. she was asked about that in reference to paul manafort. a lot of folks are speculating here in washington that the reason why paul manafort is not cooperating with the special counsels office is perhaps because a pardon offer has been dangled over his head. sarah seemed to throw cold water on that during the briefing. i did ask whether or not the ...