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New inspector general investigation from happening. it keeps them from doing so. >> theres the throw anything against the wall approach that giulianis been taking. giuliani as far as we know is not taking a paycheck for this. hes saying all sorts of stuff telling what robert mueller told him which who knows if its true. he recently told buzzfeed he hasnt talked to the president in two weeks and says this today that hes worried about the trump -- the truth is relative. which is a remarkable thing...

They are seeking to do business with foreigners? again, this is a problem that needs to have a solution now otherwise were going to be in this mess as we go into the next election so now its more what did we learn and what republicans are willing to work with us so america doesnt find its democracy under assault again by a foreign adversary. >> one of the solutions is the investigation that has been shuttered by the republicans on your committee. so can you get more granular? where does the inve...

But here in this new life were all living now the possible raffling off of u.s. foreign policy for the price of the presidents familys skyscraper mortgage payment, i mean, in this life were in now thats a story weve got to get to and make sure we understand but then weve got to keep going, move on sister because theres more coming down the pike. buzzfeed, for example, broke significant new news today on a financial tie between the president and russia. a tie that is much more significant than an...

If there was an intentional and knowing effort to influence the election then were into the world of campaign finance crimes. the government took a shot at john edwards and didnt get there because the payments were too attenuated from the election but here it looks like these payments with made to influence the election and thats true criminal peril. >> matt, appreciate everything you said except when you said donny is on to something. >> its early in the morning, not enough coffee. >> you get t...

Associate and convicted felon and fbi informant felix sater, he "asked michael cohen for travel dates for both mr. cohen and mr. trump." mr. cohen wrote back, "will do." this new reporting from buzzfeed news as well as a new report from yahoo news reveals that negotiations and planning for the trump tower moscow project actually went on much further into the trump presidential campaign than we knew. they told us it was dead in january of 2016, but in may 2016 as trump was dispatching ted cruz in...

Of 2016 which occurred before the iowa caucus and months before the first primary." also, two fbi agents telling buzzfeed that cohen spoke to multiple russians about trump moscow and some of these individuals had knowledge of or played a role in 2016 election meting. the editor-in-chief of buzzfeed is ben smith. he joins us now. on capitol hill member of the house intel committee, democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. good morning, good to see you. ben, let me start with you, once ...

Where someone like jeffrey yohai might be very useful. >> and especially, just again, looking from the outside in, this question of why paul manafort needed all that cash that fast around time he was running, leaving -- running and then leaving the trump campaign, mr. yohai was right in the middle of all of that. he may be able to fill that all out. nathan layne, white-collar crime reporter for reuters. thank you for helping us understand it. congratulations on the scoop. appreciate having you h...

Anthony cormier and jason leopold reported buzzfeed news today that four days after michael cohen sent that e-mail to the kremlin, to dmitry peskov, quote, cohen received a reply. he received a letter from a russian mortgage tycoon and boxing promoter. the letter said, "in furtherance of our previous conversations regarding the development of the trump tower moscow project we would like to respectfully invite you to moscow for a working visit." oh. the meeting would be to tour plots of land for ...

Two buzzfeed reporters who broke that big story today. hes going to be here with us live in just a minute to talk about that. but then, then, just when you thought it was safe to say okay, heres what happened today, then in addition, this happened. i know youve been thinking, you know, if i had married robert mueller, our one-year anniversary would be the occasion for gifts made of paper. but this isnt a marriage. this is a special counsel investigation authorized by the justice department. what...

Deal but obviously the deal was already dead and there wasnt much kremlin involvement if any. thats how it felt. now today we have new reporting which suggests that that e-mail was not the end of that project. it was actually the start of a whole new phase of that project. anthony cormier and jason leopold reported buzzfeed news today that four days after michael cohen sent that e-mail to the cremin, to dimitri peskov, "cohen received a reply." he received a letter from a russian mortgage tycoon...