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Professor at the university of alabama school of law, joyce vance. she is also an msnbc contributor. joyce, how significant is this charge just 17 days now before the midterms? >> so this is an incredibly important, its not an indictment, its actually charged via a complaint, but its an important charge that the justice department has brought because it indicates that theres an ongoing effort by russians who are linked to the government to interfere in u.s. elections. nothing stopped in january ...

Banks with manafort, rick gates and accused agent betina and she is accused of illegally giving report to the reporter from buzz feed not named in the court documents. dug her interviews with the f.b.i. agents, edwards initially deny nid contact with the news media and called herself a whistle-blower who saved the s.a.r.s for record-keeping. but according to the court documents she confessed to sending some of the s.a.r.s to reporter by taking photographs of them and texting photographs to use e...

Campaign and the president, thats still out there but you see this reflected in the polls, you see people recognizing they dont trust the president, they believe bob mueller is doing a good job and the investigation should continue and people are saying, look, this is outrageous, this level of construction, greed, the individual charges that are outlined in the paul manafort charging document really show that this guy -- i mean, hes in jail because of jury tampering. this was the person who ran ...

And that the investigation should continue. and i think people are saying, look, this is outrageous. this level of corruption, greed, some of the individual charges outlined in the manafort charging document really show that this guy -- i mean, hes in jail because of jury tampering. this is the person who ran donald trumps campaign. not just some junior person, the person who ran his campaign. i think thats a problem. >> mary katherine, weve seen president trumps approval among independents take...

>> well, two points, alex. first off, this superseding information, this new charging document makes it clear that the criminal conduct that manafort pleaded guilty to yesterday includes conduct that occurred while he was serving as president trumps campaign manager. and that in and of itself is a bombshell. but what should be even more troublesome to the president is that when a defendant like manafort agrees to cooperate with federal investigators, he doesnt agree to cooperate only on the crim...

Forward with a proffer, with his formal offer on may 22nd of this year. what caused sam patten to come forward to prosecutors? on may 22? we dont know exactly but it may be helpful to note just before that, about a week and a half before that, abc news published this great and super important investigative piece about the trump inauguration before the the possibility of foreign money coming into the trump inauguration. you see the headline. exclusive special counsel probing donations with foreig...

Court, they said sam came forward with a proffer, with his formal offer on may 22nd of this year. what caused sam patten to come forward to prosecutors? on may 22? we dont know exactly but it may be helpful to note just before that, about a week and a half before that, abc news published this great and super important investigative piece about the trump inauguration before the the possibility of foreign money coming into the trump inauguration. you see the headline. exclusive special counsel pro...

This new cooperator. in the plea agreement that prosecutors entered with the court, they said sam came forward with a proffer, with his formal offer of information to prosecutors on may 22nd of this year. what caused sam patten to come forward to prosecutors on may 22? we dont know exactly, but it may be helpful to note that just before that, about a week and a half before that, abc news published this great and super important investigative piece about the trump inauguration, about the possibil...

Paul? >> he cant. first of all hes incapable. hes a pathological liar. but in this case hes a liar of necessity because the truth is not his friend. oelgs proven by his own words on tape as proven by kellyanne when she asked a question. and also he does have real legal jeopardy. in the cohen plea he accuses the president of the united states of cooperating to subvert the campaign financial laws. as you know as a lawyer thats a five-year statute of lamentations. which means the act occurred in oc...

Access to the money. >> they were clear that these alleged crimes were commit ted - it was the two of them, not just her. >> reporter: the hunters, according to the charging document were unbridled and unrepentant. golf outings, clothes, meals, the congressman even paid airfare for a pet rabbit, and this is a tale of the hubris of power. he apparently spent money for 30 shots of tequila and a steak at a bachelor party at this restaurant and theres the account of the server. >> she said he was ro...