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Russian election meddling. president obama did take action, including a personal warning to the russian president, vladimir putin. >> in early september when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didnt happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out and there would be some serious consequences if he didnt. >> the observe administration also slapped russia with sanctions in december 2016, expelled more than 30 intelligence operatives ...

They didnt implement sanctions until december 2016 one more before leaving office. this president has taken those sanctions and strengthened them. the notion that this president hasnt been tough, firm and resolute in dealing with russia on a whole host of issues, not just election meddling but also syria and elsewhere. >> bill: you say you dont want to get out in front of him. the expectation in the statement is there is more to come. is that a safe assumption? >> what im saying we arent going t...

They chose not to act. overnight, the president lashed out at his predecessor, barack obama, tweeting, quote, obama was president up to and beyond the 2016 election so why didnt he do something about russian meddling? heres the thing, he did. in late december 2016, obama issue ed sanctions against russ, expelled nearly 3 dozen russian diplomats and shut down russian compounds. trumps response when it happened, he said it was, quote, time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. bu...

Had that abrupt exit on the rainy tarmac in july. back in december 2016, ten white house chiefs came to the white house. they sat around a table to give reince priebus their best advice on how to be white house chief of staff. at one point barack obama came into the room, looked at his former chiefs, looked at priebus and said every one of these guys said things that made me mad. thats the job of the white house chief. and thats what i hope youll do for president trump. but i have to say that vi...

He says he used his own funds to facilitate the payment denying did the trump organization or the campaign had anything to do with it. it raises questions about potential campaign finance violations and what role the president may have apply played. now daniels says she is free to tell her story. more on that later, as well. speaking of large questionable sums of money, today "the new york times" solved part of the mystery of what became of the money raised for the presidents inauguration. they ...

Robert mueller. the information quietly released today to "the new york times" indicates that the reason we havent been able to find out what happened to any of the leftover money from the trump inauguration is because theres almost no money left over from the trump inauguration, which is astonishing. they say theyve got $2 million or $3 million left in the bank from $107 million that they raised. biggest inauguration ever was about 50 million. how did they spend over $100 million on this partic...

Biggest inauguration ever was 50 million. how did they spend over $100 million on this particular inauguration that they put on? well, now we know part of how they spent that was by sending 26 million dollars to a company only created one month before the inauguration happened in december 2016 paid $26 million out of the fund. it a company created by donald trumps wifes good friend. she cleared over a million and a half dollars on the bill but her company cleared this guy began dick a gigantic a...

First lady melania trump. records reportedly show the firm was created in december 2016, a month before the inauguration. according to first ladys spokesperson, the first lady had no involvement with the inaugural committee nor knowledge of how the funds were spent. this is a remarkable coincidence that the person who is a friend managed to get this contract. there is the slow motion scandal grinding on the background that has shadowed the entire administration. the russia investigation. led by ...

Last year year, that michael flynn did not lie in the questioning by the fbi. remind us of how this all went down. it was very unusual how he came to be interviewed. >> very unusual, remember december 2016, that is during the transition. he was the incoming of the next national security advisor. he was getting calls from all around the world. thats what happens when you are about to become the national security advisor. he has a couple of conversations with sergey kislyak you, the russian invest...

Last year year, that michael flynn did not lie in the questioning by the fbi. remind us of how this all went down. it was very unusual how he came to be interviewed. >> very unusual, remember december 2016, that is during the transition. he was the incoming of the next national security advisor. he was getting calls from all around the world. thats what happens when you are about to become the national security advisor. he has a couple of conversations with sergey kislyak you, the russian invest...