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New acting attorney general, matt whitaker. could that be a factor here? is mueller planning on using these court filings to give the public information about what evidence they have collected and what happened in that presidential election? also, why was nbc news able to obtain these draft court documents from muellers office tonight, show what appear to be draft charges and a draft plea agreement for a trump campaign hanger-on named jerome corsi? i have never seen a draft indictment made publi...

Is why is mueller planning to do that. should this be seen as routine for this type of case to the extent there is this type of case? or is mueller choosing this upcoming court filing essentially as a vehicle to release to the public information about the russia scandal and manafort that might otherwise not see the light of day. if, for example, its otherwise going to be blocked by trumps new acting attorney general, matt whitaker. could that be a factor here? is mueller planning on using these ...

Interference in this investigation. >> youre also a former prosecutor yourself, sir. nbc news tonight obtained draft charges and a draft plea agreement that were apparently sent by the special counsels office to jerome corsi. mr. corsi has chosen to share those documents with reporters, he has also said that he has rejected this proposed plea agreement and i dont necessarily believe everything that mr. corsi says, but it is unusual to see these documents. we cant directly verify them, but they a...

Bad. or as david cornyn likes to say, bad if true. that is all a bunch of news were getting to. then we have this. bob mueller doesnt leak much but here in our nbc newsroom we are holding a draft indictment of jerome corsi, the famed birther and roger stone associate that we now have, that weve obtained. not from mueller, but because our colleague and reporter anna scheckter has interviewed corsi today, breaking news. you obtained these materials. i want you to lay it all out there. your reporti...

When its believed laws have been broken. drew give riffin, cnn, des moin iowa. >> a separate controversy. a report in the wall street journal says he was closely involved in the 2016 campaign. the journal says details of trumps involvement are included in an 80-page draft indictment. it says trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the plan to pay off the women. does this create any potential legal issues for the president? >> legal experts really disagree over this issue. you do...

Had any advance knowledge of the payoffs. cnn national political correspondent m.j. lee is "outfront." >> reporter: tonight, new detail s implicating the president in two infamous hush payments, the "wall street journal" reporting that during the 2016 campaign, donald trump closely coordinated with david pecker to silence two women who claimed they had affairs with trump. federal prosecutors, according to the "journal," had enough evidence to outline trumps role without naming him in an 80-page ...

Illegal is because his attorney was talking to my attorney, so -- >> youre saying michael cohen was talking to keith -- >> was talking to keith without my knowledge. i would assume that maybe he did. i know his attorney did. >> reporter: the journal also reports that the u.s. attorneys office in manhattan has evidence of trumps participation. and people familiar with the investigation have told cnn prosecutors have prepared a draft indictment of his then attorney michael cohen that was more deta...

Evidence, or, you know, but its -- our article includes one detail, which is even before michael cohen pleaded guilty, they had what was at one point, at least, an 80-page draft indictment that included more information about what mr. trump was -- what his role was. we know that they, going into that guilty plea, they had that tape in which michael cohen and donald trump were discussing the payments, or buying the karen mcdougal story. and since the plea, michael cohen, as we report, has been sp...

A case against michael cohen, i mean, hes pleaded guilty, whatn evidence do they have of this?ui >> well, we dont know all the evidence, or, you know, but el its -- our article includes onr detail, which is even before michael cohen pleaded guilty, they had what was at one point, at least, an 80-page draft indictment that included more information about what mr. trump was -- what his role was. we know that they, going into that guilty plea, they had that tape in which michael cohen and donald tr...

The "wall street journal" reports he played a key role in the payments to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. lets go to our national political reporter, mj lee, working this story for us. mj, whats the latest? >> wolf, we have learned in recent weeks that michael cohen has had numerous meetings with investigators. he has spoken with folks in the southern district of new york, the new york ags office, and, of course, special counsel robert muellers office, as well. and now we have these new detai...