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Manafort was under investigation before mueller was even appointed. that was in part why he was forced to step down as campaign chairman because thanks to the reporting of evan and others, it became known he was under criminal investigation, but, you know, it is obviously clear that the plea talks with rick gates have fallen through for the time being being, but given the magnitude of the charges, i think its not at all clear these cases will -- >> just rick gates or paul manafort as well? at so...

Russian bs by the trump team. >> he said in that particular indictment that involved the 13 russians, he didnt say in the entire investigation. >> thats why i said that looking ahead to any future indictments that putting this indictment out now -- and there was no time pressure on him to do this. he did it now for his own reasons, but if it was going to point in one direction and then ef he was going to go in another direction, because they have a lot of information. it just wouldnt happen. >> ...

He did it now for his own reasons, but if it was going to point in one direction and then he was going to go in another direction, because they have a lot of information. it just wouldnt happen. >> evan, you disagree. explain why you think fridays indictment means the president doesnt want to stop the interference of russians in our elections. >> the indictment was on 13 russians and its important because it describes that a crime was committed. it also describes those 13 russians were involved ...

Heres what i know, donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. hes playing the members of american public for suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hand. >> heres what i know, i guess i dont know. thats mitt romney trashing donald trump in 2016. now trump is backing romny saying hed make a -- romney tweeted out his thanks to president trump for the endorsement. were back with ron and evan.

United states is somehow compromised? >> evan, jump in here. theres a clarion call for the white house to do more, at the very least, to acknowledge what we know, that russia did play this role, sowing discord within the u.s. political landscape. whats your prescription for what the white house should do and whats your sense of why the white house hasnt done more? >> what the white house needs to do is implement the sanctions passed overwhelmingly and in a bipartisan manner in congress. they sim...

>> yeah. i cant imagine that at end of the day he dwez to trial. he is looking at huge exposure p. it is obvious that mueller has it no for him and mueller will put him under the jail unless at the end of the day manafort cooperates. >> evan, manafort flipping, how much of a setback is this for the argument the trump campaign has been making that theres been no collusion? >> it would be horrible. but weve seen time and time again the president whatever he says is undermineed. we sought president...

Nicholas cruz, executed this massacre, was somehow related to russia. somehow the fbi was distracted from russia. there were outraged families saying this is not political, not about russia, not about the president. this is about a very disturbed young man who went and killed a lot of kids allegedly. so certainly could not be a wider gulf between the victims of this crime and the president right now and he certainly is taking a beating this weekend for that. >> evan, did democrats and republican...

The u.s. and failure to register as foreign agents. what is so notable about this, reporting from the "l.a. times," that rick gates is finalizing a plea deal, is that it suggests that rick gates is about to flip. and that special counsel would have three people cooperating with him to include the former ns adviser, michael flynn, and george papadopoulos. this is one of the reasons why people have made the point that for the president to wave the flag of indication, as it relates to the indictmen...

Specifically to help get donald trump elected and suppress any support for hillary clinton. >> youre right, evan. it just shows what were dealing with, with a foreign adversary thats attempting to change our democratic systems. looking through the indictment, this is going back to 2014. this wasnt something that just came about in the run-up to the election. it was something they straig strategized and executed. >> our legal analyst, corey, when you look at the news here, indictments of 13 russi...

Jim. >> absolutely, and i -- on that point, brianna, i speak to intelligence officials and republicans and democrats. republicans and democrats briefed on the intelligence about russian interference. i asked them what needs to be done to protect u.s. elections going forward and they all make the point this is not a partisan point, they said you cannot have a credible defense without a whole of government response. you cant just have one agency here one agency there. they say that whole governmen...