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This is where you get to when you follow the money. which is how these things always get solved. and the presidents lawyers are being a little nutty about this, like they have been on a number of things since the flynn scandal broke. are they just being nutty? are they only correcting part of this? are we sure these subpoenas have happened? why are some news outlets changing their stories about this today and others are sticking with it, sticking with their original reporting? this is really, re...

With it, sticking with their original reporting. this is really, really, really important stand stuff getting weird just as fast as its getting interesting. greg ferrell from bloomberg news is here next. patrick woke up with back pain. but he has work to do. so he took aleve. if hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. sometimes i think, why did i do that. take risks. ...

Wrongdoing as much as its necessary for them to make the next step to did what never going to do. >> so we can observe or freak out by the presidents lawyers, theres no reason to assume that that is warranted. but this is a serious matter in the terms of of the way the mueller investigation say approaching i dont think hes on a fishing extradition. there must be a reason for them to want to get information they want to get. but i dont think we should get all hot and bothered that somethings happ...

I will write you a note. were going to have the special report tomorrow basically on why there is a big uh-oh for the president himself with things turning towards finances. today, of course, bloomberg reported that the special counsel headed by robert mueller, that investigation is absolutely going down the financial and banking path when it comes specifically to trumps campaign chairman paul manafort. quoting from the bloomberg report, muellers team of investigators has sent subpoenas in recen...

And the ukrainian oligarch and other individuals involving transferring of funds and whether or not something was actually a real estate investment or being used for some other purpose. theres a lot of material out there in the legal system, allegations that have been raised in civil cases against manafort. and the u.s. attorney in manhattan, up until mueller came along, was pursuing one angle of that. >> and the lead prosecutor from that office pursuing that went to join muellers team? >> well,...

Son-in-law and a business partner who happens to be a ukrainian oligarch in an apparent attempt to gain information to squeeze manafort to force him to be more helpful to prosecutors. prosecutors have reached out to nose people. an fbi raid i get. a subpoena i get. what does it look like when a special counsel reaches out to you. i imagine that is like the hands reaching out from under the bed to grab your ankles if you let your feet dangle too far off the mattress. thats probably just me. joini...

Manafort. and the u.s. attorney in manhattan, up until mueller came along was pursuing one angle of that. >> and the lead prosecutor from that office pursuing that went to join muellers team. >> yes, the lead corruption guy, yes. mueller has a lot of people from brooklyn, a lot of people from d.c. and yes the lead prosecutor for public corruption from sdny. >> greg ferrell, investigative reporter from bloomberg news. thank you very much. much more to come tonight. stay with us. this is joanne.

Mueller, that investigation is absolutely going down the financial and banking path when it comes specifically to trumps campaign chairman, paul manafort. quoting from the bloomberg report, muellers team of investigators has sent subpoenas in recent weeks from a washington grand jury to global banks for account information and records of transactions involving manafort and some of his companies. were going to be talking with greg ferrell, one of the investigative reporters from bloomberg who bro...

Businesses and one of his business partners. in addition to those subpoenas, bloomberg also reports that the special counsel has also, quote, reached out to other people, including manaforts own son-in-law and a former business partner who happens to be a putin linked ukrainian oligarch in an apparent attempt to gain information to squeeze manafort to force him to be more helpful to prosecutors. prosecutors have reached out to those other people. an fbi raid i get. a subpoena i get. what does it...

I thought that was a very -- that was pretty tough stuff to wake him up. perhaps his family was there. i think thats pretty tough stuff. >> his consulting fees, theyre probably from all over the place. who knows. i dont know. did i mention i barely remember the guy? yesterday we learned at the direction of special counsel bob mueller the fbi raided paul manaforts home, seizing tax records and banking records. we dont know exactly what the fbi was looking for at paul manaforts house or why they f...