She joins us now. What did these emails between butina and gordon reveal . Yeah, they showed that the two met at an embassy event, a party at the Swiss Embassy in late september 2016. So really in the final weeks of the Trump Campaign. And then paul erickson, the republican operative who she was apparently dating kind of connected the two of them over email, and they show that the fact that j. D. Gordon had this trump tie appeared to be important to the email relationship that they then struck up. Paul erickson referred to the fact that he was an important person likely in a trump transition, and then j. D. Gordon himself sent back to ms. Butina at some point a copy of a story from politico noting that he had a role in the trump transition. And there was an invitation from gordon to her to attend a concert as well as his Birthday Party in the fall of 2016 . Yeah, thats right. They have a series of emails. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and inv
Brynn gingras joins us now with the latest on her and how she may factor into Robert Muellers case. Do we have any idea what they asked her . We dont right now, anderson. What was asked by muellers team to davis. But we know this woman, known as manhattan madam voluntarily spoke with investigators. And what she knows and how she fits isnt exactly clear. But sources tell cnn muellers team would like her to testify in front of a grand jury. This really points to the fact that the Special Counsel seems to be focusing on stone as they continue this Overarching Investigation into russias interference in the 2016 election. And davis really has a very close relationship with stone. Theyve known each other for a decade. Stone is the godfather to davis 2yearold son. Stone put davis on his payroll. And conversely, when davis made a new york gubernatorial run, stoneworked on her campaign. Perhaps she has information on his finance, his connections, his friendships, any other personal life matters
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. The american way, the judge said. Donald trump attacked the Mueller Investigation today, in one tweet saying Paul Manafort was being treated more harshly than my boss out capone. Another tweet saying, quote, this is a terrible situation. And Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witchhunt right now. Democrats express outrage at what they saw as a direct order to the Attorney General of the president s attorney Rudy Giuliani said the president frequently uses twitter to express opinions and that is all he was doing today. He used the word should, there was no president ial directive. Didnt direct them to do it and not going to direct him to do it. Reporter fox news learned
robert mueller has responded by letter to Donald Trumps lawyers questions and demands about the scope of any potential interview between mueller and donald trump. Mueller has not agreed to limit questions to matters of collusion. He wants to ask
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. By the letters, chs. Confidential human source. Now, the trove of documents detail reports of payments to steele, mostly redacted. You can see there, thats a lot of white space. There are two exceptions. The final page is information from a document, from february 2016. Of course, thats long before the russia probe began. It says steele was, quote, verbally admonished by the fbi and that steele acknowledged the admonishment and even signed a document noting it. Now, from this excerpt, which obviously is tantalizing, we dont have the wider context of why. The other item comes from page two of these new documents. It concerns the fbis decision to terminate its relationship with steele. Guess when . Just days before the 2016 election. Now, this document says steele had confirmed his relationship with the fbi to an outside party. And that he was a source for a, quote, online article. In addition to revealing his relationshi
Rick gates says he broke the law for Paul Manafort and also stole money from him. We are going to put all of the sanctions back in as they were before and more. Economic sanctions on iran now back in effect as of midnight. Will the pressure on tehran force a further split . Two fast moving fires merging into one inferno becoming the largest ever wildfire in california history. Plus, why is facebook reportedly asking banks for your Financial Information . Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im phil mattingly. Coffee straight to the veins. Paul manaforts right hand man rick gates. Back on the Witness Stand in the onetime Trump Campaign chairman trial on tax and fraud charges. The stakes are high for the white house. Manafort and his deputy know a great deal of what went on Behind Closed Doors during key months of the 2016 campaign. Yesterday, gates admitted under a grant of immunity he committed crimes alongside his former boss and against him as well. Cnn has more