answer to that question. and paper record on the financial side which makes it a strong case on paper. which is why there was search warrant in that case probably. go to ned on nbc reporting on high ranking campaign official here says papadopoulos. request from russia to meet mr. trump. what robert was talking about. identified as paul manafort, forwards it writing quote we need someone to communicate that d.t., presumably donald trump is not doing those trips, should be somebody low level so as not to be a signal. what do you think this means? some chatter is sculpttory, showing that trump campaign was not interested in pursuing the tidbits from the russian interlocutors. i think it shows opposite, want
take to know you shouldn t be taking advice, gifts or oppositi opposition research from our greatest adversary in the world? if you closely look at stipulation of facts, what is allege there d is back end. back end, sought after meetings apparently didn t happen. can talk about whether they should have been doing this or should have been encouragement to do it, but sounds as if, if i m reading correctly, somebody at higher up level thought better of making connection and hosting the meeting attempted to be arranged. how strong is the case again manafort gates? has a lot of financial details and wires in it. first instance does seem to
high is because our state and local taxes are so high. that s income baumbent on the o levels of government to do what they can. people don t factor in a mortgage deduction when buying a house. may not be the case for some but a lot of people do. for people you represent, it affects them. you ll be under pressure to pass through tax reform. you ve been a supporter of the president. what are you going to do? i want to get tax reform done. i want to get this as close to perfect as possible. i done want i don t want to give up my proxy and not be fighting for my constituents and home state. some say the rest of the country is subsidizing a state like new york. that s not true. when you look at tax policy and spending policy, we send many r to washington than we get back. other states actually send less to washington than they get back. it is about fighting for your home state and fighting for your home district. but i want to get tax reform done. i would love to see our econom
courtroom today. we sort of lost track of manafort in the shuffle between all these buildings here. trying to make sure he s if he s not already inside the building, we want a shop when he arrives. we believe he and his deputy rick gates are in the courthouse right now, essentially cooling their jets, waiting for the 1: 30 hearing, which is like an informal arraignment process. they ll be before a judge. they ll hear the charges against them and find the conditions of their release is just the beginning of what could be a lengthy court process, given all of those charges in the indictments you laid out. those two men are being indicted but they re not pleading guilty. another man, george papadopoulos, recently pled guilty to making false statements to the fbi. he is not a name many are familiar with. reporter: i feel like i m at the wrong courthouse today because that case is really interesting. papadopoulos was sort of a lower level foreign policy adviser for the trump campaign.
indictment that feels like a conviction. it does feel like a conviction, which is striking coming from you. i have to note from you, betsy, the good lawyer brian is did not exactly answer the question. did not want the compare his former client directly. but betsy, what are we hearing on the larger defense out of the trump world? the folks they have spoken to today who have in that space have taken a fairly bullish tone when it comes to talking about these issues. and i think one thing that is important to remember here is that given that manafort has been indicted under faro, which is the laws people from lobbying a foreign government from the united states, we haven t had a serious fara indictment i believe in decades. so one thing we re likely to hear going forward is this is a novel interpretation of the way the statute works and it s politically motivated. that s a case we can expect manafort s defense team to make my guess is that the legal