East coast, President Donald Trump has a busy week ahead of him. On monday hes expected to take questions from reporters in a joint News Conference with the visiting Prime Minister of italy. Mr. Trump will likely be asked about his latest twitter rant against the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller. The president now claiming mueller has multiple Conflicts Of Interest in the russia investigation. In addition to that, there are still questions about the tapes the president s former attorney just released as well as mr. Trumps threat to shut down the government to get funding for his border wall that he said mexico would pay for but in fact he means the taxpayers will pay for. Cnns Boris Sanchez is traveling with the president , or he was in new jersey. He has more on mr. Trumps twitter tirade. Thats hard to say. Reporter cnn has reached out to the white house to get clarity on specifically what President Trump was referencing when he mentioned Business Conflicts with the Special Counsel Rob
A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. White house correspondent jim acosta. The white house wants to show the Administration Takes Election Interference very seriously despite doubt the president continues to cast. Update our viewers. Reporter thats right. The white house tried to show The World Today that its serious about stopping russian interference in u. S. Elections. But the Top Administration officials on display today insisting they are on the case had to grapple with one very key question, whether the president himself takes the threat to american democracy seriously. The president has made it clear reporter it was a show of force as the white house and Top Administration officials from the director of National Intelligence to the National Security advisor to the fbi director to assure the American People they are determined to combat russian interference in the u. S. Elections. We continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try t
He says the meeting totally legal done all the time in politics but according to the email that special Counsel Robert Mueller has, this was a meeting to get information from the prosecutor of Russia On Hillary Clin Hillary Clintons campaign. How is that legal . The question is how is it illegal . A meeting of that nature constitute a violation of the law . Now critics have pounced on this, anna, suggesting that the president and his legal team are moving the goal posts despite calls for this investigation to wrap up by the president and his attorneys. We did get an indication last week that special Counsel Robert Mueller is trying to zero in and get an interview with one of the key figures that was involved in that june 2016 meeting at trump tower. Hes a russian pop star. His father is actually an oligarch with deep ties to putin. Sources indicate that for more than a year now the Special Counsel is working to secure that interview. Unclear if it actually does take place. It will be i
Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, Breaking News and international stories. Weve not heard from cohens attorneys either for any comment on our reporting. Stand by for a moment, kara. I want to get back to you. Shimon, what else are you learning . Wolf, some of what were told the u. S. Attorney there in new york has been looking at are payments Michael Cohen received. This all came out that he received them for potential lobbying, potential influence at the white house and other places. Some of the people who have come before the grand jury there in new york were asked questions about this money, about the money that Michael Cohen had paid them. Some of them who have been asked to appear before the grand jury, they were told they did not need to appear right now while prosecutors could be close to negotiating this plea deal. Of course, keep in mind, as kara said, at any time this could fall apart. There are some questions about money, whether or not what kind of fine potentially michael
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Fraud and bank fraud according to three sources and the deal would include jail time and a substantial monetary fine. This plea is no doubt a big blow to the president with cohen having been part of President Trumps inner circle for more than a decade. We anticipate prosecutors with the office of the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york to address the public about the deal. Any minute now that will be live when it happens. For now, lets go to cnns brynn begi gingras. Has he pled guilty yet . Reporter these proceedings happen on time. Very timely here at Federal Court, especially with the sdny. One can only assume he is in the courtroom right now and i can tell you We Dont Have Transmission from the courtroom. It is a Federal Courthouse and not able to verify that 100 . Certainly any minute now safe to say. These are, of course, as you
mentioned, jake, charges of bank and tax fraud related to cohens business of taxis and Campaign Finance and cohen is going to appear befo