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Mr. Dettinger focuses his practice in the areas of energy law, energy and financing transactions, and government relations.

Mr. Dettinger focuses his practice in the areas of energy law, energy and financing transactions, and government relations.

Kilimnik appears to be the person the mueller team described as having ties to a russian intelligence service. how concerning would that be? >> i think thats very concerning. we should remember this is the 20th person, the third entity now and five guilty pleas. this is an ongoing and serious investigation. this is a russian national thats been indicted with mr. manafort who was part of his lobbying practice. i think it should be very concerning to mr. manafort. the expectation is at some point ...

Said he was redesigning from the law firm. >> look, i dont think anybody who has watched rudy giuliani over the last few weeks has been terribly impressed with the way he has handled questions about this and his mastery of the details. there is this sense he is just winging it, shooting from the hip and probably not doing the president much service in this. but you know, on the michael cohen stuff, i mean, there is a lot here that we still dont know. this money trail, how all these entities, the...

Terribly impressed with the way he has handled questions about this and his mastery of the details. there is this sense he is just winging it, shooting from the hip and probably not doing the president much service in this. but you know, on the michael cohen stuff, i mean, there is a lot here that we still dont know. this money trail, how all these entities, the russians, including the corporations came to hire michael cohen, who suggested they hire michael cohen. did he cold call them and they ...

Kasowitzs firm is a good size firm, around 300 lawyers there. they have all kinds of corporate clients with business for the government. they have a lobbying practice in washington. so kasowitz is not a government employee. until now he seemed to only be trumps personal lawyer. if he is now sort of advising the administration on that as public policy you can imagine theres all kinds of potential conflicts. >> is it possible that -- this sounds like your reporting is based on people who have hear...

About flynn. i wouldnt be sitting next to putin, which i saw in the photo, they wouldnt be flying back and forth with paul manafort to russia. the president needs to let it go. let them have their own lawyers. focus on the country. >> anthony: i know both of those guys, i worked with them throughout the campaign. as it relates to manafort, i believe him. i dont think he did anything wrong in his lobbying practice. it has been tainted through the prism of the mainstream media. as it relates to ge...

Yesterday. >> the name jeff michaels may not mean much to you but if you live in the small and insular world of new jersey politics, then you definitely do know that name. hes a powerful new jersey republican whose family had long and close ties to chris christie. someone who has parlayed that connection into a wildly successful lobbying practice and has invested tens of thousands of dollars of his own money in christies political future. and it is his brother, jeff michaels brother, port author...

And he has cleared up virtually nothing about david wildstein. but today he did try to clear up something about a couple of other old friends of his. the michaels brothers. chip michaels, the port authority police officer, and jeffrey michaels, the new jersey lobbyist. governor christies office issued this written statement today. the governor has never had any conversations with either jeff or chip michaels on this topic. the topic was first raised by steve kornacki on this network yesterday. >...

Set up to push christies agenda and has given over $20,000 to the republican governors association, the group christie now chairs as he prepares for a possible 2016 presidential bid. so thats who jeff michaels is, a powerful new jersey republican whose family has long and close ties to chris christie. someone who has parlayed that connection into a wildly successful lobbying practice and has invested tens of thousands of his own money in christies political future. and it is his brother, jeff mi...