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Of russia and if you think that is a semantic gain at this point. if you think mueller is adhering to policy. do you think but for that the president is a target for the investigation or the collusion investigation. >> i have no knowledge of what mueller and his team have uncovered and are pursuing. what i do know about bob mueller is that they are exceptionally thorough. and will continue to look for any evidence of criminal wrongdoing whether that was to conspire with foreign governments again...

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Including new charges filed against him. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. let get details of the breaking news with cnns political correspondent sara murray. sara, critical developments emerging now in the special prosecutors investigation. >> reporter: thats right. five new criminal charges against paul manafort alleging he paid former european politicians to push pro-ukraine positions. mueller is hoping to pressure more trump campaign officials into cooperating. tonight, anoth...

Conspiracy to defraud the u.s. and making false statements, according to court filings. telling friends and family in a letter that the last several months have been excruciating. gates is cooperating with the special counsel. it makes him the third trump associate known to be cooperating with muellers inve gags. his decision to flip on paul manafort, his long-time business partner, ramps up the pressure on manafort to cooperate with mueller particularly about the campaign. >> i think the lawyer...

Mueller is really digging into. >> i think it tells us two things. one there was outreach by manafort to russia and i think the second question is, you know, to conspire with the russian government, to influence the campaign, one of the key questions will be communications between them. we know the russians attempted and in fact did influence the american election. what we dont know -- we know there were a number of efforts to coordinate with russia to get dirt on hillary clinton. what was he do...

Tip? and offscript? president trump gives a free-wealing, 80-minute speech at a gathering. reprising claims from his campaign. why did the president toss out his prepared remarks. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." breaking news tonight. the russia investigation heating up. a third former trump associate entering into a plea bargain with robert mueller. rick gates, a top official in the trump presidential ca...

>> trish: president trump in a "new york times" interview saying he believes special counsel robert mueller is going to be fair in this rush of probe. how is that sitting with my next guest? congressman andy bigs is one of those who thinks mr. mueller should resign. happy new year. do you think you can get a fair treatment? >> number one, i dont think he can. im not sure that he has. i think contextually what president trump was really saying, hes not going to fire him. he is going to give him w...

Absurd. >> it is absolutely fru that the vice president is getting ready for 2020 for election as vice president. >> no concern that hes considering a shadow campaign? >> zero concern. >> reporter: other republicans allegedly weighing a 2020 bid as the president continues to grapple with record low numbers and an intensifying russia investigation. >> the special counsel is subject to the rules and regulations of the department of justice. we dont engage in fishing expeditions. >> reporter: deput...

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