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Obtaining a letter in which clovis admitted in questions from some of the senators that he didnt have nyack dem i can or scientific credentials at all, and that, of course, this position was as the top scientist at the usda. so a conflue nernce of factors there. we have reported that clovis has spoken to special counsel mueller about all of this russian meddling investigation, and that he is potentially involved. so putting him in front of a committee of senators is a potential land mine for the...

Campaign supervisor told defendant papadopoulos that i would encourage you and another foreign policy adviser to the campaign to make the trip if it is feasible. that campaign supervisor was sam clovis. he was encouraging george papadopoulos to make the trip to russia to collude with russians to help donald trump win the presidential election. sam clovis confirmation hearing is scheduled for next week. it will never happen. donald trump is going to withdraw sam clovis nomination. sam clovis is n...

Doing them. >> barbara, just underline that point again, the possibility of immunity. if the president is watching, i want to give him a chance to think about that tonight, that having someone like sam clovis, who is implicated in these e-mails with papadopoulos, that having him testify to the grand jury at this stage would be something that his lawyer would advice him against doing without certain kinds of protections. >> i think thats right. i think its most likely that his lawyer would advise...

One of the reasons contributing to several other reasons why these guys might be flight risks. and it seems to me the message in that filing being released to other potential defendants here is this is how its going to go for you this. is what its going to feel like if you find yourself in the manafort position. >> yeah, i think thats right. of course, they have an obligation to advise the court of all of those factors like the strength of the evidence, the potential penalties and other reasons ...

Trumps insulting john mccain for having been captured during the vietnam war. mr. clovis wrote mr. trumps comments were insulting to me as a veteran as i missed birthdays, holidays, christmases and easters. i was offended by a man who sought and obtained four student deferments to avoid the draft and has never served this nation a day, not a day in any fashion or way that was sam clovis before donald trump started paying him to say donald trump is great. yesterday the special prosecutor revealed...

Deny a key part of what papadopoulos revealed to investigators, that our client encouraged a trip to russia on behalf of the campaign. dr. clovis vigorously opposed a trip. adding that if someone proposed foreign travel in a personal capacity dr. clovis could not prohibit such travel. thats lawyer talk. documents unsealed after clovis testified appeared to show he did encourage such a meeting telling plows i would encourage you to make the trip if it is feasible. mueller is creeping closer to th...

Kushner and ivanka trump and who knows who else. and that was one of the big lessons of yesterday. we do not know who robert mueller is zeroing in on. we have no idea how many people robert mueller is targeting and who they are. the big news yesterday that robert mueller had indicted paul manafort and his associate rick gates was expected. but the news that mueller had already arrested and got a guilty plea from george papadopoulos was the big surprise. the message there to donald trump and the ...

Or were working with previously. it is very hard to run an effective executive branch under those circumstances. >> barbara mcquade, the message that i got from the special prosecutor yesterday was you dont know what im doing, and you dont know what im doing next. it seems to me thats exactly the message he wanted to deliver to us. >> yeah, i think thats right. and i think robert mueller has the reputation for being airtight. i know there have been leaks. but i suspect those are coming out of de...

Advisers would be. on that list, it was hastily put together, one meeting of the advisory committee and that list included guys like admiral cubic and general matsuzaka and others, so these names were added. how they got put together i dont know exactly know for sure. tell you this, exactly one meeting and best of my knowledge guys like carter page didnt show up for the volunteer meeting that took place one time and no formal structure, and no other role in the campaign. >> there seem to be -- g...

Risks. and it seems to me the message in that filing being released to other potential defendants here is this is how its going to go for you this. is what its going to feel like if you find yourself in the manafort position. >> yeah, i think thats right. of course, they have an obligation to advise the court of all of those factors like the strength of the evidence, the potential penalties and other reasons that might give an incentive to manafort and gates to flee. but i also think they put it...