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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 him to invoke his fifth amendment privilege against testifying if he were called to testify before a grand jury, and then the only way that that g...

Ladder of culpability in that campaign from papadopoulos to the campaign second periupervis. there are multiple contacts in that document with the campaign supervisor and with the campaign senior adviser. if you look at that table where donald trump is at the one end and jeff sessions is at the other, you know that campaign supervisor could well reach high into the campaign apparatus. >> theyre all denying this. lets go to sam clovis, apparently the next rung up on the ladder from papadopoulos. ...

Senator stabenows staff taking notes this evening during the broadcast have just written down her first question to sam clovis in the confirmation hearing that will never happen. do you currently have an immunity agreement with the special prosecutor? >> and lets just say, because, you know, the new normal is not normal, lets say the clovis nomination does go through and senator stabenow does get to ask that question. there will be a collective holding of breath in washington, and especially in ...

Hired clovis, but he believed he needed clovis for the iowa campaign. clovis is an expert on iowa politics. but here he is now stuck with this undersecretary nominee who he cant possibly let go into a confirmation hearing. >> right. i mean, hiring sam clovis despite those e-mails shows a man who is going to do anything possible to win the iowa caucuses. but as were seeing right now, when youre pulling in people out of a fit of desperation, they can come back and bite you. whats really interestin...

Sam clovis not -- sam clovis is not only the campaign official thats obliquely referenced in one of the documents yesterday, but has already spoken to the grand jury in the mueller investigation. if youre in the white house right now, as previously said, and you now find out that george papadopoulos and now sam clovis are two people who have talked to the grand jury. one has already pleaded guilty, as ezra said, this already adds a -- i dont know, a frisson of freak-out in the west wing about wh...

Cover his tracks easily if he decides to flee. >> what we know now is sam clovis might be talking to the grand jury, we believe is talking to the grand jury. he was the supervisor of papadopoulos. we now know also that papadopoulos was aware of the e-mails that had been hacked long before they were disclosed publicly. the question is, did he tell his superior? did he tell clovis? did clovis tell others? was the trump campaign aware that the russians had this stuff? >> i think thats why mueller a...

About the manafort indictment, weve been learning a little overnight about that, and what the former adviser to the campaign and the president, who is a nominee, up for a confirmation hearing next week. confirmation hearing not likely to go forward because there are reports that he has been cooperating and testifying to the grand jury. sam clovis is an important actor. earlier when he said he was going to leave behind as he heads for this 12-day, master trip to asia. his top economic adviser gar...

Distancing themselves from people who have turned up in the russia investigation, distancing themselves from sam clovis is going to be particularly difficult, given not only that he was a national co-chair of the campaign but also that they have nominated him to a senior position at the u.s. department of agriculture for which sam clovis is supposed to face senate confirmation next week, which is probably going to be very, very awkward now. joining us is joyce vance, former state attorney for th...

Exclusive reporting that sam clovis, the former co-chair and policy advisor for the trump campaign was questioned by muellers team last week, testified before the investigating grand jury. whats his connection to all of this? >> good morning, craig. sam clovis is an iowa politician and a former pentagon official whos playing a senior role in donald trumps campaign. he was supervising george papadopoulos, the man who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and is now cooperating. nbc news has learned ...

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 not ever going to be subjected to questioning by the agriculture committee about his dealings with george papadopoulos...