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Deripaska, the guy whose sanctions will be the subject of the big showdown with the treasury department tomorrow in congress when steven mnuchin has to come to capitol hill. interestingly, though, "the times" later corrected its story to say kilimnik didnt give that polling data to deripaska. that was a mistake in "the times" initial reporting. they corrected their story to say he had actually passed it on instead to two ukrainian oligarchs who are also known to have funded manaforts pro russia ...

I mean, i should mention that one of those two oligarchs who reportedly received that polling data from manafort, he appears to be the same guy who was described in the indictment of sam patten. sam patten plead guilty a few months ago to working as an unregistered foreign agent. he admitted in his plea deal, in his cooperation deal, that he had illegally funneled foreign money into trumps inauguration. it was money apparently from this oligarch guy to whom manafort sent internal campaign pollin...

Disclosure on the grounds that certain material is covered by executive privilege and that mueller has no right to release it publically. >> you bring up a good point. a lot of this drama will be quite public, too. the confirmation will be televised. he will be asked 100 different ways about what he will allow in the mueller investigation, what he wants to see. >> and whether and under what circumstances he would fire mueller, which remains an issue. and that will certainly be a big part of his ...

>> he was about to be sentenced at the end of last year, and the special counsels office filed a document that said, dont sentence him yet. hes cooperating. that had not previously been known, that he was an important cooperator. what does he know? and who was he dealing with? again, we dont know for sure. but the fact that patten is perhaps a much more major figure than we had realized is significant. and it is part of the nexus, the relationship, between the people affiliated with trump, paul ...

Representing her dad coming to office, but it seems from the e-mails that shes representing her company, her familys company. >> you mentioned something important, which is that they -- obama and bush had both put caps on donations. $50,000 for obama. $100,000 for bush. still enormous but not like -- you cant write a $10 million check. >> right. >> do we know everything there is to know about who the donors are and where the money went? >> i dont think so. i mean, we already know from the public...

>> you mentioned something important, which is that they -- obama and bush had both put caps on donations. $50,000 for obama. $100,000 for bush. still enormous but not like -- you cant write a $10 million check. >> right. >> do we know everything there is to know about who the donors are and where the money went? >> i dont think so. i mean, we already know from the public record that a ukrainian member of parliament successfully made a straw donation to the inaugural with the help of a guy named...

Is to know about who the donors are and where the money went? >> i dont think so. i mean, we already know from the public record that a ukrainian member of parliament successfully made a straw donation to the inaugural with the help of a guy named sam patten, a government relations specialist. >> who has pleaded guilty. >> all on public record now. id like to find out what more there is. what ive heard from people who worked the inauguration is that rick gates was making some strange asks of the...

Patten, who has ties to paul manafort, pleaded guilty today to failing to register as a foreign agent. meanwhile, "the associated press" reports today that doj lawyer bruce ohr was told by british former spy christopher steele that russian intelligence believed it had, quote, donald trump over a barrel. here to talk about all of this, ken dilanian and eric tucker, who broke todays news on that meeting between bruce ohr and christopher steele. ken, let me start with you on this question of patten...

Part. yeah, theyre definitely a part of this. >> let me bring you in. i know youve written extensively on this topic. i think these names may not be new two and the inug gurl committee? >> we do know federal prosecutors have been interested in contrabugss on -- from the cousin of a russian oligarch who run it? 744 and this is turning into legal matters, criminal prosecutions. the other big thing that tom didnt 34e7ks is that in this plea deal sam patten admitted to lying to congress. he came bef...

Just to count one and ask the court to dismiss counts two and three. but not necessarily here. since youre doing it pre-indictment. >> no indictment, just a criminal information, he pled guilty, he waived his right to a trial, got it. okay. >> exactly. >> heres my next one. among those items that prosecutors describe but they didnt charge him is when prosecutors say he lied to the senate committee. obstructed the senate intelligence committee in the investigation of the russia matter. the heads ...