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Committee found in these two reports? >> no, it does not. it looks at russian influence operations in the united states during the 2016 election and found that there was a consistent pattern as they favored president trump. they would try to increase literally the turnout of trump supporters and decrease the turnout of potential clinton supporters. they did this very -- very sophisticated techniques, looking at the algorithms, looking at how they could get them to work for the russians, and thei...

They say during the 2016 campaign, trump ceded control of his charity to the political campaign, raised $2 million at that iowa fund-raiser which went to the foundation, and trump campaign manager lewandowski determined when and where it would be given away. im sorry, but doesnt that prove that its being used for political reasons, when your campaign -- they didnt hide it. their campaign manager is in charge of the foundation money. >> this fraud was hidden in plain sight. but it took some time ...

The web is coming closer. the walls are closing in. and there will be increasing pressure from these different authorities. remember, the southern district of new york, a federal prosecuting office like the special counsel in washington, d.c. but now we have state authorities that are involved in pursuing fraud involving not only the trump foundation, but the trump university, the trump organization, other kinds of interlocking potential vehicles for fraud. so i think what were seeing is a patte...

Trump ran for office, will have 30 days to distribute its remaining funds while the investigation into its alleged criminal behavior will still continue. sarah huckabee sanders had no comment when asked about the organization earlier this hour. >> it was announced today that the presidents charity is being dissolved. does the president or anyone in his family have regrets about how that charity was handled? >> thats something that i would refer you to the trump organization. thats not something ...

Its remaining funds as that office pursues a lawsuit against the charity, the president and his three eldest children who oversaw the foundation. a statement released just a few moments ago from the attorney generals office, ill read it to you in part, quote, our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the trump foundation including unlawful coordination with the trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing and much more. this amounted to the trump foundati...

The hits keep coming for donald trump today. the trump organization has agreed to dissolve its charity, the trump foundation, which is currently under investigation by the new york attorney general, barbara underwood. she writes in a statement, "our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the trump foundation, including unlawful coordination with the trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing and much more. this amounted to the trump foundation functionin...

>> thats exactly right. that you so much for your hard work on this, director of research at new knowledge and head of policy and data -- i really messed this up. shes the head director of new knowledge and head of policy at data for democracy. renee is one of the authors of the report exposing russias use of social media to influence 20916 election. and were grateful for your work. thank you, renee. coming up, we have breaking news. we now have the transcript of james comeys testimony from th...

Back in 1987. he was in charge of it until his inauguration when his two eldest sons took over. tom joins me again and the "washington posts" jen ruben. also a political reporter for nbc. thank you both for being here. tom, in a nutshell, this is a legal minefield, complicated web. this thing is not what most people would think of as a charity. >> the allegations from the new york attorneys office, this is a foundation that has been involved with self-dealing, whether it be purchasing things tha...

Thoest most in need of nearly 1 $1.7 million. >> lets take those statements at face value. parse those two statements for us. >> they are both partially accurate. the trump foundation had been trying to dissolve and the new york attorney generals office did not let them do that, pending the investigation, but we dont know the details. i dont think that the trump foundation was trying to dissolve out of the goodness of its heart. i think it recognized it was under investigation and bad things wer...

Glen kirchner, former federal prosecutor, thank you. mike, i will let you get back to reading through this document, nbc news national news reporter. state here because i have another story to get to the bottom of and that is the donal foundation as part of an agreement reached with the new york attorney generals office. theyre currently suing the foundation over misuse of funds and what they call a, quote, shocking pattern of illegality including unlawful coordination with the trump presidentia...