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Right? they got his financial records, his business contacts, they followed the money, u.s. attorneys office in new york nailed him on these financial-related felonies. guilty day one. i understand that. we all did. before today, though, i did not understand michael cohen day two in federal court. because fast forward 100 days past the time when he first appeared in federal court in august in that relatively cut and dry day when he pled guilty to eight felonies. you fast forward 100 days after t...

Again but to a different species of crime. this time, it was a felony false statements charge about lying to congress. about something muellers prosecutors called the moscow project. the trump organization plan to build a trump tower in russia. it was reportedly going to be financed by sanctioned russian banks. building the tower would have required the approval and the facilitation of the kremlin. prosecutors say it was a project that could produce hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for...

Was unsealed by the special counsel in february. what zamel is reportedly pitching according to your reporting sounds a lot like what we believe the russian government did. is that coincidental? is there some overlap there we should understand? >> i think its close to coincidental. im pretty sure this is a different operation. there may have been some coordination between the uae and russia. thats certainly something muellers looking into. but i have to say, if you take a step back, if you are s...

Indictment of russian individuals and businesses that was unsealed by the special counsel in february. what zamel is reportedly pitch, aacord -- according to your reporting, sounds a lot like what we believe the russian government did. is that coincidental? is there some overlap there we should understand? >> i think its close to coincidental. im pretty sure this is a different operation. there may have been some coordination between the uae and russia. thats certainly something muellers looking...

As a general counsel i can confirm the company is 100% owned and controlled by americans. any suggestions that at any point and time viktor vekselberg or his clients own a part of columbus nova is untrue. what do you say to that? >> we show a filing that there was history that link them in the past. like i said, this is something muellers team is looking at. theyre going to follow the money and look at these flows. and they question vekselberg about this connection. >> both of us having read tho...

Infrastructure around the country. >> a lot to assess. pamela, whats the significance of this move by mueller? >> this is the first time we know robert muellers team is demanding documents related to the president. for context in january, the trump organization turned over thousands of documents to muellers team. it appears in this situation the fact they use a serious investigative tool, subpoena, to compel documents, either they feel like the trump organization didnt hand over all the necessar...

Inexperienced had never -- the campaign staffers had never really dealt with something like this before, isnt going to -- i dont think work in muellers eyes. because the teams eyes because its just -- this is something that should be -- should have been reported, and there should have been a streamline as to how to deal with it. >> and who cares? who cares if they were inexperienced? they should -- there has to be -- this is the united states. this is the bedrock of democracy. there has to be a ...

Community, i.e. james comey, are not going to operate on anyones time line but your own. >> julia, what is your take on this timing? >> i agree with kevin. i think its interesting, i guess, you know, why -- where it comes out as it comes into 2018. i mean, i think its going to be interesting to see how this plays out in the election cycle. i think, however, im not saying theres any political lines between it. but, i mean i think it does play into like i said, with the senate panel, and them tryi...

>> it just seems like theres a specific, intended purpose to undermine the president. theres nothing to hide. there is no collusion. >> the special counsels team has also come under fire as recently as this weekend simply for obtaining access to thousands of e-mails sent and received by trump officials during the transition. the lawyer for the transition has said the documents were not illegally obtained, something muellers team denied. here is the president on that. >> reporter: mr. president, ...

For example, the dossier basically says paul manafort was acting as a go-between, between russian intelligence and the trump campaign. obviously thats not proven, thats something mueller and the congress are investigating. the final thing i think that seems important here is just the degree to which the status of this document, which this document has been at the center of a lot of the reporting, the earliest reporting that it was comey who had to pull the president aside at a briefing and say t...