Urik Corruption News Today

Director in charge of the sndy bill sweeney announcing the charges of the two men and among other men that the finance violations, theyre not a technicality, not a civil issue, this is corruption, and they take it very seriously. they also noted that two of the men as they said a moment ago, parnas and presufruman were tryo flee the country last night. they were arrested by the fbi at dulles airport in virginia. joining me in virginia is nbc correspondent ken delanian. from capitol hill, geoff b...

With protesters. those two both need a win. the question is, if we get a deal, whats in it? >> well keep an eye up. thanks for watching "velshi & ruhle." ill see you back here at 3:00 p.m. >> ill see you back here at 9:00 a.m. eastern. right now, we hand off to katy tur. >> its 11:00 a.m. out west. 2:00 in washington. as the president claims hes the one fighting corruption in ukraine. two associates of his personal attorney rudy giuliani who were helping him investigate the bidens in that countr...

Agent of the criminal division and to his left, george kazami, the special agent in charge of corruption at the fbi. now, id like to invite to the podium, my very good friend, bill sweeney, for any comments youd like to make. >> thanks, jeff. last night, at washington dulles international airport the fbi arrested lev parnas and igor fruman on campaign-related charges as they attempted to leave the united states. andre kukushkin was arrested shortly thereafter. david correia the fourth individual...

Were concerned base of the integrity of bill barr. a lot of people are wondering if the southern district is still as independent as it used to be. i dont know, but this picture tells me theyre still willing and able to do cases that do threaten not just the lawyer, friend, close associate of the president. for jack sekulow to get on and say is this has nothing to do with trump this morning is laughable, yeah, maybe the words in the dieindictment dont, but obviously this is where the roads were ...

Impeachable. i think it is time and beyond time for members of republican party to understand that this president has so reduced the values of american democracy, that they need to step up and reassert the authority of congress to investigate. and reassert the values that under gird the fidelity of our american elections. if we get a returned republican party ill vote for it gladly because those mire conservative values but trump is no conservety. >> mimi, you worked at the sndy, talk to me what...

Associates of rudy giuliani helping him dig up dirt on joe biden in ukraine, according to the indictment, according to news reports as well. while the president himself, paul, is talking on scam camera saying hes the one trying to root out corruption, his personaly giuliani have now been indicted on corruption themselves. i know you were a part of a letter calling for the expedited impeachment of the president. talk to me about what this means to you. >> well, this is just another straw. i mean,...

Violation or an error on a form. this investigation is about corrupt behavior. deliberate law breaking. the fbi takes the obligation to tackle corruption seriously. there are no exceptions to this rule. we gather evidence. we collect facts and we will act on them when appropriate. as jeff mentioned, our investigation will continue. many thanks always to jeff and your team, prosecutors here at the southern district. thank you, as well, to our fbi personnel and our offices in miami, san francisco ...