That so directly today. Also tweeting about Paul Manafort, feeling frustrated, even victimized you might say that if there was, in fact, this previous investigation that we now know did exist where authorities had been looking at Paul Manafort back in 2014 about his Financial Issues which are the subject of the trial now, not directly related to the campaign. The president writes, Paul Manafort worked for ronald reagan, bob dole and many other highly prominent and respected political leaders. He worked for me for a very short time. It was roughly five months or so. Why didnt government let me know he was under investigation . These old charges have nothing to do with collusion, a hoax. The president is right there that the Financial Issues that are being examined are not about the campaign. Paul manafort worked for him for several months and he worked for him with the express purpose of helping the convention, people forget, you and i lived it, many of our viewers lived it with us that Paul Manafort was brought in to be the deal maker at the
day two. Were starting to see the strategies laid out, shaking out on both sides, can you walk us to the framing of each of these arguments here and what we expected to . Reporter today the jury will hear from more people who knew about Paul Manaforts work in ukraine. The government is laying a careful foundation for his work, the president of ukraine who paid manafort millions of dollars. Right now this is going to be a slog through emails, but with people who worked with manafort to try to sketch out the details of what the work he did for them and then the prosecutors will then proceed to how he got paid. What the government says here is that they didnt simply sign a check to Paul Manafort that supporters of the ukraine president put money in a bank in cypress so that he was not paid directly. What they said is, these oligarchs as the government called them in ukraine did not want it known publicly who they
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. The president is saying. The Manafort Trial prosecutors dont even expect their witnesses to say the words donald trump. Its separate issues, financial crimes, unrelated to his work specifically for the Trump Campaign. That said, the president is clearly upset about the Special Counsel investigation that is leading to this trial, a trial which is, in fact, concrete evidence of the Special Counsels investigations work even though we dont know how itll turn out. You have 12 russians indicted a couple weeks ago for interfering with the election in addition to the russians who were indicted before that. Does the president also believe that work is a disgrace and should come to an end . I am almost certain he feels that way. He cannot separate collusion from Election Meddling from following the money with Paul Manafort. This is a big deal and sends a clear signal to the president that this socalled witch hunt is not ending. It is the first trial to come out of Robert Muellers investigation and the president is getting freaked out about
this and this is all coming as facebook just unveiled this coordinated campaign of Election Interference which is under all of this investigation applying to 2016 but 2018. You have what the president is about manafort in the past Kellyanne Conway was brought on when they were in a real hot mess. I brought paul in because a very, very smart friend of mine who knew him very well said he is fantastic and hes somewhat political. Paul manafort whos a good man also, by the way, he was replaced long before the election took place. He was only there for a short period of time. He was with the campaign as you know for a very short period of time but ive known him to be a good name. Paul manaforts a nice guy, he worked for me for a very short period of time, literally
like a couple months, little period of time. Manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. Sahill . Its the Tip Of The Iceberg. Its the first of many i think prosecutions that mueller is going to pursue and it is a signal to people around the president as to how Fearsome Mueller is. Can we fight him . Do we need to cooperate with him . All of that is going to be out there. All of that is that people around the president including his family and former aides will watch closely. I just had a conversation with some sources over on the hillside and the conversation came up specifically surrounding Election Interference and the president s reaction to it. This is something that people are watching incredibly closely. The president s reaction and whether he actually takes any steps moving forward. Now he has directed the Attorney General to end the
investigation, to end the Special Counsel investigation. Whats happening at the doj right now . Are they in crisis mode or pretty smooth sailing as they go about their work . Youve worked there. Its some where in between. In my experience the men and women at doj both within the main justice and fbi are simply going about their business doing their jobs, but it is not a good situation given the unprecedented comments by the president and the pressure that hes attempting to put on the department. I think largely and interestingly, the ag, the dep ty ag, the fbi director, theyre more or less ignoring what the president is saying. Thank you for coming on. We are just three months now away from the midterms and once again this election is under attack. You are looking live at the Senate IntelligenceCommittee Meeting right now on the role russia may be playing this time. What facebook is doing about it and what the Trump Administration is not doing according to its critics . Next. Elephone ring] ahoyhoy. Alexander graham bell here. No, no, my number is one, you must want two two, i say like my father before. [telephone ring] like my father before. Ahoyhoy as long as people talk too loudly on the phone, you can count on geico saving folks money. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Lets take a look at some numbers 4 out of 5 people who have a stroke, their first symptom. Is a stroke. 80 percent of all strokes and Heart Disease . Preventable. And 149 dollars is all it takes to get screened and help take control of your health. Were life line screening. And if youre over 50. Call this number, to schedule an appointment. For five painless screenings that go beyond regular checkups. We use Ultrasound Technology to literally look inside your arteries. For plaque which builds up as you age and increases your risk for stroke and cardiovascular disease. And by getting them through this package, youre saving over 50 . So call today and consider these numbers for just 149 youll receive five screenings that could reveal what your body isnt telling you. Im gonna tell you that was the best 150 i ever spent in my life. Life line screening. The power of prevention. Call now to learn more. Wmust have cost a lot. A fancy hotel. Actually, i got a great deal. Priceline saves you up to 60 on hotels, but thats something the hotels dont really want other guests to know. I saved about 120 dollars a night did you say you saved 120 dollars a night on a room . 120 a night on a hotel room. Thats a lot of savings
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dan coats who said all the Warning Lights are blinking red for the country in trying to deal and grapple with this. Facebook had been pretty reluctant to get out in front of any of this. They held a Conference Call with reporters where they refused to say if russians were meddling. They still havent said definitively if thats the case but there are suggestions it could be. Halle . Thank you. Joe, youve been reporting so much on facebook, what theyve been doing. But we have some new reporting now and what else was involved in this foreign influence report that facebook did not reveal take us through it. Thats right. The business went through some web archives to look at the ads that facebook provided yesterday, the accounts and the pages to see what else was underneath and what we found was much more divisive rhetoric. A lot of it was Sewing Division and discord among africanamericans and hispanics. Its a covert operation, a lot
of the issues that were put forward by facebook they say that people who were behind it are actually covering their tracks better this time around using Virtual Private Networks and third parties as well. Theres a Senate Intel Hearing going on right now and were getting some new reporting and new information out of that on examples of foreign influence in the lead up to the 2016 race. The reason this matters right now is that its a nugget of hints of what we can expect for 2018 and ira activity thats been disclosed now is people most frequently interacted with po posts on facebook that were pro right wing so were getting more of that picture, halle. Jo ling kent, i know youll stay on top of that. The big question, of course, and thank you, jo, is how might we protect ourselves moving forward . Thats what lawmakers are trying
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