Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180507:00:20:00
President, that they're not actually after getting manafort on money laundering and those charges. how much does this muddy the waters? >> depends where judge ellis ends up, obviously. there's obvious validity to it, they were trying to flip manafort. did not start out as something looking into manafort's finances, whether he committed bank fraud, if me violated foreign lobbying laws. that being said, mueller does have, if you look at his -- the special counsel's dictum, whatever you want to call it, he has a fair amount of purview and can do these things. ellis apparently has a reputation for...