Any changes in regards to special counsel. Todays announcement has nothing to do with the president , nothing to do with the president campaign. Or campaign activity. We learned today that a trump foreignpolicy advisor, George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty earlier this month to making false statements to the fbi when investigators asked him about his contacts with a foreigner with ties to the kremlin. Meanwhile, the indictment lays out a significant case, against Paul Manafort. So far, it does not include any work he did for the campaign. The charges against him and his former associate rick gates focus on work they did in ukraine including allegations of Money Laundering and lying about it. The tying of the plea and the indictment could be significant. Manafort has long been seen as a potential target for investigators, they may be trying to flip him to get him to testify against others. He knows where the bodies are buried, he was an intimate. If anything happened wrong there is no evi
Doesnt help trump but Many Political insiders say this will not hurt him. Jean elle joins us in San Francisco with the very latest. Reporter the political experts we talked to tonight say they expect to see more people who have connections to the president to face legal problems in this investigation. But they do not believe the president himself will face charges. With all the indictments its not implicated donald trump at all. Reporter james tailor says it appears president Trumps Campaign staffers will face a judge but he doubts Robert Muellers investigation will reach the oval office. More implication, innuendo but we didnt get any hard evidence against donald trump today. Reporter there is legal trouble allcuuat the president. Former Trump Campaign manager, Paul Manafort and his deputy rick gates, are out on bond and on house arrest tonight after pleading not guilty to charges that include lobbying for the russianbacked ukraine government and not paying taxes on tens of millions o
Russia. The white house emphatically maintains that the president has no connection to these charges. We have been saying from day one that theres been no connection between the president and russian collusion, and these charges just prove that. Reporter the president asked why not crooked hillary and the democrats the focus . Indictments against both manafort and gates contains 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to launder money. A spokesperson for gates said the fight is just beginning, and all of this is coming just as we are learning that the this man pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the fbi about his communication to someone connected to the russian government. Reporter manaforts bond is set at 10 million in case bond is set at 5 million. East bay congressman eric farwell said the plea deal by George Papadopoulos is the clearest effort yet that members of trumps team were working with russia. I think we have established a working relations
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