Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Jay sekulow on abc yesterday. Would that meeting constitute a violation of the law . And what you have is a situation and ive said this well over a year. You have to look at what laws, rules and Regulation Statutes are purportedly violated here. Hes been saying that for well over a year. Well over a year ago, he said the opposite about that meeting in trump tower. Remember, it was all about adoptions. I didnt hear anybody talk about babies this weekend. And there are some potentially relevant laws. For example, u. S. Code of federal regulations. Quote, a Foreign National shall not directly or indirectly make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or a donation in connection with any federal, state or local election. And, quote, no person shall knowingly solicit accept or
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this case? yes, this is actually the most important revelation remember, he wasn t getting paid this is the most important revelation. in terms of what it could mean for the russia investigation. because we knew from the indictment that manafort was in dire financial straights as of 2016 but this trial has offered startling new details of manafort s financial collapse. by 2016, his firm was losing more than $1 million a year. they were having trouble paying their health insurance bills. he came to work for the trump campaign, as you said, for free. here s what else we know, he was in debt to a russian oligarch to the tune of $10 million. his close associate, a man named constantine kaliminik had ongoing ties to russian intelligence services according to mueller. how desperate was manafort when he was working for trump and what would he have been willing to do? that s quote this trial is raising, stephanie. desperate times, did they call for desperate measures? ken, thanks s