CNNW CNN Newsroom Live September 1, 2018
Now. The investigation around at 2016 election nets another guilty plea, this time from a washington lobbyist funneling russian money into the trump inaugural committee. In federal court friday, Samuel Patten admitted that he helped to steer money into the committee from a prorussian ukranian oligarch. These charges were not brought by the special counsel Robert Mueller, it is however the first time that the Justice Department has publicly charged someone with helping a foreigner funnel money into the trump political event. Evan perez has more on patten and what he allegedly did. Reporter Samu...