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President trump's inauguration. as the washington post reports, mueller has been probing whether foreign money flowed into the coffers of trump's inaugural committee that raised more than $100 million. patton's plea offers the first evidence that it occurred. this revelation comes on the last business day before labor day as many in washington braced for the possibility of more indictments stemming from the russia probe. this is the deadline that donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani set for mueller to be finished with his investigation or wait until the midterm elections. >> i think if it isn't...

Here's the bottom line. you've got personal people, this is not, you know, sam patton, the republican lobbyist who just pled guilty whose going to cooperate with the mueller team. these are people that are confidants. this is the personal attorney and michael cohen for donald trump. it's allen weisselberg, the long time c.f.o. who worked with trump's father. >> weisselberg, cfo. >> exactly. he worked with trump's father when trump was a kid. these are people that are so close to donald trump and you know we hear the phrase they know where the bodies are buried. but from a legal standpoint, the...

Let's listen to that exchange. >> it's nothing to do with the president. nothing to do with collusion. everything to do with a lobbyist who acted improperly who the president doesn't know. i mean, so far every indictment is unrelated to the president. we went through an entire manafort trial and there wasn't a single mention of the president. >> this was related directly to the inauguration. >> not to the president. millions of people donated to the president, the inauguration. if they get caught violating something, that's connected to the president? >> harry, it is an interesting pr strategy...

Lobbyists directed improperly who the president doesn't know. every indictment is unrelated to the president. we went through the entire manafort trial and wasn't a single mention of the president. >> the inauguration. >> not of the president. >> of who then. you reported on him early. >> yeah. back in april when i was doing research on an associate of paul manafort and this man named sam patton. he is very much like a manafort figure, a gone for hire. he worked on behalf of very powerful people in other countries, oftentimes corrupt, and he has known him about two decades now. they met in mos...

When did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. another guilty plea from a lobby list with ties to russia threatens to by robert mueller's probe closer to donald trump. sam patton, an associate of paul manafort pleaded guilty today for failing to register as a foreign agent while lobbying on behalf of a ukrainian political party launched by manafort. patton is co...