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indict a sitting president. here's what i want to do, and here's how i want to do. it i would have to say, mr. president, i understand what you want to do, but you can't do it that way. it violates the law. good saturday morning to you, i'm victor blackwell. >> hi, everyone, i'm jessica dean in for christi paul. >> we start this morning with the bethlehmemo from federal prosecutors accusing president trump of asking nooik break federal election -- michael cohen to break federal election laws. >> and cone's admission to two finance crimes on the eve of the 2016 election for the president of the united states struck a blow to one of the core goals of the federal campaign laws -- transparency. while many americans who desired a particular outcome to the election knocked on doors, toiled at phone banks, or found

any numbers to make their voices heard, cohen soughton from the shadows. he did so by orchestrating secret and illegal payments to silence two women who otherwise would have made their -- made public their alleged extra merritt tan affairs with -- marital affairs with individual one. in the process, cohen deceived the voting public by hiding alleged facts that he believed would have a substantial effect on the election. cnn's digging into the new filings. we'll begin with jeremy who will take us through the memos. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the filings were perhaps one of the most revealing windows we've gotten so far into what the mueller investigation uncovered. we learned for the first time from federal prosecutors directly that president trump

directed michael cohen to commit crimes when he tried to silence women by making them payments to them during the campaign. we also learned about new contacts that russians had made to the members of the trump team including one who offered michael cohen political synergy as they were discussing the trump tower moscow project. we also learned from the filings that mueller's team laid out how the trump tower moscow project that was being pursued in 2015 and 2016 was involved with the russian meddling. the project was being discussed while russia was actively meddling in the election. prosecutors recommended a substantial jail sentence for michael cohen after his attorneys had asked for no jail time. the filing, it was a different tone than what we had gotten from michael flynn earlier who mueller said provided substantial assistance to the investigation and recommended no jail time. cohen is accused of crimes including tax frauds, campaign

finance violations related to those payments to women, and also lying to congress about his -- the trump tower moscow project and the conversations he had about it. the big looming question, of course, is what does this mean for the president. he wasn't accused of a crime explicitly in the documents last night, and the justice department has said that a sitting president cannot be indicted. the president, of course, tweeted that the documents totally cleared the president. but he was implicated in these documents. so now we're going to wait to see what it is that robert mueller does next, his next steps, and as this circle comes tighter and tighter into the inner circle of the white house. >> all right. jeremy herb, thank you very much. president trump took no time, really just minutes after the release of the documents, to weigh in, of course, on twitter. and so did the husband of one of his top aides, white house correspondent boris sanchez is in washington with the reaction. so what did they say? >> reporter: good morning. yeah, the president basically

shrugging this off as if it's no big deal. i wanted to point out a statement by press secretary sarah sanders yesterday. in it she refers specifically to both the filings against manafort and cohen. related to the manafort filing, she suggested this does not implicate the president at all, but rather is tied to manafort's financial crimes. on the cohen front, she effectively says that there's nothing new there. she echoes the claim in that filing suggesting that cohen is no hero. i did want to point the president's tweet quickly. as jeremy note, the president writing yesterday, quote, totally clears the president, thank you. of course, these documents don't actually do that. and that was pointed out by george conway, a prominent d.c. attorney, the husband of kellyanne conway, a very senior adviser to the president. he tweeted out snarkily, except for the little part where the u.s. attorney's office says you

directed and coordinated with cohen to commit two felonies. other than that, totally scot-free. we should point out previously in the week the president had attacked the special counsel suggesting that there were all sorts of conflicts of interest on that probe. something that we've heard from the president before despite the fact that officials within his own department of justice have said that this is a totally legitimate and ethical investigation. we'll see if he goes that route today the. the administration facing pressure from various angles. not just the russia investigation. it's the fact that we could be seeing a partial shutdown over funding for the president's proposed border wall in a couple of weeks and the volatile stock market that we've watched over the past few days. a result of the opinion's continuing trade war with china. >> all right. boris sanchez at the white house, thank you. so president trump thinks he has been exonerated by all of this. one key phrase in the cohen filing suggests his actions could be subject to even more scrutiny in the future.

here to discuss all of this, cnn contributor and "washington post" national reporter wesley lowery, and cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney paige pate. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> paige, let's look at an excerpt from the sentencing memo. quote, cohen coordinated his actions with one or more members of the campaign including through meetings, phone calls about the fact, nature, and timing of the payments. in particular, and as cohen admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with -- here's the key -- and at the direction of individual one. meaning donald trump. this is the first time prosecutors have said the president directed his former fixer on these election-related crimes. so what impact if any, page, does this have on the president? >> well, the one thing i can tell you is he is not totally clear. what this means is that individual one, who we know is the president, is basically an

unindicted co-conspirator in a campaign finance violation, a felony under federal law. now this document was meant to focus on michael cohen. it was not meant to focus on the president. so what we have not seen is the extent of the information, the evidence, perhaps other witness who's have come forward. perhaps documents that the special counsel's office or the southern district of new york has against the president himself. for the president and the white house to see this totally clears them, i think it's the opposite. >> yeah. to that end, i want to go wesley with what he was saying, the white house claiming there's nothing in this filing that wasn't already known, that there's nothing really here to see essentially. but wesley, where are congressional republicans on all of this? why are we not hearing from them? >> that's an excellent question. i mean, first of all, you know, what sarah huckabee sanders said isn't true. there was a lot of new information in these filings, cohen and the manafort filing.

we found of new contact with russians between michael cohen and a russian emissary, possibly trying to put the president in direct contact with vladimir putin. in the manafort filing, we find out about new contacts between manafort and the white house as recently as earlier this year after he had been indicted. you know, there was plenty of new information here. and explicitly stating that the president here had directed michael cohen to potentially break these campaign finance laws. we had seen some implications of that previously. this underscored it in a way that was different. there's a role question about where congressional republicans are on this. and that's a key question as it plays out. the department of justice has a standing policy or guidance against indicting a sitting president. and so what seems most likely moving forward is that we might see prosecutors, be it in new york or the special counsel, mueller, recommending action via congress filing a report to congressional leaders, and that any action or, you know,

sanction that might come toward the president might have to come via congressional republicans. thus far we haven't heard much from them at all on this. and this is going to be the real test, the real question from congressional republicans is at what point do they draw a line and say the president has done something we think is unacceptable. because in many ways that seems to be could face any repercussion here. >> i think you make a great point. where is that line for those congressional republicans. i guess we'll see in the days coming forward. page, i want to go back to you, and i want to go back to this filing. in regards to cohen, they also wrote, quote, in or around november 1ath, cohen -- 15th, cohen received the contact information for and spoke with a russian national who claimed to be a, quote, trusted person in the russian federation who could offer the campaign political synergy and synergy on a government level. what is political synergy, and how should we relate this to the possibility of collusion which

is at the heart of this investigation? >> right. well, i've never heard the word "synergy" used in connection with a political arrangement with the russian federation. it appears to me that this individual, whoever it is, and we don't know that yet, was reaching out to someone they believed was close to donald trump to try to establish some sort of relationship that would benefit both sides. and at that point, 2015, the only thing they could do to help trump was to help him get elected to the presidency. so at some point, somebody from russia is reaching out to somebody they think is close, michael cohen, to donald trump, to try to help trump. that is heart of collusion. what we don't know here again is who that person is and why they thought they would have an audience with the president or the president-to-be by reaching out to michael cohen. what did they think michael cohen could do? is this the only contact? we don't know that because that document is only focused on michael cohen. the white house cannot look and say no collusion.

what this document tells us is there is evidence of collusion. we just don't know who, when, and where. >> and wesley, quickly, we talked about congressional republicans. where do you see congressional democrats going -- obviously a lot of investigations on the horizon as they take over the house. >> certainly. there's unquestionably going to be interest from congressional democrats and further probing of these kind of conversations. i think there's a split in thinking among some congressional democrats, do they try to pick up this mantle quickly, do they wait and see what comes from bob mueller before they begin asking questions. as we enter a new congressional session, what is the role of the now democrat-controlled house in overseeing this president, both his behavior during the campaign, as well as during the presidency. >> all right. page pate and wellesley lowery, thank you very much. stay with us. we'll be coming back to you. james comey, former fbi director whose firing by president trump ultimately led to the appointment of robert mueller, he was on capitol hill yesterday. comey spoke with republican-led

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in a new court filing, special counsel robert mueller says former trump campaign chairman paul manafort lied about several key points after agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors. >> this could mean that mueller's team has more evidence

about contacts between people close to trump and russians during the 2016 campaign. here's senior white house correspondent pamela brown. >> reporter: mueller's team outlined in a heavily redacted filing how they believe and why they believe paul manafort lied in, quote, multiple ways on and on multiple occasions. manafort they say lied to the special counsel's office regarding his contact with the trump administration this year. even after his indictment he said he didn't talk to anyone in the administration or convey messages to them. mueller says that's not true. his team says manafort told a person to talk to a trump administration official this past may and had contact with administration officials including a senior administration official in february and may of this year. and so this new and damaging information for the white house comes at a time when every move by mueller appears to bring his investigation deeper into the white house and trump's inner circle. shows it has expanded well

beyond what may or may not have happened in the 2016 campaign. these revolutions of mueller's filings raises questions about why paul manafort may have been lying about these contacts and who the contacts were made with. sarah sanders, the press secretary, released a statement in response to this saying that it has nothing do with the president and that the media is making up a story. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> thank you. let's bring back wesley lowery and page pate. wesley, to you, a lot of the manafort document was redacted as expected. this revelation of communications or directing someone to communicate with the white house on his behalf as late as may 26th of this year, he'd been indicted for months by then. what's the significance of that? >> certainly. we obviously like you said a lot of these documents have been redacted. there's a lot we don't know and

don't know everything that mueller and his team know. seems clear based on the timing of this that one of the reasons that manafort might have been attempting to contact the white house could be an effort to secure a party. to security some type of legal help from the president. again, this is after paul manafort had been indicted. he was facing serious legal jeopardy. this was at a time right after the president to of the fanfare had issued a posthumous pardon to jack johnson. you remember the tweets at that time. it raises a question of what was paul manafort attempting to communicate to the white house and what was he trying to get back. to go back to what white house press secretary sarah sanders said that there was no new information here -- this is real new information about a contact between paul manafort and the white house, ongoing attempts at contact, that might raise questions about what the president and the white house were doing and communicating to witnesses as well as subjects of investigations in ongoing investigations. it raises the specter of

potential additional obstruction of justice. >> page, i wonder what your greatest takeaway is from the manafort document. but also on the heels of what we heard from wesley about that call to the white house. what's the legal exposure for the person on the other end of that call? this administration official, the senior administration official? >> well, it depends on what they said. is it possible they're trying to influence paul manafort's testimony and his anticipated cooperation with the government? are they trying to put him in there as a mole in the investigation where he's feeding information back to trump's lawyers and people in the white house while he's facing indictment? while he's working out a cooperation agreement later in the year? we really don't know. but what i've found fascinating is that the special counsel knew those contacts took place. paul manafort said i had no contacts, but they were able to produce text messages. so whose text messages are they following? are they monitoring communication from someone else in the white house? and if they have this on manafort, what other communications do they have

evidence of that we don't know about yet? i think there's a lot more here that the special counsel has that we may see in the ultimate report that we're not seeing in the sentencing documents. >> yeah. there was a lot of news that happened in the last 24, 36 hours. and i want to get to some of the shakeup in the administration. the president says that he will nominate heather nauert, the state department spokesperson now, former fox news reader, with abc news, to replace nikki haley. i want to start with looking at a couple of the highlights of ambassador haley's time at the united nations and talk on the other side. watch. >> russia can complain all it wants about fake news. no one is buying its lies and its cover-ups. the russian government has offered only denials and counter accusations. anything to deflect attention and distract from its guilt. lying, cheating, and rogue behavior has being the new norm

of the russian culture. what we witnessed this weekend is jet another reckless russian escalation. >> wesley, whenever there were questions for this administration about their commitment to holding russia accountable, they would point out to nikki haley at the united nations and say that's evidence of this administration being tough on russia. there's reports that the secretary of state, john bolton, the national security adviser, want to down grade the position -- duowngrade the position, nota cabinet-level position. why do that now considering the importance thus far in the administration as it relates to russia? do they want it to be just a glorified spokesperson role? >> certainly. i think you're right to point out the role that nikki haley played and being, frankly, the administration official who manafort unequivocally condemned russia and was willing to attack russia at times when the russian interests, russian behavior was in contradiction with american

interests. so it's going to be interesting to see what they do with the position now, having nikki haley exit the administration opens up a bit of a power vacuum. what we see as moving someone potentially with less diplomatic experience and public service experience. someone who has played a spokesperson role historically. prior to that being in a more journalistic role. so this could be a means for other people in the administration, be it bolton, be it others, to consolidate their power in terms of our foreign policy and to consolidate their envelope and their portfolio here. again, what you see is one of the most outspoken and charismatic figures of this administration stepping asides. and that opens up a space and -- i wouldn't be surprise to see a power grab from folks inside the white house. >> page, evan perez reports that big barr, the president's nominee for attorney general, took the job and initially didn't want it but some republican power players urged him to take for the good of the institution. what's the significance of

having a man come in who initially didn't want job? >> it's a very important position obviously. right now that position is going to be critical to determine what happens next. we know from the regulations that the special counsel's office will prepare a report. i think that's going to be sooner rather than later. what happens to that report will ultimately be up to whoever's supervi supervising the investigation. mr. rosenstein, mr. whitaker, perhaps mr. barr at some point. the ultimate question is what do we do if there is evidence that the president committed a crime. and we want an teattorney gener in office who's going to follow the law and not the politics. hopefully bill barr is that guy. >> thank you both. >> thank you. we want to step back for a moment to remind you where we are with this mueller investigation so far. we have 36 indictments and 6 guilty pleas. so far president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort has been convicted for financial fraud. trump's former personal attorney, michael cohen, made a plea deal for lying to congress

about a potential real estate deal in moscow. trump's former white house national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi last year. trump's former fbi adviser, rick gates, pled guilty to making false statements to the fbi. and his former foreign policy adviser, georgepapadopoulos, pled guilty to making false statements to the fbi last year. in doesn't include the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, and his son, donald trump jr. there's a big winter storm that's making the way across the southern states. millions of people preparing for rain and snow and ice. we'll tell you who's under the gun.

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much of the southeast will get. the southeast concern is widespread amounts of four inches. but look at all of this snow. now yes, some of the higher amounts may end up being in the higher elevations of the appalachians, but cities like charlotte, for example, could even potentially get it -- especial the northern suburbs, maybe over a foot of snow before this system is finally said and done. here's a look at that map. here's before charlotte sits. charlotte is in mecklenburg county. the northern suburbs could get close to a foot. the southern suburbs may only get two to four inches. there's a very fine line that runs basically along the interstate 85 corridor. folks to the north stand a good chance of getting substantial snow. folks south of that may hardly get anything. but the key thing to note is that a lot of this depends on timing because you really need that really cool air to come into place. we'll have to keep a close eye on this over the next 24 hours. >> certainly will. allison chinchar, thank you very

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25% off that stay. he was once known as president trump's fixer. prosecutors want michael cohen to face substantial jail time, as much as four years for tax fraud and campaign finance crimes. some of which they say cohen committed at the direction of president trump. >> and in a separate filing, robert mueller says cohen not only lied about his context with

russia but that one russian national actually offered cohen, quote, political synergy between the kremlin and the trump campaign. cohen, who pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes this summer and was charged with one count of lying to congress by mueller's office, is set to be sentenced next week. joining me now to discuss all of this is bruce single, he worked with robert mueller in the u.s. attorney's office in boston. good morning to you, bruce. >> reporter: good morning. >> thank you very much for being with us. we're kind of going through these filings from yesterday. there's a lot of moving pieces here. you work -- obviously you worked with mueller and you work in this sort of work. what are -- what conclusions are you drawing from these this morning? >> the biggest conclusion is that not surprisingly mueller knows much more than we know, and much of what he knows is tantalizing in the way it's hinted at in these papers. in the cohen paper, for example, from mueller's office.

we see descriptions of not only the false statements that cohen made to congress, but most particularly references to cohen telling the special counsel about the circumstances that he prepared and circulated these false statements that hints bradley -- broadly at the possibility of others potentially at high levels in the white house and elsewhere who participated in preparing the false statements that he pled guilty to. there are also tantalizing references to many secret recordings that he made and text messages and those represent a potential treasure trove for mueller. >> so knowing mueller, help us understand him a little bit more. we see him a little bit. we really -- we don't ever really hear from him. help us get in his head. how methodical is he? whoa what is his process?

what did -- what is his sflosz wh -- his process? >> i've always said that mueller's appointment as special counsel perhaps surprisingly is both good news and bad news for trump. first the bad news -- he is extremely detailed, thorough, meticulous, and methodical in his approach. he's like a dog with a bone. he will leave no stone unturned in his effort to find who committed what crimes at the highest possible levels. now with that as the bad news, one might ask, well, what possible good news could there be. and the good news is that he is a person of principle. he will not go beyond a slavish devotion to where the law and the facts actually take him which means that while he'll go as far as it will take him, he will not go beyond, and of the

-- there are 325 million people in the united states, and he would be the last on that list to be waging some sort of partisan political agenda to charge somebody with crimes he didn't believe could be proven. >> right. i did -- i wanted to ask you that. the president has accused him of being partisan, of being part of this witch hunt that's going after the president and the people around him. but it sounds like you never found any of that in your dealings with him or the way you know him. >> he's the straightest shooter you can find. apolitical -- i've read he's a republican. i had no idea that was it. but this is the last person in the world who would be charging somebody with crimes based on a political agenda. i might note also that ironically we see in the papers filed yesterday for the very first time an explicit charge that the president engaged in federal crimes in terms of the

campaign contribution violations that cohen engaged in. and ironically it wasn't mueller who made the charge, it was the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. so i suppose he's now partisan, as well. >> yeah. and quickly before we go, i would like to ask, is there one moment that kind of defined him to you when you guys were working together, or a little anecdote to share it -- to share about the man at the center of this incredibly important investigation? >> it's not a terribly exciting one, but i think it represents -- it's representative in terms of as the chief of the criminal division, he had to approve and review all indictments. and i remember my first dealing with him giving him a complicated, lengthy indictment thinking, well, he'll just, you know, blow through this and -- and approve it by rote. and i got it back with dozens of

red felt-tip pen comments on everything from typos to spelling issues to names or sites incorrect. that showed me the attention to detail and the demand for perfection that is characteristic of bob. >> meticulous. bruce single, thank you very much for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. football game full of history. the very first army-navy faceoff was played back in 1890. there is one thing that is different this year -- uniforms. coy, where is your hat? you started with a hot -- with a hat, now there's no hat. >> reporter: i knew we were going to be talking about fashion and uniforms, and i didn't want you to be judging. i'm not feeling whether you would like my hat or not. you will really like these uniforms. yeah, we're going to talk about navy and army. got to hear who you guys think have the best uniforms in this year's match-up. we'll hear from the players, as well, coming up.

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