the prosecutor was talking, andrew weissman was laying out their argument. he just looked straight.e didn't look at the prosecutor. paul manafort did not look at the prosecutor as he was speaking, essentially saying paul manafort has lied and the judge should take that into consideration. >> reporter: this is someone who was the trump campaign chairman. and just to think about the fall from grace from when he was the campaign chairman to now, as he faces his final sentencing this really caps it all off today. the judge has a maximum of ten years she can sentence him to. will she stack on any years to the four years he's already been given or will they run concurre concurre concurrent. >> reporter: this is perhaps the last big argument that we're going to see from the special counsel's office about their case, about this two-year investigation. this is the last time that we're going to hear them speak in court. what this means for them, keep in mind that paul manafort was the center, was really the center of this investigation for quite some time. this is now coming to an end. hearin

quote, andrew weissman seen wearing a tan suit to work today. what?this photo of andrew weissman picking up lunch with fellow prosecutors today in washington, d.c. he described it adds a tan blazer and chinos, but looked like a tan suit. it is possible that andrew weissman was just celebrating the first day of spring today. it is also possible that this is senioritis. but in any case, you do you, andrew weissman. i know that people get upset about tan suits. i think that looks nice on you. or squirm a democratic presidential candidate tonight. i'll talk policy and politics with former hud secretary

just a few hours after that, dana, we confirmed through the special counsel's office that andrew weissmans leaving. some are reading this as another indicator that the high profile case is winding down. but the facts are weissman was the gate keeper for the manafort case. his portfolio is empty. >> dana: his to-do list is all crossed off. thank you very much. for more on this, former deputy assistant, attorney general. andrew weissman, prosecutor, as catherine and i were just talking about, does this give us indication that if he is not having anything more to do with the mueller investigation and coming back to new york, he'll be working at nyu and teaching there, does that give you a sense that the mueller investigation is wrapping up? >> dana, i think you've got it about right. weissmann is pretty much the lead prosecutor for the mueller team. so that, plus scheduling the roger stone trial in november. it looks like the last weisses of the investigation are falling into place. really, all we've got to wait for is the report itself to be submitted to attorney general barr an then whatev

today the eagle eyed cnn robert mueller's office stakeout team caught andrew weissman showing up to work today in something unexpe unexpected. seen wearing a tan suit to work today. "the new york times" then tweeted this photo of andrew wi weissman picking up lunch today in washington, d.c. looks pretty close to a tan suit. it is possible that andrew weissman was just celebrating the first day of spring today. it is also possible that this is senioritis. but in any case, you do you, andrew weissman. i know that people get upset about tan suits. i think that looks nice on you. now it is time for the last word! they don't just get upset about it. do you remember when this was a week long scandal when barack obama wore a tan suit? >> well, the thing is that because of that, because we have all lived through that, you can't help but think any time somebody wears a suit that it is a signal. >> they are just looking for trouble. >>> all right. tonight as we await the mueller report, one of the people that wrote the rules for special counsel will join me to discuss why those rules exist and why

andrew weissman has been working with him, hand in hand. tomorrow we'll see whether or not, if they come out, if the special counsel comes out tomorrow and says we're done with him, he's ready to be sentenced, that will also tell us that his cooperation is coming to an end, they don't need him for anything else. they're comfortable now to say you know what? let's set a sentencing date. so that's going to be significant and indication to us and also parts hifs involvement in this investigation are over. >> we'll see what happens tomorrow together with you, shimon. thank you very much. >>> let's discuss all of this and more. republican congressman of indiana is joining us, member of the armed services committee. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, wolf. >> let's begin with today's vote in the senate blocking the president's national emergency declaration. i support the president 100% on the need for stronger border security and wall. but i can't deny my reservations about the precedent and implications the president's large-scal

andrew weissman, the lead prosecutor says his actions after that are a reflection of someone who does have remorse, someone who does not have a moral compass, someone who could look in the eyes of fbi acts and tgents and lie repeatedly. paul manafort tried to paint a very different picture of himself sitting in the wheelchair, showing remorse, saying that he is fully apologetic and accepts responsibility. >> we're back in section. the judge amy berman jackson has taken the bench. she took a brief recess after paul manafort finished speaking. she is now back on the bench. we will see what she has to say in terms of paul manafort, his contact, what she thinks he ultimately deserves. just to highlight something that pam said, i think this is not lost on the special counsel's team of what this day means for them. we have seen some emotion from them in court today, the lead prosecutor andrew weissman speaking softly at times. our producers inside said he sounded a little nervous. some of the prosecutors there after the judge left the bench, the prosecutors were hugging with an fbi agent. s

trump went after him on twitter, sighting andrew weissman's horrible and vicious prosecutorial past. his larger role in the mueller inquiry. >> why would robert mueller hire a guy like andrew weissman with that atrocious track record. why was he appointed? it was a fishing expedition and it was an effort to get trump from the beginning. mueller's lead prosecutor in this case is working hard to make sure that happens. >> what the special counsel has done, he has chosen his jack the ripper like leader andrew wiseman to use the type of tactics that are properly reserved for mafia gangs for terrorists. >> i've called mr. weissman the posterboy for prosecutorial misconduct. you. >> get the drift. there's another telling personn personnel shift, mueller's top fbi investigator david archie has also left to become the agent in charge of the richmond field office. a top counter intelligence official archie had been the senior fbi agent assigned to mueller's team. multiple law enforcement officials tell nbc news that mueller has farmed out cases not directly related to russia, to other justice

today the eagle eyed cnn robert mueller's office stakeout team caught andrew weissman showing up to work"the new york times" then tweeted this photo of andrew wi weissman picking up lunch today in washington, d.c. looks pretty close to a tan suit. it is possible that andrew weissman was just celebrating the first day of spring today. it is also possible that this is senioritis. but in any case, you do you, andrew

why was mueller's pit bull, his top prosecutor andrew weissman, a guy who attended hillary clinton's victory party that never transpired. he was a top investigator for mueller. and strzok was involved from the get-go. he was the one that was calling trump supporters smelly walmart shoppers, saying that hillary clinton should win 100 million to 0. he referred to trump as a deplorable human being. he saw the russia probe as an insurance policy to stop trump in case he wins. and don't forget how they rigged -- he was the one that interviewed hillary clinton in her investigation and he was writing her exoneration in may of 2016 before they did the investigation in july. and he interviewed hillary on july 2nd. and then they started investigating donald trump. and what about the biggest slam dunk obstruction of justice case ever? if i had subpoenaed 33,000 emails, i delete them, acid wash my hard drive, and then bust up my devices with hammers, and remove sim cards, i think i would be in jail for a long time. we had classified top-secret information on hillary's server. yeah, including hil

an dry weissman is lea andrew weissman is leaving. how michael wolf describes him. >> you got the lebron james of money laundering investigations on you. >> what does it say about the rest of the investigation? >> well, katy, i think between this news and many other pieces that you have reported on and we have talked about, it is pretty clear that the mueller report i think will, whatever that is will be coming out in some form in the near future and that mueller's office, the special counsel's office as we now know it will probably start to break up, right? i don't think andrew weissman will be the only departure we are hearing about. he's certainly the most important one and most senior and most experienced prosecutor, period and particularly with respect to money laundering. i think what we are seeing and going to learn more about even through the mueller report is a hand-off of certain investigations and pieces of evidence and things that need to still be tracked down. there is still too many loose ends in my opinion and many othe

but breaking tonight, in a sign that we are nearing the end of the witch-hunt andrew weissman is now stepping away from team mueller. maybe time to investigate him. i guess he is not happy that the witch-hunt is going to come up short of their goal. and here with more is the hill's john solomon ohio congressman jim jordan and author of the number one best seller the russian hoax the illicit scheme to clear hillary clinton and frame donald trump now in paperback. let's start john solomon with you and your breaking news. this is amazing. papadopoulos and page exculpatory information was withheld from the fisa court on top of what we know? >> yeah. listen, today is the day more than any other that you can see the dual justice system. can you see in peter strzok how the fbi took evidence of criminality. the negligent handling of email turned it into exxonner race and took the innocence and turned it into a criminal investigation against donald trump. it's extraordinary what we learned is that these two men the two focuses george papadopoulos and lisa page the opened up the russia investi

. >> a spokesman for special counsel mueller confirms that top prosecutor andrew weissman is steppingin what may be the latest clue the russia investigation is winding down. but the timing also reflects that former campaign chairman paul manafort's sentencing is now complete in d.c. and virginia. weissman was the lead prosecutor. and weissman was also in court today as political operative roger stone learned his trial date is set for november 5th. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. >> the yeas are 420, the nays are zero. >> on the house floor with rare bipartisan support, lawmakers voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution to incourage attorney general william barr to release mueller's full report to both congress and the country. >> a vote for this resolution will send a clear signal to both the american people and to the department of justice that congress believes transparency is a fundamental principle necessary to ensure that government remains accountable to the public. >> the special counsel statute known as 26 cr 600 sandy confidential report to the attorney general. during co

it is possible that andrew weissman was just celebrating the first day of spring today. it is also possible that this is senioritis. but in any case, you do you, andrew weissman. i know that people get upset about tan suits. i think that looks nice on you. or squirm a democratic presidential candidate tonight. i'll talk policy and politics with former hud secretary and mayor of san antonio julian castro. they said we're closing it. and i said no, we're not. >> literally took a few minutes for the president to go off the rails and distract from his own message by launching an unprompted attack on a deceased war hero. >> they asked me about a man james john mccain. so i have to be honest. i've never liked him much. hasn't been for me. i've really probably never will. i gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president, i had to approve. i don't care about this. i didn't get a thank you. that's okay. we sent i am on the way, but i wasn't a fan of john mccain. it was the president's feuds that seemed to be on his mind the most today, not his economic promises.

that's manage andrew weissman is trying to emphasize. the average sentence for tax fraud in the united states is around two or three years but this is a much different case than that. >> i'm going to ask everybody to stay where you are. ken, julia, tom, barbara, chuck, amy, alek ya. we're going to try to sneak in a quick break before manafort does address the judge. we want to talk about that and the other bomb shell court case that's been making news. what the feds are calling the largest college admission scheme ever. it's not over yet. celebrities may be just the beginning as we wait for an appearance by one in court today. by one in court today. to deal with shave irritation. so, we re-imagined the razor with the new gillette skinguard. it has a unique guard between the blades. that's designed to reduce irritation during the shave. because we believe all men deserve a razor just for them. the best a man can get. gillette. we really pride ourselvesglass, on making it easy to get your windshield fixed. with safelite, you can see exactl

andrew weissman in a tan suit. i think we have the picture here. there we go.ecutors. he's leaving. so you're not going to go into court, you're not going into a big legal meeting in a suit like that. >> no, you're not, and thaelts the thing. that's gina rini in the middle. she's been coming into court and it's all very interesting suit. >> louis vuitton shoes. that's the segue. >>> brianna keilar -- i don't know what she's wearing for shoes -- starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. >>> underway right now. in a new closing argument president trump suggests that people will revolt if the mueller report isn't favorable to him. >>> america's top diplomat said god sent donald trump to save the jews. >>> plus two deadly crashes in months, and it's becoming clearer putting boeing's max 8s in the air, it was a safety risk. >>> when asked w

andrew weissman stepping down from the special council this week. why was thiss guy there to begin with that cost 20,000 people their jobs and was unanimous lerebuked by the supreme court? hannity: congressman, where's horowitz? what do these guys do? why is it taking to long? >> horowitz is the inspector general for the department of justice. he's been working on this for nearly a year. i have some belief it'll take another month or two. theyha buried him in more than a million types of documents but ultimately, i think he'll be the key authority on this. he has looked at it and seen it much further and wider than anyone else.an unfortunately, it's never fast enough, sean. it's never ever fast enough. huber who is the u.s. attorney in utah that was appointed by sessions to overlook some of this stuff, i've absolutely no idea what he's doing. i've not heard one word and most concerning is that the witnesses that were put forward by mike meadows and jim jordon and encouraged them to talk, they've never even been interviewed. we can tell he's make not

on the one hand, andrew weissman, top deputy, is leaving. there's lots of people who are reporting who i presume have decent sources and are very smart who say it's winding down. then on the other hand you have rick gates whose sentencing has been postponed yet again. >> for the fifth time. >> for the fifth time. that makes it seem likes the work of the special counsel is not done. >> another apparent area of concern for the president is this man, the house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler of new york. he's leading one of several congressional investigations. more on that just ahead. and as we mentioned, trump also lashed out at arizona senator john mccain who died almost seven months ago. he slammed mccain for passing the christopher steele dossier along to the fbi back in 2016. "so it was, indeed, just proven in court papers that last in his class at annapolis, john mccain, that sent that fake dossier to the fbi and media hoping to have it printed before the election. he and the democrats working together failed as usual, even the

. >> it's fascinating and you could reverse the nesting dolls and say you have mueller and andrew weissman and now you have sdny and now you have cy vance. you have prosecutor nesting dolls. >> dah. >> don't forget the attorney general of new york. >> i would never. great to have you both here. why did he lie? we're staying on that part of the story. thank you. >>> up ahead, a former u.s. attorney who literally prosecuted the boston marathon bombing weighs in on new evidence about donald trump trying to basically meddle in the sdny probe. that's ahead. the sdny pbero that's ahead us as people. they see us as profits. we're paying the highest prescription drug prices in the world so they can make billions? americans shouldn't have to choose between buying medication and buying food for our families. it's time for someone to look out for us. congress, stop the greed. cut drug prices now. (driver) relax, it's just a bug. that's not a bug, that's not a bug! (burke) hit and drone. seen it, covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bu

but that office, we have seen andrew weissman is leaving. one of the central fbi agents is leaving.oing to hear about other prosecutors leaving. i don't think mueller and his team frankly want to or can sustain what they have been doing. people left their family for two years. they're working 80 to 100-hour weeks around the clock. and i think bob mueller is a creature of the department of justice and wants to hand as much of this off to the department of justice, which is not a bad thing. you know, the department of justice offices all around the country and the main justice itself is more than capable of handling much of this whatever this is exactly. and so i think that we may see a report from bob mueller, but that doesn't mean that the investigations and certainly not the prosecutions are over. we know roger stone is going to trial in november. >> right. >> you know, there are going to be other prosecutors. and that's just one example. >> we have four open cases right now. roger stone, we have a trial. michael flynn is ready for sentencing. gates still cooperating. michael cohen

interesting that they put the names of the special counsel's office, the prosecutors from there, one is andrew weissmanleaving in a matter of weeks. they are doing that strategically. revealing other prosecutors on this court filing would tell us where the other investigations are going, where they are ongoing. they don't want to do that. >> keep looking for clues. we find some, but there's a lot we don't know. thank you very much. >>> the breaking news continues. the administration misses the deadline to provide three house committees with details of president trump's meeting with vladimir putin. is the trump team stonewalling? the way they subscribe to movies. we don't follow the naysayers. ♪ ♪ i've done all sorts of research, read earnings reports, looked at chart patterns. i've even built my own historic trading model. and you're still not sure if you want to make the trade? exactly. sounds like a case of analysis paralysis. is there a cure? td ameritrade's trade desk. they can help gut check your strategies and answer all your toughest questions. sounds perfect. see, your stress level was here and

on the one hand, andrew weissman, top deputy, is leaving. there's lots of people who are reporting who i presume have decent sources and are very smart who say it's winding down. then on the other hand you have rick gates whose sentencing has been postponed yet again. >> for the fifth time. >> for the fifth time. that makes it seem likes the work of the special counsel is not done. >> another apparent area of concern for the president is this man, the house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler of new york. he's leading one of several congressional investigations. more on that just ahead. and as we mentioned, trump also lashed out at arizona senator john mccain who died almost seven months ago. he slammed mccain for passing the christopher steele dossier along to the fbi back in 2016. "so it was, indeed, just proven in court papers that last in his class at annapolis, john mccain, that sent that fake dossier to the fbi and media hoping to have it printed before the election. he and the democrats working together failed as usual, even the

i wanted to ask you about prosecutor andrew weissman. he's a key member of mueller's team.one's court appearance today. he's expected to leave the office and the doj soon. this is what steve bannon actually referred to him to michael wolff as the lebron james of money laundering investigation, so -- i know. so his departure. what does that signal for you? >> having led an agency of people that are very dedicated investigative personnel, involved in a very large investigation like a wiretap investigation, things like this, they want to stay on forever to see it to its conclusion. now absent a personal reason or personal calamity in his family, i don't think he just decided that, hey, look, let me get going. they want to see this to the conclusion so it leads me to believe that they are concluding and his efforts aren't necessarily as dramatic because it's going to move into a different phase. >> yep. okay. you like that? good to see you. >>> just a reminder, the senate is set to rebuke president trump over his emergency declaration and we're just now learning one republican

she's been with andrew weissman, another prosecutor that is leaving. she wascused on michael flynn.at, as well. what peter carr, the spokesperson from the special couple's office said, she is going to continue to handle matters, even though she will not be with the special counsel's office. her detail at the special counsel's office is over. she's done there. she's going to take whatever she's been working on with her. when mueller is done, whatevene that may be, there are parts of this investigation that are going to continue and live on, like people like this prosecutor. and that's something that, you know, i think it's important for people to understand. that even if mueller is done, that does not mane that parts of this investigation do not live on. and there can be many parts of this investigation that are going to live on for quite some time. >> gentlemen, thank you. i appreciate it. >>> if the white house exerts executive privilege over mueller's findings? congressman eric swalwell will abc that, next. kind of like how you get 24/7 access to licensed agents with geico. hmm? y

andrew weissman, he was the top mueller investigator, he prosecuted these cases, he's very close to robert mueller. he's now leaving the office. they've announced he's leaving. and congress is even readying for this with the house unanimously passing last week a bill to make the mueller report public. so we're seeing all these signals that it's wrapping up. there is a wrinkle with rick gates, he's the former trump deputy campaign chairman. the special counsel office said they're not ready for his sentencing saying that he's still cooperating with ongoing investigations but the mueller investigation is not the only element of doj that's conducting investigations related to this. the u.s. attorney's naufs manhattan is investigating the president's inaugural committee. it's quite likely that's one of the investigations that's being referred to in that. so until then we're going to watch and wait and be ready for the mueller report which we're expecting to comeny d any day n >> as kara laid everything out there for us, we love to play the game are these all the signs, look at the crystal ball.

also andrew weissman, also leaving the investigation.ach at nyu law. and then we got another just yesterday. another counter terrorism prosecutor, she worked on the flynn case. she also has gone back to her old job. and, yes, the special counsel is basically done with mike flynn in terms of his cooperation. but that is not the only case she was working on. she's also been part of the mystery case involving mueller's office and some mystery corporation we're not allowed to know the name of that's run by some foreign country we're not allowed to know the name of either. that case does not seem to be done. she was part of that but nevertheless she's leaving the special counsel's office. and what do we make of these departures? i mean, it's been argued that in some cases more was made of these exits than should have been made. but there's now enough of them they're sort of starting to feel like a critical mass. whether or not mueller is wrapping up and how would we know? it's also seeming relevant that the mueller team is starting in some im

what do you make of the fact that we know now that one of mueller's top prosecutors, andrew weissman,ch? >> i used to work with him ten years ago when he was in director mueller's office of the fbi, close to mueller then, one of the smartest lawyers i ever worked with. the talent he brings to the table and also his closeness to mueller. we used to look at the kremlin 25 years ago. i don't really know what's going on. i'm going to interpret by who stands next to who at the parade. that indicates we're reaching the end game. i'm mildly irritated here. all you have to do is say the american people have the right to have some idea why we spent all this money on the biggest political investigation in nearly half a century. and barr also gets to say, as mk said, if there are private citizens who are charged, we should protect them. we just finished that. what's the next subject? they'll spend six months debating. >> symone, let's remember people just this week, just this week we learned that the former national security adviser michael flynn is done cooperating with robert mueller and ready

on the other hand, andrew weissman has been the second most powerful person in the special counsel'sffice, having his hand in a lot of different things and speaking in court from time to time. it would seem odd that someone like andrew would leave before they are close to wrapping up what they think is the investigative portion of their work. i should add, there are times -- it happened in my office -- when someone who is centrally important as a supervisor to an ongoing litigation or criminal investigation for various reasons decides to leave, personal or otherwise. that happens. it's happening in other places as we speak right now. still overall, i think it indicates that a large portion of the more complicated investigative aspect of the work i'm prepared to believe is drawing to a close. >> the first indictments we saw from the mueller team, they were paul manafort and rick gates, his deputy. now we have seen judge ellis in virginia, judge jackson here in washington, sentence manafort to a total of 7 1/2 years in prison. how does that reflect on mueller investigation and on manaf

i want to know if you are doing things like the lead prosecutor andrew weissman going on to other thingsally you are putting resources in to fund this probe by mueller until september. what does it look like? what do those things mean to you. >> it means there is still wrap up work to be done. apparently he is clearly in a phase down mode but it takes a while weeks perhaps months to bring everything to conclusion and getting all the sentencing done. of course he owes this confidential report to the attorney general so there is work to do. >> >> harris: so is there any doubt we would get to see that? did anyone listen to what at the confirmation hearing what william barr said our new ag who has been an ag before so he knows people are going to be listening and writing down his words? he said look i have a good relationship with robert mueller. reportedly that caught some people in the white house by surprise. sincere how long they have known each other and fully intended to release it according to rules and regulations. why 420 trying to get to see it if he already said he would do. >> it

so with the departure of andrew weissman and the wraupg of some investigations and handing off of other investigations, maybe bob mueller can make short work of whatever is left. that does not mean that all sorts of people won't remain in jeopardy. but i don't know. >> all right. that was a firm maybe on one part and an i don't know on another. phil rucker, let me ask you about the politics of this. if we indeed are about to go into a kind of dark side of the moon phase where the report will reside with the attorney general who takes his time, he's under no time constraint to move quickly, the democrats on the hill i'm presuming are going to make their presence known to this west wing each and every day of the president's life. >> i think that's right, brian. and they're going to do so in a couple of ways. one is i think as soon as we get word that the report has been transmitted to the attorney general you're going to hear a drumbeat from the democrats in congress about releasing the report in full to the congress, which is effectively releasing it to the american people. they're going

so with the departure of andrew weissman and the wraupg of some investigations and handing off of other investigations, maybe bob mueller can make short work of whatever is left. that does not mean that all sorts of people won't remain in jeopardy. but i don't know. >> all right. that was a firm maybe on one part and an i don't know on another. phil rucker, let me ask you about the politics of this. if we indeed are about to go into a kind of dark side of the moon phase where the report will reside with the attorney general who takes his time, he's under no time constraint to move quickly, the democrats on the hill i'm presuming are going to make their presence known to this west wing each and every day of the president's life. >> i think that's right, brian. and they're going to do so in a couple of ways. one is i think as soon as we get word that the report has been transmitted to the attorney general you're going to hear a drumbeat from the democrats in congress about releasing the report in full to the congress, which is effectively releasing it to the american people. they're going

when you talk about the look of astonishment on prosecutors' faces, evan, let me ask you about andrew weissman. i understand he's in the room, the star celebrity prosecutor on team mueller. could you see his face? >> reporter: yes, you could see his face. he showed no emotion. he sat there sort of stone faced. there were a couple other prosecutors who sort of had the look of astonishment. look, as the judge spoke and he said how he felt these guidelines of 19 to 24 months, 24 years, rather, were out of whack, you could see them chatting with each other and looking at each other. i think they were starting to brace for what was coming. they knew that this was not going to be anywhere near what they were hoping for. and, look, i think one of the things the prosecution did, the special counsel did, is they didn't argue for the 19 to 24. they just simply cited that as the guidelines and said, you know, judge, take a look at that and use that as your guidepost. they didn't argue very strongly for that. so i think -- i think they were prepared for a lot less than 19 to 24. i don't know that they wer

andrew weissman, top deputy is leaving, decent sources say it's winding down.d. >> for the fifth time. >> for the fifth time. he's continuing to cooperate in not one but several t seem lations, that makes it all rige the work of the special counsel is not done. >> thank you so much, aka drama queen, according to your i l 10-year-old daughter. >> read the book. >> i love that part. -- and learn about his son and rubic's cube. >> the whole family. >> we set the book up well. we've done justice. >> hold it up higher. >> we've done justice. >> doing justice, as it goes on unexpeomorrow. >>> one nba team toned to an unexpected group. the washington wizard's dance >>> the washington wizards dance team for seniors is showing fans you are only as old as you feel. the dancers called the wisdom are all at least age 50. some are much older. jan crawford caught up with the team and tried out some of their moves. she's with the wisdom at capital one arena in d.c. where the wizards play. can't wait to see your moves. >> reporter: to know in about that, but i got to say move

i think with andrew weissman leaving that is an indication that maybe the investigation is wrapping up, but if you look back, weissman was very key on the manafort part of the investigation. with manafort's both cases being sentenced already, he might just be done with his work and ready to move on. that does not necessarily mean that mueller and his whole team is moving on. as we said, gates is still out there cooperating and there are these individuals that cynthia pointed out that are key to the stone indictment that we want to see -- we're going to have to find out is mueller going to go after them, are they criminally implicated enough to have cases brought against them as well and who are they? is that going to come out in a report to congress or in a separate case against them? >> steven, switching gears to the report itself a little bit. president trump is claiming this morning that he told leadership to let all republicans vote for transparency but just yesterday he said there should be no russia report from the special counsel after the house unanimously voted thursday to mak

can you tell me about andrew wei ssman and ahmad? >> so weissmanthe number two it's mueller's deputy he was involved in the custody of the dossier so in early 2016, he was given the dossier. this is somebody, him and the other individual that's mentioned there both doj people, both on the mueller team. they shouldn't be involved in this investigation. i don't know, well, and the questions that my colleagues are asking is, you know, there's clear regulations that doj has that you know you can't be conflicted and so they're asking questions. look did they disclose to mueller before mueller picked them that they were involved in the chain of custody of this dossier because i will tell you i don't know that they're going to have any criminal indictments or not, but if i was any attorney, i'd be saying look, these people that are bringing this forward they shouldn't be involved in this because they are biased we already know the people kicked off but you also have the fact that these two individuals that jim jordan and mark meadows are asking about were

that could be how we see it, but i think that weissman leaving is a sign he's wrapping down because it's not just andrewolation. the top fbi agent left the office. and joined the richmond office of the fbi a week ago. and i know there are other prosecutors in mueller's office in talks right now about what their next job is. when you look at it altogether, it's a sign mueller goes away, even if the justice department doesn't. >> matt, let me bring you back to roger stone. per the notes from inside the courtroom, a trial date has been set. it will be november 5th. so roger stone has some months to go before he gets back in front of a judge. judge jackson says this will be at least a two-week trial. and i'm just looking through the notes here. she didn't want to talk about the book publication part of the situation because she's taking it under advisement. they went into detail about the actual publication, the day of the book versus when they thought it was going to be released. trial set for roger stone is two weeks. does it seem about right to you? >> to me, yeah. that seems about right. and that seems

jack the ripper like leader andrew wi wiseman -- weissmann to use the type of tactics that are properly reserved for mafia gangs for terrorists. >> i've called mr. weissman the poster boy for prosecutorial misconduct. >> you get the drift. there's another telling personnel shift, mueller's top fbi investigator david archie has also left to become the agent in charge of the richmond field office. a top counterintelligence official archey had been the senior fbi agent assigned to mueller's team. and, quote, multiple law enforcement officials tell nbc news that mueller has farmed out cases not directly related to russia, to other justice department offices. today we learned that the case against roger stone will go to trial november 5 of this year. the judge also declined to change stone's gag order wording for now. former trump national security adviser michael flynn's sentencing has been delayed until mid-yuen. his lawyers say in the meantime, he plans to cooperate with prosecutors on a different case. ex-trump campaign official rick gates may well find out about his sentencing tomorrow. if he's not given a sentencing date, that will likely mean he is sti

yeah, i u know weissman, i kw archie, both very, very competent in their respective fields, both very experienced. it isth hard to imagine the special counsel doing much more without both andrewnd dave on the team. so the fact that they are leaving and in fact in dave archie's case, it sounds like he may have already left to take the new post in richmond, i guess is a good indication that the special counsel work is wrapping up. again, i can't imagine that the special counsel would have a lot more to do and would want to do it without those two individuals on the team. >> paul -- >> but we'll see. >> paul, it looks like paul manafort is going to be spending the next seven plus years in prison, unless president trump offers a pardon at some point. but manafort could still facetiface time on other charges, the manhattan district attorney announcing mortgage stfraud, conspiracy and other charges against him. is it possible manafort would try and moundt a double jeopard defense here? >> i don't think so. there's so many pathways to further prosecution thatth he's opened up with his own behavior. he needs to have learned from his lessons, pissing often the judge, pissing off the s