remember, george papadopoulos, h lieutenant general flynn lying and the fbi didn't think that flynn wasdopoulos is basically a nonplayer kid in all of this. why would the president think anything but a perjury trap awaits him? >> i think that that is obviously what the problem is for him here. we have a history of this investigation where one person remembers something one way, somebody else remembers it a different way. the same thing happened with general flynn. first they decide he'she telling the truth. then they decide that he's not. 30 hours of conversation about what the president was saying and what he was thinking in connection with the very actions that mueller is looking into. if the president were to go in and submit to an interview, if he remembers anything differently from the way that his attorney remembers it, the white house counsel, then theyay have a conflict and as i've tried to point out, those who say that an innocent person doesn't have anything to worry about or an honest person doesn't have anything to worry about speaking to a prosecutor, are nuts because it's

when you look at the sentencing recommendation for george papadopoulos from the special counsel's office, from the prosecutors, it was really not good for him. aside from the range of potential prison time they are suggesting, the way they describe papadopoulos's behavior is not complimentary to him. the prosecutors told the court, the plea agreement entered into was not a standard cooperation agreement. prosecutors merely agreed to bring to the court's attention at sentencing the defendant's efforts to cooperate with the government. what prosecutors ended up bringing to the court's attention at sentencing was ten-page long list of ways in which george papadopoulos didn't help them out at all. quote, the defendant did not provide substantial assistance. the prosecutors later said that he lied over and over again in ways that materially hurt the government's case. quote, the defendant's crime was serious, both in terms of the underlying conduct and its effect on the investigation. the defendant knew the questions he was asked by the fbi were important and he knew his answers were false at

following this news george papadopoulos' wife send out george wasn't cooperative enough in mueller'sor a year, he helped his country. he's been loyal to the truth, not to anybody's agenda. his cooperation is considered pointless as it didn't reveal any wrongdoing by the campaign. just hours ago papadopoulos himself tweeted been a hell of a year, decisions. joining is now the wife of george papadopoulos. i've been watching from afar, can you give us any insight into your husband's tweet, decisions? >> as i said, it's been very difficult for george and i who suffered this prison time lasting for far too long considering that mueller apparently considered his cooperation worthless. i think the real progress of the investigation was not -- we know today's having ties, no ties with russia. there was no evidence to lead to this conclusion. it was about do you communicate this information to anyone in the campaign? basically obsession was not about that, but about revealing any wrongdoings in the campaign. as i wrote in my tweet, george was loyal to the truth. he could not of course lie to

according to solomon, who will joinbo us, mueller's case againt one-time trump campaign aide george papadopoulosprobably completely bogus. a special counsel has been claiming they want this kid to spend six months in jail. they claim papadopoulos lied about the sinister details surrounding a meeting with a european professor that he knew. they claim papadopoulos was looking for information on hillary's hacked emails. according to solomon's report, the professor they reached out to that also wrote them and confirmed what he said to the fbi, insisted that his contactsa with papadopoulos were innocuous and solomon writes "he went out of his way to tell the fbi there was no talk of sinister cybersecurity intentions such as a plot to attack hillary clinton's emails." as we have previously reported, papadopoulos is considering withdrawing his guilty plea. we reached out to papadopoulos and the fbi and the special counsel. of course we don't get comments. although, i think george papadopoulos' wife is right. solomon will have a new report tonight. 69 days away from what is the most important mid-term e

well, tomorrow, big day for george papadopoulos.time he should get, what they are recommending in terms of his sentence. part of the drama is that his wife, who appears to play a key role in the whole drama of george papadopoulos and the russians and his contact with the trump campaign and all the rest of it, he has been making noises that george papadopoulos might need a new lawyer and that his plea agreement might be a bad deal with the government that should be torn up. most people believe if he tries to tear up his plea agreement with the government at this point, that would essentially be a legal act of i don't want to say suicide, but it would be an ongul on the part of george papadopoulos. it does inject drama into the proceedings tomorrow when we will wait to see if the plea agreement survives and how much time the government suggests he should get if it does. that's one thing. i mentioned on the top of the show we will have a big night tomorrow night. we will be joined by john brennan, who is the author of this incredible o

john solomon with a breaking news report about mueller's witch hunt and the case against george papadopoulos probably completely bogus. they want him to spend 6 months in jail. they claim papadopoulos was looking for information on hillary's hacked emails. according to solomon's report, the professor they reached out to that also wrote them and confirmed what he said to the fbi, insisted th ed thaed that with papadopoulos were innocuous and told the fbi there was no talk of sinister cyber-security intentions to hack hillary clinton's emails. papadopoulos is considering withdrawing his guilty plea. we reached out to papadopoulos and the fbi and the special counsel. we don't get mentes. i -- comments. 69 days away from what is the most important mid-term election in our lifetime. look at the side of your screen. we have long warned you what the democrats will do if they regain power. it's a scary picture. this is true for two states. california which has become so liberal it's now almost a one party socialist state. and former san francisco mayor newsome who wants to be president looks poised

people like george papadopoulos, not around. i never saw him on the campaign. j.d.was named. didn't see him on the campaign. these names seem to come -- not out of nowhere. but the trump organization was asked to release a list. it kind of felt like these people were just random people they put on a list and sent to reporters. now it look like there's something more there. given that carter was somebody that the intelligence community had their eye on because of the interactions he was having with russians. george papadopoulos, who it's reported started this whole investigation because he was bragging to an australian diplomat in a london bar that russia had dirt on hillary clinton and now j.d. gordon linking these two seemingly separate investigations on a russian influence campaign. >> yeah, i've done quite a bit of reporting on carter page and george papadopoulos in particular and one of the things that struck me about them was they aggressively sought out the connection with the trump campaign at a time when, as you mentioned, the campaign was having a devil of

george papadopoulos was never the trigger for the trump/russia investigation.ficials trying to cover up the real reason which is they used this fabricated phony dossier to launch the investigation and to wire tap the trump campaign and so the new york times is either stupid or -- rachel: a follow-up from that report every day it seems like they have another bombshell that means nothing and they keep thinking they are bringing it down it doesn't work. ed: this morning brennan was on meet the press breaking a few moments ago on a related topic of weaponizing intelligence and john brennan given your knowledge of the law as you apply it here, with the mueller investigation john brennan is claiming he may file legal action against the president of the united states to stop him from stripping his security clearance and the others that might be stripped this week we keep hearing about was james comey or andrew mccabe or others do you think there could be legal action to say the president is sewing his reputation somehow and he doesn't have this authority or will this

and because george papadopoulos lied in this interview, we were not able to do that. ad this opportunity to detain, question, arrest this guy and we missed it, and it's papadopoulos' fault. >> remind people because the president has often said the whole investigation started with this dodgy dossier, et cetera, when the facts are, in fact, that it was papadopoulos bragging to an australian diplomat about the russians having dirt on hillary clinton that first started the investigation. and that was before the dossier showed up on their doorstep. >> that's right. he sort of kicked off this investigation, and that's kind of the irony of him being downplayed as a low-level staffer as how the president has put it on twitter and people saying he really had no role because in many ways he set off this investigation. and the fact that he then went on and lied to investigators about his contact with the professor, he lied to investigators about his contact with other russian officials who were trying to set up meetings between russian government officials and campaign staffers,

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i've spoken with george papadopoulos' wife simona and she testified before congress and she was emphatic before congress, she told me, through the questioning behind closed doors, that there were so many players coming at her husband, you know, from steven halper from great britain, to the professor, and all these people appeared to be giving information, trying to lure george papadopoulos in, trying to give information that would eventually be able to be used against him by the fbi. the special counsel went so far as to threaten him. they threatened that they were going to charge him with being an israeli spy. they kept threatening him over and over again until he pleaded guilty to one count of lying. if their lives have been ruined. but this is what the special counsel dies. it has great expanse of power and that was given to them by rod rosenstein, who actually signed the warrant on carter page to spy on him. >> sean: that's the one we all really want to see and need to see because at that point we knew hillary paid for it. we knew it was the bulk of the information to obtain the fisa

if george papadopoulos goss o does get sentenced next week, that will make him the second person sentenced to time behind bars since the prosecution starred. we don't know how the president will react to that. ten days after mr. papadopoulos is due to be sentenced next week, jury selection will start in the seconds felony trial of paul manafort. today manafort's defense team asked the judge in that case to move the trial out of washington, d.c. to more conservative roanoke, virginia instead. the judge should rule on that motion within the next week or so. discussions in open court about that issue yesterday suggested that the judge might not be inclined to move the case but we will not know till we see her ruling. today was also the deadline by which the special counsel's office, the prosecutor's office had to tell that same judge, excuse me had, to tell the judge -- sorry. had to tell the judge from manafort's first case whether they wanted to retry paul manafort on the ten felony charges for which the jury in his first case was unable to reach a verdict. prosecutors from the special coun

neither did the guilty plea from the trump campaign volunteer george papadopoulos whose wife was on lastight. he pled guilty to lying to investigators. his wife, mrs. papadopoulos now weighing in on his legal options and he may withdraw that plea. without a doubt, be straightforward here. it is wrong. there are lessons to learn from today. don't knowingly lie to the f.b.i. do not lie on a bank loan application ever. or commit bank fraud. pay your taxes. but did we need robert mueller for all of this? think about this. how do you go from an investigation into russia collusion in the 2016 election and this is what we have? taxes from years and years ago? bank fraud? medallions? lying to the f.b.i.? where is the russia stuff? would any of these people that we are talking about tonight have been investigated or charged if not for their connection to donald trump? is it also a lesson, okay, don't lie to the f.b.i. pay your taxes. don't lie on a bank application. don't be friends with donald trump? is this not now the witch hunt the president has been saying, an attempt to turn the screws as j

for george papadopoulos. is an order under federal criminal procedure 16 to seal the discovery that was given to papadopoulos for his sentencing, his rule 32 hearing. i didn't do that very often, but when i did or when my fellow prosecutors did, that's a big deal. that means you have an ongoing investigation. it is active. we are not done. we are not done. period. i can tell you that right now. i can feel that something more below this little iceberg that's the paul manafort trial. and here is the other thing. the paul manafort trial may be a distraction. look what you are hearing in the trial. you are hearing that gates worked for the transition committee. you're hearing that there was an oligarch. i'm going to say oligarch. they can't say it. there was an oligarch that was befriending manafort. there was unekovich that was crooked as god knows what. there is a lot of stuff pointing to russia. we don't know how much, but this investigation is not dead. period. >> gene rossi, thank you so much for coming on a

rick gates, george papadopoulos, and michael flynn all traded some pieces of information for their respectivels. that's presumably incredibly important information. >> reporter: one crucial remaining question, what has mueller found out about that june 2016 trump tower meeting between donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner, and russians who promised to share dirt on hillary clinton? trump junior has said that he never told his father about the meeting. >> there was nothing to tell. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. >> reporter: but sources tell cnn that trump's former personal attorney michael cohen is now claiming that trump knew of the meeting in advance and that cohen is prepared to tell mueller. cohen himself may not be on mueller's to-do list, though, having referred his case to federal investigators in new york. >> so it effectively brings the issue of collusion or conspiracy right to the president's feet. >> reporter: mueller's latest indictment of the russian hackers hinted that he may still be looks at the role of other u.s. persons. >> the conspir

he was a trump aide, but not one everyone had heard of, his name, george papadopoulos, and he ultimatelyty and was cooperating with bob mueller and was going to be sentenced next month. i use all of that terminology of was because now his wife is saying she wants him to scrap the plea deal with mueller. in fact, she's given us here at "the beat" an exclusive statement. i trusted these institutions until they proved me wrong. there were shady individuals that targeted george papadopoulos with -- there's evidence that would fully justify him to drop the plea agreement he reached with bob mueller. this is, to say the least, unusual, cooperating witnesses who've pled guilty in federal cases don't first of all try to undo the cooperation agreement they got at the last minute. second of all, it's not an easy thing to do it even if they want to. simona told us previously they view the entire thing, the way they were treated by mueller's team, as fair. >> the situation was clearly intimidating. but they were very professional, very fair. i never felt aggressed in any way. >> you thought bob muel

in those two instances, one involving donald trump junior and one involving george papadopoul papadopoulos, they both said yes, bring it on. we know carter page who was considered to be an agent of russia. so you take those three things together. you can say the idea there's no collusion is hogwash. i believe that's what he was referring to. i think the defense of the trump administration is we try to do colewd, but it didn't work out, nothing came of it, and it's no big deal. >>> all right. i'll ask you to stay with me for a second. we have breaking news from the "new york times." the paper is out with a record that the white house counsel's office is cooperating extensively with the mueller's obstruction inquiry writing -- sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry whether president trump obstructed justice, including some that the investigators would not have learned of otherwise. i want to go to michael schmidt with the "new york times" on this. bring us up to speed. >> what the story discusses is the cooperation of the white house counsel don mcgann, and

it has been clear in recent months that the notion that george papadopoulos was cooperating with the investigation was breaking down. and it was starkly clear most recently when his wife went on ari melber's show and said she believes he should withdraw his plea deal because he wasn't getting a fair shake and that is consistent with a number of interviews she has been given. all is not well in that relationship and if they are recommending prison time and suggest they don't believe he is fully cooperating. remember, he pleaded guilty to one single count of lying to investigators about his contact. the russians had e-mails, incriminating e-mails about hillary clinton and what we don't know is who in the trump campaign he shared the information with. he has said and others said he had high level contacts within the campaign. corey lewandowski and sam clovis. do we need his cooperation if they have all the e-mails. >> so let me ask you this, and maybe you know the answer, maybe we don't know yet. if mueller says that papadopoulos lied to investigators and should be sentenced to jail, is

george papadopoulos saying there were efforts to get negative information on hillary clinton from the russians. there are questions about the wikileaks. what he said in front of congress was this was the basis for further investigation. but the idea there was collusion and there were ties and communications between the russians and people in the trump camp he said was self-evident. kennedy: if it's self-evident i guess he should have made it evident to other people, including the person running for path who has a 50-50 shot of the winning. he should sh said there are moles in the your organization working with the russians to undermine our democracy. because now brennan is screaming from the mountaintops. do you see revoking his security clearance as somehow politically motivated and vick deck tough? >> not in the slightest. john brennan is a questionable actor to say the least. that's putting it in a light and optimistic fashion. he has on multiple occasions deceived congress and the american public about drone strikes. 2014 he misled dianne feinstein and senators when he told them t

that ends up being the defense of carter page and george papadopoulos.ntially saying trump didn't care, he wanted names on the page. >> he did care in the sense that the people that he has surrounded himself with, i think tim is exactly right. the supply is limited. a lot of people who would ordinarily want to work in a white house scurry away. also people who want to be surrounded by sycophants and want the adoring cabinet meeting and the ego stroking he basks in. and if you are not wanting to do that, he is hiring for the stroking. and if you are not willing to do that, he doesn't want you around him >> the guy who ran for president in 2016, a lot of people would argue he was in position because of the apprentice. the eye for talent and all that sort of thing. i'm wondering, though, reputation politically now, a lot of people who have traditional political resumes on the republican side do not want to be near this administration. back in the days trump the business man, what was the reputation. >> it was a boutique mom and pop operation. elite real est

robert mueller's team, you know, wants george papadopoulos, he's a former adviser to trump's 2016 campaignmonths in jail, saying he impeded the investigation when he lied to them about his contact with the professor in london. is the judge likely to impose a sentence like that or is this just a warning shot? >> i think he's likely to follow that recommendation. frankly, it's still quite a sweetheart deal for papadopoulos. even though he may have hoped not to have any jail time whatsoever. i think the judge will probably follow that recommendation. >> lynn, final word? >> actually, what is so interesting in the government sentencing memo is how they go through how they went in and george papadopoulos, who lives in chicago with his wife, how he went in on the first interviews without a lawyer. what's also interesting is his wife had taken to tv shows in a plea either for clemency or go fund me for their legal costs and the lawyers even went to the trouble of slapping her down a bit and saying she said something that wasn't right, so, you know, i do agree, the range is 0 to 6 months imprisonm

notice the direct contrast between michael flynn and george papadopoulos, both who have pled guilty.eller recommended sentencing already for papadopoulos for his betrayal, they perceived, after he struck a plea deal for not being a cooperative witness, for not giving information they needed. michael flynn, in contrast, is somebody who i think pled guilty before george papadopoulos, and you have this notion of, well, we want him to still be there. the delay of sentencing tells you they have a need for this person and that he's a fruitful cooperator, not just giving information or a blow hard in different ways. he's somebody who's actually still useful. once he's no longer useful, they will then ask for sentencing. >> they told the court they'll give another update in 30 days, when there could be sentencing. >> and of course 30 days from now is around the time mueller's probe would have to end if the doj rules would say you can't interfere with an election. >> very important. no sentencing for michael flynn, at least not yet. meanwhile, other important news happening right now. the u.s

robert mueller is recommending a sentence of up to six months in jail for george papadopoulos who pleaded guilty. the white house has drafted multiple documents revoking security clearances of the critics the president wants to punish. they have suggested timing the lease as a distraction during news cycles unfavorable to the president. >>> this latest efforts comes as 60 former cia officials to sign a letter that the country will be weakened if there's a political litmus test before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views. that's on top of 15 former official who is have issued statement in response to the president's decision earlier this week to revoke the clearance of john brennan. the president says this. >> there's no silence. if anything i'm giving them a bigger voice. many people don't know who he is. now he has a bigger voice and that's okay with me because i like taking on voices like that. >> that's as president tries to defend his former campaign chairman as a jury in virginia ends a second day of deliberations with no verdict in sight. >> i think the whole manafort t

>> the investigation begins when george papadopoulos starts shooting his mouth off in london about knowingdossier was initially funded by republicans who were opposing then-candidate trump and was picked up by folks associated with the democratic campaign. >> to be clear, what i call the dossier -- >> are there other terms for it. >> you pronounce it differently. >> tomato/tomahto. >> they never clarified how much for the fisa warrant was the dossier and how much was george papadopoulos and other things the fbi already gathered. >> trying to persistently hang the investigation and the special counsel on the dossier is fundamentally false. >> john avlon, thank you for the reality check. >>> the tsa is considering eliminating passenger screening at more than 150 small and medium-sized airports across the u.s. internal documents suggest the move will cut costs. does it jeopardize public safety? rene marsh in washington with more. >> all of these internal documents are recent, from june and july and the documents show that tsa is, indeed, considering allowing thousands of passengers to board c

cohen joins a growing number of the president's associate who have flipped, rick gates, george papadopoulos, michael flynn, national security adviser on the campaign trail and inside the white house. it's no wonder the president doesn't think highly of, quote unquote, flippers. >> this whole thing about flipping they call it, i know all about flipping. for 30, 40 years i've been watching flippers. everything is wonderful and then they get ten years in jail and flip on whoever the next highest one is or as high as you can go. it almost ought to be outlawed. it's not fair. if somebody's going to spend five years like michael cohen or 10 or 15 years in jail because of a taxicab industry because he defrauded some bank, if you can say something bad about donald trump and you go down to two or three years, which is the deal he made, in all fairness to him, if most people are going to do that. i've seen it many times. i've had many friends involved in this stuff. it's called flipping and almost ought to be illegal. >> investigative reporter tom winter joins me now. i want to start with something t

he is also directly connected to george papadopoulos and reached out to him in september 2016.here he asked him what would you write a report for me? i will pay you $3,000. come to london, let's talk. and then even more interestingly enough -- >> sean: that sounds like poor papadopoulos was set up. >> that's exactly what george papadopoulos' wife has said over and over again in interviews saying that george was basically set up by stefan halper and >> sean: part two is carter page in this story. >> yes. so carter page, who develops a very close relationship with stefan halper, continues to email him and according to the sources that we've spoken with and according to the reports written in "the washington post" and "the new york times," stefan halper was reporting back to the fbi information. but really quick, he also goes back to lieutenant general michael flynn and i don't want people to forget about this. in 2014, when flynn was at one of the seminars and attended a dinner one night, it was stefann halper who not only invited flynn, but also invited a he russian woman, i hop

mueller is recommending a sentence of up to six months in jail for former trump campaign staffer george papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house has reportedly drafted multiple documents revoking security clearances of the critics the president wants to punish. and one senior official says they have discussed timing the release of those documents as a distraction during news cycles unfavorable to the president. that's according to the "washington post." and this latest effort to distract and deflect comes as 60 former cia officials have signed a letter warning president trump that "the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views." that's on top of 15 former intel officials who've already issued a similar statement in response to the president's decision earlier this week to revoke the security clearance of ex-cia chief john brennan. but the president, well, he says this. >> there's no silence. if anything i'm giving them a bigger voice. many people don't know who he is. now he has a bigger

with george papadopoulos, for example, soon as pop it off was went to the press, he stopped trying to cooperate with pop it up lists entirely. we don't actually know. what we do know is according to trump's own understanding of the circumstance them a for whatever that is worth, paul manafort is the one person who can bring him down. rick gates has been cooperating since february and rick gates knew most of what paul manafort new and rick gates is the only one of the many people that you described as who had are ready pkllead who got a sweet deal. he got excuse from all of the crimes that paul manafort was found guilty of yesterday, some other ones. he was excused from some of his own role in the coconspiracy wih russia. rick gates, as far as we know, is the one who is offering the big cooperation and that puts both cohen and paul manafort a much shakier ground as they believe they're going to get a lesser sentence by cooperatiting with mueller. amy: and who exactly is lanny davis? it is interesting michael, and has chosen him as his lawyer -- michael cocohen has chosenen his his lawy

. >>> with me now is the wife of former trump campaign aide george papadopoulos. ter telling an australian diplomat the russians had dirt on hillary clinton. papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi last year. now the department of justice is asking for a sentence of up to six months. in a moment i'm going to get reaction from watergate special prosecutor nick akerman. but first, papadopoulos's wife has revealed he's considering backing out of the cooperation deal, all this as rudy jewel -- cooperating with robert mueller. great to have you with us, thank you very much for being here. let me begin with -- >> thank you for inviting. >> let me begin with this possibility that your husband, george, is going to break his cooperation deal with the special counselor. can you give us any update as to where that decision stands? >> as i mentioned many times there are, first of all, george at this time cooperated for more than one year. he's -- the recommendation from the special counsel presents some discrepancies. and there are many events that came out, and change

this as special counsel robert mueller's team recommends jail time for george papadopoulos, the first plead guilty in the russia probe. garrett tenney has more from washington. >> george papadopoulos is a big reason why the fbi opened its investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia in the first place. he pled guilty in october to lying to fbi agents and last night special counsel mueller's team recommend the judge sentence to papadopoulos to up to six months in prison along with a fine of $9500. according to mueller's sentencing memorandum, papadopoulos quote lied in order to conceal his contacts with russians and russian intermediaries during the campaign and made false statements to investigators on january 27th, 2017, early in the investigation, when key investigative decisions including who to interview and when were being made. papadopoulos is scheduled to be sentenced on september 7th. next week, though, former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is expected to learn his fate in the first of two trials mueller's team has against him. after 14 ho

not the case for george papadopoulos.foreign policy adviser during the campaign. like rick gates, papadopoulos is cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. last october, as part of a plea deal, he pled guilty to lying to the fbi. but unlike rick gates, papadopoulos does have a sentencing date. he is due to be sentenced on september 7th, which is the friday after labor day. special counsel's office has until this friday, the end of this week, to file with the court their recommendation for punishment. basically, to tell the judge in papadopoulos' case, how long they think he should spend behind bars. but a funny thing happened today. today, special counsel robert mueller requested, and was granted, a protective order, quote, restricting the use, dissemination and disposition of discovery materials, meaning evidence, which the defendant has requested in advance of his sentencing. protective order today? here's what i want to know. why, five days before mueller's prosecutors make their recommendation for punishment fo

it rerchferenced subpoenas, ema, texts of george papadopoulos. a prosecutor, i see that and i realize they are doing that for everybody. when people claim this is taking so long, they need to put it in context of the exhaustiveness of this investigation. >> daniel goldman, ken dilanian, guys, thank you very much. good luck out there. >>> and a majority black county in georgia is about to lose seven of its nine polling places. why some say the timing is curious. it was here. i couldn't catch my breath. it was the last song of the night. it felt like my heart was skipping beats. they said i had afib. what's afib? i knew that meant i was at a greater risk of stroke. i needed answers. my doctor and i chose xarelto® to help keep me protected from a stroke. once-daily xarelto®, a latest-generation blood thinner significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. warfarin interferes with at least 6 of your body's natural blood-clotting factors. xarelto® is selective, targeting just one critical factor. for af

i have no doubt that george papadopoulos was set up. zero.r who contacts him in april, contacts him in march and meets with him in april and talks with this dirt on hillary, ed, sea western intelligence asset. he is not a russian asset. just look at the research on the guy. look at what his friends say about him. the guy is in pictures and training sessions with united kingdom intelligence people. not with russians. ed: pardon me, what does it tell us then that robert mueller -- still devastating for papadopoulos' family if he is going to jail even for one month. but that he doesn't appear to have anything on collusion which is where this all started. >> ed, robert mueller doesn't have anything on collusion because collusion didn't happen. this isn't michael j. fox back to the future, okay. we can't go back and reinvent collusion it didn't happen. the reason mueller doesn't have anything because there is no there there. by the way, those are the words of peter strzok, the lead investigator in the case for the fbi who texted his girlfriend abo

one-time foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos pleaded gui financial fraud. and yesterday's stunning split screen, h lawyer, michael co plead guilty to tax evasion and campaign finance violations. while his fr pl manafort, was found guilty of fraud and financial crimes. today the press secretary on defense about that vow to hire only the top tier. >> did he fail to live up to that promise? >> the president has employed thousands of people in his lifetime and had incredible successes, both in business and in the public service. >> reporter: but could the optics of all the president's men impact the president's ability to govern? >> he always thinks he can survive. why? because he's been houdini in the past. the question is this time, is bob mueller michael cohen and paul manafort enough to trump his houdini ways? >> reporter: the president's support among his base is still strong. he's planning to campaign in at least 15 states after labor day. >> kristen welker, thanks. >>> capitol hill still reeling. a number of republicans seeking to distance themselves fro

it is not the case for george a papadopoulos.n september 7th, which is the friday after labor day. the special counsel's office has until this week to file with the court their recommendation for punishment. basically to tell the judge in papadopoulos' case how long george should spend behind bars. but a funny thing happened today. robert mueller requested and was granted a protective order, quote, restricting the use, dissemination of discovery materials which the defendant has requested in advance of his sentencing. protective order today? why five days before mueller's prosecutors make their recommendation for punishment for george papadopoulos, why today was a giant legal cone of silence dropped on top of all the evidence in this case? why did that happen and why now? if you know, tell me. if i find out by hook or by crook, i will tell you next. stay with us. ♪ -morning. -morning. -what do we got? -keep an eye on that branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. i'd stay close. morning. ♪ get ready

george papadopoulos pled guilty to onlse count of making statements last october. in a filing late last night, prosecutors said jail time was warranted after papadopoulos repeatedly lied during t interview abe timing and significance of information he solici hillary clinton.about sentencing is scheduled for september 7. 24 migrant children under age five are still separated from their parents, ac acordin new court filing. read more at www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: tensions are rising between the united states and itsatally, turkey. today, in ankara, president recep tayyip erdogan addressed thousands of supporters as his country's currency continues to ll. erdogan is calling the united states' recent economic sttanctions an pted economic coup." >> ( translated ): today, some people are trying to thaten us through the economy, through sanctions, foreign exchange, interest rates and inflation. we are telling them, "we've seen your games, and we a challenging you." >> sreenivasan: erdogan's statements come one day after president trump calleprturkey "a oblem fo

. >> reporter: george papadopoulos is a big reason why the fbi open this investigation to possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. the former campaign advisor pleaded hilty to lying to fbi agents. last night special counsel recommended the sentence to papa dollars -- papadopoulos to have six month. according to a memorandum, he lied to conceal his contact with russian and russian intermediary during campaign made his false statements to investigators and janet was seven, 2017 early in the investigation with key investigative decisions including who to interview and when. papadopoulos is scheduled to be sentenced on september 2, next week manafort is expected to reach -- learn his fate in the first of two trials maulers team has against him. after 14 hours of deliberation the jury has not reached a verdict. they will not be at it again until monday morning. manafort said turney said at this point they are feeling very confident. >> i do and he does . >> reporter: on friday the judge denied a request by a handful of media outlets to seal the name of the jurors. he couldn't do

you may remember the name, george papadopoulos. lty. after papadopoulos said he was aware that the russians had compromising information about hillary clinton and a sentence for him is expected next month. the jury goes back to work monday in the case of paul manafort, must decide 18 counts of financial crimes alleged against manafort. the president spoke out in support of the former campaign chairman and called the case against manafort very said. president trump indicating that he might be making plans to revoke another security clearance involving a justice department official that has ties in the russian investigation. stripped john brennan of his security clearance and he spoke out last night calling that an egregious violation of the president's authority and asked if he is using the power to criticize his enemy or punish or silence his critics,s the president deny that had. >>> a young woman pushed off of a bridge by her friend speaking out after learning about the charge and facing the woman who pushed her. nbc following the

one-time foreign policy advisor george papadopoulo plead guilty of lying to federal authorities. hairman rick gn gates pleaded guilty to financial fraud. his former personal lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to tax evasnd campaign finance violations. while his former campaign chairman paul manafort was found ilty of fraud and financial crimes. the press secretary on defense about that vow to hire only the top tier. >> he failed to live up t that promise? >> the president has employed thousands of people in h lifetime and had incredible successes both in business and in the public service. >> reporter: but could the optics of all the president's men impact the president's ability to govern? >> he always thinks he can survive. why? because he's been houdini in tht the question is this time is bob mueller and michael cohen and paul manafort enough to trump ways?oudini >> reporter: the president's support among his base is still strong. he's planning t campaign in at least 15 states after labor day. >> our thanks to kristen for that report. >> hundreds of classmates and loved ones

. >> and prosecutors are asking for up to six months in prison for george papadopoulos.message does this send to others thinking of cooperating with robert mueller? >> the message is this -- if you come in to speak with federal investigators, and you tell any kind of fib or any stretch of the truth or embellish, you can be charged with section 1001, false statements to investigators. just like martha stewart, and just like papadopoulos, just like general flynn, all of these folks came in and thought they could outwit prosecutors who already know all of the facts. so this signals that the government is taking very seriously section 1001 prosecution and sending a message, if you are going to come in to talk to us, then be warned. you better tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> one trump insider maintaining his allegiance is roger stone. let's watch. >> i think if they bring a case against me, it will be a fabricated case and there is no circumstances whatsoever in which i will testify against the president. i have no information that is negative toward the pr