. >>> here is cnn justice correspondent, jessica snyder. >> reporter: the president remains defiant of evidence that he knew about his campaign evidence to russian connections. >> there was no nothing. >> reporter: in february of this year, he pleaded total ignora e ignorance. >> can you say whether you are aware of anyone who had contact with russia during the course of your election. >> i told you general flynn he was dealing as he should have been. yo >> reporter: during the election? >> so you are not aware? >> how many times do i have to answer this. no person that i deal with russia. manafort totally denied it. >> reporter: manafort and rick gates remained under house arres arrests for money laundering. manafort and gates pleaded not guilty for the charges. it was not explicitly related to their works. jeff sessions is also coming under increasing fire for answers he gave at several hearings over the past few years. >> you don't believe that surrogates from trump campaign had communications with the russians, is that what you are saying? >> i am not aware of anyone else that did.

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jessica snyder looks back at the week of indictments and denials and the ongoing special prosecutor'sigation. >> reporter: tonight the president remains defiant amid mounting evidence that he knew about his campaign adviser's connections to russia. >> there was no collusion, there was no nothing. >> reporter: in february of this year he pleaded total ignorance. >> can you say whether you are aware that anyone who advised your campaign had contacts with russia during the course of the election? >> well, i told you, general flynn, obviously, was dealing, so that's one person, but he was dealing as he should have been. >> during the election? >> nobody that i know of. >> you're not aware of any contacts during the course of the election? >> how many times do i have to answer this question? russia is a ruse. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. now, manafort has totally denied it. >> reporter: tonight, paul manafort and rick gates remain under house arrest. the indictment was unsealed monday for money laundering and failing to reg

joining us now, cnn justice correspondent, jessica snyder.fascinating he testified for six hours without a lawyer, and now we have the details. especially fascinating are the e-mails he sent back and forth with the trump team. >> yeah, he previously said his trip to russia at the head of the campaign was a personal trip and did not meet with russian officials, but the transcript from the congressional committee tells a different story. he now admits when he travelled to russia in july of 2016 he had a private meeting with russia's deputy prime minister and even carter paige e-mails trump officials when he returned offering a readout of the conversation. also page disclosing he alerted campaign officials before his trip, letting them know. j.d. gordon is responding to this saying he doesn't remember the e-mail since he received thousands of messages during the campaign, and cory lewandowski said if page was going to russia should not be with the campaign. this is what was wrote to gordon and ferris. if you would like to take my place, meaning

here is jessica snyder. >> the questions about jared kushner's cooperation continue as congress is askingdocuments and implying that kushner has not been forthcoming with handing them over. they are calling jared kushner's disclosures into questioning labeling what he submitted so far incompetent and demanding more documents. the letter sent by chairman chuck grassley and dianne feinstein points to messages that donald trump jr. exchanged e-mails over twitter during the campaign. he e-mailed them telling them wikileaks had made contacts. the committee wants kushner to hand over the e-mails and they want all documents pertaining to a russian back door dinner invite. he wants all the e-mails related to his security clearance. kushner has had to update his forms three times for not reporting several meetings with foreign officials all communications with sergei million. >> he is apparently admitting documents. that's the reason i have long after vadvocated subpoenas. i think he ought to be subpoenaed to appear before the committee in open, under oath, at a hearing. >> kushner's lawyer releas

cnn's justice correspondent, jessica snyder, as the latest on that. >> the court filings revealing thatomplicated financial and travel web for both men. first to paul manafort, he had three different passports with three different numbers and he submitted ten passports over the last ten years, and travelled the globe in the past ten years to do yubai, and he went to ecur and china with a phone and e-mail registered with a fake name. gates did change banks and opened and closed accounts, and in all he had 55 accounts with 13 different financial institutions. some of those accounts were in cyprus, prosecutors say, where gates and manafort travelled frequently. all of these questionable transactions is part of why the government successfully argued for house arrest for both men, and they are due back in court on thursday. in the meantime, special counsel mueller's probe is moving forward, and one of the longest serving aides for the president will be interviewed by mueller's team in mid november after she returned from the president's 12-day asia trip. investigators from mueller's team als

so let's go to jessica snyder covering this from washington today.this is huge report out of the "wall street journal." how does the special investigation, special counsel robert mueller factor in in terms of what he's looking into? >> yeah, mueller's team is working to get details. so offer was allegedly this, that michael flynn and his son would be paid up to $15 million if they could forcibly remove cleric from his home in pennsylvania and then deliver him to the turkish government possibly by private jet. so the "wall street journal" reports it was laid out in the a meeting in 2016. as background here that muslim cleric has been living in the u.s. since 1999 but turkey president ergogan has accused of masterminding a failed coupe in the summer of 2016 and trying to get him back to turkey to charge him. so mueller team is now investigating this alleged offer. and notably, brooke, it was a deal reportedly proposed at the 21 club in new york city in december 2016. right during the transition. and just a few weeks after michael flynn had accepted the

>> jessica snyder, the carter paige interview with the intelligence committee.s talking meaning he doesn't have anything to hide or bad legal advisor all of the above. >>> cnn contributor, selena, i want to start with you on sam clovis. he's somebody i talked to a lot during the campaign. he was a fairly early supporter of support, a key iowa supporter of donald trump. and sam clovis, his nomination to serve in the agriculture department could be in trouble. what is his significance inside the trump orb connecting it back to the campaign? >> he is up for nomination to be the chief scientists, and for all accounts, anybody that has ever talked to him is a standup guy. this is the problem with papadopoulos in that somebody like him, somebody who is not a direct employee of the campaign but is a volunteer, so they are trying to make connections, and, you know, move up the ladder, you know, these e-mails are traded and, you know, we don't know if clovis immediately dismissed it, or -- we don't know the context so we don't know where he stands. you might see, though,

jessica snyder is live from washington. >> reporter: john berman, you can see the protesters assembled outside. inside could be a showdown looming. nick mulvaney is inside, he assumed the position of acting director. he arrived this morning shortly after 7:00 a.m. we understand from a white house official, he has been given full access to the director's office and receiving as they say full cooperation from his staff, he even arrived with donuts for the new employees. turns out that leandra english is also inside. she was deputy director. friday, she was named as acting director, when the former director actually resigned. they're both inside now. it does seem that nick mulvaney has assumed his position. leandra english, however, filed a late night lawsuit last night saying the law that created this agency, dodd-frank, that it actually lays out how exactly the protocol should be when a new acting director is named. she says she is it and that the president does not have the power to name his own pick. but this isn't only a legal fight, it is a political battle. nick mulvaney has been w

jessica snyder is here with the latest. >> reporter: there is still a lot of work left for the special counsel to do. those interviews of key white house staff, those will happen in the next few weeks and now we know the british publicist who set up the meeting with donald trump jr. is ready to talk. there could be more bombshells to come if hints from witnesses interviewed are any indications. tonight new indications that revelations could immerge from the special counsel's probe. they're asking witnesses about foreign contacts and meetings that haven't been made public. they're specifically focussed on president trump's fired national security advisor motor vehicler. they're asking about the possibility that flynn was part of discussions in a plot that was never carried out. seeking the removal of a turkish cleric living in exile in the u.s. the special counsel will be interviewing key white house staff ers in the coming weeks, including hope hicks, and white house counsel don mcgahn. meanwhile, the british publicist who arranged the july 2016 meeting at trump tower between a russian

i want to bring in our justice correspondent, jessica snyder, former trump campaign paul manafort wasourt today. >> he was. it was a bit of a defeat for paul manafort and rick gates, despite a week's worth of arguments, both men will remain under house arrest. the judge seeming to agree with government prosecutors that the details of their financial disclosures are just too imcomplete to assure they won't be flight risks. tonight paul manafort and rick gates remain under house arrest with "gps" monitoring. the judge determined today their financial disclosures weren't clear and asked for more information before deciding whether to ease the conditions of their release next month. >> in court the judge suggested they could modify the bail, they would possibly still wear ankle monitors, stay near their home, not go near airports and rrld. >> reporter: paul manafort claims a net worth of $28 million, but prosecutors said the value of his property and net worth have yet to be substantiated. they pleaded not guilty to 12 counts, including money laundering and false statements, which steam f

jessica snyder has the latest for us. jessica? >> a flurry on capitol hill.g with congressional investigators. he's a renewed interest right now because he's admitted he exchanged e-mails with george papadopolous and carter page said the topic in those e-mails of russia may have come up, but that nothing major was discussed. of course george papadopolous pleaded guilty for lying to the fbi about his extensive communications with jrussians while working for the campaign. but before papadopolous's plea, carter page was of interest and told the senate intelligence committee he did have brief interactions with low-level russian officials in 2013, and that he even travel ed to russia at the height of the campaign when working as a foreign policy adviser in july 2016, notably around the same time papadopolous was sending campaign e-mails saying that russian officials wanted to meet with the campaign. now carter page has insisted he did not meet with any russian officials during his trip. of course that will all be fleshed out on capitol hill today. the house intell

let's begin with jessica snyder live in washington outside the cfpb. what's going to happen? >> reporter: nick mulvaney is here, given full access to the director's office with cooperation of the staff. he brought donuts for the entire staff. it is set to be a legal show down. that lawsuit filed by lee and dra english. she said she should have the position, it was handed to her as the director resigned friday. but the trump administration pushing back, putting mulvaney into the office. >> reporter: lee and dra english is suing to stop the president from installing his budget director as head of the watchdog agency, declaring appointment of nick mulvaney, quote, unlawful, calling herself the quote, rightful director. the lawsuit is seeking legal clarity on succession protocol within the agency. a source close to mulvaney tells cnn that he will show up for work today at the agency, expecting a normal transition, rather than a showdown for power. president trump's decision also controversial, mulvaney has been a harsh critic of the agency, created after the global economic crisi

let's begin with jessica snyder live in washington outside the cfpb. what's going to happen?aney is here, given full access to the director's office with cooperation of the staff. he brought donuts for the entire staff. it is set to be a legal show down. that lawsuit filed by lee and dra english. she said

. >> jessica snyder, thank you so much.ulian zeleny is a historian and professor at princeton university is with us now as well as errol louis who is a political anchor for spectrum news. julian, start with you. what is it that hope hicks brings to the table here? specifically what are they going to ask of her? >> the most important part of her resume is that she has been with the president at most of the key moments in the story that we have been following. so she is a witness to everything that has happened from the response to the revelation about the now famous meeting in the trump tower to the president's responses, to the investigation, and the firing of the fbi director james comey. so this is someone who has been in the room during much of the mystery that we have been looking for. she is also someone who didn't have much experience and she was one of the people in the trump orbit who, i think, mueller understands could have been susceptible to some of what was going on with regards to russia. >> errol, how likely i