mr manafort has no comment. the multimillionaire paul manafort was donald trump's campaign chairman and a figure of huge influence. today, he's been ordered to an fbi field office to face the most grave charges. normally talkative, today, much more tight—lipped. the indictment runs to over 30 pages and details are complex web of financial arrangements to keep vast sums secret from the us authorities. it details how manafort was working as an agent for the pro—russia party in ukraine from whom he received tens of millions of dollars in payments for a decade until 2016. it's alleged he laundered $18 million through various accounts and companies $2016. almost one million was funneled through an antique antiques rug store in virginia. $850,000 through a men's clothes store in new york. a mark of how seriously the prosecutors take this case, is that paul manafort has had to surrender his passport. he's considered a flight risk. he's also going to be kept under house arrest until the trial, which might not be for seve

mr manafort has no comment. year ago, multimillionaire paul manafort was donald trump's campaign chairman and a figure of huge influence. normally talkative, today, much more tight—lipped. the indictment runs to over 30 pages and details a complex web of financial arrangements to keep vast amounts secret from us authorities. it details how manafort was working as an agent for the pro—russia party in ukraine, from whom he received tens of millions of dollars in payments for a decade until 2017. and companies, and by any means. almost $1 million was funneled through an antiques rugs store in alexandria, virginia. $850,000 laundered through a men's clothes store in new york. it adds a substantial layer of complexity. just the ukraine and the russia connection could add months and months to this investigation. but in response to the indictment, the president has tweeted angrily... "sorry, but this is years ago, before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign. why aren't crooked hillary and the democrats the focu

over two years before mr manafort served in the trump campaign. he indictment, donald trump tweeted angrily: sorry but this is yea rs tweeted angrily: sorry but this is years ago before paul manafort was pa rt years ago before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign but why are crooked hillary and the dems the focus? another tweet on russia. also, there is no collusion. today's announcement has nothing to do with the president. has nothing to do with the president's campaign or campaign activity. the real collusion scandal as we have said several times before has everything to do with the clinton campaign, and russia. today a damaging and unexpected disclosure, this man, george papandreou, a foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign, who president trump once described as an excellent guy, secretly pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russian officials during the campaign. and this former state department official and international lawyer says that could be much more significant. manafort is a bigger

mr manafort has no comment. trumped—up charges?aul manafort, the president's former campaign chief, faces multiple criminal indictments. president donald trump was correct, there is no evidence that mr manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. well, mr manafort‘s lawyer there dismissed the charges, but he and two other associates of president trump are now caught up in criminal cases. and that could just be the starter. the inevitable question: is the legal net closing in on the president himself and his campaign? make no mistake, there is a need for change. also tonight — is this the standard experience of female researchers at westminster — male mps feeling they can just lunge at subservient women as of right. yeah, absolutely, i think again lots of the men who i've had experience with this just thought it was their right to, that it was an entitlement. they didn't even show any remorse afterwards or didn't even, for a second, cross their mind that they'd behaved inappropriately. they govern us. can we

mr. manafort and mr. gates, show that the iscial counsel's probe progressing in a very serious way. mueller is moving forward. what we know now is that an alleged unregistered foreign agent who was charged laundering tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments on behalf of their agenda was given the chairmanship of the campaign for the presidency and united states, and with it, untold influence on a future president and his party. we know that mr. manafort has had continuing contact with the president since his resignation from the campaign. just a shocking was the admission by trump campaign manager that he met with the kremlin contact to discuss so-called dirt on secretary clinton. while we know that mr. papadopoulos had extensive email exchanges with other trump officials regarding his outreach to russian officials, his admission today raises many more questions than answers. mr. mueller and his team should be allowed to seek answers to those questions without interference from the president or anyone else. the stakes could not be higher. we're talking about the pride an

mr. manafort has had continuing contact with the president since his resignation from the campaign. just as shocking was the admission by a trump campaign advisor that he met with a kremlin contact to discuss so-called dirt on secretary clinton. while we know that mr. popa mr. popadopalous had contact with others, his admission raises many more questions than it answers. mr. mueller and his team should be allowed to seek answers to those questions without interference from the president or anyone else. the stakes could not be higher. we're talking about the pride and wellspring of our grand democracy -- free and fair elections, which have been going on for more than two centuries, and we're disturbed and adult rated -- adulterated by a hostile foreign power with no good intent for the people of this country. it's critical that we need to get to the bottom of this. that is special counsel mueller's job, and he must be allowed to perform it without interference. the rule of law is paramount in america. we pride ourselves on it. the investigation must be allowed to proceed unimpeded. t

lawyer: mr manafort has no comment. a year ago the multimillionaire paul manafort was donald trump's campaign chairman and a figure of huge influence. today, he's been ordered to an fbi field office to face the most grave charges. normally talkative, today, much more tight—lipped. the indictment runs to over 30 pages and details are complex web of financial arrangements to keep vast sums secret from the us authorities. it details how manafort was working as an agent for the pro—russia party in ukraine from whom he received tens of millions of dollars in payments for a decade until 2016. it's alleged he laundered $18 million through various accounts and companies and by any means. almost $1 million was funneled through an antique antiques rug store in alexandria, virginia. $850,000 laundered through a men's clothes store in new york. a mark of how seriously the prosecutors take this case is that paul manafort has had to surrender his passport. he's considered a flight risk. he's also going to be kept under house arrest u

mr. manafort or trump campaign coluded with russian government. >> included are aetions paul manafort funneled 18 million and hid that money from the u.s. government in order to buy luxury items such as property and things for h himself and his apartment in degree virginia and his part gait told have taken three million he controlled. >> now moving forward with this investigation when he he merged from the courtroom today his personal attorney kevin downing said in his words all of these charges despite the fact it alleges activity through 2017 which covers the period of traumap campaign manager downey says has no relationship to the trump campaign. >> those activities endsed in 2014 over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. today, you see indictment brought by office of special council and that is using a very novel theory to prosecute mr. manafort. >> we also learned today of another guilty plea this one by a former trump campaign advisor george refused to disclose the fact he met with russian connections throughout the investigation apparently this guilty plea came do

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. mr. manafort represented pro- european union campaigns for the ukrainians. and in that he was seeking to further democracy and to help the ukraine come closer to the united states and the eu. those that gave it is ended in 2014. over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. >> if convicted, manafort could get up to 80 years in prison. eighth, if convicted, could get up to 70 years. both are due in court thursday. >>> the new york times reports 126 million facebook users may have been reached by russia's alleged meddling in the election. that is more than half of facebook's monthly users in the u.s. russian agents also uploaded more than 1000 videos to google's youtube service showing the far-reaching russia's efforts to cause divisions. >>> there could be more to come in the investigation into russian ties to the election. doug luzader joins us from washington this morning. talk about how serious the indictments are and what this means for the trump administration. >> re

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. mr. manafort represented pro-european union campaigns for the ukrainian -- and in that he was seeking to further democracy and to help the ukraine come closer to the united states and the eu. those activities ended in 2014. over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. today, you see an indictment brought by an office of special counsel that is using a very novel theory to prosecute mr. manafort, regarding a farrah filing. the united states government has only used that offense six times since 1966, and only resulted in one conviction. the second thing about this indictment that i myself find most ridiculous is a claim that maintaining offshore accounts to bring all your funds into the united states as a scheme to conceal from the united states government is ridiculous. thank you. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] -- the white house -- >> all right. that was kevin downing. the lawyer for paul manafort. coming out there. i want to bring pete williams into this listening with me.

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. mr. rt represented pro-european union campaigns for the ukrainians and in that he was seeking democracy and to help them come closer to the united states and those activities ended in 2014. over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. today you see an indictment brought by the office of special counsel that is using a very novel theory to prosecute mr. manafort regarding a filing. the united states government has only used that offense six times since 1966 and only resulted in one conviction. the second thing is and to and and president trump, and and george mason. what do you make of what he just said? >> look, obviously, he's representing his client and he's defending his client's position, and he obviously makes a good point about the use of registration violations and it's clear that mr. manafort thought he had to register and he had to register more recently and the fact that they're bringing forth the question of trying to evade taxes or bringing money to the u.s.

mr. manafort and mr. gates surrendered to the fbi on monday and subsequently pled not guilty to all charges. president trump through a spokesperson said today's action had zero to to do the white house. everyone agrees today's action represents an escalation in the investigation of russian meddling into the 2016 election. joining me now from washington is john carlin, now lawyer and private practice, before that he served as assistant attorney general for national security, and also chief of staff to robert mueller during his time at the fbi. i am pleased to have him on this program. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> let me just have you do a premmer for us in primer for us in what lead to today and what happened today. >> it looks like today there were two significant developments in the criminal investigation. one was thenb unceiling of an indictment alleging charges that range to a money laundering account that has a potential penalty of up to 20 years against the former manager for the trump campaig

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. mr. manafort represented pro european union campaigns for the ukrainian. and in that, he was seeking to further democracy. >> a third man with ties to the trump presidential campaign, george pop lus pleaded guilty. while the deem covers the summer of 2016. his attorney insists the activities he's cha predates his involvement with the campaign. if convicted. manafort faces up to 80 years in prison gates up to 70. both due back in court on november 2nd. >>> a 12-year-old boy who tried to commit suicide by jumping off an overpass in fairfax county virginia ended up taking the life of a passing motorist. boy is in the hospital with serious injuries landing on a car traveling eastbound on i66, the driver, marissa harris was a graduate student at mary mount university. studying clinical mental health counseling. her boyfriend in the passenger seat. he grabbed the wheel. he wasn't hurt. he was killed on impact. experts say suicide rates are the rise >> what we're seeing is that the number of youn

mr manafort has no comment.ne year ago, multimillionaire paul manafort today he's been ordered to an fbi field office to face the gravest charges. normally talkative, today much more tight—lipped. the indictment runs to over 30 pages and details of a complex web of financial arrangements to keep vast amounts secured from us authorities. it details how paul manafort was working as an agent for the pro—russia party in ukraine from whom he received tens of millions of dollars in payments for decades until 2017. it is alleged he laundered $18 million through various accounts and companies and by any means. almost $1 million was funnelled through an antiques rugs store in alexandria, virginia, $850,000 laundered through a men's clothes store in new york. it adds a substantial layer of complexity, just the ukraine and russia connection could add months to this investigation. in response to the indictment, donald trump has tweeted angrily: and another tweet on russia. that was the line taken by his lawyer. the allegati

mr. manafort and his business associate -- >> yeah. i mean, the special counsel has his job to do. the job we have here in the senate is the investigation being carried out by the intelligence committee. so far on an entirely bipartisan basis with senator, chairman burr and ranking member mark warner working on that. that's our role in it. and special counsel has his job to do. and we're going to concentrate on what we're doing here in the senate. [inaudible conversations] >> follow up on this question about the fill by lust -- filibusters and the rules changes. you have said from this podium multiple times there's not the votes or the interest on either side of the aisle to change the rules for filibuster. >> let me correct you -- >> well, people -- >> yeah. i think i know what i said. let me correct you. >> [inaudible] >> let me finish. there are two calendars in the senate. it's the executive calendar and the legislative calendar. what i've said in the past is there is not a desire to change the filibuster rule with regard to legislation. the executive calendar is a different ma

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. mr. manafort represented pro european union campaigns for the ukrainiaia ukrainian. in that he was seeking further democracy and help the ukraine come closer to the united states and eu. those@s ended in 2014. over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. the second thing about this indictment that i myself find most ridiculous is a claim that maintaining offshore accounts so bring all your funds into the united states as a scheme to conceal from the united states government is ridiculous. >> shortly before 10:30 yesterday morning the president revealed thoughts in two tweets. sorry, but this is years ago before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign. why aren't hillary and the crooked demes the focus. there is no collusion. >>> this as is presidential counsel revealed. admitted to lying to the the fbi in russian interference in the 2016 election. pap dop louadopoulos before he foreign policy adviser to the campaign. pop dop louapadopoulos papadopo >> in truth papa

mr. manafort or trump campaign coludeed with russian government. mr. manafort respected pro european union campaigns for ukranians and in that he was seeking to further democracy. >> now a third man with ties to the trump campaign george popdopolis pled guilty to lying to the fbi about communication of someone connected to the russian government. >> it is one of main immigration agencies in the federal government. and it will soon have a new home. this is groundbreaking ceremony in camp springs maryland this afternoon for new headquarters that will house u.s. citizenship and immigration ser right now the agency has six locations around the region and the new headquarters will consolidate operations. prince george county executive racertain bakeer is proud of the country and was chosen for the new project. >> all over prince george county you she this taking place. i don't think anybody seven years ago would have thought prince george county would have led the state in job curetion and i don't think seven years ago people would have thought that close to

mr. manafort and mr.on the campaign. george papadopoulos apparently flipped and it sounds like he's been cooperating with the feds ever since he pled guilty to lying to them. >> well, listen, you know one of the things that campaigns do is give people titles that makes them feel empowered. he had a title. he was a volunteer on the campaign. that doesn't mean he was embedded in the campaign. if anything, it proves there was no collusion because, according to his testimony, the russians came to him and said they already had the emails. the trump team couldn't have gotten with the russians to find emails if the russians already had them. steve: sure. the whole thing about the trump team and the involvement is aside from the fact that mr. man ford and mr. gates were part of the trump teen all that stuff happened a long time ago. >> right. listen, they are probably reaching back to build some pressure. manafort was a cubous character to begin with he knew rnc rules and was able to make sure that nobody could s

mr. manafort did not collude with the russian government. jill, those are two very different statements. they have taken out the reference to him not being indebted to russians and they have now gone on the offensive, saying the u.s. government was snooping on manafort and they should release those transcripts. >> actually, ali, what i think it is is an attempt to refocus and to throw the special prosecutor off of his game. he is trying to change the focus from the money and the debt and the motive to, well, just release the tapes. release what you know about me and show that i wasn't colluding. that isn't what this is all about. the money is a motive, no matter what you do. i trust that mueller will not be thrown off, that he will keep the investigation going and that he will release anything at the appropriate time. and it's not up to him to release it. so we just have to wait and see what kind of case mueller ends up indicting. >> i want to ask you about the quid pro quo in things like this, because generally, with a loan, the quid pro qu

mr. manafort and mr. gates had nothing to do with the campaign but alleged money laundering and other businesses. under those circumstances, with the president consider a rollout pardoning them? sarah: i have not had any conversations with impaired we should let the process go through before we start looking at that. >> papadopoulos was referring to jeff sessions at the time overseeing foreign policy committee. what does this mean for jeff sessions? sarah: somebody on a volunteer committee, i'm that sure how that would concern the attorney general directly. >> can you say given what we have learned over the last few hours, when the president was first aware that russia was behind the hacking and what they considered to be damaged emails about the claim command that way -- they were trying to get to the trump campaign? when was the first aware of that? sarah: i am not sure of the specific date when that took place. >> does he regret hiring paul manafort? he and the rest of the concerned it will distract fr

mr. manafort, his one-time campaign chairman and mr. gates, a close associate of manafort's, were indicted on a dozen charges as part of special counsel mueller's investigation, including money laundering, a conspiracy to commit fraud, and a conspiracy against the united states. the fact that the activity in question took place partially before the trump campaign offered mr. coman fort the role -- manafort the role of chairman in no way diminishes the gravity of the situation. if anything, it suggests that the trump campaign was negligent in hiring as its chairman a man who is an unregistered foreign agent working for a pro-russian proxy party in ukraine. that man is now alleged to have been laundering large sums of money and concealing his identity as a foreign agent to the f.b.i. and department of justice, including during his time during the trump campaign. imagine, imagine having such poor vetting and poor judgment to hire such a person as your campaign manager. we also learned that a trump campaign advisor met with the kremlin conta

mr. manafort and mr. gates were named in this for things not having anything to do with the campaign but with alleged money laundering regarding other business. now under those circumstances, would the president consider or rule out pardoning either of them? sarah: i haven't had any conversations with him about that. i think we should let the process play through before we start looking at that. >> papadopoulos was referring to jeff sessions at the time who was overseeing trump's foreign policy advisory committee. what does this mean for jeff sessions? sarah: again, somebody on a volunteer committee i'm not shower how that would impact the attorney general directly. >> fwiven what we have learned over the last few hours, can you say when the president was first aware that russia was behind the hacking and was in possession of emails, what they considered to be damaging emails about the clinton campaign they were trying to get to the trump campaign? when was he first aware of that? sarah: i'm not sure of t

mr. manafort and his associates. >> thank you. jan crawford is also in washington. jan, going further than what paula was reporting, the new york times reported in july 2017 that manafort had pro- russian interest as much as $17 million. we see manafort with his attorney walking into the ei headquarters. surrendering himself, if you will to the fbi . what do you know about the heart of the allegations against him? >> that is a huge important point. that is excellent reporting where she outlines the things they are looking at with manafort. you did not hear anything about collusion and the truck campaign. remember. robert mueller has wide ranging authority to investigate different things. this could be the tip of the iceberg and something on related to collusion or russia or the campaign. the question is, manafort has been cooperating and prosecutors do not indict people who are in. -- cooperating. perhaps he provides more information which could put pressure on other witnesses as it springs open the investigation. >> can you walk us through the process. what happens

mr. manafort of the trump campaign included with the russian government.>> reporter: manafort was released on $10 million bond. gates $5 million. the charges are unrelated to the russian include -- collusion angle. >> the special prosecutor is likely doing is putting pressure on someone he knows was at the center or feels like was at the center of this relationship with russia. and use criminal charges as a way of trying to get cooperation.>> reporter: he unsealed a guilty plea entered over three weeks ago by george papadopoulos's former foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign. question by fbi one week after the inauguration he lied about the timing and circumstances under which he may contact with various foreign nationals last year. people he believed to be well- connected in the kremlin. he signed a summary of events for stated the professor told him -- as he later described to the fbi that they meaning the russians have dirt on her meaning hillary clinton. the russians had emails of clinton. they had thousands of emails.>>> we spoke to east bay congressman -- before onto. he says

mr. manafort. the united states government has only used that offense six times si 1966, and only resulted in one conviction. the second thing about this indi myself find most ridiculous, is the claim that maintaining offshore accounts to bring all your funds into the united states as a means to conceal from the u.s. government is ridiculous. thank you. is the white house worried? >> a law professor joined us on the phone now. good morning. turley joins us on the phone. good morning. ofld you give us explanation the charges that have been brought? guest: well, there are 12 counts have been brought against these two men. and they include many of the that we anticipated. farra violations, foreign agent registration act violations. also include things like conspiracy against the united states. of the charges seem to be foreign n manafort's transactions and dealing eparate from the trump campaign. so it's a mixed bag for the white house. it is comfortably separated from campaign in large part from what

mr. manafort or the trump campaign coluded with the russian government. mr. manafort represented pro european union campaigns for the ukranian and in that he was seeking to further democracy. >>> if conflicted manafort faces 80 years in prison and gates faces up to 0 years. they're due back in court november 7. >> another road back for the ban on people for transgepders in the u.s. military. now trump administration is decide whether to appeal the ruling. >> i was pleased the court issued the preliminary injunction about discharging transgender service personnel that are serving with honor. i did note that court did enjoin the prohibition against using funds to provide medically necessary care. this say step forward and good to see the court recognized that the actions proposed by the white house violate the constitution. >>> transgender service members sued president and defense secretary in august saying it was violation of the constitutional rights. trump administration argued transgender people may hurt military cohesion. >> 4:35 is the time now. michael t

mr. manafort, mr. gates were named in this as not having anything to do with the campaign, but with alleged money laundering regard aring other business. now, under those circumstances, would the president consider or rule out pardoning either of them? >> i haven't had any considerations with him about that. i think we should let the process play through before we start looking at those steps. >> papadopoulos at this time was working -- was reporting to jeff sessions at the time, who was overseeing trump's foreign add adviser committee. what does this mean for snegsz. >> someone on a volunteer committee, i'm not sure how that would impact the attorney general directly. >> can you say, given what we have learned over the last few hours, can you say when the president was first aware that russia was behind the hacking and was in possession of e-mails, what they considered to be damaging e-mails about the clinton campaign, that they were trying to get to -- to the trump campaign? when was he first aware o

mr. manafort and his long-time associate rick gates that also faces charges both appeared in federal district court today and they both issued pleas of not guilty. bond set at $10 million for manafort, $5 million for gates. the president not talking today on camera. he is talking by way of twitter. he said sorry, but this is years ago before manafort was part of the campaign. so why are crooked hillary and the dems under investigation. here's sarah huckabee sanders. >> this has nothing to do with the president or the president's campaign. the real collusion scandal has everything to do with the clinton campaign, fusion gps and russia. there's clear evidence of the clinton campaign to spread disinformation and smear the president. there's been no evidence of trump and russia collusion and nothing in the indictment changes that at all. >> so the men will be back in court on november 2 at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. in case you're wondering about the bond numbers we've talked about, neil, $10 million for man ford and 5 million for gates. there's a technicality. these are unsecured. so if they don't

mr. manafort has no comment. jon: just over a year ago, multimillionaire paul manafort was donald trump's campaign chairman and a figure of huge influence. today he faces grave charges. normally talkative, today much more tightlipped. the indictment runs to over 30 pages, and details a complex web of financial arrangements to keep vast sums secret from the u.s. authorities. it details how manafort was working as an agent for the pro-russia party in ukraine, from whom he received tens of millions of dollars in payments for a decade until 2016. it is alleged he laundered $18 million through various accounts and companies, and by any means. almost $1 million was funneled through an antique rug store in alexandria, virginia. $850,000 laundered through a men's clothes store in a new york. >> it adds a substantial layer of complexity -- the ukraine and russia connection could add months and months to the investigation. jon: but in response to the indictment, donald trump tweeted angrily, "sorry, but this is years ago,

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> reporter: manafort and gates pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance. the judge set their bail and ordered them to remain in home detention. prosecutors say manafort spent some of his millions on four homes in manhattan, brooklyn, long island as well as in suburban washington, d.c. and accused him of spending $900,000 for antique rugs, nearly 1.4 million on clothes, and more than 7.6 million in home improvements. legal experts say the charges could persuade both men to help with mueller's investigation of russian interference in the election. >> these defendants are looking at decades in prison. so, there is a tremendous incentive for them to come to prosecutors and say, we'd like to cooperate. >> reporter: and in a surprise potentially more important, we learned that a trump campaign volunteer advisor george papadopoulos has admitted that he was in touch with russians during the campaign who said they had kremlin contacts and could offer, quote, dirt on hillary clinton including thousands of e-mails.

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. mr. manafort represented pro european union campaigns for the ukrainian. and in that, he was seeking to further democracy. >> a third man with ties to the trump presidential campaign george pop put a pleaded guilty to lying about his communication with someone connected to the russian government. while the indictment covering the summer of 2016 when manafort ran the campaign, his attorney the activity predates his conviction. if convicted he faces up to 80 years in prison, gates 70 years. due back in court on november 2nd. >>> it's time to get a check of your weather forecast. what a storm we had last night. i've got to put it in motion and show you that it also did a number on new england. it was very intense in new england. we call eight bombing storm the pressure dropped 29 millionly bars in tour hrs in the remnants of a tropical storm. tonight, that's moving away, the winds have relaxed here. and while we do have a little reenforcing cloud cover that will come in later. we won't be doi

mr manafort and his lawyer couldn't be reached today. but he's always denied wrongdoing.rged. we understand that the fbi has the evidence gathered in kiev. however, ukraine's own investigation has halted. our leadership miscalculated by backing clinton, he says, when trump won, it was a problem. so they suspended the manafort inquiry. this was the price of good relations. the charges against paul manafort relate to what he did before he went to work for president trump. mr trump says he is the victim of a witch—hunt. but the us special counsel is now trying to connect events here in ukraine with what happened later in the presidential campaign. paulwood, bbc news, kiev. the sacked leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has arrived in belgium and hired a lawyer specialising in immigration with speculation he may seek asylum. earlier, the spanish attorney general said he was seeking charges including rebellion, sedition and the misappropriation of public funds against mr puigdemont and other separatist leaders over last week's unilateral declaration of independence. sarah

mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. mr. manafort represented pro- european union campaigns for the ukrainians. and in that, he was seeking to further democracy and to help the ukraine come closer to the united states and the eu. those that give it is ended in 2014. over two years before mr. manafort served in the trump campaign. >> if convicted, manafort could get up to 80 years in prison. gaetz, if convicted, could get up to 70 years. both are due in court on thursday. >>> there could still be more to come in the investigation into russia's alleged ties to the election. doug luzader is joining us live from washington, d.c. so much is going on. what's next for those people who up and indicted? >> reporter: is going to depend on what type of information special counsel and his team get from the three individuals we know have been charged. starting with paul manafort. the former campaign chairman, if anything is anyone about this a possible collusion between the trump campaign and individuals in russia, you would think manafor

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mr. manafort and mr. gates showt the special counsel's probe is progressing in a very serious way. r is moving forward. >> bret: special counsel robert mueller and his team releasing the indictments today, first of paul manafort and rick gates. 12 counts in all, conspiracy against the united states, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading foreign agents registration act statements, failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. the president tweeted earlier today before all of this: "sorry, but this is years ago, before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign. but why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus????? also, there is no collusion!" the second part today was about george papadopoulos, who was by all accounts a volunteer on the trump campaign. there you see in a national security meeting a couple pictures from the trump instagram account. he pled guilty. october 5. misleading statements to the fbi in this investigation. i guess those were the eyebrow-raising developments today because we don't k

mr. manafort did not collude with the russian government. the key word there, of course, is government. as trump's former campaign mrg, manafort is a big focus of the mueller effort. the fbi took the rare action of launching a surprise raid on his home over the summer, and "the new york times" has reported that manafort expects to be indicted. we want to bring in our lead off panel. peter baker, mika oh yang and matthew miller. welcome to you all. peter, i'd like to begin with you. without notice -- without knowing, rather, what was asked and what was answered in the session with priebus, what can we tell by the fact that he was called? >> well, a couple things. one, of course, is that, you know, the president has cast aside quite a number of senior staff in only nine months in office. we've seen a bigger turn over in this white house in a short amount of time than any on modern record skpchlt clearly mr. mueller is going to har vs that. he's going to go to people who used to be on the inside who are no longer on the inside in order to find out what they know, what they're willing to tel

mr. manafort did not collude with the russian government. keyword there is government. as trump's former campaign manager, manafort say big focus of the mueller effort. the fbi took the rare action of launching a surprised raid on his home over the summer and the "new york times" has reported that manafort expects to be indicted. we want to bring in our lead-off panel without any further delay on a fry night. peter baker white house correspondent "the new york times" mika oyang, an attorney and former staffer for the house intelligence and armed services committees and matthew miller msnbc justice and security analyst, former chief spokesman at the justice department. welcome to you all. peter, i'd like to begin with you. without knowing what was asked and what was answered in this session with priebus, what can we tell by the fact that he was called? >> well, a couple things. one, of course, is that the president has cast aside quite a number of senior staff in only nine months in office. we've seen a bigger turnover in this white house in a short amount of time than an

mr. manafort did not collude with the russian government. this one statement with manafort revising a statement regarding this specific oligarch, the statement said mr. manafort is not indebted to former clients today nor was he at the time he began working for the trump campaign. but we do know that paul manafort was in that june meeting within trump tower, the one where rob goldstone reached out to don jr. saying that they had dirt on hillary clinton. we do know that paul manafort was still a part of the trump people once they got to the rnc convention and the only plank that was changed within the republic planks a the that convention was the fact that the u.s. could not arm ukraine against russia any longer. connect the dots. unpack this in a larger way for us to explain. is manafort really the center of all of it? >> right. i mean, at this juncture it certainly is a bombshell and particularly considering the amount of money that we're talking about here, potentially $60 million. i would want to point out also that the government of cypr