. >> as you mentioned, mr. manna for an mr. gates were -- manna manafortanna for paul and mr. gates had nothing to do with the campaign but a legend money laundering and other businesses. under those circumstances, with the president consider a rollout pardoning them? not had anye conversations with impaired we should let the process go through before we start looking at that. referring toos was jeff sessions at the time overseeing foreign policy committee. what does this mean for jeff sessions? 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: im not sure of the specific date when that took place. -- i am not sure of the specific date when that took place. hiring paulegret manafort? sarah: he is not worried about it distracting becaus

the separate charges for mr. manna ford and mr.gates intend this -- says they acted for ukrainian interests. kevin downey spoke to reporters a short while ago. think you all saw today president donald trump was correct, there is no evidence mr. manna ford, the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. -- manafortrt represented pro democracy campaigns in the ukraine. he wanted to help the ukraine come closer to the united states. those activities ended in 2014. two years before mr. manafort was in trump's campaign. you see an indictment brought by an office of special counsel using a novel theory to prosecute mr. manafort regarding a filing. the united states government has only use that six times since 1966, and resulted in one conviction. the second thing about this isictment i find ridiculous the claim that maintaining offshore accounts to bring your funds into the united states as a scheme to conceal from the knotted states government is ridiculous. thank you. -- from the united states government is ridiculous. thank

mr manna fought has no common.er one year ago multimillionaire paul manafort was donald trump ‘s campaign chairman, a figure of huge influence. today he's been ordered to an fbi field office to face the gravest charges. normally talkative, today much more tight—lipped. 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 laundered through an antiques rugs store in alexandria virginia, millions 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 indictm

than previous claims about mr manna fought‘s fees in the ukraine. —— manaford.our sources are two more lead to is, three secret black money funds, it is claimed. "the cash in our political system has to be clean. it shouldn't be corrupt. the amounts involved are just insane. this was in payment for political expertise. this was money to buy outside influence." mr ma nafort to buy outside influence." mr manafort and his lawyer couldn't be reached today, but he has always denied wrongdoing. he says the ledger entries up ward. we understand the fbi has the evidence gathered in kiev. however, ukraine's on investigation has halted. translation: our leadership miscalculated by backing clinton. when trump one, it was a problem. they suspended amanda ford enquiry. this was the price of good relations. —— okra one enquiry. this was the price of good relations. -- okra one enquiry. the charges against paul manafort relates to what he did for he went to work for president trump. mr trump says he is the vic of a witch—hunt. the us special council is now trying to connect ev

ukraine come closer to the united states and the eu. 2014,activities ended in over two years before mr. manna in the trump campaign -- mr. on menopause served in the trunk campaign. is using a counsel novel very to prosecute mr. paul manafort. the united states government has only used that six times since 1966 and only resulted in one conviction. the second thing about this indictment that i myself find ridiculous is the claim that maintaining offshore accounts to bring funds into the united to conceal from the united states government is ridiculous. thank you. julia: that was all manna for -- speakingfort's lawyer to the washington, d.c. district court. they both pleaded not guilty. the belief is that the prosecutors are as suggesting $10 million bail to be set during the status hearing on november 2. this is the latest. let's go to white house reporter who is standing outside the federal courthouse. we just heard from his lawyer, saying this is totally ridiculous and these charges will be far -- fought. >> his lawyer is pushing back very hard against the charges that were brought by the sp

mr. nims for being late. sorry i missed your testimony. my biggest experience in food aid happened a few years ago when a small company in georgia by the name of manna -- you probably are familiar with manna --. >> yes, sir. >> which produces a 3 1/2 ounce fortified peanut butter paste in a sealed packet in huge volume and it can keep children and adults alive and avoid malnutrition for a sustained period of time. the peanut, not selling for my state here but i might as well, the peanut is a great product. and it tastes good on top of everything else. [laughter] >> but i got in the middle of trying to help them and found out there's a lot of politics and brokerage going on in whose food gets sent overseas and where it goes and who takes it and everything else. in particular in terms of nutrition there was a french company that really cornered the market and sustaining packets of vitamin fortified foods to get to various -- in this case if i remember correctly it was somalia. is there still a lot of politics and are there still a lot of companies that try and corner the market? how competitive is it from the standpoint of lowering the cost and maximi

manna forte's lawyer also said there was no evidence his client colluded with russia. i think you also are today the president donald trump was correct there is no evidence that mr mann a fort with a trump campaign colluded with the russian government this command of foreign represented pro european union campaigns for the ukraine. and in that he was seeking to further democracy and the help ukraine come closer to the united states and the e.u. let's get more from alan fischer who's at the white house hi there alan so two men pleaded not guilty but papadopoulos on the other hand says he is guilty. he pled guilty before these indictments were handed don't only the decision was revealed in court documents that were issued on monday and papadopoulos is an interesting figure the white house has played down his rule as they have done with matter for it as well but they say he wasn't really an advisor he was part of a voluntary code so what you have to remember is he was e-mailing senior figures in the trump campaign saying look i have these links with russia the big problem he has of course is he sat down with f.b.i. investigators and said any contacts i had with russia tha