what is being set up legally now the next steps well in many ways it's the papadopoulos information that so much more serious for mr trump while president trump has been saying there is no collusion papadopoulos information indicates that he was indeed colluding with russia he was working with russians to try and get obtain negative information about hillary clinton which included by the way a trove of e-mails and that is the same kind of information that the russians that have set up a meeting with donald trump jr and jared kushner to again talk about this issue of hillary clinton related e-mails and dirt so it's clear that we've seen collusion and also very worrisome for the trump campaign is the fact that mr papadopoulos has clearly been working with the special counsel for months and months he was first arrested back in july this in criminal information indicates that he pleaded guilty at the beginning of october it's released only at the end of october they talked about him as a proactive cooperate or meaning he may have been welling wearing a wire or otherwise speaking to other members of the trump campaign t

mr. papadopoulos as having a limited role when there's a photograph of mr. papadopoulos sitting at a table with the president. sarah the president has thes of photographs with millions of people. >> and he the president sfoke about him. how is it not collusion when george papadopoulos who is in contact with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton, a series of events that closely mirrors what occurred with the president's own son. russians in pursuit of information damaging about the clintons, how is that not collusion? sarah: this individual was a member of a volunteer advisory council that met one time over the course of a year. and he was part of a list that was read out in "the washington post," i'd hardly call that some sort of regular advisor or as you want to, you know, push, that he's like a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaign. he was a volunteer on a, again a council that met once. >> he was pursuing information from the russians. >> he was a volunteer. that's something you'd need to ask him. i'm not here to sp

mr. papadopoulos. >> yes, he was the real surprise today. of expected manafort to appear in court, rick gates was a surprise this early on. but papadopoulos was someone at cbs we have been trying to get in contact with several servelt months back. he seemed to be a minor player, many are puzzled how he ended up on the campaign anyways. young guy in his 30s, seems to have very little foreign policy advisor type of experience. and so there were a lot of people who were trying to figure out, well, where did he come from. and so to see his name released by the special counsel's office today, that was a surprise. and the fact they were able to keep this a secret since earlier this month that he pled guilty, again another surprise. then you see the detail in the court papers, that he was also promised dirt on hillary clinton but far ahead of the promise that was made to donald trump, jr., a couple of months later. and before the dnc came out and acknowledged that it had been hacked by russian hackers. and so this was a real surprise today, charlie.

mr. papadopoulos as having a limited role when there's a photograph of mr. papadopoulos sitting -- >> the campaign had thousands of photographs with millions of people. >> how is it not collusion when george papadopoulos is in kak with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton? a series of events that closely mirrors what occurred with the president's own son. how is that not collusion? >> this vinl was the member of a voluntary add vizry counsel that met one time, and he was part of the list that read out "the washington pos" i'd hardly call that a regular advisor or you want to push he's a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaigns. >> sanders also mischaracterized the extent of papadopoulos's actions. the fbi saying he made repeated attempts to contact russias. >> he reached out it was nothing beyond that. >> as for manafort, she minimized his role in the campaign. >> he was brought in to lead the delegate, which he did, and was dismissed not long after that. >> he served as campaign chairman for three months. denying conta

mr. papadopoulos is having a limited role and there is a photograph of mr. padopoulos sitting at a table with candidate trump -- >> secretary sanders: he interacts with millions of people. >> reporter: he was cited as to who his top foreign policy advisors are, also how is it not collusion when george papadopoulos is in contact with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton in a series of events that closely mirrors what occurred with the president sounds on? >> secretary sanders: this individual -- >> reporter: in pursuit of information that was damaging about the clintons, how is that not collusion? >> secretary sanders: this individual was a member of a volunteer advisory council that met one time over the course of a year. he was part of a list that was read out in "the washington post," i hardly call that some sort of regular advisor or as you want to push, that he is a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaign, he was a volunteer on a council that met once. >> reporter: he was pursuing information from russians -- >> sec

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 and wellspring of our grand democracy, free and fair elections which have been going on for more than two centuries, and were disturbed and adulterated by a hostile foreign power with no good intent for the people of this country. it is 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. the president must not under any circumstances in any way interfere with the special counsel's work. if he does, congress must respond swiftly, unequivocally, and in a bipartisan way to ensure that the investigation contin

mr. papadopoulos is saying there was a attempt on both sides to make that happen. ery: craig, it is not just about papadopoulos. another trump adviser, carter page, we know he already met with the fbi. he also has had a testimony out there. also he is scheduled to appear on thursday before the house intelligence committee. how much momentum is this investigation gathering and how far is it expanding? said: i think what kevin is exactly right. i will say, george papadopoulos is not a name that was on our name -- was on our tongues in the news. to be oneos was known of the five foreign-policy advisers donald trump named. it was not like he was invisible to us. we just did not think this was where mueller was going first. the fact he did suggests there are more people who are getting scrutiny from mr. mueller. as kevin said, this could be a long road we are on with the mueller investigation. we do have breaking news. reporting the softbank is said to be calling off its merger with t-mobile. we have known that has been going on for a while. they faced scrutiny by the go

mr. papadopoulos' sentencing is going to be condition on how much he cooperates with the special counsel moving forward. >> sandra: are we likely to get a look at paul manafort when he enters the court they are in little bit? >> hard to say. and sometimes private entrances are arranged but perhaps of the special feeling particularly aggrieved about the alleged allegations against mr. manafort, he may require him to do perform what is colloquially known as a perp walk, surrounded by cameras at the moment recorded for posterity. >> sandra: going to open up for any questions for my colleagues. >> harris: is here is, good to see you. political analyst eric erickson is writing today that people may adjust to the conclusion because of the role that paul manafort played on the trump campaign, that there's some connection there and you just showed us the tweet by the president is saying don't jump to that conclusion. but what eric is saying that when you look at the actual wording of the indictment, the two are very separate and it isn't just the timing that some of these things happen before ma

mr. papadopoulos, he attended a foreign tell us meeting and the president was there. he talked about how russia wanted to talk to the president. what did the president think when he said he wanted to arrange a meeting between trump and putin and how did other people in the campaign react to that? >> i'm not sure that the president recalls specific details of the meeting. again, it was a brief meeting that took place quite sometime ago. the one time that group ever met and beyond that i don't have anything to add. john? >> thank you, sarah. as you mentioned, mr. manafort and mr. gates were named in this as not having anything to do with the campaign, but with alleged money laundering regarding other business. now, under those circumstances, will the president rule out or consider pardoning either of them. >> we should let the process play through before we look at those steps. >> and papadopoulos at this time was referring to jeff sessions at the time who was overseeing from foreign policy advisers. what does it mean for jeff sessions? >> again, somebody on a volunteer

mr. papadopoulos. he chose to do it today because i think he wanted to convey to the american public i'm not just rooting around in old tank returns -- old tax returns. kennedy: it also takes the news cycle off the fusion gps russia stories that eclipsed so much. it was a bad week for hillary clinton and by association a bad week for robert mueller since he was head of the fbi during some of those investigations into the russian operatives trying to get as much of the u.s. uranium market as they possibly could. does this investigation as far as anything you have read, heard or said, does it extend to potential russia collusion with uranium one and fusion gps and the dossier? reporter: you could work as a prosecutor for bob mueller. i love the way you framed that's question. according to anything i have read, heard or understood. that covers the waterfront. according to all that i have read or heard or understood, the uranium one sale from 2010 when secretary clinton was in office is not part of mr. mue

mr. papadopoulos as having a limited role when there's a photograph of mr. papadopoulos signature at a table with then candidate trump. >> the president take thousand of photographs with millions of people. >> reporter: how is it not conclusion who george papadopoulos is in contact with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton, a series of events that closely mirrors what occurred with the president's own son? how is all of that not collusion? >> look, this individual was the member of a volunteer advisory counsel that met one time over the course of a year, and he was part of a list that was read out in the "the washington post." i would hardly call that some sort of regular adviser or us a want to, you know, say that he's like a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaign. >> reporter: sanders also mischaracterized the extent of papadopoulos's actions nailing to mention that federal investigators said he made repeated attempts to make russians from the russians and his efforts were discussed by campaign officials. >> nothing

mr. papadopoulos last month, he hinted at the possibility of more to come in the investigation. said the mueller probe is, quote, a large scale ongoing investigation of which this case, the papadopoulos case is a small part. so given what he said as an officer of the court, are you disagreeing with anything that he said in his remarks during that plea hearing? >> maybe his references and looking more to come between democrats and the clinton campaign since if there is evidence to date it is between them colluding with other foreign governments and not from our side. >> one question about what the president said today. first question is president mentioned in the tax reform meeting that he was going to be announcing soon some companies that are coming back to the united states. can you name them or give us the industry that we are talking about? >> you know i'm not going to get ahead of an announcement the president is going to make. >> the speech he is making being billed as theme for the trip as well asindo pacific. does this administration see india as a pivotal part of the st

mr. papadopoulos as having a limited role when there's a photograph of mr. papadopoulos sitting at a table with then candidate -- >> there's been thousands of photographs with millions of people. >> how is it not collusion when george papadopoulos is in contact with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton, a series of events that closely mirrors what occurred with the president's own son? >> this individual was on a -- >> in pursuit of information -- >> finish your statement. >> about the clintons, how is all of that not collusion. >> look, this individual was the member of a volunteer advisory council that met one time over the course of a year, and he was part of a list that was read out in the "washington post." i hardly call that some sort of regular adviser or as you want to, you know, push that he's like a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaign. >> so, dana, the white house is minimizes his role on the campaign and yet we have this photo showing papadopoulos with the president. the president also mentioning him in a

mr. papadopoulos, are you ready to make an about whether you want to enter a plea of guilty or whether you wish to go to trial in this case? yes, your honor, said pop develop louse. what is your decision? i'd like to plead guilty, your honor. and are you entering this plea of guilty voluntarily and of your own free will because you are guilty and for no other reason? yes, your honor. joining us now, david frum, senior editor of the atlantic and joyce vance for northern district of alabama and professor at university of alabama law school. she announced on the evening before president trump's inauguration that she was retiring from the justice department after 25 years. joyce vance, i wanted to go to the particulars of the papadopoulos case. it seems to me this is the dead center of the investigation. this is someone who's been charged with lying to the fbi about the essence of what the special prosecutor's investigating. >> he has been. the lie he's told, in fact, relates to the russians interest in him stemming from his involvement in the campaign. and that i think attests to mueller's ge

mr. papadopoulos could take such a meeting himself. he did not. >> shepard: got it. paul manafort pleading not guilty to all charges in a court appearance this afternoon. they include conspiracy against the united states and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. paul manafort turned himself in today. he's accused of funneling millions through shell companies and using that money to buy luxury cars, real estate and expensive suits. rick gates is manafort's former business associate. he also pleaded not guilty. the office of special counsel robert mueller announced the indictment. the former fbi director looking into russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign's possible ties to russia. the criminal charges against gates and man ford do not appear to be directly related to the presidential race. in fact, the indictment does not reference either the campaign or donald trump himself in connection to russia. it does, however, allege that the conspiracy began in 2008 and continued into this year. in other words, the conspiracy is alleged to have continued du

papadopoulos. he was a foreign policy adviser tore candidate trump. you see him sitting there in this picture that mrted in march 2016 as one of his foreign policy team. papadopoulos has admitted to lying about contacts he had with russians during the campaign. cnn's manu raju has been diving into this. despite a campaign official saying he was a zero, this is someone that president trump, then candidate trump, mentioned by name as one of his top foreign policy advisers back in 2016. called him an excellent guy and after that march 2016 comment, prosecutors really reveal the extent to which mr. papadopoulos went to try to set up meetings between trump campaign officials and officials in the kremlin. even pushing on multiple occasions for meetings with president putin of russia with then candidate trump. now, today, sarah huckabee sanders says he was just a volunteer and there was really nothing to it, but also the question today, jake, is why did papadopoulos lie about this to authorities? soon after joining the trump campaign in march 2016 george papadopoulos had a meeting with the london-based prof

mr. papadopoulos "a great guy." today it was "a liar." i wonder to clear the air, how well did he actually know him and was he briefed by him and often connected he had frequent meetings? >> secretary sanders: the only interaction was the one meeting that the advisory council gather together in a large group of other people in the room, and to my knowledge, that was the only interaction they ever had. again, this is a campaign volunteer. he was not somebody that was a senior advisor. as a one builds him to be. he was somebody that played a minimal role, if at all, it was part a volunteer advisory board. that is the only instance i am aware of. >> reporter: the only other thing i want to ask him a few weeks ago when the president said on twitter about the media, he suggested that the timing. too many people, that was a use and is him for the fairness doctrine. something that president ronald reagan delivered, as leader nancy pelosi, have tried to revive. is he seriously in favor of reviving the fairness doctrine, and they might advocate, t

mr. papadopoulos. please let's have breakfast, mr. papadopoulos. have the papawaffleus." [ laughter ] of course, now that manafort has been charged, trump and his team are trying to distance themselves from him. but during the campaign trump and his aides went out of their way repeatedly to emphasize how important manafort was to their operations. >> who do you believe will take over the campaign? will it be paul manafort? >> yeah, i think paul -- paul is totally in charge. >> nobody should underestimate how much paul manafort did to really help with this campaign to where it is right now. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where's paul? [ cheers ] paul manafort. oh, good. you made it. >> seth: oh, good, you made it. where were you? [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] "i was doing some russia stuff." [ laughter ] and when none of your defenses work, there's always the option of ignoring the news completely. as other news outlets were going wall-to-wall with coverage of the manafort indictment, here's what fox news thought was more

mr. papadopoulos having a limited role when there is a photograph of him sitting at a table with candidate trump? sarah: he met with millions of people. >> he was also cited by president trump in a meeting in washington. that seems to go against what you are saying. how is it not collusion when george, who is in contact with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton, a series of events that closely mirrors what occurred with the president's own son? sarah: this individual was a member of a volunteer advisory council that met one time over the course of a year. he was part of a list that was read out in the washington post i would hardly call that some sort of regular advisor or as you want to push that he is a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaign volunteer that met o himnce. >> in regard to the collusion activity, he was pursuing information from russians. sarah: he was a volunteer. you'll have to ask him. >> the president called on congress to investigate hillary clinton. is he confident they will do that? sarah: you would have to ask congress. there

mr. papadopoulos last month at the hinted at the possibility more to come in the investigation. uote large scale ongoing investigation of which this case, the papadopoulos case, is a small part. so given what he said, as an officer of the court, are you disagreeing with anything that he said in his remarks during that plea hearing? >> maybe his references in looking more to come tweej the democrats and the clinton campaign since i think if there is any evidence to date it's between them colluding with other foreign governments. certainly not from our side. jessica. >> one question about what the president said today and then question broadly. but first question is president mentioned in the tax reform meeting there that he was going to be announcing quote soon some companies that are coming back to the united states. can you either name them or give us the industry that we are talking about? >> you know i'm not going to get ahead of announcement the president was going to make. >> and then the speech that he's making in apex big billed as a theme for the trip as well as indio pac

mr. papadopoulos last month he hinted at possibility of more to come in the investigation. said the mueller probe is quote, a large-scale, ongoing investigation of which this case, papadopoulos case, is small part. so, given what he said, as an officer of the court, are you disagreeing with anything that he said in his remarks during that plea hearing? >> maybe his references in looking more to come between the democrats and clinton campaign since i think if there is any evidence we've seen to date, it is between them, colluding with the other foreign governments. certainly not from our side. jessica? reporter: one question about what the president said today, then asia trip question broadly. first question is, the president mentioned in the tax reform meeting there he was going to be announcing, quote, soon, some companies that are coming back to the united states. can you either name them or give us the industry that we're talking about? >> i will not get ahead of announcements the president will make. if he wasn't willing to tell you i will certainly not step in and do i

mr. papadopoulos, is the first russia-related indictment in the mueller investigation. in the long run, it may prove to be a bigger part of the review over whether collusion or conspiracy occurred. >> what is he guilty of? walk us through george's connection to paul manafort. when you look at this indictment for manafort, it sort of looks like dirty business guy doing dirty business for years. >> there was a day in 2016 when donald trump kept getting pressure about, who is on your foreign policy team, and he dropped george papadopoulos's name as an energy analyst. >> dropped carter page's name. what is important, in march, while he knew he was going to be working for the trump campaign in foreign policy, mr. papadopoulos was making contact with an intermediary for the kremlin. this is not in dispute. this is admitted in this new guilty plea. >> right. >> which suggests, by inference, that he may also be providing cooperating testimony. reading from, again, this brand-new plea deal, and accompanying statement, it says this intermediary told him, the trump adviser, russia

mr. papadopoulos. it's clear the russians were trying to traffic in the email and present them to the campaign, the trump campaign, so they could help donald trump get elected. and you see what the indictments of manafort and gates, that the rot went all the way to the top of the campaign. t's clear to me that the investigation will continue and this is not the end of the criminal charges moving forward. it's troubling to me to see such appalling silence from so many republican leaders. because the silence isn't simply deafening, it's appalling. because we are americans fist. and this was indeed an assault not simply on the d.n.c. but on our democracy. and i'm happy to answer any questions about that. i want to turn to the d.n.c., though. because we walked into a d.n.c. that absolutely needed to up our game. there's no doubt about it. i've said that many times. we fell short on many levels. and being the sports fan that i am, when you play a football game or coach a football team or a basketball team,

in a separate development, george papadopoulos, a former policy adviser to mr trump, has admitted lyingfbi about his ties with a russian contact. here's what white house press secretary sarah sanders told the press in response. 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've said several times before, has everything to do with the clinton campaign, fusion gps and russia. there's clear evidence of the clinton campaign colluding with russian intelligence to spread disinformation and smear the president to influence the election. we've been saying from day one there's been no evidence of trump—russia collusion, and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all. let's speak to our correspondent laura bicker in washington. laura, whatever sarah sanders says, these are 12 very grave charges. when it comes to paul manafort, is pleading not guilty, his lawyer describing the charges as ridiculous. but while all those cameras were focusing on donald trump's former campaign m

that could be mueller‘s next target, so i think he will continue this investigation and mr papadopoulos have to leave that, but thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. deputy editor of the express, and the political commentator daisy mcandrew. the government has called for action "within days" to deal with allegations of sexual harassment at westminster. the leader of the commons has told the house that she wants to see a new grievance procedure as soon as possible and a fresh code of conduct introduced, following claims of misconduct by some mps. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains flash photography. what really happens within westminster‘s walls? it's work for thousands of people, but often, for young staff making their way, it is a place where they fear they could face harm. with suspicions in the air about politicians's behaviour... order! ..the speaker told the parties it is theirjob to clean up. there must be zero tolerance of sexual harassment or bullying here a

trump but it's a question of putting one piece of the crossword puzzle next to the other did mr papadopoulos have conversations with other people in the campaign about why i trump wanted information from them i wanted to deal with the russians did he know about an effort not just on the russians part but on the campaign's part to bring down hillary can't clinton using that the russians so there's a he may have more information or he may have the names of other people who might so he could be a key coggan this wheel missiles millennium ask you you know i think we have to go back to the nixon administration if we were if we want to find close members of the president's cabinet or campaign team who were indicted while the president was in office of how much watergate is in this scandal an investigation right now. well a lot because. what you see is. a slow on raveling of criminality in the highest places in the administration and the people who've been named so far not not in these indictments and the please but the people who've been alleged to have been involved include the president's son do

mr. papadopoulos as having a limited role when there's a photograph of mr. papadopoulos sitting at a table with -- >> the president has thousands of photographs with millions of people, so -- >> and he was also cited by "the washington post" as who his top foreign policy advisers are. that seems to fight against what you're saying. also, how is it not collusion when george papadopoulos is in contact with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton, a series of events that closely mirrors what occurred with the president's own son? >> this individual was on a -- >> talking with russians in pursuit of information that was damaging about the clintons. how is all of that not collusion? >> look, this individual was the member of a volunteer advisory council that met one time over the course of a year. and he was part of a list that was read out in "the washington post." i'd hardly call that some sort of regular adviser or as you want to push that he's like a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaign. he was a volunteer on, again, a c

mr. papadopoulos as having a limited role when there's a photograph of mr. dopoulos sitting at his table -- >> thousands of photographs with millions of people. >> he was also cited by then-candidate trump in a meeting with "the washington post" as to who is top foreign policy advisers, that seems to fight against what you're saying. and also how is it not collusion when george papadopoulos is in contact with various people who are promising dirt on hillary clinton, a series of events that closely mirrors what to occurred with the president's own son? >> this individual was on a -- >> [inaudible] russians in pursuit of information -- >> finish your monologue. >> how is all that not collusion? >> look, this individual was the member of a volunteer advisory council that met one time over the course of a year. and he was part of a list that was read out in "the washington post." i'd hardly call that some sort of regular adviser or, as you want to, you know, push that he's like a senior member of the staff. he was not paid by the campaign, he was a volunteer on a

mr. papadopoulos, i don't wish anyone ill, really, but i remember when the trump kanl paicampaignrolled out list of pn policy advise oar advisers, he d by press, he list z being in a modeled united nations program. now you cannot have it both ways, either, he was essentially just somebody they found on a street corner, which is their view then. or he is a central adviser in trump camp pai campaign. which is their view today, they cannot be view. lou: no way was i mocking him pointing out his lack of experience, and a volunteer, only once been in the same room with the presidential candidate. this is a sad showing. to the part of special counsel. there does not appear to be anything new. in case of manafort and gates, appear to be any connection to russia collusion and president trump. this is stunning stuff. they have this minnow they brought up in a very big expensive net that of special counsel who it is unimagineble he would know anything at all. >> there is press reporting that pappapadopoulos wore a wire fori for months, we'll see. let me say, since i worked for eed meese at justice de

mr. papadopoulos is -- mr. papadopoulos'plea agreement, he has every reason to help with prosecutors.ack at prove damaging. give us a sense of the upcoming testimony of technology giants to congress about the russian impact. >> that's an interesting development in this hall russia be involved. while we have seen is some stunning figures from the upcoming testimony. facebook is saying when you look at not only the information that tiedurchased by kremlin operatives but also the number of times it was shared in light and have got to the whole social media sharing exercise, 40% of the u.s. population had seen some of that material. most people didn't know it was backed by some of these russian involved firms. that shows the reach of this. that's more voters than voted in the last election. it shows how pervasive this is. to see be interesting what facebook's testimony is on that. so far they have been cooperating and are concerned. this shows just how much of this their wives in the last election. it does feel like we're just getting started here. thank you jodi. the other top story we m

mr. papadopoulos had been arrested let alone cooperating. when the government doesn't want you to know because they are going somewhere, you are ain't going to know. charles: mueller leaks there is going to be an arrest today. but they arrest somebody and he pleads guilty and they hold that back from the public. don't you find something wrong that mueller's committee is leaking information they want to leak to sway public opinion. but no one in the campaign hardly remembers him. >> the hallmark of cooperation is building up and up. papadopoulos may have been real low. he already pled guilty. we know he's been cooperating. now mr. man for the knows more. what is relevant is who is next above man for the, above and above it's halloween and the haunted house is 1600 pennsylvania avenue. you have fbi agents jumping out from behind the walls. charles: i hear where he's coming from, but i'm not afraid and i don't think donald trump is either. popapadopoulos is an insignifict figure. and for paul moan fo paul manafa decade before the election. ford

. >> george papadopoulos, we may or may not have e-mailed about russia. guess what mr. lewandowski, if papadopoulos was wearing a wire, you'll be reminded by mueller. and papadopoulos, a quote, liar and coffee boy. this of course after one of trump's foreign policy advisers pleads guilty to lying to the fbi. sean hannity said last night he's a kid, 29 years old. 29. four years older than la david johnson who lost his life in n niger. father of two. he had a third on the way. guess what. 29 years old, not a kid. old enough to know don't lie to the fbi. wn "washington post" reports the president was fuming over the news. trump went on the defense tweeting about how few people knew the low level volunteer named george. he writes he was a liar . >> tried to minimize papadopoulos even further calling him a coffee boy. but here's what the president said about this young adviser loser liar coffee boy in march of 2016. unprompted. >> george papadopoulos, he's an oil and energy consultant. excellent guy. >> can i say one thing? an energy consultant. he had on his linkedin page, m

papadopoulos told mr. trump, he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between then candidate trump, and president putin. >> from what i recall, george was a low level volunteer. >> reporter: the white house has distanced himself from man fort since he was fired last year for lobbying for pro- russian political parties. prosecutors say he and gates conspired to launder money, accounts. >> extremely strong. very serious charges. >> reporter: cbs news has learned this are at least four other cases under seal. >>> on another front, lawmakers heard testimony today from google, twitter, and facebook about ads posted to the sites from russian operatives. those ads may have been seen by as many as 126 million user on facebook alone. >>> coming up next, republicans react angrily to a controversial new campaign ad targeting the gop candidate for governor. >> and we continue to monitor the situation up in new york city, where a deadly truck attack is being called an act of >>> at 11:00 tonight, our specia

papadopoulos? earlier today the president was pressed about the developments in mueller's investigation but he had nothing to say. >> mrapadopoulos an excellent guy. what is your reaction? >> thank you. >> manafort and gates have pleaded not guilty. the white house has argued that the indictments against them and the papadopoulos plea deal have nothing to do with the