in the post today, ryan dickey was not just added right now. it's reported he was actually brought on to mueller's team in november. this is just the first time anybody was able. >> first of all, for what it's worth, i think this means there are at least 17 prosecutors working on mueller's team now. number two, we know now that the very month the president's russia lawyer was publicly and not only was robert mueller not wrapping up the investigation in november, he was still adding new prosecutors to his team at that time. and because what we know about ryan dickey's professional area of specialization and what he's an expert at, we at least can now ask before questions about where we know that rnc staffers were questioned last month, quo, about the party digital operation that worked with the trump campaign to target voters in key states that was according to michael isikoff. we also know from reporting this past fall that robert mueller on tiananmened significant data to influence the 2016 vote, on american so long media, including facebook.

in fine print, senior counsel ryan k. dickey. ryan k. dickey, led the prosecution of the original guccifer, inspiration and tribute of guccifer 2.0, cybercrime specialist, prosecutor from the department of justice. we have just learned he has a new gig. "washington post" reports he's the latest specialist prosecutor brought on to robert mueller's team, the special counsel team operating under the leadership of robert mueller on the russian vaechlgts accordiinvestigation. according to the reporting from the "post," not just added right now, brought on the team in november, just this is first time anybody could report it. still learning about the appointment now tells us a couple of things. first of all, think that means at least 17 prosecutors working on mueller's team now. number two, we know now that the very month the president's russia lawyer was publicly proclaiming that the mueller investigation was coming to a close, would be over by thanksgiving, not only was robert mueller not wrapping up in november, he was still adding new prose

the most notable new member of the team is ryan k. dickey, a federal prosecutor of the justice department's computer crimes section. ryan dickey participated in the investigation of the famous hacker of gooseipher. donald trump does not know how to use e-mail. he clearly does not have the experience or the capacity to even begin to imagine what a cyber investigation actually is and what -- and donald trump might then actually assume that he is safe from ryan dickey's cyber investigation simply because he himself never uses e-mail. but everything that has happened in the special prosecutor's investigation, the last seven months has obviously been terrifying for donald trump. how terrifying? 100% guarantee that he would submit to an interview with the special prosecutor has now become -- we'll see what happens. joining us now, jill winebanks, former assistant special prosecutor, ron klain, former chief of staff of biden and gore. a former senior aide to president obama. he's also a former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee and jen

. >> special counsel office confirmed today that it hired a veteran cybersecurity prosecutor ryan dickey in november, cyber crimes are essential issue to the probe. the dnc and clinton campaign hacks. >> bret: south korea's president says president trump deserve great credit for yesterday's meeting with north korean officials. that session produced an agreement that will send a delegation from the north to next month's winter olympics in south korea south korea. officials are also hoping to eventually have talks about north korea's nuclear program. we have learned today that vice president pence will lead the american delegation to the games. he will be with martha maccallum next hour. president trump is about to make a major decision involving iran's nuclear program. he has until the end of this week to determine whether the western agreement with iran should be continued or at least the u.s. involvement in it. correspondent rich edson tells us what's at that statement from the state department. >> sources close to the presidency will likely pass on withdrawing the united states from th

mueller's team recently added veteran cyber crimes expert ryan dickey, suggesting the probe is expanding. the president was asked about recent talks between north and south korea. >> we have certainly problems with north korea but a lot of good talks are going on right now. >> reporter: after wednesday's call with south korean president moon jae-in, mr. trump appeared hopeful for a diplomatic breakthrough. >> the representatives had a great, great meeting. and i had some very good feedback from that. >> reporter: the president also said that he would be willing to have direct talks with north korea if the conditions are right. now, today, he's going to meet with his national security team to discuss the threat posed by iran. he's facing a deadline and has to decide whether to renew sanctions on iran that could imperil the deal that freezes its nuclear program. >>> the governor of missouri is rejecting allegations of blackmail this morning after admitting he cheated on his wife. republican eric greitens says the affair happened before his election. the woman's ex-husband tells our st. lou

ryan dickey was assigned to mueller's team in the-up's commuter crime and intellectual property selection. he joined 16 other lawyers who are highly respected by their peer who is have come under fire by republicans weary some of their political contributions to democrats. you can read that. the president yesterday at that joint news conference with norwegian prime minister was asked about whether or not he would sit down with robert mueller and answer questions. president trump: there has been no conclusion -- collusion between the trump campaigns and russian no collusions. when i watch you interviewing all the people leaving their committees, i mean the democrats are all running for office but bottom line, they all say there's no collusion. and there is no collusion. and when you talk about interviews, hillary clinton had a interview which she wasn't sworn in. she wasn't given the oath. they didn't take notes. they didn't record. and it was done on the fourth of july weekend. that's perhaps ridiculous and a lot of people looked upon that as being a very serious breech and it really was.