samuel patten. maybe not a name we knew before. but this is the first time we've seen formal charges by the government related to an illegal foreign donation to trump political activities. that's interesting. i should also note that patten has agreed to cooperate with the mueller investigation. what do you make of this? >> well, it is very interesting. remember that rick gates, who also is a cooperator for the government, of course, was in charge of the inauguration. so it's not a surprise that mueller and his team and various u.s. attorneys' offices are digging into that. you know, we've been hearing reporting that prior folks in charge of inaugurations have said that the trump inauguration raised something like double the money but had a quarter of the events and a third of the staff or something, so where did all that money go? those are questions that people have been asking. so i don't think it's a surprise they're digging into that a bit, especially with rick gates having cooperated. now we have samuel patten cooperating. who

evan perez has more on patten and what he allegedly did. >> reporter: samuel patten pleaded guilty in federal government for failing to register as a foreign agent, prosecutors say he was paid more than 1 mmd for worki$1 million h a political party aligned with russia. patten admits to helping to funnel money to president trump's inaugural committee. the case began as part of the investigation of robert mueller who referred to the u.s. attorney's office in washington, d.c. now, under federal law, it is illegal for foreigners to donate to annul comm inaugural committ patten got around the law. we've known that mueller's investigators have asked witnesses about possible illegal foreign donations to the trump campaign and the inauguration, but the patten plea deal is the first public indication about that line of inquiry. rudy giuliani says that the plea deal has nothing to do with president trump. >> it turned out to be an irrelevant indictment where i think mueller has turned into the private prosecutor. what does it have todowith president trump? not a single thing. some guy donated

how could somebody like samuel patten help prosecutors in the broader investigation into the collusion, obstruction of justice or any other wrongdoings? >> i think what's interesting is both patten and manafort lobbied on behalf of the same ukrainian political party. presumably, this person knows some information about manafort's relationship with the ukrainians and putin's support potentially for ukrainian interest which made its way at least into the potential republican party platform during the presidential election. as i mentioned before, it's like reading every 40th page of moby dick and trying to figure out what the story is about. we have to read every page. right now, not only bob mueller but because he's farming out some of these prosecutions, the other parts of the justice department, other parts of the justice department have pieces of it. it's a widespread, complicated puzzle. i understand that even lawyers former prosecutors like myself and people on the panel and others have a hard time paying attention to it. it's something i think is very difficult for the american peo

he is samuel patten, the washington lobbyist with busy ties to a russian national who himself was a close colleague of paul manafort. he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to register as a foreign agent, and he admitted to making false statements, obstructing the u.s. senate intelligence committee and causing foreign money to flow into the trump inaugural committee. what he's got to offer the special counsel remains to be seen. what he represents, though, is clear. another reminder on top of the manafort conviction, michael flynn, rick gates, george papadopoulos that what the president calls a rigged witch-hunt continues to bear fruit, which may explain the president's tweet storm on the subject the last several days, his attack on the attorney general, and his threat which he restated on the stump last night. >> all i can say this, our justice department and our fbi at the top of it, because inside they have incredible people, but our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. because people are angry. people are angry. what's hap

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samuel patten pleading guilty to charges of failing to recommendingster as a -- failing to register ineign agency. he agreed to work with bob mueller's team. he referred the case to the d.c. prosecutor. perhaps the most striking part of the case is this, admits helping a russian and ukrainian making a $50,000 donation to the trump inauguration committee. of course, foreigners aren't allowed to donate money to inaugural committees. there's no sign trump

samuel patten faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty in fed wral court in washingtonfirst time prosecutors have made a connection between a foreign interest appearing to buy influence in the new administration. patten once worked for former trump campaign chair paul manafort. he was convicted last month of multiple counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. >>> president trump is spending the holiday weekend at the white house with trade concerns likely on his mind. trade talks between the u.s. and canada hit a snag on friday after a canadian newspaper obtained off-the-record remark mrs. trump made to bloomberg new. that raises doubts about the future of the 25-year-old north american free trade agreement. paula reid is at the white house. paula, tell us all about it. >> good morning. trump note feed congress on friday he plans to sign a renegotiated nafta deal reached with mexico this week with or without canada where a deal remains uncertain after a tense week of negotiations. as of right now, there is no deal. >> canada's ripping us off. the whole world is ripping us of