if there's somebody in washington representing the russians in 2016, it was tony podesta.ker, there's 17 democrats that registered for russia companies that were connected to the kremlin or actually registered to represent the kremlin. those are the ones that were registered, as you know.washington is lousy with people doing the bidding of foreign countries without registering. >> tucker: yeah. they're everywhere. they're on my street and every street in the city. that's why to see the pharaoh law applied the way it's been. i'm not against it. i don't think people should lobby for foreign governments route registering. to see it applied to one side is genuinely shocking. >> i think you hit it on the head. >> tucker: yeah. go ahead. >> i think you hit it on the head. a pharaoh only matters if you know donald trump. lobbying for foreign countries is legal in the united states. but if you do it and you work for donald trump or you knew donald trump, you're headed for problems. >> as far as i can tell, the biggest and most effective foreign lobbyists are not register. maybe th

tony podesta was also doing very similar things.tigation really picked up steam on paul manafort, what did tony podesta do? he went and filed a lot of fara reports with the department of justice going back to previous years because he had failed to register before. this question of justice, why is it that the fara violations of paul manafort should be prosecuted -- by the way, i believe they should be if they are real, but why in the case of tony podesta are they not, it ia mystifying and it will only further confuse americans why they think they have further standards. >> jason: you have to look at mark elias, hillary clinton, general counsel, dnc, involved in the podesta group. it is quite a web. who gets the immunity? oh, those that are the democrats. harmeet, i wish we had more time. peter, thank you so much for joining us. they are back. governor mike huckabee joins us next to discuss why the obamas all of a sudden are getting back into the political fray. do these moves look familiar? then you might have a condition called dry

but tony podesta is a lobbyist who ran the podesta group, now defunct, really as a result of this work he did with paul manafort when paul manafort was working for pro-russian interests in ukraine and those financial dealings are at the heart of this whole matter. we knew, tom winter and i reported last fall that tony podesta was under some scrutiny by bob mueller. sought fact he's not on this list could mean two things. it could mean that robert mueller simply isn't as interested anymore in what he has to say or it could mean that he's extremely interested in what he has to say and doesn't want to grant him immunity. all of the people on that list, whatever they give as a witness testimony against paul manafort, it will not be able to be used against them in prosecution. so it could be there may be more prosecutions surrounding this work that are still to come. >> i believe trump tv ran with a big exclusive that tony podesta was going to be on that list, which appears to not be true, you'll be shocked to learn. in the michael cohen case these 12 audio recordings turned over to the spe

we told you that two separate sources that we spoke to directly told us that the lobbyist tony podestan offered criminal immunity by mueller in return for testifying against paul manafort, with whom he worked to lobby on behalf of ukraine once upon a time. what distinguishes him from paul manafort, who by the way is behind bars. well, maybe the answer is only one of them supported donald trump. we're happy to root out all the unregistered foreign agents in this country, but the law should apply the everybody. he's a former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia and he joins us tonight. as we said last night and i want to restate now, we spoke to two separate sources that tony podesta had been offered immunity by the mueller investigation in exchange for testifying against manafort. if that is true, what does it mean? >> it means that the mueller investigation has now reached a level of debasement akin to the ninth level of hell in dante's inferno. it also means that if you're a democrat, you get a pass. there are two standards of justice in this town being carried out by the depart

lou: john podesta's brother tony. how lucky could he be?the equivalent of one of these, the megamillions ticket courtesy of bob mueller, sweetheart of a guy. if you're a longtime clinton friend and ally, you get a free pass, you get immunity. so, but if you are any way connected to donald trump, you know, go directory to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200. lou: everything around the podesta brothers is really intriguing. here is tony podesta getting immunity from -- facing exactly the same charges as manafort. and at the same time, his brother, the chairman of the clinton campaign, participating in the payment apparently of monies to create a phony dossier that was used to create a phony fisa warrant by the fbi. >> right. lou: i wonder how this is working out. oh, the fbi was led by the colleague and friend, longtime friend of bob mueller, wasn't it? >> yeah. yeah, you know, it's interesting all the strings and attachments here. lou: yeah. >> it's a club-by place, that washington d.c. no wonder it's called the swamp. lou: a toxic swa

tony podesta, whatever happened to him?ht we can report exclusively based on two separate sources we spoke to today that tony podesta has been offered immunity by robert mueller to testify against paul manafort. for a near identical crime, bill and hillary's friend could escape and emerge completely unscathed while paul manafort may rot in jail. only one of them made the mistake of chairing donald trump's presidential campaign.au maybe the mostmi amazing is the pretext under which all of this is happening. the fara law was passed back in 1938 in order to prevent the nazi government from lobbying in the u.s. over a 50 year period from 1966 to 2015, a total of only seven people were criminally charged under fara. many more could have been charged -- washington is brimming with unregistered foreign agents and has been for decades. and yet only seven people were charged over 50 years. in recent months, three people have been charged under fara. what do they have in common? you guessed it -- some connection to donald trump. fede

there's reports that democratic lobbyists, tony podesta, worked on behalf of a ukrainian interest route registering under the foreign agent registration act. mueller indicted drop's former campaign manager paul manafort over similar accusations. so are manafort and podesta being treated the same? not according to tucker carlson's reporting last night. >> we can report exclusively based on two separate sources that we spoke to today that tony podesta has been offered immunity by robert mueller to testify against paul manafort. for a nearly identical cream, bill and hillary's friend can escape while paul manafort can rot in jail. >> jason: that doesn't seem fair. john is here with us and bobby and democratic strategist, scott bolden. bobby, i want to ask you, you being involved in the fbi, when do you use immunity and why is it that we continue to see, if the reporting is true and i believe tucker carlson in the hillary clinton probe, they gave out five sets of immunity and got nothing for it and now we're hearing that tony podesta is getting immunity. when do you use it? >> there's a cou

what's significant is a name that's not on that list and that's the lobbyist tony podesta. tom and i reported last fall that tony podesta had worked with paul manafort on his work for pro-russian interests in ukraine. that's exactly why he is on trial here for financial crimes committed as part of that work but tony podesta's name is not on that. so that could mean he's not of use to bob mueller or it could be that they don't want to grant him immunity because -- >> julia, let me interrupt you for a second. we do have word from the courthouse now. pete williams has just arrived outside the courtroom from inside. pete, what have you got? >> reporter: well, the judge has agreed to delay the start of this trial about eight days. the trial was supposed -- it was actually -- >> supposed to be wednesday. >> six days. the trial was supposed to start wednesday, the 25th. he has agreed to postpone the beginning to july 31st. the judge said that there were equities and reasons on both sides. you would call here what the defense lawyers were saying is that the prosecution, the governm

tony podesta, by the way, the brother of john podesta, the campaign chairman for hillary clinton. >> by because there's more breaking news we're following now. new details emerging of what the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has been privately telling u.s. senators about the russia investigation as he makes the rounds up on capitol hill. our senior congressional correspondent manu raju has been working the story for us. manu, what are you learning? >> yeah, how brett kavanaugh views the mueller investigation has been a big question going forward as he's made the rounds on capitol hill, and of course, that huge implication for the president and his associates. i have been told that brett kavanaugh has privately relaid to senators that he believes the justice department's appointment of a special counsel is appropriate. now, this is significant because he has expressed skepticism in the past about whether a president can be indicted. he continues behind closed doors to say that he believes the properly role is for congress to impeach and remove a sitting president and after a pre

i don't know, tony podesta, brother of john podesta, campaign chairman of hillary clinton is a prettyreally required here or could they just push for answers? >> well, first of all, you can get pruitted even though you have immunity. use immunity not transactional immunity. can't use the evidence against you they can prosecute. they probably won't. in the end, they will try to squeeze both of them. you say he was offered immunity. being offered immunity is like being offered a disease. nobody really wants to get immunity because it puts new a position where you have to testify against people you like. you're not offered it you get it. it's imposed on you. it's not generally a gift. and so, i think that the goal here is to try to put a lot of pressure on manafort and his family and his friends and if he were to flip, if man ford were to say to the prosecution, i'm on your side, all the pressure would be off. and the worst thing about this is that the collateral damage, they go after people who themselves, you know, may not have done anything terribly serious, campaign violation laws ar

tony podesta given immunity. >> if there was equal justice under the law there would be adjoining cells. lou: why in your judgment is there no reaction seemingly from the republican party about what is happening here with the democrats? you have got bernie sanders' former campaign advisor helping the special counsel go after manafort and this guy and his candidate were absolutely cheated out of a fair contest for the nomination by hillary clinton and her campaign. >> it's the very definition of political opportunism. this is looking down the road to the next campaign and the next committee chairmanship. lou: i am asking for their integrity. >> if you are looking for integrity in washington, d.c., it will be a long search. this is the daily fare in this city. lou: i know i may appear otherwise, but i am not a babe in the woods. i have seen a thing or two. there has to be some repository of integrity and the national and public interest in washington, d.c., because it doesn't exist with the special counsel, that's clear. and it's clear that mcconnell and ryan are part of the problem and h

rob: tony podesta offered immunity to testify against former trump campaign chairman, falcone he is theton campaign chairman john podesta and founded the podesta group which worked with paul manafort to lobby for ukrainian efforts in the united states. manafort and podesta's firm retroactively registered, manafort is charged with money laundering and lobbying violations. jillian: the white house withdrawing a nomination for a us appeals court judge. ryan downs who donald trump wanted on the ninth circuit) consideration minutes before his scheduled confirmation vote. it came after republican tim scott raised concern over articles in college considered racist. he apologize for the writings at a hearing earlier this year. the white house could resubmit his nomination if he addresses those concerns. rob: a woman used a child of the human shield after and attended bank robbery, poured gas in the lobby of the texas bank, lighting it on fire. when police arrived she grabbed the child out of the car to use it as protection. officers snuck up behind her and snatched the baby out of her arms. she

robert mueller giving immunity to podesta, tony podesta is the brother of former hillary clinton campaignirman, the firm podesta group reportedly worked with manafort lobbying without properly registering, similarly manafort is accused of multiple financial crimes in connection with lobbying work he performed for ukraine, manafort's trial begins next week. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the justice department will warn americans about future election meddling, comments come as department released lnty report describing plans. republicans blocked to subpoena notes from helsinki summit. congressman scmitt to find out, it was defeated by the republican majority 11-6. that's what's happening now, gerri. gerri: microsoft firing on all sill ders, the company making more money than wall street expected, cloud business soarings, sales of office 365 software surface tablet, gaming products all on tear. microsoft is up 22% so far this year. if it holds gains, microsoft shares would have risen by double digits in a row. imagine that, michael nunes, deputy editor, michael, welcome, good to h

tony podesta is not one of them.e brother hillary clinton's campaign chairman has been offered immunity to testify in manafort's trial according to fox news. the judge approving manafort's request to delay his trial to july 31st where he is facing many land during -- laundering. donald trump's pick facing his first day on the day, the senate confirming robert wilkie with an 86-9 vote. he is a navy veteran and active member of the air force reserve who served as acting va secretary. rob: donald trump meeting with veterans addressing the vfw convention in kansas city for the first time as president, candidate donald trump spoke at the event during the 2016 campaign, made veterans issues a big priority under his administration. jillian: the first lady taking her feedback initiative on the road, milania trump visiting at children's hospital at vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee, spending time with patients in a neonatal intensive care unit and participate in a roundtable discussion about babies born addicted t

reported based on the accounts of two separate sources, the democrat asked don democratic lobbyist tony podestahe has been granted immunity, and he has nothing to do with that case. he has been offered immunity to testify in paul manafort's file in d.c. and that is a trial on criminal violations in the lobby and both of them dead on the behalf of ukraine. we will continue to pursue that story as it unfolds. the state of new york is so determined to keep immigrants in this country even ones here illegally, they are pardoning convicted criminals in order to halt their deportation. are they doing that for you? probably not. that's next. multivitamin with antioxidants from one total serving of fruits and veggies try new one a day with nature's medley. where we're making the next generation of multiscreen welcadvertising possible.ght, we have the broad and targeted reach you need to access the customers you're looking for on tv and digital platforms. then we connect you to our team of media experts, who are ready to help you maximize your budget while elevating your advertising effectiveness. sounds

the think we're going to find out a lot about democratic lobbyists in washington, d.c., like tony podestathink he's going after more people than we actually know about, there's been rumors of special treatment that he's been giving to democrats rather than republicans but for the president publicly, they've been very successful over the last year of turning public opinion against the mueller probe. people think it's political he motivated, public polling shows that people don't actually care about the russia issue anymore, they think whatever outcome robert mueller comes from, it will be tainted with politics, there's been enough information now that the lawyers feel like it is a political witch hunt. so publicly, they've certainly been able to win on that. legally, we will save the president is forced to sit down. i've also been arguing constitutionally that the president may not have enough. there's a lot to go through here. but i'm sure rudy giuliani knows that he should not have the president sit down voluntarily because secondly to all kinds of problems. >> marie: is as far from over

tony podesta has been the special counsel asked for immunity for him in the manafort investigation orthe manafort prosecution. i know that has not yet been reported on cnn. but, i reported it yesterday and i have multiple sources, fox has also reported it. i believe it to be true. perhaps, this is pay back for that. >> sam nunberg was asked what's next for you and he said that roger is going to be indicted and he's a critical piece for mueller. though he did talk to mueller, do you think he's right and do you think you will be indicted? >> mr. nunberg has no evidence of collusion. >> same is a smart guy, i think he has responsible members of the media should be careful when they take what he says at face value. >> you told the new york times that donald goes out of his way to treat him like cougar gingri garba garbage. do you think michael cohen is out for a revenge of the president? >> i did not have the chance to follow the event for today. he wanted badly to be in the president's white house. i honestly do not know what he knows and whether any of it is debt detrimental to the pres

perhaps it is the payback for the fact that i broke the story yesterday on infowars that tony podesta has been -- that the special counsel has asked for immunity for him in the manafort investigation. or the manafort prosecution. i know that has not yet been reported on cnn, but i reported it yesterday at infowars. i have multiple sources. fox has also reported it. i believe it to be true. perhaps this is payback for that. >> sam nugburg, a former trump aide, onetime close associate of yours was asked by the hollywood reporter what's next for you? he said roger is going to be indicted, he's a critical piece for mueller. obviously nunberg doesn't have inside knowledge into mueller's thinking or his operations though he did talk to mueller. do you think he's right? do you think you'll be indicted? >> mr. nunberg has no evidence wikileaks collaboration. sam is a very smart guy. i think he has substance abuse problems and, frankly, i think responsible members of the media should be very, very careful when they take what he says at face value. >> lastly, you told "the new york times" in re

perhaps it is the payback to the fact that i broke the story yesterday on info wars that tony pa desta -- podesta, special caunl asked for immunity for him in the manafort investigation. blake: white house reporter for associated press and she joins us this saturday evening, hi, darlene. >> hi, blake. brake blake what do you make of this? she has ties to roger stone and lots of questions surrounding roger stone? >> right, and kristin davis and roger stone have a relationship that goes back a decade or so, perhaps the special counsel robert mueller thinks that she knows something or can tell him something or the investigators something about roger stone that would be pertinent to the investigation that he's doing into russian collusion, possible russian collusion with the trump campaign ahead of 2016 election, that's -- that's what i take away from it. blake: so kristin davis now in headlines and so once again is michael cohen, the president's former i think it's safe to say attorney, long-time fixer as well. news story coming out today in "the new york times" involving michael cohen, you're big t