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How Trump's tune on Manafort changed as investigators closed in - Duration: 2:13.Trump: Paul Manafort has done an amazing job. He's here someplace. Where's Paul? Paul Manafort.
I brought Paul in because a very, very smart friend of mine who knew him very well, said he is fantastic,
okay, and he's somewhat political, my friend.
He's actually a very successful businessman, but he's - he's a political type.
He loves politics, like all of you, and he said this guy is fantastic.
I brought Paul in and Paul has done a really good job.
Paul Manafort has done a fantastic job,
and all of Paul's people, Paul brought on his staff, and we really do, we have a great staff of talented people. A great staff
People knew that he represented various countries, but I don't think he represented Russia,
but knew that he represented various countries.
That's what he does, and people know that.
That's Mr. Manafort, who's by the way, who's by the way, respected man. He's a respected man.
But I think he represented the Ukraine or Ukraine government or somebody, but everybody - people knew that. Everybody knew that.
Sean Spicer: And then obviously there's been discussion of Paul Manafort, who played a very limited role, for a very limited amount of time, but beyond
Hey, John, Jonathan, hold on -
Trump: I know Mr. Manafort - haven't spoken to him in a long time, but I know him.
He was with the campaign, as you know, for a very short period of time, relatively short period of time,
but I've always known to be a good man.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: These were seasoned operatives that worked on a number of campaigns.
Paul Manafort was brought in to lead the delegate process, which he did and was dismissed not too long after that.
I've always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man.
And he's like a lot of other people, probably makes consultant fees from all over the place, who knows, I don't know.
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Opinion | Lessons from the Mueller charges? President Trump should be worried. - Duration: 2:16.This is a big deal.
Trump's former campaign manager, his deputy
and a foreign policy aide have all been charged in the Russia investigation.
This is really bad for Donald Trump.
It's true that the indictment of Paul Manafort
and his associate didn't have anything to do
with Trump specifically, or with the campaign.
The documents related to the guilty plea
of Trump's foreign policy aide George Papadopoulos do.
That's big.
Papadopoulos was working to get a meeting between
the Russian government and the Trump campaign.
And when Mueller and his team questioned him about it,
he lied to them. Repeatedly.
At this point Papadopoulos has already been
cooperating with the Mueller probe for several months
since his arrest in July.
They've already gotten a lot of information out of him.
The president has a pretty expansive power to pardon.
So if he wanted to, he could pardon Manafort from the charges.
On the other hand, that would raise questions
about whether a pardon of that sort
would itself constitute obstruction of justice of Mueller's probe.
Then there's the fact that the president
can only pardon federal crimes.
And there have been reports that
Mueller is looking into partnering with
New York Attorney General Eric Schneriderman
to try to charge Manafort with state crimes.
Those crimes Trump would not be able to pardon.
Then, if Trump really wanted to,
he could fire Mueller.
Congress would essentially have to decide
whether or not the president firing the special counsel
tasked with investigating him
would constitute an impeachable offense.
Don't lie to the FBI.
They really don't like it.
Paul Manafort, Richard Gates, his associate,
and George Papadoupolos have all
been charged with lying to law enforcement.
So even if you decide to launder $75 million
and collude with a foreign government
to possibly influence a U.S. election,
when the FBI comes knocking,
be honest with them about it.
This isn't the end at all.
Rather we should think about it
as the end of the beginning.
There's gonna be a lot more to come.
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Trump Over-ruled By A Federal Judge In Washington # Breaking News - Duration: 6:15.Welcome to Top Daily Breaking News and here is the latest news update for you.
A federal judge in Washington blocked the Trump Administration's proposed transgender
military ban, writing in a strongly worded opinion that the policy "does not appear
to be supported by any facts."
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued the preliminary injunction Monday,
finding that a group of transgender service members would have a strong chance of prevailing
in their lawsuit to have the ban declared unconstitutional.
The injunction remains in place until the lawsuit is resolved or a judge lifts it.
The move is another legal setback for the president, who surprised military leaders
and members of Congress when he announced the proposal via a series of tweets in late
July that reversed an Obama administration policy allowing transgender service members
to serve openly and begin enlisting in January.
The tweets were followed by a presidential directive and a plan set to take effect in
March that would have blocked military recruitment of transgender people and would have forced
the dismissal of current transgender service members.
The judge's injunction effectively reverts Trump's policy to the one issued under Obama.
he Obama administration announced its policy after a Pentagon review found no basis to
exclude transgender people from the military after it examined medical care, military readiness
and other factors.
The Monday ruling was hailed by GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and the National
Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), who sued in August on behalf of six active-duty transgender
service members who had come out to their superiors and had roughly 60 years combined
in the military.
It was the first of a handful of suits to challenge the ban and the first significant
ruling by a judge on Trump's policy.
"This is a complete victory for our plaintiffs and all transgender service members, who are
now once again able to serve on equal terms and without the threat of being discharged,"
said NCLR Legal Director Shannon Minter.
Department of Justice spokeswoman Lauren Ehrsam issued a statement, saying the department
is "currently evaluating the next steps."
Department attorneys had previously asked for the suit to be dismissed.
"Plaintiffs' lawsuit challenging military service requirements is premature for many
reasons, including that the Defense Department is actively reviewing such service requirements,
as the President ordered, and because none of the Plaintiffs have established that they
will be impacted by current policies on military service," the statement read.
The six service members in the lawsuit contended that their Fifth Amendment rights to equal
protection were being violated — a claim bolstered by three former Obama administration
service branch chiefs and a senior Pentagon official, who offered statements saying the
ban would harm readiness, staffing, recruitment and morale.
Kollar-Kotelly was unsparing in her ruling, saying the hastily announced Trump policy
did not pass muster on many fronts.
"There is absolutely no support for the claim that the ongoing service of transgender
people would have any negative effect on the military at all.
In fact, there is considerable evidence that it is the discharge and banning of such individuals
that would have such effects," Kollar-Kotelly wrote.
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, said the Trump
administration would likely have to go all the way to the Supreme Court to have any chance
of getting the preliminary injunction nullified.
"If they go to the D.C. Circuit, I can't imagine they are going to overturn this,"
Tobias said.
"The judge was strong in her opinion.
She just didn't see any support for the policy on the facts."
More than a dozen states filed a brief in October supporting the arguments of the service
members in the case, writing that Trump was pursuing an "irrational" return to discrimination
in the military.
One aspect of the opinion that continued to be debated Monday was the barring of military
funding for sex-reassignment surgery, which is part of the ban.
Kollar-Kotelly's order found that none of the plaintiffs had shown they were likely
to be affected by that funding ban, so the court was not in a position to rule on "the
propriety of this directive."
Transgender advocates, however, insisted that the ruling allowed the military to continue
to pay for such surgeries.
The Department of Justice declined to comment on its understanding of the ruling as it relates
to the surgery issue.
There is no official tally of transgender military members, and estimates vary widely.
One recent study by the Rand Corp. put the number on active duty at about 2,500, while
another from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law estimated that there were 15,500
on active duty, in the National Guard and in the reserves.
Currently, 18 other countries allow transgender troops to serve in the military,
Trump's proposal was cheered by many religious conservatives but outraged transgender advocates
and many liberals.
Trump blindsided many when he announced the policy on Twitter.
"After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the
United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in
any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump wrote in the tweets.
"Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened
with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail."
Lesbian, gay and transgender advocates say the ban is part of a broader pattern of discrimination
by the Trump administration.
This month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed a Justice Department policy protecting
transgender workers from discrimination under federal law.
That is all from the News Room.
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