Transcript for What we know: Russia investigation expands to include Trump's personal attorney

Hey guys I'm on the Nevada the drip of new information in the investigation into Russian interference and that when he sixteen election continued over the holiday weekend. So let's get caught up with the story you need to know today first. President trumps communications director Mike Stuckey is out what does that mean for the White House is messaging war on act in a moment. Secondly a new report reveals that Russian officials talked about leveraging potentially derogatory information. About then candidate trump and his top advisors and finally. President child is back in the US after its first overseas trip and facing the fracture. As the investigation moves closer to his inner circle not that's focusing on his son and like Jared Kushner. But also his personal attorney Michael cull. First up. My dad he president comes communications director has resigned after just three months on the job. Taxi resigned may eighteenth but stayed on until after the president came home from his first foreign trip. Now duct thing isn't one you hear a lot when you think white house press team you think these tales Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. But ducky was their boss charged with shaping and managing the president's message and as the Russian investigation picked up speed. And as president trumped watched his press team sometimes fumble their way through briefings or failed to get control of the news cycle he was getting more and more unhappy. There was words on Spicer might be out there was word that a Fox News host might be yet. Neither of those seemed to be happening not yet anyway. For now Mike ducky is the one leaving necks that from a new report this morning we learned that Russian officials talked about having potentially derogatory information. About candidate trap and some of his top advisors this was back in 2016 during the campaign and act talk was intercepted by US intelligence. The report described the information as financial in nature and the Russian thought they might be able to influence the trauma team by leveraging whenever they hat. A note of caution here this kind of talk could have been exaggerated or part of a larger disinformation part. But if there's any truth to it it wouldn't be totally shocking remember we've learned not so long ago the Americans intercepted other conversations. In which Russian officials bragged about how close they were to Michael Flynn terms former national security. And they may be able to influence Paul Mann a port that's trumps former campaign chief. The White House for the record called the report quote another round of fall and unverified claims made by anonymous sources to smear the president. Finally president Tom is back after his first foreign trip and thinking the pressure that built up over the last few days. Remember while he was a way the investigation focused in on his son Jared Kushner. Investigators have questions about meetings Kushner had with Russian officials before trump took office. Amid reports that could try to set up a separate line of communication to the Kremlin outside of official protocol. Today ABC news reports that one of Trump's close this confidence is also a focus about expanding investigation. That's Michael Collins Trump's personal lawyer and one of his earliest fiercest most vocal surrogates during the campaign. Cohen told ABC news he asked by congressional investigators to testify about contacts he had with people connected to the rational government. And said now though he may face subpoenaed soon. When it comes to Kushner trump said that he has quote total confidence in him. But the president hasn't yet weighed in on how to attack in an abcnews.com any time to get the latest on that story.

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