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So, what about whitaker today, not denying the president called him to talk about cohen. ranking member doug collins disputes chairman nadlers version. but the question now, is this evidence that the president was trying to influence the investigation? and if so, whats congress going to do about it? and then there was the second one, manafort verdict today. the former trump campaign chairman sentenced to a total of 7 1/2 years in prison, and the president doubled, tripled, quadrupled down on his...

Recuse himself. >> yep. >> the question is having somebody so loyal to you that he would jump on a grenade to protect you, still doesnt make out criminality. brookeing, you have to have a specific order with a specific intent to obstruct a criminal investigation. based on what i see in the "times kwrl, i dont see it yet. im not saying it couldnt be proven if other facts come to light. this is not enough. >> stand by one quick second. because we are now getting some information. we are hearing fr...

And, look, if they had a source, they would say we had a source. we wont divulge who our source was. they said, you know, weve been paying attention. weve been watching. everyones known for months roger stone might get indicted. we got lucky. yet, he allowed, as someone who can pick up the phone and get an answer to the question whether there were any leaks out of his shop, because it would have been a huge violation for that to have happened with a sealed indictment, and yet -- >> so what i wou...

Completely overlooked in this hearing. >> listen, im at the end of our time, pamela, but ive got to get you to respond to this, about whitaker raising these concerns that cnn was tipped off somehow about the roger stone raid. we werent. it was good old-fashioned reporting, old-fashioned -- >> yep. >> -- journalism, something which would be shocking to them, im sure. >> right. it was really remarkable seeing the acting attorney general peddle these conspiracy theories that cnn was tipped off abou...

Report back to the white house what he was learning because he had a line of vision into these investigations. he knew what was going on. he knew he couldnt influence them. they werent going to all of a sudden fall in line to what he and the president wanted done. but he was able to give important information to the president, the presidents team, so that the gang frankly could align their stories. and i think that aspect of his role in this thing was completely overlooked in this hearing. >> li...

Probe. i will play two comments he made in december of 2017. the first one he seems to be trying to limit the scope of the probe. the second one, he seems to be supporting the mueller probe. listen to this. >> i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesnt fire bob mueller but just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. i dont see a current reason or good reason that bob mueller shouldnt stay in t...

What they said is weve been paying attention, everyone knows roger stone might get indicted. we got lucky. yet he allowed, someone who can pick up the phone and get an answer to the question about whether there were any leaks out of his shop, because it would have been a huge violation for that to have happened. with the sealed indictment and yet -- >> what i would say in maybe a little bit of pushback on maya. psychologists talk about framing effects, the idea that sometimes you show someone an...

This is what im doing now. >> the first rule of holes, stop digging and thats exactly what he was doing. if im sitting in bob muellers office, and im one of the attorneys who have kept myself for this many months and i was listening to whitaker, i would be pretty upset, and pretty angry. and feel pretty pressured at this point to wrap up an investigation that youre not ready to wrap up and by the way, what is whitaker have to do with anything, its going to be the new attorney general, bill barr....

Process, who has been in situations like this before, who demonstrates real understanding of both the political and legal environment, who knows if were going to agree or disagree with the decisions he makes, but clearly hes someone who understands the stakes and the issues here. you certainly cant say that about whitaker. >> gloria, there is this bipartisan bill being proposed in the senate, which is cosponsored by richard blumenthal and charles grassley, that would essentially mandate that mue...

Filing happening the next day and not have informed whitaker. i believe he did and that whitaker in turn informed the president. and my surmise is that whitaker correct correctly calculated that he would really be in jeopardy, particularly up on the hill, if he did something precipitous and stood in the way of this. >> i mean, you guys say this, but youve heard what james comey, the former fbi director, said about whitaker, that he wasnt the sharpest knife in our drawer. thats a quote from him. ...