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To court through the justice department to force you to testify and its that piece that i think mr. whitaker has been trying to avoid. he had the questions in advance. he could have affirmatively or formally asserted executive privilege and that way i think hes just kind of hedging a little bit to make -- to try to on the one hand comply with it, on the other hand not be in a position to be forced to actually disclose this information. hes also under an obligation to tell the truth which i think...

A long time ago, he was a young man. i wouldnt want my past being investigated like this. where does it end? >> well, i mean, the only thing i can say the way i think about these things, you know, i would distinguish between perhaps somebody who did something when they were 15 years old and 16 years old and somebody who was in their late 20s who was a grown adult. and also this happened in 1984. this wasnt 1954. in addition to that, he never brought it up before. it may have been different if he...

Distinguish between perhaps somebody who did something when they were 15 years old and 16 years old and somebody who was in their late 20s who was a grown adult. and also this happened in 1984. this wasnt 1954. in addition to that, he never brought it up before. it may have been different if he had affirmatively come forward at some point in the last 35 years and said, look, this happened, i messed up. you know, im a different person now. i see that this was wrong. instead, a journalist had to g...

Silly on its face and not worthy of a response. >> so, shawn, was that an ominous response to you? >> this is really interesting, because this is an opportunity for the secretary to simply say, these stories are not true. the president did not do these things. but instead he says the idea that he was a threat to national security, you know, is crazy. well, what hes doing there is hes saying, look, i know what things are that are threats to national security, and what i can tell you what i know o...

Noise and as you mentioned, those conspiracy theories blowing up yesterday. general flynn himself blew them up. he went into court and he said of course i knew lying to the fbi was a crime and i continued to admit my guilty in this case. >> and the judge made him, mike, do that over and over again, basically repeat several times that he was guilty, that he lied to the fbi. >> joe, yesterday was a terrific day for the united states of america and the systems of government that still work, includi...

The judge could he? they would not go there. lets discuss this. with us to share the reporting, cnn legal analyst and cnns abby philipp, "the washington post" and the veteran white collar defense whose resume includes being the number two to the prosecutor, ken starr. just this judge, we are ending with the judge voicing his scorn. do you think you committed treason? do you understand you were in the white house when you told these lies? you let down your country. after starting the hearing, at ...

Unindicted coconspirator? representative schiff raised the prospect of jail time. >> they havent used exactly that formulation, but you take what, what the southern district prosecutor said last week, what they said in court today. most notably what judge pauley in sentencing michael cohen did, which he didnt take issue with any of this. he came out and affirmatively embraced this idea that individual number one, thats donald trump, directed the commission of these felonies. so they havent used ...

How is that? how could the federal government ask me to commit such a crime as to going to russia. this is absurd. >> thats the hallmark of the conspiracy theory, it can never be disproven. theres take aways here. i think we can figure out right now and affirmatively say that bob mueller is not investigating collusion, bob mueller is investigating donald trump. this is the equivalent of a taxpayer funded private investigator following donald trump and his team around to harass him for the rest o...

Khashoggi was murdered by saudi agents on orders of the crown prince mohammad bin salman. president in an interview claiming that assessment is not definitive. i want to talk about this with fareed zakaria, the host of "fareed zakaria gps." geb tonight, president trump brushing off the cias assessment of the saudi crown prince that he ordered the assassination. >> this is what he told "the post," maybe he did, maybe he didnt but he denies it and people around him deny it. the cia did not say aff...

President trump again tonight ignoring his own cias assessment that journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered by saudi agents on the orders of the crown prince mohammed bin salman. the president in an interview with "the washington post" claiming that assessment is not definitive. so i want to talk about this now with fareed zakaria. hes the host of fareed zakaria gps. good to have you on this evening. again tonight president trump brushing off the cias assessment of the saudi crown prince that he...