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Speaking inaccurately about what they did and what they said. >> does coreys refreshed memory hurt him, john? >> well, ill tell you, amnesia is not a good defense in front of juries. it was tried in watergate. its been tried in many, many federal cases. and it does not impress juries. so refreshed recollections helps as the process of the investigation go along, and they can save themselves from getting in trouble. but when it all is flattened out at the end, youve got to be truthful and forthco...

Seemed to have his memory refreshed. one thing i will say is what this should tell viewers at home is that all of these individuals are making a big mistake by talking on television, talking on twitter, talking to anyone, frankly, about whats going on here. what theyre doing, every time they speak their words can be used against them. when i was a federal prosecutor -- and im not telling you a secret here. this is something that rod blagojevich would talk about, how he would get videotapes when ...

Cory lieu want dow sky and asked is it okay if i go. let me know if you want it tweaked. cory has been all over the map. at one point lieu dow sky said i dont know who carter page is. so now are you with all of that? do you want him to come in and appear before your committee? >> there is a whole slew of people we want to invite to come in to speak to us. i will say about carter page, he did not provide us with a scintilla of documentation we asked for. then he would sleep up in his testimony. i...

Individual in the administration with seeming memory lapses around contacts with russia. >> at what point does forgetfulness become suspicious or even more? >> were about ten miles pat that, your honor. as the attorney general of the united states, he is essentially the top lawyer in the united states of america. he should know better than anyone that people who have selective memories, particularly in a criminal investigation, let alone a congressional investigation, invites additional scrutiny...

Another message to jeff sessions. jeff sessions being asked more pointedly about what he knew and when he knew it. and whether he has perjuried himself, take a listen. >> i have never met with or had any conversation with any russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the united states. further, i have no knowledge of any such conversations by anyone connected to the trump campaign. >> you dont believe that surrogates from the trump cam...

Would wish he would just not talk about anything as it relates to, you know, the ongoing investigations, but he cant help himself, he does. so how closely might, you know, bob mueller be looking at or his team be looking at and really trying to dissect everything that the president says, whether its he doesnt recall or whether there are incremental details that he does reveal? >> fred, i think not just the presidents attorneys but his entire team would wish that he would keep his twitter feed an...

Chargeable. its possible that there may be a statement or two to congress that is chargeable as a crime. as viewers may not know, lying to congress is a crime. but you have to prove that he knowingly did so. so i imagine the defense is going to be from jeff sessions and his team is that he didnt remember at the time. you know, he miss remembered, et cetera. those cases can be more challenging to prove than you think, and i certainly do think that the attorney general is doing his very best to ex...

Realistically much of what he said sounded evasive but wasnt chargeable. its possible that there may be a statement or two to congress that is chargeable as a crime. as viewers may not know, lying to congress is a crime. but you have to prove that he knowingly did so. so i imagine the defense is going to be from jeff sessions and his team is that he didnt remember at the time. you know, he misremembered, et cetera. those cases can be more challenging to prove than you think, and i certainly do t...

Suddenly not having a good memories. i will, i do find that, i did find in my career that being veinvestigated by the fbi tende to affect peoples nerves. >> now, jennifer, attorney general jeff sessions seems to have a case of russian amnesia as well and now there are congress members saying he perjured himself during congressal hearings. heres a reminder of what he said. >> you dont believe that surrogates from trump campaign had communications with the russians. is that what youre saying? sfwl...

>> does misremembering work here? >> its going to be up to grand jury if this is a question of misremembering or question of false testimony. i mean, what is the intent? and when i go back to the russia amnesia, there seems to be a consistent pattern of not recalling information when it comes to russia. it really does appear to be that way. and that is both harmful, i think, to what is happening directly with jeff sessions and also harmful as was indicated to the fact that our top law enforcemen...