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Messages about how youre a victim, didnt you have any sense there was a bad outcome from this and he switches and says yes. so yes, but i think he will say since monday when he took it down he dent mean for it to be threatening. and since it could be con chuted this w construed as threatening. >> anna schecter, thank you very much for that update. while that stone hearing is under way, trumps former fixer, michael cohen, is on capitol hill talking to lawmakers and aides. that is in addition to h...

We have not heard her bring up any mention of jail time. we dont know it could be a wide range of outcomes. >> im sure we will be back with you soon, anna, as soon as we get more information. i have one more question for you before i let you go, i think were getting some pictures in here. how much trouble could roger stone have gotten himself into as opposed to what he could have already done before he sat down on the stand. >> it wasnt just the monday post. he has continued to pose, and he post...

Joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent, kelly odonnell, nbc news senior investigatives producer, anna schecter. "washington post" national security reporter, matt z zaptowski, ben willis, also an nbc legal analyst. and former trump campaign adviser, sam nunberg. weve got a lot of folks and a lot of news. well tripe to get to all of it. kelly, first to you. with news that the special counsels office is wrapping things up, it has now been reported widely by multiple news outlets, what ...

Statutory violation. so it isnt the case that he has to be found to have committed a violation before we saw in the clinton impeachment for example that it can be the obstruction, covering things up. law scholars are pretty much xlitsed to the idea that there is a lower thresholds beyond actually committing a statutory crime, that it is simply the idea of a series of acts that are inconsistent with the office of the presidency. >> and anna, do you envision a scenario where the southern district ...

Morning. and joining me now, anna schecter and melissa murray. a welcome to you both. melissa, do you agree with congressman nadler? >> i think congressman nadler set forth an agenda and it seems like he wants to slow things down, make things more moderate and less political reaction because that will surely be the criticism that this newly enacted congressional house that is largely democrat is out for presidents blood. and i think that he wants to inject more moderation that this is considered...

An opportunity for criminal leicht of liability after the fact. >> and anna, the same report is suggesting that the narrative being built is that the prod president defrauded voters. is it clear that trump, quote, defrauded voters as the headline says? >> my concern is that we get caught up just in these narratives. and i really want to just remind everyone to look at the facts laid out in these court documents. and what is clear is that you had shady characters who were known to lie very close ...

One of his right-hand men who is now working for special counsel robert mueller, essentially. i think this is a very significant development. >> unbelievable stuff. i know you have other things you want to look at. get back to us when you have some new reporting, tom. unbleefbable stuff. we really appreciate it. >> weve got a whole team covering this major breaking news with us. joining me now former federal prosecutor, cynthia kirshner, also on set, investigative reporter anna schecter. im goin...

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Judiciary today, the late nest a week long fit hes had after a federal judge blocked the proclamation tweeting the highly trained security professionals cannot do their job on the border because of the judicial activism and interference by the 9th circuit and tweeted republicans and democrats come together finally with a major border security package which will include funding for the wall. the tweets come a day after turning a routine thanksgiving phone call to the troops into basically a festi...

In an effort to use that information and there are statutes in the law that could be used to go after people like corsi it could be that. it could also be he said he never had any association with "x." he told me he doesnt remember ever had any connection with asua assange. why did he say that? could he have had communication with somebody on assanges team? my understand is he was doing work on podesta and the clinton foundation. that is what he was looking at. he was providing opposition resear...