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Both sides of this street in a very disingenuous way. >> so even if the president did call whitaker and talked about the cohen case, if no action was actually taken by whitaker, is there any issue in terms of legality of it. >> there is very definitely an issue. if the president called the acting attorney general of the united states about an ongoing investigation of him in the southern district of new york, where he was named as a an unindicted co-conspirator, any conversation would be wildly i...

Where he was named as in effect an unindicted co-conspirator, any conversation would be wildly improper. and evidence of potential obstruction of justice. even if nothing came of it in terms of whitaker acting. clearly the presidents intent in calling whitaker was to influence the outcome. clearly that kind of attempt, whether it produced action on whitakers part, was improper, verging on outright obstruction of justice. so this report is potentially explosive. whitaker has denied very specifica...

Michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern district. >> laura, explain the significance. >> okay. so, as you said, alisyn, this is really the tale two of whitakers. on the one hand you have chairman nadler saying he didnt deny it? and why does this matter in the first place? whitaker is gone. it matters because our reporting and the follow-up story in the "new york times" about the president calling whitaker trying to make sure his guy, the u.s. attorney there in the southern dis...

As he say, according to the times, he viewed his job effectively to jump on the grenade for the president at times, to do his bidding. ken, i want to begin with you. walk us through in this new reporting what specifically we are learning new and why this is part of sort of a broader mosaic about the way the president does his business. >> this is a really ambitious story by the times. it tries to explain to the public the larger mosaic of what looks like a campaign to discredit a number of infor...

Appointment, calling whitaker, quote, unqualified and unconfirmed partisan." hes urging a federal judge to declare rod rosenstein as a temporary replacement instead. that would be a blow to president trump who forced sessions out last week in favor of someone critical of the mueller investigation. im joined now by nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and our panel is back. pete, i, of course, want to start with you. how real is this lawsuit in maryland? how likely is it that it will actu...

Should be looking. and i have found cases of money laundering going back to 1984 with members of the russia mafia meeting with donald trump, buying five condos at a time, and the state attorney general of new york saying that is a case of money laundering. and that continues through decades again and again. its important to know also that the russian mafia is a state actor. i interviewed the head of counterintelligence of the k.g.b. about this. they report to the k.g.b. they sayhare information ...