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Jennifer is right that it does matter who he was talking to, what representations he was making, what information he was receiving. and so obviously that will be part of the investigation and in this case papadopoulos lied to the feds and now has his own legal situation to deal with. i would just point out, david, even though the inquiry continues to get more serious and perhaps be extended, there still is no underlying crime. you have two lobbyists who had foreign lobbying problems and two peop...

Diplomat at a bar in london about the fact that russia had obtained these damages e-mails about hillary clinton. it also casts into some doubt the white houses claim that papadopoulos was just a bit player in the campaign and that when they told him to knock it off essentially, or when jeff sessions told him not to be representing himself as part of the campaign in such a way, he didnt do it. the white house is responding to this report today with a statement from the presidents outside legal co...

Government that did so. which underscores what weve been seeing this whole time. >> is there anything legal here, a campaign withholding information such as this? anything criminal related to this? >> its so hard to analyze these. because reasonable minds could look at these facts and go one way or the other. for example, we start with the idea that mere presence or knowledge of a crime is not a crime. so if papadopoulos merely knew that criminal hacking was going on by the russians, that alone ...

The trump camp to the russian government lawyer, why they were so eager to meet with her. it was almost as if they had received word, advanced word that something like this could be coming their way. so when don trump jr. says, if its what you say it is, i love it. i could be because he had been briefed on this by papadopoulos, who had been in this for some time. now, papadopoulos, i understand, in the trump campaign, claims that they were unwitting of some of the details of what papadopoulos ha...

If campaign persons like papadopoulos knew about crimes that were about to be committed or were in the process of being committed, in terms of being hai -- anything else by russia or anyone, that-- because knowledg a crime beforehand, thats a very risky thing. anything that can be perceived as participation, encouragement, assistance, incitement, could make you a participant in the criminal activity. thats just a fundamental notion of criminal law. if, on the other hand, papadopoulos comes in at...

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Out because he was drinking and talking to someone that was apparently not really close enough to him, such that he couldnt trust him to go talk to other people and report him, gives us an idea, a little indicator into papadopouloss character. >> and thats a very good point made there. ned, to you. is the protocol that was used or not used in this case by papadopoulos, does that say that potentially who else did he speak with? what more might he have said? >> thats the core question. it doesnt l...

The president tweeting on tuesday, the fbi, quote, used this crooked hillary pile of garbage as the basis for going after the trump campaign, mentioning the dossier, and that just happening this week. garrett hague is traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida. fill this in and how important this report coming from "the new york times" is. >> reporter: well, this report does a number of things. number one, it explains why robert mueller was so interested in george papadopoulos in t...

Amendment right to speak to people, or even get opposition research from anybody, even including possibly foreign nationals. does that violate the law? and i think reasonable legal minds and citizens could come to different answers, depending on these facts and the law. >> and where is that line that you bring up, danny. ned, to you on this. thinking about papadopoulos and his role, clearly not necessarily the definition that the president has described him having. and in this report, clearly no...

Hard on a different report in "the washington post" that the white house was preparing themselves to cast michael flynn as a liar and a lower level person, should he provide interesting evidence to the special counsel about the president. with that in mind, consider if you would, this tweet from the president, shortly after papadopouloss name became public in the special counsels investigation. he said at the end of october, few people knew the young, low-level volunteer named george, who has al...