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The central question mall lerue charged with answering and anyone on the campaign or even the president himself was involved with russia in trying to manipulate the election, thats muellers central focus. we know hes looking at roger stone and jerome corsi. the interesting question is whether there will be additional tentacles that will connect him to russia. >> he minimized the role he played in his campaign. do you think mueller has more than cohens word about the trump tower moscow deal? >> h...

Investigated by the special counsel, by the congress as part of our oversight responsibility. and the central question comes back to what they asked in watergate, what did the president know, when did he know it. >> uh-huh. >> there is a pattern here of the president being surrounded by crooks, by crooks, by people who are now convicted or pleading guilty, an extraordinary number of people around him have admitted to crimes. that raises all sorts of questions which we have to get to the bottom o...

Lying to the fbi, which is something that hes pled guilty about. one of the mysteries about the mike flynn case from the beginning is why he lied about his contact with the russian government about sanctions in the first place. a related question that i think deserves a lot more attention is why other people inside the trump administration also lied about mike flynns contacts with the russians about sanctions. we learned in september from reporting by shane harris and devin barrett at the washin...

Ive never -- ive never seen his son present for any of those meetings. >> but youre the head of the transition team. so you know what you put in security clearances for. >> well, general flynn did inform me his son was helping on administrative matters. >> my last question, and im sorry, youre not answering the question. were you aware the security team had put in for a security clearance? this is a young man who had a social media profile that had all sorts of crazy conspiracy theories and link...

Senior transition officials while they were all hanging out in mar-a-lago in december, which is the time that flynn made that call. so, one, i think, has to presume he was asked extensively about that. and i think this is a really important matter because if there is a question still outstanding which from reporting there certainly is, but there is a question outstanding for bob mueller of what did president trump potentially, trump or other senior officials tell mike flynn to say to the russian...

Service as his sentence for lying to the fbi, which is something that hes pled guilty about. one of the mysteries about the mike flynn case from the beginning is why he lied about his contact with the russian government about sanctions in the first place. a related question that i think deserves a lot more attention is why other people inside the trump administration also lied about mike flynns contacts with the russians about sanctions. we learned in september from reporting by shane harris and...

Of crazy conspiracy theories and links and retweets with white supremacists. were you aware that the transition put in a security clearance for him? >> what i can do, in talking to general flynn today, he made me aware that his son was assisting him in scheduling. >> and that youd put in for a security clearance. >> can somebody please remove my power cord, move me over to a corner and turn me around. pop me in the closet maybe or up on to a high shelf. pence needs to power down now. do not want...

While they were all hanging out in mar-a-lago in december, which is the time that flynn made that call. so, one, i think, has to presume he was asked extensively about that. and i think this is a really important matter because if there is a question still outstanding which from reporting there certainly is, but there is a question outstanding for bob mueller of what did president trump potentially, trump or other senior officials tell mike flynn to say to the russians. it could be that the cond...

That made people feel like this was a matter that had to be kept not only from the public, but from law enforcement? >> that is a big question thats been at the center of this investigation for a long time. youre absolutely right. theres nothing per se wrong with the incoming national security adviser having a conversation with the russian ambassador. it would be inappropriate and it is not in keeping with protocol to be talking about policy issues and trying to understand what the russian gover...

Giving those orders, who was directing those conversations that made people feel like this was a matter that had to be kept not only from the public, but from law enforcement? >> that is a big question thats been at the center of this investigation for a long time. youre absolutely right. theres nothing per se wrong with the incoming national security advisor having a conversation with the russian ambassador. it would be inappropriate and it is not in keeping with protocol to be talking about po...