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He failed to disclose. he responded and im quoting him now, i dont believe so. you know, we meet a lot of people. i dont believe so. heres the question. is meeting with a lot of people an adequate defense in this case? >> no, it is not because were talking here about the russian ambassador. these russian conversations and meetings were a focus of intense interest, both publicly and privately and he had an obligation to be careful and complete about his disclosures and wolf, there is a broader la...

Though jared kushner has offered to answer the senate intelligence committees questions about not only this meeting but another meeting he had with russian ambassador sergey kislyak that same month. it was kislyak who had suggested kushner meet with the russian banker. the fact that kushner didnt mention either of these meetings on his white house clearance forms may be a topic but he did rectify that. theres concern the russian bank has been under u.s. sanctions since july 2014. when kushner me...

You see him highlighted there, when president trump spoke with vladimir putin on january 28th, after the warnings from the d.o.j. >> one second before we weigh in on that, can we say, remember michael flynn standing on the stage of the republican national convention last summer and saying, if i had done a fraction of what hillary clinton did, i would be in jail. and hes potentially lying on his clearance forms. potentially lie violating the logan act. if not outright violations of the law. >> ho...

Weigh in on that, can we just say, remember michael flynn standing on the stage at the republican national convention last summer and saying, if i had done a fraction of what -- >> id be in jail. >> -- hillary clinton -- id be in jail. here we have him potentially lying on his clearance forms. potentially violating the logan act. i mean, all kinds of, at the very least, red flags, if not outright violations of the law. >> how problematic is it, though, you think, that hes there? >> hes on the ca...

You know, jared kushner is the person closest to donald trump who it has been publicly reported has had meetings like this. >> julian epstein, how common are omissions like this in disclosure forms? >> well, theyre relatively common. so long as people voluntarily come forward and clarify in a timely way, then there is no real serious issue. the real question, lawrence, is whether the omission was intentional. and its just hard for me and a lot of people to believe that these meetings in question...

The boundaries of credulity to believe that jared kushner when he was filling out these clearance forms did not remember his meetings with the russians. and his attorney coming forward and saying there will be more information coming for ward at some future date to complete the filing doesnt really answer the question. the real reason that this is so important legally is because there is a criminal investigation into collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. and the piece that you s...

Guests including senator chris murphy, a member of the foreign relations committee, and our correspondents and expert analysts. they are also standing by. lets begin with the controversy over former national security adviser michael flynn. our senior congressional reporter manu raju is up on capitol hill with the very latest. manu, the leaders of the house oversight committee say theres no sign flynn complied with the law requiring him to disclose these payments from russia and turkey. >> yeah, ...

Taken the meeting like the june 26th meeting where donald trump jr. would have might not have reported everything they need to on the clearance forms. that argument doesnt hold up now that you know there was this briefing. they were briefed and warned. that meant they should have reported past overtures as well as overtures that came after this meeting, which include donald trump jr. speaking to wikileaks. >> natasha, were getting these reports out of the white house about white house lawyers te...

Security clearance form general flynn did not list any meetings with foreign officials for the seven years prior to the application to the security clierns before entering the trump administration. all of those are required by law to report on your clearance forms. i acted flynns lawyer today with he would not comment on the lawyer. >> interesting. jim, cnns learning the judiciary committee widening the scope of their investigation, theyre now going to look at obstruction of justice allegations....

To say he is not a target, hes not a person of special interest. hes just somebody who the investigators really want to talk to. massive distraction. >> and there are, david swerdli swerdlick, a number of russia threads, the meeting with ambassador kislyak during the transition and the banker, sergey gourcuff. both meetings not disclosed initially on those clearance forms. theres that. theres the fact that he really ran the data analytics part of the campaign, and then theres his approval of mic...