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What did you learn from this indictment yesterday about the size of that effort? >> i mean, i think we learned that there was a real concerted effort, starting back in 2014, to actually influence american politics. i do think that the one thing we need to take apart what he said in the indictment there are no allegations that it affected the election. right? he specifically -- his words were really specific yesterday. he specifically said that this indictment doesnt point to that. what he didnt ...

This happened under the obama administration. democrats want to create this collusion argument. democrats should be pointing to president obama saying -- >> neil: but -- i understand what youre saying. but this president has said all this stuff wasnt even going on. now hes acknowledging it was. >> he did acknowledge it today. he said its totally unacceptable. we need to get through with the investigations to go to governors across the country and secretaries states and make sure it doesnt happen...

There was no crime. so talking about a perjury trap, its not just putting someone under oath, we know what the truth is, we think this person is lying. its when you are putting people under oath when there is no crime. thats what patrick fitzgerald did. he found out there was nothing illegal about revealing a name. then he puts everybody under oath. if there is no crime here, remember the entire russia argument, the entire russia collusion argument comes from these four members -- they werent me...

So talking about a perjury trap, its not just putting someone under oath, we know what the truth is, we think this person is lying. its when you are putting people under oath when there is no crime. thats what patrick fitzgerald did. he found out there was nothing illegal about revealing a name. then he puts everybody under oath. if there is no crime here, remember the entire russia argument, the entire russia collusion argument comes from these four members -- they werent members of trumps staf...

So talking about a perjury trap, its not just putting someone under oath, we know what the truth is, we think this person is lying. its when you are putting people under oath when there is no crime. thats what patrick fitzgerald did. he found out there was nothing illegal about revealing a name. then he puts everybody under oath. if there is no crime here, remember the entire russia argument, the entire russia collusion argument comes from these four members -- they werent members of trumps staf...

The 2016 campaign. >> no. >> did any adviser or anyone anybody in the trump campaign have any contact with the russians who were trying to meddle in the election? >> oh, of course not. >> paul, lets go back to this question of russia and hacking. can you tell us what you know about the relationship and what the campaign knows and what donald trump believes? >> we have no relationship. >> so whats the explanation? mike, you lead off. whats the explanation for complete stonewalling here saying no,...

Anybody involve d with russia in the 2016 campaign? >> no. >> did any advisor or anybody in the trump campaign have any contact with the russians who were trying to medal in the election? >> oh, of course not. >> lets go back to this question of russia and hacking. can you tell us what you know about the relationship and what the campaign knows and what donald trump believes. >> we have no relationship. >> so whats the explanation for complete stone walling here? saying no, no, no i wont give yo...

Come from a political background, but even he says there was the russians. i agree with david. the president cant seem to make a edition tindistinction betwee and the collusion argument. it would be easy for him to say look, the russians did try to do something and thats terrible and try to set the collusion part, but i had nothing to do with that. yet he cant seem to figure that out, which is distressing and has to have a negative impact. >> lets take a walk down memory lane and remind people w...

Were also seen in president use throughout the campaign. he likes to accuse people of what hes being accused of. >> seen it before. david axelrod, the president tweeted its commonly agreed after months of looking that there was no collusion between russia and trump, was collusion with hc, hillary clinton. theres a report in the "new york times," a significant report suggesting that that russian lawyer who attended that meeting last summer over at trump tower in new york, with donald trump jr. an...

>> the only thing i see inappropriate about the meeting with the people that lead to the information on the meeting after was voluntarily disclosed. >> voluntarily disclosed as referring to white house senior advisor jared kushner and former campaign chief paul mena fort, who also said to the meeting with the russian lawyer and disclosed it on government documents. but critics say the meeting between trump junior and the russian lawyer goes to the very heart of the russian collusion argument, pr...