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Spokesman at the department of justice, and jean-pierre, senior adviser to moveon.org. it cannot be repeated enough how fast the mueller report was and 0 because sometimes how opaque it was we talk about the collusion probe, obstruction probe, but it was at its heart a counterintelligence investigation. >> yes, and you went through questions at the beginning and there are many more. did the president know about the trump tower? did the president direct an aide to get in touch with roger stone ab...

Point that impeachment proceedings are inevitable, when you look at the house? that theyre going to go down that path, pretty much regardless of whats in here, or not? >> i think they will seem to have some foundation to at least initiate the discussions around high crimes and misdemeanors. remember, there are many parallels to what happened the last time, when there was actually nixon in office and an impeachment proceedings that was on the horizon, as well. didnt quite get to the same level we...

Joining us now. we started with reporting this analysis, which was probably clearer to you than it was to me which we saw the transcripts in which mueller, one of his top deputies, andrew weissmann, talks about the contact between paul manafort and constantine kl kilimnik being the heart of the collusion probe. that something youre taking a fresh look at now you have the ability and more control over your committee? >> absolutely, nicolle. again, it goes to the question of why was the trump team...

Obstruction and refusal to answer. >> im answering your question. >> so is this a taste of whats to come as the white house faces divided government? lets bring in former federal prosecutor laura coates. is that how you expect an attorney general to conduct himself? >> absolutely not. first of all, they should probably know that the actual chairman wouldnt have the same time limits if they had been prepping for this actual hearing. but also the idea of being so flippant, especially in answer to ...

Mueller and cohen in the investigation? >> i dont know. i dont know about that. >> thats very interesting. first off, what questions are outstanding for you? he was told this, and we were not confirmed he was told this. what are you aware of? >> he was a target and not the subject. the target is sun who liomeone y will become a subject at any given time. did rod rosenstein say youre not a target or youre not a subject? thats looming out there. also the communication between himself and rod rosen...

Establish that. i think in many ways that this type of hedging is not productive to understanding what he will actually do when you have really contentious points and mainly the russian collusion probe, in particular when he weighed in on this particular factor. it is not comforting to know about what he is going to hand over and why given the fact that he already talked about this. while everyone is focused on the mueller probe and thats extraordinarily appropriate he is particularly aligned on...

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Partisans misusing the tools of justice to drive a president from office. no matter how he tries to rush the public to impeachment questions linger about the political nature of this entire russian collusion probe. we will get answers whether james comey recalls them or not. joining me now is john solomon, and by ron york and andy mccarthy and former attorney general michael mukasey. general, you were chomping at the bit over there. comey amazing amnesia. we have heard he is smart as a chip and ...

The campaign. bingo. thats ground for impeachment. >> if its proven, are those impeachable offenses? >> they would be whether they are important enough to justify impeachment is a different question. they were committed in the service of fraudulently obtaining the office. >> laura: we may end up where this russia probe began. partisans misusing the tools of justice to drive a president from office. no matter how he tries to rush the public to impeachment questions linger about the political natu...

I dont remember it. >> laura: we dont have the video. he is a smart guy. dont smart people have a good memory? during his 5.5 hours of testimony comey said i dont remember 73 times, and i dont know 161 times, and i dont recall 8 times. heres why this matters. republicans are still struggling to find the answers about the origins of the russian collusion probe and what is happening with the biassed investigates who advanced it should donald trump win the election in 2016. which asked if he could ...