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>> go ahead. >> there may or may not be collusion. we know there was interference. the idea we shouldnt be investigating this, thats false. thats one. two, in terms of the collusion question, we know that donald trump jr., paul manafort, others, kushner, met with people they believed to be representatives of the russian government giving dirt on the clintons. so whether there was a violation of criminal law we dont know, but there certainly is smoke there. >> julian, theres -- >> let me finish. ...

There may or may not be collusion. there was interference, the idea we shouldnt be investigating this or that is false. thats one. two, in terms of the collusion question, we know donald trump jr., we know that paul manafort, we noel that others, kushner, met with people who they believed to be representatives of the russian government giving dirt on the clintons. so whether there was a violation of criminal law we dont know. there is smoke there. there have been 19, let me finish, there have be...

Heart of this collusion question, what did the president know and when did he know it is paul manafort. >> that is absolutely right. manafort could really be the presidents best friend or his worst enemy here. if manaforts testimony were to be something along the lines of, i was involved with russians. i had relationships. i manufactured some situations. but the president didnt know anything about it. essentially, i was trying to sucker punch the president. then the president could find himself ...

Congressional investigators. im sure mueller has them. the interesting thing would be to know what does he know about that meeting. did he know more about it coming in? who else knew about that meeting. obviously that meeting is an important part of the collusion question. in that sense he could be very helpful to mueller. >> joyce, let me show you. we also know that paul manafort has lied. jonathan lemire used the word brazen. its a good word to describe this clip and ask you about it on the ot...

Hard drive, broke up her devices with a hammer, or had a aide do it. you think any every day americans did what hillary clinton did or bill clinton did? what about the hillary clinton campaign hiring a foreign spy cooking up a untrue, proven false, russian intelligence to use research against president trump question like anyone in the clinton campaign under investigation for that russian collusion question mike no, the mueller witch hunt is only investigating trump associates. this is the in th...

They were colluding as i understand the definition. they were trying to collude all the time. >> yeah, i think prosecutors would call it a conspiracy, and they were a little bit more than just collusion curious because we hear rudy giuliani saying this week, you know, they were disappointed by the june trump tower meeting. don junior expected to get more out of this meeting. manafort was on his phone and jared came up with an excuse to leave early because the russians didnt have enough collusion...

To put the president in a trap. so that is the argument. and i think its going to work for a lot of people in terms of whether they will be persuaded. as a matter of law and for some of the thing that the president himself may have to answer for, particularly with regard to obstruction. but also areas we dont know about in term of what the special prosecutor hasit regard to the collusion question, to aiding any kind of interference by the russia. thats what they have to be worried about. >> the ...

Reputation of batting the government around like a cat with a toy and ruling in the governments favor. >> essentially putting on a show saying, oh, you got this problem, that problem, that problem, actually im going to say at the end of the day that youre right. >> yeah, thats what a lot of legal observers believe will happen. >> jeremy bash, whats this collusion question and to kind of back up to where we started which is paul manafort, julian assange, rick gates, yooucu kno what happened to th...

From the president who said he had no knowledge of the payment. a form or trump aide said they are laser focused on the collusion question with russia. michael caputo will join us to tell us more. lets begin with mj lee. tell us about your reporting, mj. >> is well, president trump weighing in just moments ago tweeting cohen received a monthly retainer having nothing to do with the campaign for which he entered into through reimbursement. a private contract known as a nondisclosure agreement or ...

President trump, weve got a lif 49 things that robert mueller want to know from the flesh investigation. >> youre saying he goes into the situation room to get away from the chiefs of staff? >> im told by one friend of the president on more than one occasion, he has been called by the president from the situation room. >> this tells us that the subject of collusion, despite what you hear from the white house, it tells us that robert mueller is not done with his collusion question. >> president t...