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Election, even if no effect, its hard to know in thats the case, so, yeah, i think these things have an effect overtime. youre absolutely right. the "new york times" are not the people who immediately say people say, oh, wow, changed my mind. its coming when their own commentators they look to for guidance say, hey, you know, you got to pay attention to this, theres a problem here. >> hey, i dont want to focus only on the media. lets also take note of the fact that although i think this was an e...

President, the president now if he did or if anyone close to him did work with the russian government to help secure his election, even if it didnt have any effect, it would be horrifying to know if that is the case. so i think these things can have an effect over time and youre absolutely right. the "new york times" is not going to be the people who immediately make people say, oh, wow, ive changed my mind. its going to come when their own leaders, the commentators they look to for guidance say...

Staff skyrocket, now republican party officials reportedly discussing who pays for all that advice and counsel. it comes as some conservative commentators expressed concerns about the revelations concerning donald trump, jr.. >> i dont think its legal, i dont think anyone is claiming its legal, it totally undermines a six-month story that there was not any collusio collusion. this was amateurish collusion, keystone cops collusion but it does not change the fact that it was attempted collusion. >...

>> i have a son whos a great young man. hes a fine person. he took a meeting with a lawyer from russia. it lasted for a very short period and nothing came of the meeting. and i think its a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. >> so lets discuss now. cnn senior political commentator jennifer granholm, as well as political commentators alice stewart and matt lewis. can you guys ree rarack it? dont play the audio. did you see macrons face as he was saying that? hes talkin...

From russia. it lasted for a very short period and nothing came of the meeting. and i think its a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. >> so lets discuss now. cnn senior political commentator jennifer granholm, as well as political commentators alice stewart and matt lewis. can you guys re-rack it? dont play the audio. did you see macrons face as he was saying that? hes talking about this son. look at his reaction. so, listen, the president is trying to normalize somet...

Toehow making it available you by put it on the web. that is the kind of thing through subpoenas that ey could actually get. there are digital or money records to look at. >> kasie, we started picking it up quietly behind the scenes with republicans growing concerns. you saw it with many conservative commentators, columnists online who expressed skepticism about the russian investigation saying hold on, got to step back, this actually is not just a passing phase. this issing is. >> and look, i d...

Campaign, if they were given op research, isnt that what the dnc did with the ukraine? >> remember, lets put this into the perspective of what was going on. they were in the middle of a campaign. the heat of the campaign here. what happens? someone comes forward with opposition research.m why did thee dnc have their operatives meeting with the ukrainians and actually getting information? why is that not one standard and this is another? what law was violated here? some of the theories that some ...

Campaign, if they were given op research, isnt that what the dnc did with the ukraine? >> remember, lets put this into the perspective of what was going on. they were in the middle of a campaign. the heat of the campaign here. what happens? someone comes forward with opposition research. why did the dnc have their operatives meeting with the ukrainians and actually getting information? why is that not one standard and this is another? what law was violated here? some of the theories that some of...

Trump jr. or any of the other people at that meeting or in the trump campaign aided and abet ted the russian government or any foreigner for that matter in providing assistance to the trump campaign. thats what criminal liability could arise. >> so its aided and abet ted a foreigner working on behalf of a foreign government or is it any foreigner at this point? >> it doesnt have to be a foreign government. >> a foreign citizen. >> thats correct. >> because the whied is foreign money is illegal i...

Campaign, if they were given op research, isnt that what the dnc did with the ukraine? >> remember, lets put this into the perspective of what was going on. they were in the middle of a campaign. the heat of the campaign here. what happens? someone comes forward with opposition research. why did the dnc have their operatives meeting with the ukrainians and actually getting information? why is that not one standard and this is another? what law was violated here? some of the theories that some of...