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But if theres one thing weve all learned, robert mueller takes the process crimes seriously and sending a message other people should too, with good reason. when people lie, it delays an investigation. anyone complaining about the length of this investigation should look no further than the lies that are at the heart of it. and also when youre talking about national security officials and dealing with foreign adversaries, the lies are incredibly consequential. because not only are you facing pot...

Are incredibly consequential. because not only are you facing potential criminal prosecution for lying, but then you also put yourself that compromise situation, the situation sally yates talked about. if the russians know you have lied publicly, they can use that as leverage against you to coerce you to cooperate with whatever they demand. the stakes are high and theyre very serious crimes. >> theres a question how this makes it more difficult to investigate. but when were talking about the mat...

You want. end quote. now, that is just one critics view. but remember donald trumps first national security adviser mike flynn? president trump was of course forced to fire him, because flynn lied about his contacts with the russian ambassador and the justice department found out. >> the russians also knew about what general flynn had done. and the russians also knew that general flynn had mislead the vice president and others. not only did we believe that the russians knew this, but that they l...

>> who needs to be driving this is the congress. this is not the presidents job. the president -- what they need to do is they need to put the senate in the senate and the house in the house and lock that door and give the key to donald trump. because if they dont do anything -- heres the problem, we have a bought congress. these guys dont have the stones to actually come up with a compromise situation. >> well, the nra has given them lots of money. >> if youre intimidated by the nra, you dont u...

Before the senate judiciary committee. >> we were concerned that the american people had been misled about the underlying conduct and what general flynn had done. additionally we werent the only one that knew all this. the russians knew what general flynn had done. and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others. in the media accounts it was clear that they were repeating what general flynn had told them. this was a problem. because, because, not only did w...

Kristin fisher, thank you very much. our next guest says there is evidence of a special counsel robert muellers probe is compromised. he is calling for his resignation. arizona congressman trent franks is here to explain. good to see you, sir. >> this is great, your new show. you picked a week where there is nothing happen. >> shannon: we wanted it to be easy so we scheduled it accordingly. we thank you for coming in tonight. you and others have raised concerns about robert mueller, there are ot...

Clayton: good morning. >> reporter: what a day, sally eighth fired for refusing to carry out the presidents travel ban testified for judiciary committee alongside director of national intelligence james clapper warning national security adviser michael flynn could be blackmailed for misleading the administration. >> the russians also knew the general flynn had misled the vice president and others. not only do we believe the russians knew this but had proof of this. that created a compromise situ...

Itself. the underlying conduct of general flynn president not only did we believe the russians knew this but they had proof of the information and that created a compromise situation. a situation where the national security adviser could be blackmailed by the russians. its my understanding from the testimony received yesterday that the white house knew of this compromised situation for 18 days and didnt fire him until the revelation turned up in "the washington post." is that right? >> thats rig...

General flynn lied to the vice president. >> thats certainly how it appeared, yes, because the vice president went out and made statements about general flynns conduct that he said were based on what general flynn had told him. and we knew that that just flat wasnt true. >> and she said her biggest concern was that the russians would use that as leverage over flynn. >> not only did we believe that the russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information. and that created a comp...

Flynn had done. and that we werent the only ones that knew all of this. that the russians also knew about what general flynn had done, and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others. because in the media accounts it was clear from the vice president and others that they were repeating what general flynn had told them. saying this was a problem because not only did we believe the russians knew this, but they like had proof of this information. that created ...