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>> this is an attempt -- this was an attempt and successful attempt to hack into the dnc. this wasnt just an influence campaign through social media. that was also there. this was a hack into the dnc. and a hack into john podestas e-mails. >> there is amle evidence of computer hacking out of north korea, china, out of -- >> are you trying to -- >> im trying to say that the issue of meddling in our elections is a real threat. and it is clear that russia was part of it. that didnt mean russia is t...

Monies being targeted into u.s. presidential campaigns or any campaigns for that matter. dont forget that there could be computer fraud and abuse in the sense that any hacking that occurred, the social media propaganda, the theft of data could be a computer -- federal computer hacking violation and conspiracy to commit that if that was part of what was in the circle of knowledge for the campaign. so, thats what theyre looking at. but its helpful to think of the mueller team almost as epidemiolog...

Information that shimon and others have been reporting it is showing us what the direction is going to be, and it makes it harder for the president to make the argument there is nothing to see here. >> there is a difference, though, paul, between contacts and criminal conspiracy. so knowing that, mueller knows that as hes looking at this, what would very to prove of gates and this former manafort firm employee with ties to russian intelligence in order to make something of this? >> i think thats...

Further back or even back to the 80s. >> and ann, do you agree, what we were talking about with maggie before, that this certainly does indicate that the special counsel investigation is not coming to a close anytime soon? >> i do agree very strongly. i think if you were to imagine the special counsels office, you would think about, theres a whiteboard with lots of different lines that are different parts of the investigation. and russia remains a central part of the investigation. there is this...

Here that the operation did come in contact with the trump campaign. some defendants posing as u.s. persons without revealing enter russian association communicated with unwits individuals associated with the trump campaign to seek and coordinate political activities. they are interpreting that because they were saying they were unwitting. do you share that view? >> no. there is an entirely different part of the mulleller investigation, which concerns computer hacking and we already know there w...

Them too. this is just a lot of nonsense, and i think the democrats ought to let it go. congressman nunes has made a complete fool of himself and has helped nobody but vladimir putin by attacking the fbi. i think the democrats ought to focus on the real issue, the computer hacking and other activity hover in the oust collaborated with the russians and whether that reaches into the white house. thats what we need to investigate. they need to start doing their job or we the voters, were going to h...

Russians, which it was. its whether it was illegal collaboration and thats what we have yet to find out. we know the people lied about it. committed felonies lying about it. the question is whether it was criminal collaboration with the russians on the part of the trump campaign. >> what would make it criminal wheres the line? >> well, first, if the people from the trump campaign knew they were dealing with stolen e-mail and taking possession of the stolen e-mail after the fact. that could very ...

This connection to the russians. he is being duped and played by the russians and that doesnt diminish the fact that we may have had conspiracy in crimes and computer hacking. >> fascinating all the way around. thank you for your time. in the next hour, msnbc live times square to keep the big new years eve party safe. no matter how the markets change... at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experien...

Comments from congressmen rooney? >> well, there are a handful of republicans who are doing this. and like congressman rooney, theyre either in very right-wing districts where they have safe seats so they can mouth off this way or theyre nuts. because the majority of the american people dont buy any of this. these attacks on the fbi, on robert mueller, make absolutely no sense. what robert mueller is doing is investigating infiltration of the united states election, computer hacking, espionage b...

In right-wing districts where they have safe seats so they can mouth off this way. or theyre nuts. because the majority of the american people dont buy any of this. these attacks on the fbi, on robert mueller, make absolutely no sense. what robert mueller is doing is investigating infiltration of the united states election. computer hacking. espionage by russia. a country that has been an adversary for the united states since the 1918 communist revolution in russia. and the soviet union. a lot o...