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Would ask michael cohen to do something as egregious as lying to congress. >> so it is very possible just from your observes, youre not saying that you know anything that this report says, but from your observes, it would not be out of the norm for them to discuss things like this that included possibly legal conclusions? >> no, it would not be out of the norm. you have to remember how small the trump organization was. it was like 14, 15 people who worked for the organization. and cohen was the ...

One thing that stuck out the me when that report came out, in the 24 hours after, no other news organization was able to confirm it. you know minus organization wasnt and we werent talking to a lot of sources that were able to confirm it. we saw other reporters on twitter essentially saying we didnt see this story going in that direction or our sources werent matching up with that and i think thats something that democrats really should have paid attention to because were already seeing it with ...

We draw our conclusions. >> national correspondent thema jones is live. athena, i understand shes just weighed in on all of this. why did the senator say? >> reporter: she arrived here just a few minutes ago and i asked her about the buzzfeed report and she essentially echoed much of what we heard from booker there. she said its highly concerning and it shows he may have been complicit in obstruction of justice. take a listen to what she had to say to me just a few minutes ago. >> my biggest pri...

Pointed out earlier this week it just reveals the dangers of direct democracy when you use a referendum to enact legislation or brussels correspondent mottos and from the university of edinburgh law professor paul barrons to both of you thank you very much for joining us tonight are much. well your preoccupation with is just one reason why the usual powers who stand for and defend human rights well they seem to be missing in action that is just one of the conclusions offered in human rights watc...

Things for the benefit of the organization -- >> dana: and the other story that he was paying someone to rig online polls and he was skimming money off of the top of that. >> its very convenient for people in that position. someone that admitted to making false statements to congress and now youre supposed to believe him? are you going to take the incorroborated word of michael cohen? there ought to be a huge pause before anybody jumps to conclusions. >> dana: great to have you on in helping us ...

Or the target of this investigation the bob mueller investigation. do you believe that? >> i have confidence in mr. rosenstein and i have confidence in more moore. i want both to be able to do their jobs. i think the fewer comments we make about conclusions, the better off we are. give them the space they need to complete this very important investigation. >> ♪ >> we as democrats have to be honest with ourselves. there are a lot of people out there who felt disconnected and the opportunity was...

Speech. >> fine. be that as it may, there are two coincidences to answer for. the first is manafort is viable for the campaign at the time thats going on. and then hes viable at the head of the campaign giving polling data that winds up having the same faces and places targeted by the campaign that are targeted by russian trolls. how is that no collusion? >> its not collusion. >> how is it not? >> because polling data is given to everybody. >> what? >> i mean, he shouldnt have given it to them. ...

Be that as it may, there are two coincidences to answer for. the first is manafort is viable for the campaign at the time thats going on. and then hes viable at the head of the campaign giving polling data that winds up having the same faces and places targeted by the campaign that are targeted by russian trolls. how is that no collusion? >> its not collusion. >> how is it not? >> because polling data is given to everybody. >> what? >> i mean, he shouldnt have given it to them. >> so its not giv...

Mueller has a bigger mandate, counter intelligence and criminal mandate. so i wouldnt make too much of what burr said though i think it was unfortunate because he shouldnt be making those legal conclusions. >> obviously it is important someone know. in fact, to my point, we dont know what mueller knows. god knows the senate is not asking for it. we hope the senate has it. theres only two things left. in it you said either trump goes down in history as the worlds, quote, most famous useful idiot ...

Himself. the coin of the realm with regard to that, of course, is accepting his veracity. his veracity is already one of being a convicted felon for perjury. >> harris: even you use the word "bracing" or something. >> bracing for revelations. they know darn well that whats coming are all these disclosures and anticipations of sentencing. in the further cooperation about what it is the individuals have told special counsel mueller office. mr. muellers obligation is also to make sure before any co...