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Their cooperation with the government has increasingly isolated mr. manafort as he awaits trial. we have two gentlemen here to talk about it who know a lot about this. with us tonight, chuck rosenb g rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official. and frank figliuzzi, who has worked for robert mueller among others in the past. gentlemen, welcome to you both. frank, reading this reporting tonight about -- in "the new york times," what stands out to you? >> a couple of thoughts, br...

>> a couple of thoughts, brian. first, witness tampering is a very serious offense because it goes to the heart of our justice system and the credibility of the system. and in reading the charges, were seeing a man here, paul manafort, who just seems to have utter contempt for the system. its very typical for your bond conditions in the federal system to say, by the way, you cant have contact with witnesses in this case. not only did he have contact with witnesses, he had contact with multiple w...

So that the fbi and the department of justice can regain their integrity, the credibility that it needs to serve the american public. >> jon: let me take you to another issue thats come to light in washington. that is that the obama administration secretly gave iran access to the u.s. financial system, the idea being that they would convert billions of dollars that had been frozen in an overseas bank into dollars and euros through the u.s. financial system at a time when congress was being told ...

President obama and his administration were to strike a deal with iran, which is we we got such a terrible deal that the president had to pull ourselves out of. doesnt surprise me. its very sad. im not sure what might have been violated in doing that. but certainly shows the contempt for congress. >> jon: some of your democratic fellow senators are saying this is much adieu about nothing, a nonissue. >> well see. id like to see if any laws were violated in doing this in terms of the sanctions la...

Have to do much just watch trump in disgust. literally. >> i mean every midterm 2010 president obama talked about getting a shellacking in 2006, bush said he got a thumping. even in totally normal white houses they usually have this. so now its. >> sam follow up on that. the normal tendency of voters not to go back to the return window at the department store in the old days but to say lets keep this guy under rein. >> its amplified in this case by the shock that many of the voters felt in 2016 ...

Responsibly with the immense political power that came with the job of the on he criticized long time f.b.i. director j. edgar hoover for wasting time on chasing down alleged communists instead of working to root out organized crime. gone too far too far just driven by his contempt for corrupt politicians and mumps times. we and the department of justice have become increasingly concerned about organized crime it is become so rich and so powerful and so well entrenched that it is often become th...

Even to acknowledge discrepancy between the statements. the people who are speaking on behalf of the president, whether its lawyers, attorneys or official white house representatives, someone is saying something that is untrue. from the beginning of this administration has been the refusal from the podium as the spokesperson for the nation and for the white house when something has been wrong to correct it. that when theres, you know -- when sean spicer goes out and says we had bigger crowd than...

Point. it is a little different when it is a lawyer speaking, than the president himself in terms of lying to the public. but if jay sekulow had gone into court, and said what he said and then it came out that it was an actual complete -- completely the opposite, he could be held in contempt and sanctioned. it is his duty toe o ans is and proper representation. so to say it is a mistake might work to the american public, but does not work for lawyers in court. >> and interesting too, rudy giulia...

To respond to several questions and demanding some answers. >> replacing jeff sessions would be chaos. but after mueller does his job, then i think a different attorney general would be easier to do. this is a credibly complex matter. i think rosenstein is conflicted. if you are looking at obstruction of justice, misconduct,post-presidency, the comey firing is being a form of obstruction of justice and then rosenstein is the key witness in that when he cant b witness and over see the investigati...

Gave us, i actually think that part of this is kim and putin, gangsters. he can sort of deal with gangsters. our allies in europe, canada, i thinhe feels as though these are the sort of elite swells who have contempt for him and for whom he has contempt, and there is an emotionalism, in addition to his long-standing protectionism which is antithetical to one of the very core republican ideas of free trade. i really think he resents the europeans and, in this case, canada as well as people who be...