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Ways that you outlined in your opening. so i think, again and again we all wonder why. >> yeah, whats the deal here quality to this. and obviously we have the mueller report. theres -- we believe a kind of counterintelligence aspect that we dont have public access that may have looked at vectors of compromise. we do know that the presidents campaign lied about the duration of the business interests, is pursuing them actively into the campaign and all that. but in some ways, its almost as -- his ...

Ways that you outlined in your opening. so i think, again and again we all wonder why. >> yeah, whats the deal here quality to this. and obviously we have the mueller report. theres -- we believe a kind of counterintelligence aspect that we dont have public access that may have looked at vectors of compromise. we do know that the presidents campaign lied about the duration of the business interests, is pursuing them actively into the campaign and all that. but in some ways, its almost as -- his ...

On cnns "new day" earlier this morning. listen to this. >> i think its beyond his mandate. the mandate is what happened during the 2016 election in terms of collusion. thats the key idea. >> thats not accurate, is it? >> no. theres a multipart mandate. point one of it is to continue the counterintelligence investigation that comey testified was under way in march. so front and center in muellers investigation is the counterintelligence aspect of it. i think this -- gloria, you were just speaking...

Russian hacking campaign. clearly that has been going on. weve seen news reporting in the past from foreign special intelligence and stuff that has been passed on and now clearly a warrant has been issued and people are being investigated. i want to call attention to two words. counterintelligence. that means this is a spy hunting investigation. they are looking for spies or people who have ties to russian intelligence from the trump campaign. >> well, you know whats the significance of the fact...

They are looking for spies or people who have ties to russian intelligence from the trump campaign. >> what is the significance of the fact that i remember trump once went on television one time and said i want the russians to hack into the democrats, knowing what they are up to. is that prima facie evidence? >> this counterintelligence aspect is very important. that is certainly what is going on. the question is, what crimes can people be charged with? if some american who is connected to the t...