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it over to josé diaz-balart to pick up on the coverage right now. good morning, its 11:00 a.m. pacific, and -- 11:00 a.m. eastern. an attorney for hunter biden released a statement to nbc news that reads in part, quote, i know hunter believes its important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life and he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. joining us this morning, nbcs justice and intelligence co...

In kind of charge come, its because they tripped over it in the investigation. from a five-year perspective, i think hunter bidens attorney is probably right when he says he thinks with regard to his client, this is done. this is over. from my own national security perspective, which is what really we should be looking at here when we are talking about a family member of a president, i think they have fully explored the counterintelligence concerns, foreign money dealing with foreign operatives,...

Account a month before he was charged. according to the "washington post", attorney general william barr counseled trump that giuliani has become a liability and a problem for the administration. cnn has previously reported investigators have been looking into giulianis business dealings in ukraine and dug i o intoen tanningments with corrupt figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of the business ties according to people briefed. he has denied any wrongdoing and trump has his bac...

Attorney in april 2018. but lately there are debates in political circles as to whether giuliani should be sidelined. two giuliani associates linked to his efforts in ukraine pleaded not guilty for allegedly funneling foreign money into u.s. elections. prosecutors accused one of them, lev parnas, of failing to disclose that he received $1 million from a russian bank account the month before he was charged. according to "the washington post," in several conversations in recent months, attorney ge...

Figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of those business ties according to people briefed on the matter. giuliani has denied any wrongdoing, and trump has his back. >> rudy giuliani was one of the great crime fighters of all time. hes also a friend of mine. hes a great person. hes like an iconic figure in this country. >> reporter: there is a long list of onetime trump allies that have since been written off by the president. just ask trumps former attorney, michael cohen. for no...

Off. you know, at the end of the day, this is kind of a seminal moment in the leadership of both mcguire and hasball. >> so you can, without defending the whistle-blowers actions or arguing that you think they did the right thing, you can defend the process by which a whistle-blower comes through. and i would imagine that hasball and all intelligence leaders should be able to subscribe to the idea that there should be a process by which people who see wrongdoing should be able to report it. >> t...

Rudy giuliani facing new questions and we learned hes facing more than just a criminal investigation. sources telling cnn federal investigators are looking into counter intelligence concerns. the presidents lawyer all over the map in recent weeks as a u.s. scandal engulfed more and more people in the trump administration. >> it says you had a shadow regarding ukraine. >> i never knew about the 250 million dollar military aid. i wouldnt cooperate with adam schiff. i think adam schiff should be re...

Facing more than just a criminal investigation. sources telling cnn federal investigatiors are looking into counter intelligence concerns. the presidents lawyer all over the map in recent weeks as a u.s. scandal engulfed more and more people in the trump administration. >> it says you had a shadow regarding ukraine. >> i never knew about the 250 million dollar military aid. i wouldnt cooperate with adam schiff. i think adam schiff should be removed. >> youre not going to cooperate. >> i didnt sa...

With corrupt ukrainian figures to counterintelligence concerns. lets discuss with elie honig. okay. things are -- the pieces are starting to come together, maybe, for investigators. heres our cnn reporting. the counterintelligence probe hinges in part on whether a foreign influence operation was trying to take advantage of giulianis business ties in ukraine and with wealthy foreigners to make inroads with the white house according to one person briefed on the matter. if this were the case, thing...

People that are igor fruman who were indicted in that case and they raised questions of counterintelligence concerns that the fbi had. again, were just getting a little glimpse into what appears to be a much broader investigation than we realized. >> evan, thank you very much. i want to go now to former new jersey attorney general ann millgram, an impeachment professor at brown university, corey brukschneider. ann, how worried -- lets start with rudy giuliani himself. again, the presidents perso...