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Right now robert mueller is chasing after. >> the fbi has two different missions. its easy to lose sight of this. but its important to understanding what happened here. the fbi investigate violations of criminal law, but they also have a counterintelligence function. and thats how this investigation started out. they began to receive intelligence, probably the most important thing that they heard was that george papadopoulos was talking about the theft of emails, about having access to clintons ...

Thats their job. had they ignored this, they would be, i think, could be accused of being derelict. its crucial to note as joe did earlier in a previous segment that the fbi said nothing about what it was doing publicly. that this information was carefully held and suppressed, but it was part of their normal counterintelligence function. what weve seen over the last, id say, six months, is that the trump counterpunch to the mueller investigation is to add each of these extraneous details. there ...

Assuming that, beyond whats already under investigation, do you have any sense of what more the fbi would do beyond the investigation that director mueller is tasked with that you can conceive you may perceive with? >> there is more that i dont know yet as an outsider sitting before this committee. i look forward to making that a high priority. i will say that an addition to providing all appropriate support to former director muellers special counsel investigation, there is also a counterintell...

But assuming that, beyond what is already under investigation, do you -- do you have any sense of what more the fbi would do beyond the investigation thatta that you concede you may proceed with? >> i think there is more that i dont know yet than i do as an outsider sitting before this committee. so i look forward to making that a high priority. i will say that in addition to providing all the appropriate support to former director muellers special counsel investigation, there is, of course, als...

Who are now, who have now announced that they are going to measure his propriety and his suitability and his ethics by whether or not he appoints a special prosecutor. and in order to have a potential prosecutor, theres got to be something to prosecute. and as far as i know, there is no criming being investigated. this is a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation. paul: explain the difference. >> the fbi has two functions. one is, of course, the traditional one. we all kn...

Because there are many people who are now, who have now announced that they are going to measure his propriety and his suitability and his ethics by whether or not he appoints a special prosecutor. and in order to have a potential prosecutor, theres got to be something to prosecute. and as far as i know, there is no criming being investigated. this is a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation. paul: explain the difference. >> the fbi has two functions. one is, of course, ...

Justice, to launch an investigation into the investigators, investigating wrongdoing that the president and his team may have committed and then making it a partisan exercise. >> joe, based on what we know, the president is taking the normal function, the normal counterintelligence function of the fbi, and the intelligence community, and treating it as if its a criminal conspiracy. its the strangest thing i can remember. this reference to our intelligence agencies as the criminal deep state. kin...