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Was happening was that it was a counterintelligence investigation and not a criminal investigation, and that the president cannot obstruct a counterintelligence operation because he, by virtue of his position, is involved in all of that. so it looks like, at this point, given the preponderance of the evidence that they are looking at, that they may not do an interview with mueller. but i dont think that position has fully been made yet. >> bret: we should point out that we asked for someone to c...

That, is that in july 2016, the fbi opened a counterintelligence operation into the trump campaign, into their possible collusion with a foreign adversary. a foreign adversary, remember, back in july 2016, that was engaged in criminal sabotage against hillary clintons campaign. it was unfolding in realtime. and that the origin of that counterintelligence investigation into the trump campaign was a trump campaign adviser telling an australian diplomat that russia had dirt on clinton, indicating p...

But theres a third view. and its the one which to me is the obvious one, which is that the fbi really did screw up 2016 by tipping the election to donald trump. what we now know is that from the summer before the election through election day, there were two investigations. one of each of the candidates. there was an investigation of lk, which james comey repeatedly discussed publicly, including a stunning press conference in which he announced that while he announced that she would not be charg...

What were you talking about there? >> look, lets start with president trump last spring. lets nforget he gave the russians one of the most sensitive operations. so when the white house doesnt have a problem with burn. ing assets, its hard to imagine nunez would either. what i mean is i dont know what carter page is, but we know as you point out he was involved in the 2013 case that resulted in 2015 in an indictment in jail time for russian spy. he walked free. he then shows up in 2016 in another...

Counterintelligence operation to find out what the russians dead. do you think we will get back to that point and how can we get back to that point? >> well, the entire set of investigations are all based on one fictitious document, this dossier was usedd to launch the trump-russia investigation -- >> david: admitted by director comey. >> which, then morphed into the mueller investigation. it was also used apparently for a fisa warrant to spy on the trump campaign. so if it turns out, that after...

Subordinates or deputy subordinates. and somewhere along the line someone gets sloppy with their communications and we get a copy of an action message that authorizes this operation to go ahead. you have to remember, this entire russia investigation started as a counterintelligence operation. we had information indicating that russian intelligence was carrying out this operation and was doing it with the assistance of american citizens. >> what do you make of the sort of echoes between trump and...

Of an action message that authorizes this operation to go ahead. you have to remember, this entire russia investigation started as a counterintelligence operation. we had information indicating that russian intelligence was carrying out this operation and was doing it with the assistance of american citizens. >> what do you make of the sort of echoes between trump and putins rhetoric on both the economy, which i want to get to in a second because i think its a deft maneuver by putin to ingratiat...

Is there there. >> harris: such a there. >> david: maybe thats what we should call his investigation. first of all, we talked about leaks. grand juries are typically secret, so it starts with another high-level leak. >> harris: this specifically benefits muellers aside. >> david: we dont know this. the grand jury process allows you to move expeditiously through an investigation. you can bring people in, its called a perjury trap because they look to get you on a charge, you lied to the grand jur...

Release sources and methods, then theyve got to be able to conduct their -- i know -- the public would like to know everything, but theres a reason why you do keep some secrets sometimes when youre conducting an investigation or youre involved in a counterintelligence operation or a terrorism operation. theres a reason for secrets. and you know, im here to tell you, im speaking from my experience. other people sgreerks im sure, and i respect that, but im saying, if we had 100% transparency on ev...

These investigations or answering questions you know, this investigation is only growing. >> no, that is fair, fred. and i think what we need to make sure we establish here is it is right now just a count counterintelligence operation. if they move into the criminal realm, theyre going to have to find more than just the appearance. there is a lot of smoke, i trust with robert mueller coming on board as a special prosecutor, i find the leaks will stop, because as a former prosecutor i find the le...