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>> interesting. scott, cnn reported last week that the fbi as part of his counterintelligence probe and its investigation into russias meddling has scrutinized some of donald trump jr.s business dealings even before the latest meeting. do you think the president is reacting to how this russia probe is quickly growing now? >> absolutely. we talked about this before and for the last several months. these probes start out looking at one thing, and then other things pop up. this becomes somehow with...

Jared kushner. and that has put him squarely in the crosshairs of investigators looking to see if anyone did anything illegal. ana? >> thank you, tom foreman. joining us now former federal prosecutor laura coats. now the cnn reporting thats new is the white house aides, not personal lawyers, but government employees were involved in issuing that first statement from donald jr. when the story first broke. they obviously left a few things off and were not accurate. do they just get dragged into ...

Wittingly someone was engaged in that practice. this is telling you a very clear indication or whether or not this is not the only goal here to actually figure out that it actually happened. its really the end game of figuring out what was the collusion in the counterintelligence probe. >> i need to get your response to this as well. this is just coming in. robert mueller expands a special counsel office, has brought in 13 lawyers onboard with more to be hired according to spokesman peter carr. ...

Is that he had intimations, this may lead to an explosive situation down the road. >> contemporaneous notes with president obama and only met with him twice, once or twice versus nine times, conversations with the current president. >> he brought to president trump, or incoming president trump an explosive document. if it were true was clearly going to lead to legal problems down the road to hearings and one thing and another. i think he was trying to protect himself and protect the record by do...

I suspect thats what hell keep doing tomorrow. >> go ahead, david. >> i disagree with that. james comey had a wonderful reputation before the politics of 2016. it got shredded a lot during that time. what i do think is more likely is that he had intimations, this may lead to an explosive situation down the road. nges. >> because he didnt feel the need to take contemporaneous notes with president obama, and only met with him twice -- one or twice, versus nine times, conversations with the current...

Were specifically about whether the president was the subject of a counterintelligence investigation. first, on january 6th when comey went to trump tower to brief the president-elect on a dossier of allegations involving mr. trump, first reported by cnn, comey says that, quote, during our one-on-one meeting at trump tower, based on president-elects reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question i hovered that assurance, that he was not under fbi counterintelligence probe....

Briefing and without him directly asking the question, i thaufrd assurance that he was not under fbi counterintelligence probe. the second time, in a dinner on january 27th, comey says the president told him he was considering ordering an investigation into the dossier. comey says, quote, i replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigatesing him personally, which we werent. and in a march 30th phone call comey quote complained we had ...

Conference. >> mark halperin, lets bring you in. you have enjoyed telling us why james comey has been making horrific mistakes for years now. >> theres been an effort on record and on background by major news organizations to explain and justify what he did last year in interceding in the election, a clear violation of the policies that are supposed to govern federal criminal probes like the one he was conducting and the counterintelligence probe. i dont understand, based on what "the washington...

Investigation going forward. some lawmakers interpreted rosensteins brief saying it crossed from a counterintelligence probe to a criminal one. >> i think the shot to the body is its now considered a criminal investigation and congress ability to conduct investigations of all things russia has been severely limited, probably in an appropriate fashion. >> the attorney general confirm that it is now a criminal investigation? >> i never got to ask my question specifically about that. but the takeaw...

Democrats pressed rosenstein on thscope of muellers investigation, why session was involved in the firing and why sessions is playing a role in choosing comeys replacement. then theres the approach of the investigation going forward. some lawmakers interpreted rosensteins brief as saying the investigation had crossed from a counterintelligence probe to criminal. there was mixed opinion on whether thats the case and whether that would be best for all the investigations going on simultaneously. >>...