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Trump tower meeting is what of course muellers investigators would like to know because the president has given, you know, varying responses about this. heres some audio in an interview that the president gave to the "the new york times" in july of 2017 trying to answer that question. >> i didnt look at it very closely. i just heard there was an email requesting a meeting or something -- requesting a meeting that they had information on hillary clinton, and i said, i mean, thats standard politic...

Sen sensitive information. don jr. replied saying if thats what you say, if its what you say i love it especially later in the summer. so was she connected to putin? >> theres no way this information would have ended up being offered or supposedly offered without the kremlin sanctioning it. there is no way they gave this interview without putin himself saying it is okay to go on american television and to say you were working with us. >> this the presidents direct role and lying about the nature...

Offered or supposedly offered to the campaign without the kremlin sanctioning it. in the same way there is no way she gave this interview without vladimir putin himself saying it is okay to go on american television and to say you were working with us. this was a putinesque show of force. >> the presidents direct role and lying about the nature of it, what do you think? >> of course they should be. of course muellers team probably knows whether she is an agent, whether she is an asset in a varie...

They will demand witnesses to appear when they need to. and so the result will be different. but they also are looking at a different aspect. theyre looking at potential criminal violations, which will reveal itself in a different way than a report that comes from a congressional committee which is supposed to lay out a narrative that gets at actually what happened across the entire event. >> of course mueller has a grand jury, you know, which is an objective mechanism that we dont have in any o...

It raises the issue of campaign finance issues. it reminds people of what happened with john edwards and not reporting different disclosures and different in-kind contributions and the what not. and it makes sense that muellers team would investigate this very thing. because it has so many parallels of what happened with john edwards. one of the people on the federal elections commission at the time john edwards was having an affair with and talking about flying her privately because of being pr...

Defined as calling someone to testify when you have no legitimate investigative purpose. of course mueller has a legitimate investigative purpose to find out the truth of what happened with the potential obstruction of justice. i can understand why trumps lawyers are very concerned about whats happening. there are a lot of protections there. this materiality requirement, the absence of a perjury trap. >> barbara makes a very important point i think. having worked with bob mueller, i cant imagine...

But press secretary sarah sanders, she said this morning she doesnt know if the attorney general spoke with the president about his interview with muellers team while at the white house. white house counsel ty cobb has responded to our request for comment, but a session with key interests of the special counsel of meetings he had with the russians sparked him to recuse himself from the russia probe, and of course mueller wants to know what sessions might have known about things surrounding comey...

A big indictment is about money laundering. its about vulnerability and a prosecutor is going to capitalize on just that. if what bannon has to say is true, of course mueller would look into it. >> what does it say to you, carrie, that a grand jury subpoena was issued instead of simply inviting him in for questioning from the fbi and special counsel staff? >> im curious about whether or not the subpoena was some kind of surprise to steve bannon and his lawyer or whether this actually was part of...

Department and if thats not speaking softly and carrying a big stick, i dont know what it is. its of course muellers going to treat me fairly because theres no collusion. however, i can do anything i want with the justice department. so, i mean, i think -- you know, hes definitely great copy for newspapers, hes great on television. and i think he may not be wrong that, you know, people are going to tune out less when you have this incredible entertainment show. and i think one of the reasons tha...

Speaking softly and carrying a big stick, i dont know what it is. because its, of course muellers going to treat me fairly because theres no collusion. however, i can do anything i want with the justice department. so, i mean, i think -- you know, hes definitely great copy for newspapers, hes great on television. and i think he may not be wrong that, you know, people are going to tune out less when you have this incredible entertainment show. and i think one of the reasons that its so entertaini...