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Manafort and that russian attorney who goldstone said had incriminating information on hillary clinton. and he of course as youll recall also said that the russian government was trying to help the trump campaign. so of course muellers team would want to learn more about what was behind that? goldstone has told people around him he was just goosing up the language, exaggerating it to get the meeting. but muellers team will want to get to the bottom of it to see if there was some broader conspira...

Our sources telling us the president is expected to dese decertify the deal. this is a destabilizing force beyond the nuclear program. >> reverse and kick it to congress. i want to talk about russia because were learn new details about the investigation. robert muellers team interviewed the author behind that infamous dossier. i thought that dossier was out of our life. i was hoping it would be. now its back. >> reporter: yeah, rearing its salacious head. members of robert muellers team travelin...

To jail. >> laura coates you agree with that? >> there could be some finessing and massagic in a federal employee bargain or some sort or a combination. and frankly a prosecutor worth his or her salt would probably look for that particular negotiation and that massaging. because when you do that youre not only able to hook a big fish but also able to get the information to hook a larger one. or parallel in his gravitas in the investigation. there is room for the prosecutors and his team and of c...

Of course mueller and his team. they do have the upper hand. manafort is not in an elect position or unique position to be able to hold the cards and call the shots. not if youre going back 11 years in financial crimes and not if mueller has the ability investigate it. >> lets talk about these tax returns. as pam pointed out mueller would have needed the deputy ag rosenstein to sign-off on the -- before getting trumps tax returns. legally do you think mueller can make the case if necessary? >> m...

Investigation, saying that it would cross a red line if the investigation went beyond russia. what is your reaction to that? >> well, of course mueller has the discretion to do that. and we expect him to do that. because we want him to follow the facts and the money if thats where it leads him. and its also important to note that given that the record will show that according to don jr., anyway, in 2008, there is a disproportionate amount of russian money, russian asset in the trump portfolio. i...

Turning to discuss the deputy assistant commerce secretary for europe, middle east and africa during the obama administration. gentleman, im glad to have you on. thank you so much. i want to ask you, matthew about president trumps interview with this new york times interview and he said it would be a violation if special counsel mueller look under to his family finances saying it would cross a red line if the investigation went beyond russia. whats your reaction to that? >> of course mueller has...

Grand jury because as weve been explaining, the original one was compromised by comey and lynch. then of course number four, also the clinton-russia collusion uranium one deal. hillary, secretary of state, signed off 20% americas uranium going to putin, the noun daysal material for nuclear weapon. and while people who have involved in the deal at the same time are kicking back millions of dollars to the clinton foundation. and her husband doubling his speaking fees in moscow. the only law in thi...

Firing stopped and slowed down nothing with respect to the russia investigation. surely the president had to know that was the case. >> well, we dont know what he knew, first of all. and we dont know what his intent was, as you say. but you basically have a list of a pattern here. i mean my initial question to you is because the idea that the presidents not under investigation. jay sekulow comes on, thats what he wants to argue about. it seemed a silly thing to pursue. of course mueller is going...

Allowing the president to lower sanctions against russia. putin is not getting much from the trump administration right now. even if he does have, and possibly has a special relationship with donald trump. he doesnt have a special relationship with defense secretary jim mattis. this is jim mattis pentagon that advised and directed the shootdown of the syrian airplane. what i think is interesting is the potential divide between donald trump, the president, and donald trump the franchise, with var...

Unanswered questions here that he has to interview everybody, fbi agents, and prosecutors, interview all the relevant witnesses. thats not just comey, but its also mike rogers, the head of the nsa who got a phone call from the president. its also dan coats, the director of national intelligence. and, you know, i think theres a semantical game here about underinvestigation, you know, is he a target, is he a subject. the fact is, of course mueller is investigating this part of the case. theres no ...