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Collusion, basically, between the obama administration, and russian nuclear officials for two or three years at the end of the obama years. and so now here we are spendingr all this time over the last six months, year or so, about whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russian government officials. and meanwhile, the obama justice department was basically investigating for two or three years. the possibility of kick backs, bribery, all kinds of potential criminal wrongdoing b...

Quietly investigating potential collusion, basically, between the obama administration, and russian nuclear officials for two or three years at the end of the obama years. and so now here we are spending all this time over the last six months, year or so, about whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russian government officials. and meanwhile, the obama justice department was basically investigating for two or three years. the possibility of kick backs, bribery, all kinds of ...

>> yeah, thats exactly right. there are 1,200 senate confirmed position the president appoint. he interviews a small number of those, typically cabinet officials, others like say the fbi director. he doesnt get down into the subcabinet the 93 u.s. attorneys and marshalls appointed by him and confirmed by the senate. because he has more important things to do. whats happening here, hes not interviews, hes nominated 45 u.s. attorney candidates. we know these interviewed three the two in new york t...

New fisa warrant that extended into 2017. of course getting a fisa warrant is not easy to do. what does that tell you about this investigation? >> so at the outset, obtaining a fisa warrant means that the government was able to prove that they had probable cause that paul manafort was the agent of a foreign power. the definition can encompass a lot of different activities but typically it does indicate theres some evidence here of there being criminal wrongdoing. >> so considering the surveillan...

If there was, what does that mean? in addition to president trump, who else was paul manafort speaking to. im sure theres a lot of people out there tonight wondering if theyre caught on those tapes. >> absolutely. the fbi restarted surveillance after getting a new feesa warrant. getting one is not easy to do. what does that tell you at the investigation. >> at the outs it means the government was able to prove to a judge that they had probable cause that paul manafort was the agent of a foreign ...

Criminal wrongdoing. in those circumstances, people -- even elected officials in congress have dropped their partisan allegiances and let them slip a little bit for the good of justice, for the good of the country, for the good of criminal accountability. today, vice president mike pence hired private counsel. he hired a private lawyer to represent him personally in the ongoing investigations into the trump russia affair both in congress and by the special council former fbi director robert muel...

When people rose beyond party affiliation to do what was honorable and right for the country even if it wasnt right for their party. it feels that way. it always feels like its as bad as its ever been. but history says otherwise. when there have been gigantic presidential scandals in the past, multiple criminal indictments of senior administration officials and the possibility of impeachment, high level administration officials going to jail or staring down the possibility, even when those scand...

Washington, d.c. and you have this information that the president came to you and asked you to be part of this effort, conspiracy? im not exactly sure what you would call it, to kill an investigation against him, thats not something you can smile and then walk away quietly and not say a word. i know michael gur sin is talking to "the washington post" about the extraordinary number of leaks, but these are people getting information out of possible criminal wrongdoing by the president of the unite...

Who wrote two books about special prosecutors and american presidents. ken good morning lee, and ar which i balanced cox, conscience of a nation, president of duquesne university and professor of law. why do we have special prosecutors, special counsel? >> michael, going all the way back to the watergate investigation, the whole idea is when theres evidence of potential criminal wrongdoing at the top of the executive pyramid, you want the most neutral objective person to look at it so there can ...

Ken gormlee, an author of the death of archibald cox, conscience of a nation, president of duquesne university and professor of law. why do we have special prosecutors, special counsel? >> michael, going all the way back to the watergate investigation, the whole idea is when theres evidence of potential criminal wrongdoing at the top of the executive pyramid, you want the most neutral objective person to look at that, so there can be no doubt in the minds of the american public. this is all abou...