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Specific step by mueller. but basically, theres, you know, i think its all transparent. and as matt suggests, trump does it because he thinks he can. now, of course, theres a new cop on the beat with the house judiciary committee and well see if thats right. but i dont think theres any secret here. its just the brazen president. >> devlin, its your reporting weve been talking about. take us through what you guys are reporting and what people should know about the new acting attorney general, mat...

Interest in recusing himself. its not even clear if he is going to raise this question at all with ethics officials. and were also told he has already expressed in different venues at different times a real disagreement with the very notion that the president should be issued a subpoena. thats important because the threat of the subpoena is the thing that has been hovering over those negotiations all this month. and if you take away that threat of a subpoena, you would then have a situation wher...

Are the house democrats going to do, whitaker still has the first card to play because, for one thing, the democrats wont be in charge for another two months. a lot can happen in two months. just think of whats happened in the last 24 hours. >> its trump land. its like dog years. >> -- before that becomes a player here. >> we live seven years in every one. let me put something to you that i would only ask about this president. hes so obsessed with resume, with the look, with the experience. whit...

Someone is nominated at the end of that period, he can stay on. thats an eternity for the mueller probe which i think everyone agrees is the reason he is in there. so i think if they want him there riding herd or even worse on mueller, they keep him for a while. in terms of the house judiciary committee, you know, yes, i think there will be immediate hearings that nadler will convene. what kind of counterweight would that provide? it should be able to get some facts out and puts a stop to the de...

Likely to turn down any request from mueller to subpoena the president? and did whitaker make that promise to trump or anyone close to him before he took the job as acting ag. and if either of those answers is yes, does that represent obstruction of justice? here to help try and answer that question for us, some of our favorite reporters and friends. devlin barrett from "the washington post," katie benner who covers the justice department for "the new york times," former chief spokesman for the ...

>> judge jeanine. its funny. devlin barrett in the "washington post" had a report about me having interviews with the fbi. the following month they kept having the various leaks you are referring to. i told them similar to what in manaforts attorney said yesterday. he had security threats. hes concerned about his safety. thats exactly what i told the fbi that month as well. its a terrible shame instead of thinking about safety of americans, they are concerned about political agendas. judge jeani...

>> judge jeanine. its funny. devlin barrett in the "washington post" had a report about me having interviews with the fbi. the following month they kept having the various leaks you are referring to. i told them similar to what in manaforts attorney said yesterday. he had security threats. hes concerned about his safety. thats exactly what i told the fbi that month as well. its a terrible shame instead of thinking about safety of americans, they are concerned about political agendas. judge jeani...

>> judge jeanine. its funny. devlin barrett in the "washington post" had a report about me having interviews with the fbi. the following month they kept having the various leaks you are referring to. i told them similar to what in manaforts attorney said yesterday. he had security threats. hes concerned about his safety. thats exactly what i told the fbi that month as well. its a terrible shame instead of thinking about safety of americans, they are concerned about political agendas. judge jeani...

Alexandria federal court on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. joining us from "the washington post," national security reporter devlin barrett and former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general harry litman. take us through your reporting about paul manafort as he gets ready to face his second trial in d.c. >> what were told is manafort would very much like to come to some sort of deal that eases the prison time burden on him and probably the financial burden as well, given ...

President. sort of like bob mueller is, i am the president. bob mueller, im going to let this speak for itself. there is something, there is this perception of strength in the way trump blusters but its projecting. its mueller and his silence and strength of his actions projecting more confidence. >> and mueller is controlling his message that he is looking into and investigating wrongdoing. that is his only message. its not muddled the way that donald trump -- he could talk about absolutely any...