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You played these tapes on your program a couple of nights ago of the presidents men conspireing to try to get the cia to stop the fbi. this really is the 21st century version of that. its not national security. its an effort to block a criminal investigation. >> devlin barrett, the daily beast is reporting tonight that sources inside the white house are blaming the president himself for bringing this investigation, the obstruction of justice investigation on himself because of his -- both his pu...

Problematic for defending him as this process goes forward. but, you know, he has shown time and time again that he doesnt let stuff go. and he wants to say what he believes and what he does, and he wants to be in some ways his own spokesman. you know, i think you can make an argument that has not served him well as this russia case has gone on. look where we started. we started almost a year ago with an investigation into were russian operatives in communication with anyone associated with the ...

Regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal." but "the washington post" story does not indicate that the information that they used in that report comes from the fbi. or was obtained from anyone in the special prosecutors investigation. joining us now, devlin barrett, reporter for "the washington post." devlin barrett, i want to go for the moment. i know youre not going to tell us who the sources are. but because the presidents defense lawyers tonight responded with a direct a...

Officials to try to stop an fbi investigation of someone, michael flynn, for failing to make appropriate disclosures about lobbying funds and other funds that he took. this is nowhere near the kind of exception the supreme court carved out in u.s. v nixon for things about national security. this really is back to what happened in the nixon administration. you played these tapes on your program a couple of nights ago of the presidents men conspireing to try to get the cia to stop the fbi. this re...

Security issues sort of woven throughout a lot of the issues that mueller is looking at here. so i personally wouldnt rule it out. i also personally am not a lawyer. to some degree well have to wait and see how that plays out. the point of us explaining that in the story is really just to flag that look, its possible to reason to think it would not succeed ball. lot of life is unpredictable. >> well, devlin, we just happen to have a couple lawyers with us who are eager to join the discussion wit...

Mueller felt that being called into a meeting with the president, he was willing to do the meeting and he would protect himself from doing anything untoward. it is a fascinating thing that hans is reporting here coming out of the white house. >> you couldnt make the twists and turns up, and if you did, nobody would buy the screenplay. theyre just too far flung. devlin, how much are the presidents public statements going to be used against him? >> reporter: i think theyve been used against him in...

The special prosecutors investigation. joining us now, devlin barrett, reporter for "the washington post." devlin barrett, i want to go for the moment. i know youre not going to tell us who the sources are. but because the presidents defense lawyers tonight responded with a direct attack on the fbi, i just want the point out that in your article, the only phrase you use for sources are -- it just says "officials said, officials said." the most detailed description of sources is when you say five...

Former dhs secretary gary johnson end of this week. >> i want to read a portion of your "washington post" report, devlin. you said, the obstruction of justice investigation of the president days after comey was fired on may 9, and the preliminary interviews scheduled with intelligence officials indicate that his team is actively pursuing potential witnesses inside and outside the government. is the firing of james comey what sparked this investigation, devlin? >> yes. what theyre trying to deter...

Important player in this whole thing. >> ron klain, a quick word on the flynn immunity request and how immunities are granted in cases like this. >> yeah, a savvy prosecutor like bob mueller is not going to give immunity without flynn first making a proffer what he would say if he would get immunity. so i dont think anyone is going to be flim-flamed here about the immunity grant. it is also important to remember there is a story out tonight also about moneylaundering in this investigation. thats...

Succeed ball. lot of life is unpredictable. >> well, devlin, we just happen to have a couple lawyers with us who are eager to join the discussion with. >> thank god! >> lets bring those in. were joined by richard painter, professor of law at the university of minnesota and former chief ethics lawyer for president george w. bush. he is the vice chair for responsibility of ethics in washington. and ron klain, chief of staff to joe biden and al gore and senior aide to president obama. he is also fo...