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On the presidents agenda today, making it official, at any time hes going to formally demand an investigation into whether the fbi tried to infiltrate his campaign. the justice department is already responding saying its watchdog, the office of the inspector general, will expand its review to determine if the russia investigation has been corrupted by political bias. cnns kaitlan collins is live at the white house. kaitlan what do we know about the presidents plan to officially demand this inves...

Presidency. and so theyre reaching out to anyone, such as michael cohen, who they thought was close to donald trump. and trump has put distance between him now and michael cohen. cohen is involved in an investigation with the u.s. attorney in new york and so its just -- it was a phenomenon i think of that point in time. >> paul: one other question for kim. kim, quickly, who do you think will win this fight? do you think nunes will win the document request and search? briefly. >> yes, i do. becau...

Consequences. in the long-term for the administration, possibly for republicans. so i think they are certainly taking a cue from the president because the administration and republicans are frustrated with it. >> and melanie, would it help the mueller investigation if they gave the public something, especially as it relates to collusion? >> well, look, i think theres the tale of the two investigations. you have both in the house side and the senate side two separate probes. the house one complet...

Were in a panic over the trump presidency. and so theyre reaching out to anyone, such as michael cohen, who they thought was close to donald trump. and trump has put distance between him now and michael cohen. cohen is involved in an investigation with the u.s. attorney in new york and so its just -- it was a phenomenon i think of that point in time. >> paul: one other question for kim. kim, quickly, who do you think will win this fight? do you think nunes will win the document request and searc...

Legislative branch oversight woompt. we expect the administration to honor our document request. >> it is such a just xtapositio the accusations that that particular committee has become so partisan. >> you have two different tracks. the most interesting thing i think is actually slapped on the hand by the chief of staff for the white house in a phone call saying what are you doing? we are all republicans in this together. he is kind of out there by himself. he is not making friends with this ad...

There. essentially, how divided are republicans now over mueller and this investigation? >> its interesting because on the one hand, you have some republicans who are lining up behind this legislation to protect mueller, and on the other hand, you have conservatives calling to impeach or hold rosenstein in contemporary of congress over a separate issue related to a stalled document request. theyve been seeking 1.2 million documents related to the fbis decision making in the 2016 presidential ele...

And this was true with witness after witness and document after document request. >> so the presidents pardon of scooter libby has new legislation. >> it says in an event the president pardons anyone in an investigation with the president is a witness or target, those investigative files will be turned over to the congress. the congress ought to know whether the president is using the pardon power to obstruct justice. the american people have a right to know. i think its cleary constitutional am...

Subpoena the administration, the administration was unwilling to do it. they wanted any documents or tapes he had with james comey and twice the white house refused. and the second time we asked we said, hey, if you dont give us an answer well have to consider excelling you with a subpoena, and they didnt respond. and this was true with witness after witness and document after document request. >> so the presidents pardon of scooter libby has new legislation. >> it says in an event the president...

With the most securely encrypted main frame in the world. its a smart way to eat lunch in peace. sweet, oblivious peace. >> shannon: the justice department directing u.s. attorney john rauch, a trump appointee coming to get scores of documents related to the hillary clinton email investigation and potential fisa abuses turned a report to congress data. months after they were requested. the move amid complaints from the g.o.p. and president that the doj has been slow walking the document request....

To oversee the overseeing of that investigation and the handling over the thousands and thousands of emails regarding the investigation to congress. but congress is still not happy about this because if you see trey gowdy and some of the other members and saying, this is absolutely inefficient. you are still seeing a total slow rolling of the hillary clinton email investigation from the fbi and doj and they suspect that they simply just dont want congress to find out how the entire investigation...