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This just means that the evidence he has at his disposal is more explosive than we thought. >> barbara, i wanted to get your take on this because this is not the normal run of the mill investigation when youre dealing with the white house. theres executive privilege, all sorts of ways in which the white house can attempt to shield its documents. what do you make of the scope of this document request and whether theyre going to be able to get their hands on this material? >> you know, in the repo...

Investigation and the document request special counsel robert mueller has made of the white house. according to the "the new york times," the document request provide the most details of yet and show that several aspects of its inquiry are focused on squarely on mr. trumps behavior in the white house. they report that the requests include dpoocuments about the presidents oval office meeting with russian diplomats on the day after he fired james comey, documents related to the firing of michael f...

Guess what, the positive press, which donald trump may actually prize more than loyalty to his congressional republicans. one gop operative on this point explaining -- we got used to the new normal of chaos, maybe the new normal is betrayal for really no reason. another factor interesting, trump may be insulated from some of this allegedly bad news. you may know about i. i may know about it. he may not. instead of being able to march into the oval office and hand him the latest breitbart headlin...

Are on a collision course. they are heading toward a constitutional confrontation that could lead to a crisis. >> one sure way to determine whether the white house and special counsel are indeed on a collision course and heading towards a constitutional confrontation will be whether the white house complies with the document request. as the times reports, this marks the first time the special counsel has asked the white house to voluntarily comply with a document request. so what will be the res...

Now asking the white house for documents related to flynn, and theyve questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid by the turkish government during the final months of the trump presidential campaign. this according to people close to the investigation who spoke with the times tonight. now, the request is reportedly not yet any kind of formal subpoena. but it is to be clear a new step. quote, the document request is the first known instance of muellers team asking the white house to h...

Documents related to flynn, and theyve questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid by the turkish government during the final months of the trump presidential campaign. this according to people close to the investigation who spoke with the times tonight. now, the request is reportedly not yet any kind of formal subpoena. but it is to be clear a new step. quote, the document request is the first known instance of muellers team asking the white house to hand over records. president tru...

But i think we understand that that dossier was constructed in good faith by a professional and is not a forgery, and is legitimate insofar as it is the document that it purports to be. >> yeah. >> although some of the allegations obviously are not proven yet. >> yeah. and certainly republicans will certainly challenge, as you said, some of what you just said right there. in advance of donald trump, jr. testifying next week, are you going to ask him to turnover cell phone or other records or e-m...

The white house is sort of an acknowledgment by the trump aide and maybe the president himself who signed off on this decision that is becoming a more serious legal issue and even if they disagree with the basis for this investigation, that it could still yield criminal charges for folks if they dont imply with document request, if they lie to investigators, if they obscure what happened. so this is a recognition that the situation is becoming more and more serious every day. also i dont know th...

At and they want to preserve and the investigation is proceeding a pace. but we are a long way from knowing what all that information theyre going to gather is going to meet. >> consider what weve learned in the last two days. you have this, you have the document request. jared kushner looking into the financing there. vice president mike pence luring up, hiring an outside counsel of his own this morning. you really see how far this thing spreads and spreads very, very quickly. lets focus on the...

Frajly no matter what he thought about gjim comey, the fact the president disparaged himself is unacceptable. i want to know what kind of pressure, appropriate, inappropriate. how many conversations did he have with the president. did some take place before the president was sworn in. i think jim comey deserves to have his day in court. >> the treasury department has not yet fully cooperated on document request. meanwhile, a prk repop reportin special counsel that includes paul manafort. exclusi...