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Russia. so the idea that he having been barred even traveling to the united states would suddenly have ak sets to the upper levels of a presidential campaign is a big deal. >> i want to show you the cover of tomorrows new york daily news. its quite possible they can take libts that "the new york times" cant on their cover. this says i want your papers, russia probe heats up with request for info. harken back to ken vogue yell of the new york times, walks into a steakhouse, stumbles upon these tw...

Which that was said, what also may have been said before and afterwards is important to an obstruction case. and i think one thing those document requests show us is that there can really be no question at this point that that is something mueller is seriously looking at. >> im obsessed with your twitter feed. you have me hooked. i cant read three consecutive tweets from anybody else but i go all in with all 27 of yours. on the story we started off with, the breaking news from "the washington po...

>> shannon: a lawsuit against the department of justice revealed that former attorney general loretta lynch used an email alias to conduct doj official business. it was discovered through the american center for law and justice for freedom of information from the justice department looking into the tarmac meeting lynch and former president clinton. they released more than 400 emails related to that meeting. jay sekulow, jay, if i remember correctly the first time you put in that request months a...

Alex? >> all right. so, ken, with regard to the process of an investigation like this, at what point would documents like these be requested? the beginning or a healthy way into this investigation? where do you see that? >> closer to the beginning, actually, alex. because the investigators need to documents to sketch out the picture. then they start talking to witnesses. documents usually come first. there have been document requests, as nbc news has reported, months ago, going on for some time....

That. >> reporter: do you know when you may talk to him? >> im not prepared to comment on that. >> reporter: we talked to mike conway today expressing concerns about the pace of this investigation. saying going frustratingly slow. his words. do you share those concerns and why is it going slow? >> i certainly share the concern that we need people to be responsive in terms of our document requests. we want to make sure we have the appropriate documents before we interview witnesses. but an invest...

Research. thats very standard in politics. >> this really very unlikely that trump knew nothing about this. >> what we dont want to do is jump to a conclusion. >> we have made a series of document requests to donald trump jr. >> i think any witness whos been asked to testify before congress should testify. >> i knew the politics doesnt work. ignorance is not a defense under the law. >> the american people deserve better than obamacare. >> the meat of this bill is exactly the same as it was befor...

Mueller for a couple of reasons. first, meeting was with a government official. second, it wasnt just any government. it was of a foreign adversary. third, what was being advertised in the meeting and in the e-mails was support, a contribution, an illegal contribution from a foreign national to the campaign in the form of opposition research. and, fourth, the e-mail traffic from the intermediary explicitly said this was part of russia and the governments support for donald trump. if you take all...

Document requests, and we expect to be receiving those very shortly. we also, as recently as this week, have put out requests to donald trump jr., and im going to take him at his word just as ill talk mr. kushner at his word that they want to cooperate with the committee. >> ambassador soderberg this is how these expand. a story like this breaks and suddenly they have some very specific questions theyd like to ask donald trump jr. as soon as possible. >> well, and first of all, on the opposition...

Officials. there are concerns that kushner was not forth coming in his initial documentation. this is the first of what we know is publically disclosed request to donald trump jr. it is uncertain if there have been private requests made in the past. mark warner made his request clear moments ago. >> we have made a series of document requests. we expect to be receiving those very shortly. we also as recently as this week have put out requests to donald trump jr. and im going to take him at his wo...

Seriousness that democrats on the committee want to see because the white house doesnt believe that this investigation is legitimate. they think that the kquestions have been asked and answered, and its hard to prove a negative. im not sure how the white house would respond to the committee in a way that would satisfy members because it doesnt appear there are recordings of the conversations, but, clearly, this is going to be a standoff that lasts for far greater time if the white house is going...