committee members don t have access to. so presumably he would be in a great position to rebut it if he wants to. and i think that s probably one of the reasons that nunes doesn t want to hand it over to him. it could be critiques by fellow republicans which would then muddy the waters even more. adam schiff can muddy the waters but burr would be the one they would take the most seriously. innuendo can be very persuasive. and to have it lording over the others, over the fbi investigation is his goal. if he has to have that tested, it goes poof into the air and all he s left with is having to wait for the fbi investigation.
on. we know that the iranians despite what they are saying it is going on in places that they don t have access to. and i think that they can t accomplish those fixes, they will likely walk. bill: thank you, general. to be picked up by another day. they are live in washington. shannon: well, the cat in the hats, not welcome and one the little school library. why the library and they rejected the first lady s donation of the dr. seuss books. with the white house was saying about this now. and there is this. the left has hijacked the game. it used to be a place that you would go to escape it. incredible to watch the town that is on display. and to wash them now get caught up into something, i don t think they even understand. such as rush limbaugh, the nfl looking for a resolution before sunday.
often do is leverage people to get testimony that they otherwise don t have access to. an easy way to do that is charge them with provable crimes. in this case manafort is under investigation for money laundering possibilities in new york by the state ag and under investigation by tax violations for federal authorities and under investigation for failure to register as a foreign agent. lots of things that he is vulnerable to that they can say look, this is a straight forward case. i can charge you and you can spend five years in prison or we can make a deal. you have michael flynn who has all these ties to foreign powers including russia. a president-elect and before that a candidate who seemed unconcerned with the fact that there was evidence that russia wanted him to be president and was seeking to influence the out come of the election. that kind of pressure that could be put on manafort now can yield
information, but it s part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. there wasn t a sort of what? what are you talking about? this can t be. or how do you know that? or even, like, give me a call right now. you know, goldstone, because i got to talk you about something. right. like we shouldn t be discussing this what are you talking about? so, to your point about how there may have been a follow-up conversation or maybe a previous conversation, we really we really don t know, but as i read through this, i was kind of really surprised by his lack of surprise. right. i mean, there could be other e-mails with this guy, goldstone, not related directly to this meeting. i mean, we simply don t know what else there is. absolutely. i also want to bring in brian stelter, kirsten powers. brian, there s the whole question of where these leaks are coming from. right. who it is who had access to these e-mails, and was able to give them to the new york
will have access to, and we, at this point, don t have access to. so, you know, we have an important part of the story today, but it s only part of the story, and i think that s important to keep in mind as, you know, people go make dramatic conclusions about what is or is not a crime. carl, to that idea, that we only have part of the story, which is obviously very accurate and important to keep in mind, it is interesting in the e-mail chain that we do have that there s no real surprise voiced by donald trump jr. by the idea that the russian government wants his father to win. did that stand out to you? it certainly is very conspicuous and what all of this suggests is that why we need mueller and a really complete investigation by the special prosecutor as well as by the congressional committees, and no more interference and demeaning and undermining of their inveigations by the president