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Levels and one of my junior lawyers said should you consider that what youre about to do may help elect donald trump president? and i said thank you for raising that. not for a moment. because down that path lies the death of the fbi as an independent institution in america. i cant consider for a second whose political fortunes would be affected in what way. we have to ask yourselves what is the right thing to do and then do that thing. i am very proud with the way we debated it and everyone on ...

Levels. one of my junior lawyers said should you consider what you are about to do may help elect donald trump president? and i said thank you for raising that. not for a moment. because down that path lies the death of the f.b.i. as an independent institution in america. i cant consider for a second whose political fortunes will be affected in what way. we have to ask ourselves whats the right thing to do and do that thing. im proud of the way we debated it and everyone agreed we have to tell c...

Lawyers said, should you consider that what youre about to do may help elect donald trump president. and i said, thank you for raising that. not for a moment. because down that path lies the death of the fbi as an independent institution in america. i cant consider for a second whose political fortunes will be affected in what way. we have to ask ourselves what is the right thing to do and do that. at the end of the day everyone on my team agreed we have to tell congress that we are restarting t...

What you would do. speak or conceal? >> you took an enormous gamble. the gamble was that there was something there that would invalidate her candidacy. and there wasnt. >> one of my junior lawyers said, should you consider that what youre about to do may help elect donald trump president. and i said thank you for raising that. not for a moment, because down that path lies the death of the fbi as an independent institution in america. >> we have a team assembled to talk about this. andrea mitchel...

Intelligence community, meeting with the man that campaign was helping to elect. though their relationship has not perhaps been quite as smooth as president trump once hoped, both he and huten appear to be on the same page about russias role in the election, appearing alongside german chancellor angela merkel today, putin called the allegations of the interference, quote, simply rumors, echoing recent comments by the u.s. president. >> you dont think its funny that they, the russians, tried to m...

First time they have talked. i think we go that the graphic can show you. on november 14th of last year, the two men talked. it was donald trumps first week as president elect. then in january, january 28th of 2017, one week after the election, they talked again. both of those calls presumably would have congratulatory in nature. but the third call happening the third week of april was all about the st. pete er erpetersb attack. the president of the united states was offering condolences. todays...

The election, it was the e-mail that was taken from anthony weiners laptop when the fbi was investigating. thats what james comey was talking about the week before the election. you can make an argument that that had an impact. im not going to argue that hacking did take place from russia, i dont have that knowledge. but im going to sate had see yo zero immarket pact on the elect. the whole idea that the russian hacking affected the election is simply a narrative being pushed by the clinton camp...

Us doing nothing about it. >> michael flynn in terms of getting him to testify is -- is an offer of immunity, is that a possibility? >> im not familiar with one, and unless he were to proffer to us why we should do that -- in other words what he could offer that we could not otherwise obtain, i dont think that would be a good idea. >> congressman swallow, appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. >> retired cool minerers promised healthcare benefits for life are days away from actually losing covera...

>> and michael flynn in terms of getting him to testify is an offer of immunity, is that a possibility? >> im not familiar with one and unless he were to proffer to us why we should do that, in other words what he could offer that we could not otherwise obtain, i dont think that would be a good idea. >> appreciate your time, thanks. just ahead tonight, retired coal miners who were promised health care benefit for life are just days away from actually losing coverage. tonight theyre waiting to ...

In january of this year, "the washington post" reports that flynn had conversations with the russian ambassador he failed to disclose. a couple weeks later acting attorney general sally yates informed the white house counsel that flynn lied about the nature of those conversations. on february 13th, flynn resigned saying that he inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the russian ambassador. that was a quote. chief congre...