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Subpoena so we expect all of the members of your committee will have an opportunity to ask questions. >> how is this going to work? >> it will be back-to-back hearings between the two committees. theres time also allotted for executive session after mueller testifies, that will be with his staff, and in terms of the order of hearings, its my presumption that the judiciary committee will question him first, but well still be working on the logistics. >> what is the most important thing that you n...

Of our committee will have an opportunity to ask him questions. >> back-to-back hearings. with your committee first and judiciary committee after or -- >> it will be back-to-back hearings between the two committees. theres also staff allotted. theres time also allotted for executive session after mueller testifies. that will be with his staff. and in terms of the order the -- its my presumption the judiciary committee will question him first. but well still be working on the logistics. >> for yo...

Or will those be sequential hearings with each committee in turn? >> theyll be sequential hearings on the same day. >> okay. >> followed by private discussions or private testimony in executive session with his staff, but the open portions of the hearing will be back to back in the two committees. >> the closed session that will happen with your committee following those of sessions, you mentioned that will be muellers staff. will that be mueller as well in addition to his staff and can you tell...

This is something that the special counsel -- were live right now on cnn. was this a friendly subpoena, was it something in which the special counsel asked to be subpoenaed to come before your committee? >> i dont think the special counsels office considers it a friendly subpoena. he was and is deeply reluctant to come testify. but hes agreed to respect the subpoena so we expect all of the members of our committee will have an opportunity to ask questions. >> how is this going to work? >> it wil...

Statements from other witnesses, other information you do have. as you know, i cant speak specifically about what we learned today. it was an executive session. it was classified. ill make this point, this is the most important thing ill say to you. do you think after 15 months of a republican house investigation, 24 months at a senate investigation, the mueller investigation, hundreds of reporters looking for investigation, we think mr. cohen will come in and day four tell us something that cha...

Mcdougal? what did he tell you about his dealings with russia? although that subject may be reserved for executive session for secret, you know, the whole russia side. but he can talk openly without a judge telling him no about his dealings with president candidate trump, and that will be a big deal. >> i want to skip over michael and back to you, van, because of congressman steve king. steve king, releblingtded, said what is so wrong? whats the problem with white supremacist? why do we feel bad...

Executive session with house intelligence committee, the transcript of his remarks officially belongs to the committee and may not be released to anyone. unless authorized by the committee. so basically robert mueller does know at least roughly, unofficially, what roger stones testimony was. that closed-door testimony that he gave in the fall of 2017. but you cant bring an unofficial transcript to the grand jury if you want that grand jury to give you an indictment based, in part, on that eviden...

O obligation to inform anybody. this was testimony that was offered to the congress. because it was done in executive session, it is not a public document. now, remember, wolf, the other thing i would adhere is that the intention of the committee was to release all of the transcripts, and the only reason they havent all been released is because theyre going through a process of declassification, showing the transcripts to the intelligence community to make sure there isnt classified information....

Flynn and then makes a big thing later on about how president trump was trying to help general flynn. he told us in executive session that the fbi thought that general flynn had not lied. he never said that in public. he would tell us that donald trump was never the target but he would never say that in public. then we did have public hearings, i dont know how many questions he would say well, i cant answer that we have to go into private session or executive session. and then he brags about the...

Meet, almost every thursday descendants and sanctions, we have an executive session. and most dont have an executive session every year like we do. so whether you are a man or woman there is a lot of work on the judiciary committee. >> martha: will there be an effort to get a little bit more diversity on this committee? >> of course there will be, and there should be. >> martha: susan collins who gave a seminal speech when she established she was going to vote yes, is being roundly criticized. s...