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In various phrases that their dashboard lights were on and they saw evidence of contact that concerned them. >> okay. and also very concerning, weve heard from so many people about the disclosure and lack thereof from jared kushner before he filled out -- while he filled out that form, fs-86, which grants him security clearance. so here the president went on this trip, he called it a great success, and you heard him from italy yesterday kind of take off all of the high points from his trip and n...

Justice department. but -- >> but, but -- >> but to say that robert mueller, who is perhaps the most honored -- >> im not impugning robert mueller. im not impugning robert mueller -- >> -- prosecutor in the country -- >> let me bring in attorney general mukasey. attorney general, now that kushner -- i mean, can jared kushner talk about any aspect of this with the president or with anyone in the white house for that matter? >> it is, as they say, a free country. he can talk to whomever he likes. ...

The department of justice told us that this investigator said you dont need to list all of the contacts. and weve talked to a lawyer who deals with these matters, deals with fs 86 forms and that lawyer even said its kind of odd for someone to say you dont need to include this. >> former senate joe lieberman now has withdrawn his name for consideration as the next fbi director. what are you learning? >> were learning that he wrote a letter basically to president trump saying he was withdrawing. h...

And three, new reporting about with russian officials boasting about their links to trump aides. back with me, malcolm nance, matt welsh and jason johnson. malcolm, the justice department says sessions failed to share the information he met with russian officials. this isnt necessarily a surprise. this is the reason he had to recuse himself two months ago. so whats the big ah-ha here. he didnt think it was an issue then. >> its a question of documentation. we actually -- they actually have a cop...

Security officers, he was abetted by the folks that do everyone, if mike flynn lied on his forms, hes in real serious trouble. there should be higher standard standards. chris is exactly right, he should have been feted to national security visor not just what he put on his fs 86 form but by the fact that he had a very openly embraced vladimir putin. you dont need a security form to know thats a little shady. >> in defense of what you said, this is a guy at dia who warned barack obama explicitly...

Spicer pushed back on this attack from congressman elijah cummings that the white house is in a cover-up. >> congressman cummings accuses this white house of a cover-up. >> i was taken aback by his comments because theyre not true. the department of defense was the issuing agency for general flynns fs 86. we referred them to the department of defense who owns and issued his security clearance and they got a copy of it. thats how the system works. the documents that he requested he received. >> t...

>> if these facts are true that he failed to disclose on this ffs-86 that he took payments from the russians, that federal form, by the way submitted in connection with security clearance, that may well be a crime, and likes with, his failure to report working as a federal agent for the turkish government. his failure to disclose those other kinds of payments and takes those payments by a retired military officer require a special prosecutor who has the imparti impartiality to be totally untied ...

That paul manafort had received money from a russian billionaire. here is what ed about mike flynn and disclosure at that time. >> he filled out forms under -- under the penalty of law. i dont know what was on his forms or not on his forms. remember. what the president let him go for was not being truthful to the vice president and not necessarily what was on a form which i did not know what he fill out or did not fill out. if somebody fills out a form, fs 86 security clearance form or another e...

>> and he may be seeing this information and hes advise ago candidate through the lens of what his commitments are elsewhere. this is a classic conflict of interest situation so yes, well before the election he was donald trumps top national security adviser and to not disclose this it seems part of a pattern where, you know, the white house says no, no, no, no, no and then they are forced to admit something and they say not much here and then it gets worse and worse and worse. >> a crucial poin...

Presumably, you know, i dont know whats in the presidential daily briefing or what the briefing is being presented to the nominee of donald trump but there might be information there that would be useful if youre angling to promote the interests of the turkish government. >> and he may be seeing this information and hes advise ago candidate through the lens of what his commitments are elsewhere. this is a classic conflict of interest situation so yes, well before the election he was donald trump...