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One senator saying to the state news agency that michael flynn was frankly just the one they caught. he said, quote, the maybe object of this attack is donald trump. another tweeting that the u.s. is, as he said, continuing to inflate a sack of smoke. he called the flynn case quite empty. so denials and dismissals and silence. >> what is russias version of the conversation between flynn and kislyak? how did it go and what was discussed? how is that interpreted there? >> well, as i said, they hav...

Congressman schiff, ranking member of the house intelligence committee, reacted today pointing to the presidents past behavior regarding flynn. lets watch. >> the president, when he was in the process of firing mike flynn, was at the same time very defensive of mike flynn. thats the kind of conduct you would expect if the president was forced to fire mike flynn not because he lied, but because the lie was exposed. and if the president is one of those senior transition officials who was knowing o...

Of his decisions including the ones that directed flynn to contact the russians. let me emphasize i dont quite understand what the underlying charge would be. if he didnt lie, will they prosecute him on the logan act or receiving something of value to a campaign that he shouldnt have received. right now it doesnt look to be impeachable. >> quickly, your thoughts? >> i think jared kushner should be concerned if he did lie to the fbi. now that we know that buehler spoke to him very recently and as...

The "new york times" would be useful at showing, at proving that the presidents aim in taking these action was to try to get the russia investigation shut down and thats at the very, very heart of any obstruction of justice case against the president of the united states or anybody else. >> reading between the lines of these kinds of articles, as i do. im always looking for the staff having been former staff myself working in the senate, im always looking for the staff. one of the things that im...

What this judge was being impeached for. >> the first ever federal impeachment is john pickering and he does not commit really a crime. hes probably suffering from early stage dementia. hes an alcohol i can. he rants and raves from the bench. this is not an unusual thing and very clear with the president there is a quite a few examples that would be impeachable firing executives, not a crime but a president who does this would be impeached. its very clear at that time in that era that high crime...

Just criminality. >> you make the case in your piece it is arguable that instead of the american government seeing impeachment as a drastic thing that should be used once a century or less, there is a case it should be used more frequently. >> this is the key, we have an attitude toward impeachment it can be used in the case of criminality and mental incompeten incompetence. here in a strange position running a new clear hyper power. the president of the united states is the most dangerous job i...

>> did the attorney general cut the interview short? >> no, the attorney general sat for sometime but refused to answer questions siting as he has in the past that hes not going to discuss conversations with the president. well, it turns out that a lot of conversations with the president really pertain to actions the president may have been asking him to take around russia based on what weve heard from other witnesses and its very unfortunate that the attorney general cant be forthcoming with us...

Why. the president, when he was in the protsz of firing mike flynn, was at the same time very defensive of mike flynn. thats the kind of conduct you would expect if the president was forced to fire mike flynn not because he lied but because the lie was exposed. and if the president is one of those senior transition officials who is knowing of the contact and perhaps even supporting this contact with the russian ambassador, that would explain both his reluctance to fire flynn, but also why he wou...

Mnuchin tonight. i believe he likes to be called steven mnuchin. this is my steven mnuchin suit. this is a suit that a man that likes to sign money and get in the bathtub with the money. its reminiscing of the trump transition where the stuff youre supposed to do to get ready to be president of the united states you dont do and find yourself as president of the united states and youve done none of the work in this case, steve mnuchin does not seem to be engaged in the part of the job thats not t...

Whether or not he was trying to stop the russia investigations. if there are other actionable things he did, this behavior toward republican senators, which republican senators are putting their name to tonight in the "new york times" would be useful at showing, at proving that the presidents aim in taking these action was to try to get the russia investigation shut down and thats at the very, very heart of any obstruction of justice case against the president of the united states or anybody els...