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1st. Now, he is saying he doesnt know if it will be over by September The 1st but he thinks that Robert Mueller should be able to wrap it up by then. He told me if it goes much past the beginning of september then everybody who is involved in this investigation could be accused in interfering with the election. Because if this thing does drag on, it gets closer and closer to those all important mid terms. The response to mueller went out about an hour ago. We got two statements from the presiden...

As reuters tells it he was Deputy Assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division where he oversaw the fraud unit and managed the program that targeted illegal foreign bribery. And mueller came up today in relation to donald trump, politico has made public a transcript the wall street journal conducted an interview they conducted with the president a week ago. In it a Reporter Asks the president , is bob muellers job safe . There is speculation trump interrupts here, no were going to see. I ...

White house, with what we are working on . I also want to make one more point. As this bereaving was starting, we got a statement from ty cobb the president s special council, who said the white house will continue to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller. Trying to tamp down the controversy swirling all of this. The president promising to hire only the best people. I want to bring in Msnbc National Security contributor Michael Schmidt who broke this story this morning, about the indictm...

Over after 11 days the tax and Bank Fraud Case against Paul Manafort from 2005 is now ready for closing arguments. Hours ago the defense rested in the case. Not a single witness called. We will explain why this is not necessarily good news for team mueller whose sloppy prosecution tactics have frequently earned the ire of the federal judge overseeing this case. Meanwhile a vast majority of you, the American People, you are telling Robert Mueller tonight wrap it up. We will show you the polls. We...

Compare it for you. Also tonight, well, the trial of the century is almost over. After 11 days, the tax and Bank Fraud Case against Paul Manafort from 2005 is now ready for closing arguments. Hours ago the defense rested in the case. Not a single witness called. We will explain why this is not necessarily good news for team mueller, whose sloppy prosecution tactics have frequently earned the ire of the federal judge overseeing this case. Meanwhile a vast majority of you, the American People, you...

Life in jail, i killed people, its not exactly like i have a moral compass at all. i would say whatever youou want me to say. now, the main, the lead prosecution witness in the manafort case is his partner, rick gates. he is an admitted lawyer, embezzler, cheat, involved in everything thatve t supposedly paul manafort has done for the most part. he is their star witness who is facing 100 years in jail and everybody else that testified got immunity. that sounds, to me, like well, mueller is basic...

I would say whatever you want me to say. now, the main, the lead prosecution witness in the manafort case is his partner, rick gates. he is an admitted lawyer, embezzler, cheat, involved in everything that supposedly paul manafort has done for the most part. he is their star witness who is facing 100 years in jail and everybody else that testified got immunity. that sounds, to me, like well, mueller is basically bribing rick gates with a get out of jail free card. and, frankly, i cant put any fa...

Really spending his remaining active years in federal prison, not a good proposition. >> when you look at the team that robert mueller has assembled. for example, andrew wiseman, hes expected to be an expert on colleagues. the go to guy when it comes to appeals cases. greg andreas who once managed a justice department program, targeting illegal foreign bribery. if you have papadopoulos as a cooperating witness, what do you have him doing? >> if it were my cooperating witness, dont forget, he sta...

About, you know, the president taking action that might affect muellers investigation. and so they have -- you know, they want their -- theyre thinking about introducing, you know, potential legislation to curtail that ability. >> its a stunning piece and may turn out to be a significant turning point in the investigation. thanks so much for getting on the phone with us and talking to us about it. let me bring matt miller back on to the line. matt, do you know -- you know, this individual that i...

Counsel recruits people into efforts like this and what the addition of someone at this phase might signify? >> yeah. thats exactly right. i worked with greg andreas, he was one of the most respected prosecutors in the department. put mobsters in jail. did overseas bribery cases. very experienced prosecutor now making probably millions of dollars in private practice. this -- what bob mueller has been doing is a little bit like if you watch some of the avengers movies, at the beginning of the mov...