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Rhetoric about its clear and then we need all new information. as a trial lawyer i find that kind of funny. but a trial is a trial. you start with a clean slate. if you look at the house proceeding, thats more like a grand jury giving an indictment and the trial is the trial and both sides are entitled to claim that they want particular witnesses. >> in regards of the eventual or inevitable outcome, dont you think the american people deserve to hear from anybody who knew anything that went on wh...

Like. so that information can be later appended into senate proceedings or indeed the start of another house proceeding. >> that is a great point. walter, im sort of -- the thing i keep thinking about is nixon is the only successful example of an impeachment. they never actually got to the impeachment. he quits because the gop senators say, youre going to lose the trial. after he leaves, for years we learn more and more and more and more criminal activity he was up to. a shocking amount of crimi...

Intimidated, right? that he felt that there was a threat to his family, and there is certainly a public record that, you know, creates a very straight line between what hes saying and how hes feeling. i want to distinguish that from the law. what i mean here is he obviously always had the ability to sort of say to the house, i really would prefer not to testify, and obviously mueller would prefer he not testify. any prosecutor does not want their witness testifying before a different tribunal or...

Really would prefer not to testify. and obviously, mueller would prefer he not testify. any prosecutor does not want their witness testifying before a different tribunal, or a different venue, because you dont want the creation of any potential, you know, ways in which that signals what youre investigating, the house proceeding would have been very public. unlike the senate and the subpoena were seeing from the senate which would at least be behind closed doors. i think theres this overarching q...

Take michael cohen at his word, which is that he felt intimidated. right? that he felt there was a threat to his family and theres certainly a public record that creates a very straight line between what hes saying and how hes feeling. i want to distinguish that from the law. what i mean here is, he obviously always had the ability to sort of say to the house, i really would prefer not to testify. and obviously, mueller would prefer he not testify. any prosecutor does not want their witness test...

Many maria butina, the russian spy. its rare for a russian spy to turn. i dont know how to read the sbreg here. do you believe the information shes now cooperating with to help herself against her boyfriend is about just her own efforts or do you think theres a chance this russian invasion doing could have some type of nexus with whats going on in the larger probe? >> it seems like it would have that nexus. i think what this case demonstrates is the different way -- >> but mueller isnt doing the...

Her boyfriend is about just her own efforts? or do you think that theres a chance this russian invasion dynamic could have some type of next sus with whats going on in the larger probe? >> it seems like it would have the an ex. in what way it wind up feeding into the mueller investigation or a house proceeding i think is not known. what it does demonstrate however is the wide range of russian efforts to influence the out come of the election and influence public policy. whats striking about this...