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So there was a bit of a, i think in my view bureaucratic fight of this for several months. and what people view that is unfortunate, but does seem now that this is going to be full cooperation. >> so were not at a point yet where one might say, oh there specific cooperation or -- we were seeing eyed eye on these specific criminal referrals that the committee issued yesterday and will inform the indictment process if there is one. >> i guess if you dont know the answer to that, let me also, ask l...

>> so were not at a point yet where one might say, oh there specific cooperation or -- we were seeing eyed eye on these specific criminal referrals that the committee issued yesterday and will inform the indictment process if there is one. >> i guess if you dont know the answer to that, let me also, ask loop -- luke broadwater. go ahead, go ahead. >> i think little too soon to read into that based on this. i think what we can safely assume is that the justice department is interested in investig...

If they refuse to testify, if the committee goes that route and if theyre found guilty, that could be the outcome here. >> thats right. it is a misdemeanor offense so were not talking about years in jail, but it does carry at least 30 days in jail. now, again, theres still going to be a criminal process. just because they refer it to doj doesnt mean the department of justice is going to automatically take these people to trial. theyll have to go through the indictment process, but that process i...

Lets see. >> when you hear about these newly-released e-mails, though, do you think maybe we should have investigated a little bit longer? maybe the house process was a little too fast? >> no. what i think is what the house process was an indictment. you dont bring out or have to do as -- you know, in an indictment as you do in a trial. >> so youre confident it wasnt rushed? >> no, its not. we had all the information and it was -- wasnt refuted. the president chose not to refute. so it was no qu...

Understanding how the president of the united states committed acts of felony obstruction of justice. i was one of those federal prosecutors who wrote that the president would be in handcuffs doing a perp walk as a criminal defendant but for his being a sitting president. and i think that the face and voice of robert mueller in effect the movie depicting the book, which most americans wont read, will have a gripping powerful effect on america as a whole as well as on congress. >> lets listen to ...

Answer to your last question to the congressman, july 18th is going to be the beginning of a new day for america in understanding how the president of the united states committed acts of felony obstruction of justice. i was one of those federal prosecutors who wrote that the president would be in handcuffs doing a perp walk as a criminal defendant but for his being a sitting president. and i think that the face and voice of robert mueller in effect the movie depicting the book, which most americ...

Us, but we dont see the president every day, and now we have people who worked with the president every single day who -- and again for the director of the fbi he has access to a lot of secret information and hes got concerns that there might be a credible evidence to suggest that, again, either the president is a russian asset and we need to start an investigation to make sure thats not true, which by the way is the mueller investigation thats still going on, or again, that the president, the m...

>> he has known for a long time -- he said publically for a long time he expected to be indicted. he didnt know when. i think he was surprised he hadnt been indicted yet. he was indicted today. mueller and his team, they were concerned that if they would have let him show up and go through the indictment process, he might have tried to flee or destroy evidence. >> sure. saras great reporting shows pizza fridays were back according to his associates. he had been previewing for quite a while that ...

Complaint. it is voluminous. a couple of things to know about it. it was filed september 28. we just learned about it today. it was filed in the eastern district of virginia. so that is question one. why that jurisdiction? question two is, why not? >> well, the why now question is intriguing. so first of all, it is not just why now. it was, as you said, sworn out, this affidavit, and the complaint on september 28, a couple of weeks later, it gets unsealed. that was enough time for them to go to ...

To go through the indictment process which is a more laborious lengthy process. but the fact this was done on the 28th and unsealed now, i dont have a great answer yet but it tells me there might be more to this timing we may find out in the coming days or weeks because there was something specific that happened where they got it sworn but decided to hold it until today and we may never know but we could know and it could be enlightening. it could have something to do with her. this woman. why t...