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Attorney general should take a little time, review the report, make sure there isnt, for example, some classified source that would be burned if this material came out or something. im sure that mueller has already done a large part of that. but still i think its perfectly appropriate for the attorney general to do that. but if theres ever hiding from the american people on the report, on the evidence underlying the report, then i think, you know, that all americans should stand up and protest i...

Investigation in some way. but if they do so, gosh darn, it youve got to report it to congress. and here the barr letter says you know, that there was no interference by either himself or by his predecessors as acting attorney general. that is a remarkably important thing and something we should celebrate in our democracy. in many other countries such a thing wouldnt have been possible. >> and neal, i read your tweet after this, the news broke today, that you were racing to an msnbc studio. and ...

I find the attorney generals letter is so fascinating because you really can analyze it paragraph by paragraph, almost word by word. its just filled with possibility. >> yes. and this is -- the reason it is worth for us both to have stopped doing what were doing and theres a reason god doesnt want us to go on sxrax were hearing those words, i get it, but the reason its worth doing something like this is this isnt somethings over and lets reflect on what just happened, we still dont know what mue...

What congress is looking at and should be looking at is, number one, is the president doing something that is impeachable, which is not necessarily a crime but which threatens democracy, which threatens national security, but also they should be looking at are there laws that should exist that dont. is there a gap in the coverage of our laws that needs to be filled by this congress. and they should also be looking at the known crime of interference in our election by the russians and what steps ...

He cannot stop a coordinate branch of government, congress. and so those investigations will continue and indeed must continue because muellers mandate was so limited. just focusing on russia, not on the broader set of questions. >> neal katyal, former acting solicitor general of the united states. neal, its an honor to have you in the nbc and msnbc family and a real pleasure to have you here tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. i want to thank everybody for being with us tonight. we ...

Collusion, no collusion"? and many in the news media thinking that it has legal meaning. >> i think he just likes the sound of the word "collusion" or something. because youre absolutely right there. theres no legal word there. the word is "conspiracy." and in have been allegation thats president trumps advisers conspired with the russians in various ways in the 2016 election. now, muellers mandate was, lawrence, very narrow. it was just on this conspiracy question with russia. and then when tru...

As special counsel regulations. and to that first paragraph in the attorney generals letter where it says the special counsel did not propose anything that "was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established departmental progress -- practices that it should not be pursued. there were no such instances during the special counsels investigation." now, there are many possibilities i think with that line. isnt it possible that the special prosecutor, one of the things the special prosecutor did n...

Knows that bob mueller has a huge ace in the hole where he can always go testify to the democrats in the house side if theres any issues that he thinks still should be publicly aired and barr, the smart attorney general and litigator that he is, wants to keep mueller in the fold. >> and neal, i want to go to these regulations, justice department regulations as well as special counsel regulations. and to that first paragraph in the attorney generals letter where it says the special counsel did no...

You of the special counsels principal conclusions as soon as this weekend." so stand by. stand by tomorrow. msnbc will be covering this tomorrow. stand by sunday. at any moment now over the course of this weekend we could be learning more. the attorney generals letter also said, "i intend to consult with the deputy attorney general rosenstein and special counsel mueller to determine what other information from the report can be released to congress and the public consistent with the law, includi...

Investigations. but other than that, everything should be shared with congress and im going to be pressing for the attorney general to be as transparent as possible and to move as quickly as is reasonably possible because i think this isnt the beginning of the end, this is just the end of the beginning. theres a lot of work for us to do now in congress. and there are ongoing investigations. as youve pointed out earlier in this broadcast, the southern district of new york, the state attorney gene...