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Series of charges is a milestone, because they have been investigating julian assange and wikileaks for years, but now he is figuring prominently in the russian investigation, and whether or not these charges are related to the russian investigation would be significant if he was charged, because it would give robert mueller leverage to compel his testimony and cut a deal and get him to say what he knows if anything about the collusion with the campaign and the russians. >> and first, let me sta...

They know they can blow questions off. they dont have to answer some of them, because the leverage the special counsel has to enforce compliance has now been taken away. >> matthew whitaker is surrounded all day every day by experienced fbi agents, experienced prosecutors at the highest levels of the justice department. all of whom have reason to treat him like a potential criminal suspect on an obstruction of justice case, based on his own public comments before he ever was installed in this po...

Door meeting they will select their candidate for speak ser set to be that wednesday after the democrats get back, and so it is not a lot of time to whip up support, and that is a simple majority vote, so if you are placing bets at a home, pelosi is in the strong position here. as the conversations continue, i can tell you that pelosi is meeting with some of the new members of the caucus, including some who have said that they will vote gains hert. i watched max rose, the democrat, coming around...

Of them, because the leverage the special counsel has to enforce compliance has now been taken away. >> matthew whitaker is surrounded all day every day by experienced fbi agents, experienced prosecutors at the highest levels of the justice department. all of whom have reason to treat him like a potential criminal suspect on an obstruction of justice case, based on his own public comments before he ever was installed in this position. i would assume that they were all at the end of the conversat...

Contributors. laura coates, just reading some of the quotes from the giuliani "the washington post" article. questions all relating to activities before donald trump became president. some create more issues for us legally than others. some one necessary and some possible traps. we might consider some as irrelevant. he says the president spent four hours on monday with his attorneys going over the answers, questions and answers, 90 minutes wednesday night. he said theres no firm deadline that mu...

Water is an increasingly precious resource here too in the town of us on cape in the southeast of turkey and the consequences can be dire this ancient village is now threatened with destruction thats because in an effort to harness the tigris and euphrates rivers the massive dam project is set to plunge haasan cave deep beneath the waters were ever neighboring iraq is sharply criticized the project that country receives about seventy percent of its water from across the border from turkey that g...

Ive used this leverage once with regard to judges. it was to receive a vote on tariffs, which we did, and i didnt vote on any until we received that vote. im fully prepared to carry through with this. >> that is senator jeff flake of arizona yesterday saying he will not vote to confirm any more of president trumps judicial nominees until the senate votes on his bill to protect special counsel robert mueller. that bill was blocked again by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the move and the ...

Take a listen. >> republicans have not been able to use their own majority to pass a budget in two years, they needed democratic votes. were going to insist if you want democratic votes to cross the aisle, the rule of law is so important that you must protect mueller in that budget legislation. so were willing to work with them on that. if theyre not protecting bob mueller, they have to find votes on their own. >> theres some must pass legislation before the end of this congress. thats how you u...

In response to mcconnells decision, senator flake says that he will not vote to confirm any more of president trumps judicial nominees until the senate votes on the mueller bill. the move and the need for flakes critical vote, complicated mcconnells top priority of confirming dozens of conservative judges before the end of the year. the senator from arizona says he is ready to stand firm with his threat. >> ive used this leverage once with regard to judges. it was to receive a vote on tariffs, w...

I think that is the angle. the house freedom caucus lost a lot of leverage. before they had power where republicans were in the majority. they needed to keep their caucus together and intact. now that democrats are in charge, their goal will be keeping their caucus in check and together. the house freedom caucus becomes less relevant. i think thats going to be something interesting to watch for this next congress. >> the freedom caucus, they were part of the group that derailed healthcare. they ...