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Would leak this if its t was -- if it was an ally, to make mueller look ridiculous or look at t at the questions and to put them out there and encourage the president to participate and think i can answer these? >> i had a different thought, which is essentially what the president was doing this morning in tweeting, what he was doing is essentially trying to build an argument that if hes charged with obstruction of justice, and they havent proven the underlying collusion, that is not acceptable....

It makes it that much harder because then you have to rely on other witnesses, e-mails from other people, circumstantial evidence. if youre in a posture of a criminal prosecution where you have to prove guilt beyond all reasonable doubt, thats going to make muellers job harder. its a challenge hes going to have to confront. >> matt, one question about paul manafort. he hasnt yet pleaded guilty. theres an expectation that maybe he will in the future, who knows? but we had chuck rosenberg on the o...

Independent and protected. >> he told the "times" quote i have the absolute right to do what i want to do with the justice department. is that true? >> yes, that is true. thats the carry part. and the reason why he has the absolute right is congress has not passed anything and we need to know the answers to these really important questions about whether or not the trump campaign in anyway colluded with the russians. we dont know the answer until we get the response from mueller. its important no...

Wiseman and others are an anomaly. i know a lot of fbi agents former and president who i worked with over the years who were upset that the organization is political and they are upset at the behavior of some in the investigation, and weeding this out is probably the first thing that needs to be done. >> the former ethics czar said using twitter on christmas eve to intimidate a witness, andrew mccabe, is not a very christian way to celebrate a holiday, and that does make muellers job easier, and...

Into cloud the issues. the second is depricate and make mueller or the department of justice look bad, as if they are tainted in some way. i think both of those are strategic preparation for something, either an attack on the mueller investigation or an effort to fight back against whatever it reveals. >> what is very revealing is the cnn poll out today. this shows that over the past month alone, senator, there was a ten-point increase among republicans who think the russia investigation is simp...

An attempt to influence and abuse people. so when he is saying you better hope theres no tapes. >> theres adam schiffs point. >> right. what will fascinate me, because its a bunch of liars. a disappointing level of lying. someone going to claim when he said oh i hope theres no tapes when he said i hope -- people are going to try to parse this one way or the other. the larger issue is this. the president of the united states lied about his interactions with james comey. whether that lie comes in ...

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