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Case, why didnt you do that with manafort? theres nothing in your filings that says its about elections, why do this one as a special counsel prosecutioning and stave off the other one? >> i think there is a reason for that. because there is a relationship between the manafort charges and russian interference with the election. cohen is someone that, im sure, the justice department would like to see flip just as much as manafort. the judge accused the prosecutors of only charging manafort becaus...

Man afort and his lawyers today in virginia. but then there was a weird turn. because then a party to this hearing today who doesnt usually make headlines in cases like this himself made a bunch of headlines. the judge in this case made all the headlines from this hearing today because he lost his temper a few times during the one-hour-long hearing and he really stuck it to the prosecutors. saying at one point, "you dont really care about mr. manaforts bank fraud. you really" -- this is the judg...

Something to be hidden here. maybe its the embarrassment of having the relationship with a porn star is whats hidden. but when someone changes their story so frequently that sets off red flags for a prosecutor that there might be something more here than meets the eye. >> it seems whats driving it is the fbi raid on michael cohen and whatever federal prosecutors are pursuing with regard to this payment, theres something about this case thats driving them to come up with new stories about it. >> ...

Last week that paul manafort was going to have some of the terms of his confinement relaxed. we thought based on the discussions between the two sides that manafort, for example, would be allowed to lose the ankle bracelet, hed be allowed to travel in a limited way within the united states, he wouldnt have to just stay home all the time anymore. part of that agreement was that manafort had pledged over $10 million in real estate in florida and new york and virginia in a way that essentially mean...

Was actually a subpoena or just a letter demand that doesnt have the force of law. but to the extent that the deputy attorney general is a witness in this case and youre right to say that this aspect of the case does suggest that he might be, then the natural order of things, oversight would fall to the associate attorney general, a woman named rachel brand, who would then be responsible for managing the departments response to mr. muellers request at least in a formal way. >> do we have -- as t...

Or not to have a public hearing after consulting with dianne feinstein on that committee. we will see whether or not we have donald trump jr. come forward again. he put out a statement saying he believes he is satisfied the inquiry to the fullest extent possible. >> would that be a public hearing not just with donald trump jr. but paul manfort? >> seems unlikely that he would come forward given the fact that he is under enormous pressure from bob muellers team. there is interest from several com...

Manaforts notes can provide information about what was said at the meeting and how participants responded back in july. do you have any indication that this is now in muellers hands and what that means? >> with you dont know exactly. we do know that some of the records that were taken from manaforts home included documents that have been used to prepare his congressional testimony. so it stands to reason since he was testifying about that meeting that those notes or materials that we flekted the...

We will ask for more. there seems to be a pattern of folks that are not coming clean in terms of their ties to russia. why its taking him so long, those are the very questions me and the other members of the committee want to ask. >> joining me now is matt miller justice and security analyst and former justice department spokesperson under president obama. heidi and shannon here, too. thanks for joining us. how strict is the doj about reporting this particular kind of consulting? >> so, theyre s...

Already. hes talking about -- >> he said lobbyists got snuck in there by christie and man afort and theyre getting-thars taking them out. >> you know but theyre still there now. and also you know, theres already headlines on how people -- big players in the financial services industry got oversized influence on his transition team right now. so my think is, yeah, we give him a chance already and put in bannon, he put in flynn and he put in jeff sessions, and to me, hes already made it pretty cle...

Verify. >> whats the difference between clinton being investigated by the fbi, and them saying we dont have enough evidence to make a case? and the various probes or inquiries or any of the special words that the fbi likes to use of their pursuing questions about trump, man afort, whats going on with any connections to russia, oligarchs with connections to russia. no proof of any crime, thats why comey doesnt want to talk about it. whats the difference? theres no proof of any crime against clint...