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Son-in-law, also a white house senior adviser. "the new york times" says, federal prosecutors in brooklyn have sought bank records about entities associated with the family company of jared kushner. president trumps son-in-law and senior adviser, according to four people briefed on the matter. theres no indication the subpoena is related to the mueller investigation, but were going to talk about that timing in just a moment. also, the locale. so with that, let us turn to our leadoff panel on a f...

Heard about her importance in all things donald trump. >> shes a crucial person, brian. ive known rhona graff for years, as a reporter going up to trump tower. she was and has been for decades the gate keeper for donald trump. shes so close with him personally as a friend. not so much an adviser politically, but as a confidant and totally trusted by the president and then candidate businessman trump. >> the flip side of that, if youre an aggressive prosecutor and youre looking to hear who overhe...

>> well putt. matthew, about mr. comey, comeys name is back in this because of mr. mccabe, the former number two at fbi. in many areas of law, it matters after something happens to you, that you come home and mention it to friend or family, contemporaneously, right in the moment. and i guess the comey corroboration is the headline from mccabes hours and hours of testimony, correct? >> i think thats right. not that many of us doubted mr. comey to begin with, with his memos written contemporaneous...

Whispering and waiting and wondering whos next. and i think its going to be interesting to see what happens on new years day when the president and the white house have predicted, you know, this mueller investigation will be over. hell be exonerated by the new year. people inside the white house, people outside the white house, legal observers know thats not true. so when 2018 rolls around and bob mueller is still investigating and we have some trials coming up, it will be interesting to see how...

The west wing, they tell me privately that if he doesnt get the letter, that exoneration letter that hes been hoping for, the president could erupt. he has a lot of echoes now on capitol hill, among republicans on the right-wing of the republican party, on some conservative news outlets, who are saying, if you go after the fbi or shake up the justice department, well stick with you and well fight that fight in 2018. because theyre already being told, and the president was briefed on this, this w...

I think muellers also relying on state authorities too. >> yeah. >> -- as a backup in case there are pardons. i think that some of the crimes that are being investigated, are being investigated by the new york state attorney general. some of the criminal matters and the crimes involved are probably better than some of the federal crimes that are out there. >> you see now, matthew, you hear the counsellor put it that way, thats why so many people are perspiring. ive heard it said that the kinetic...