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With it. why do they keep focussing on how we found? >> youre right, chris. its borne from the idea of the fever swamp, the fringes of the right wing. one echoed from the oval office. the russia probe, has now reached a conclusion, but still it gnaws on donald trump. any discussion of russian meddling back in 2016 or a suggestion that it could happen again in 2020, the president, according to our reporting, really views it as something that delegitimizes his victory. as if youre saying that he o...

Indictment suggests that its a case closed, no collusion? >> no of course not. this is a president who claims vindication any time someone sneezes. >> one more note about the obama administration, what it knew or didnt know about russian meddling back in 2016. former vice president joe biden has said they were walking a constant tight rope over how much or how little to say about what they knew with regard to russian meddling. critics have argued and critics in particular of the trump administra...

Thanks, ken. >> thank you. >> shepard: mixed messages when it comes from the trump administration with russia and the russian investigation. the treasury department has released a long list of names. moscow didnt appreciate that with putin calling the list of russian entities an unfriendly act. that came after the state department declined to impose new penalties on russia from meddling back in the 2016 election. the u.s. government is supposed to penalize countries which buy russian military eq...

And something will have to be done about it. >> now, this joint press conference took place just one day before president trump first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. throughout the press conference, president trump said that he believed it was russia that medicine dead in the u.s. election. he alselection -- meddled in the u.s. election. he also hit back at predecessor, former president barack obama for not doing more when he learned about russian meddling back in aug...

He expected clinton would win, he did not want to rock the vote coming he concluded or obstructed, and it did the dems and crooked hillary no good. >> trish: they thought there was no way that donald trump could possibly win, so no collisions by the russians whether it existed or not. hillary clinton was still going to be president. and do not forget, when it comes to russia and hillary clinton, actually think there is a decent amount there in terms of the iranian deal, her being secretary of st...

Indictment suggests that its a case closed, no collusion? >> no of course not. this is a president who claims vindication any time someone sneezes. >> one more note about the obama administration, what it knew or didnt know about russian meddling back in 2016. former vice president joe biden has said they were walking a constant tight rope over how much or how little to say about what they knew with regard to russian meddling. critics have argued and critics in particular of the trump administra...