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Collude that if mueller believed this fellow was likely to be a target or indicted in his investigation, that message would somehow have been communicated with those giving a security clearance. so it may be good news for kushner at this point. but we could be clear that mueller is moving forward with his investigation, step by step, wolf and he will ultimately take us to his conclusion with respect to the issues and the individuals that those issues touch upon. >> michael, stand by. because the...

His hand and provide that information to the white house. it shows the challenge in dealing with a family member as a staff member. this isnt just a member of the administration. it is difficult for the white house to receive word from the fbi or from bob mueller that, hey, we have an issue to talk about and something very sensitive regarding jared kushner, if that is the case, when the person happens to be related to the president. >> but you believe the white house security office of security ...

A former special assistant to robert mueller. what does it tell you, michael, that the special counsel team did a second interview with jared kushner last month and it went on for some seven hours. >> that they are moving with pace, they are trying to work their way through the facts and the evidence that is before them and make the determinations about various aspects of their mandate. jared kushner fits into many of muellers mandate prerogatives. the june 9th meeting at trump tower with the ru...

That question is still at the heart of this case. why was the trump administration and the trump campaign so solicitous of vladamir putin? >> michael, legally speaking, what could this ultimately mean for the president? well, it depends on what the president knew and when he knew it and what he did with that knowledge. the thing thats interesting to me about the information that was the core of flynns guilty plea today is that the lies that mueller chose were lies that related to sanctions and l...

December 30th tweet by the president. that question is still at the heart of this case. why was the trump administration and the trump campaign so solicitous of vladamir putin? >> michael, legally speaking, what could this mean for the in the >> well, it depends on what the president knew and when he knew it and what he did with that knowledge. the thing thats interesting to me about the information that was the core of flynns guilty plea today is that the lies that mueller chose were lies that ...

Situation, and that is the potential for collusion with russia. this is all after the campaign, and if michael flynn knows everything there is no know, and tells everything there is to tell, if the campaign still wasnt coordinating or colluding with the russians, and theres no evidence yet that they were, then the political side of this is eventually going to fizzle away. that doesnt mean michael flynn isnt going to have a felony and paul manafort and so forth arent going to have a trail of felo...

Situation, that is the potential for collusion with russia. this is all after the campaign, and if michael flynn knows everything there is no know, and tells everything there is to tell, if the campaign still wasnt coordinating or colluding with the russians, and theres no evidence that they were, then the political side of this is eventually going to fizzle away. that doesnt mean michael flynn isnt going to have a felony and paul manafort and so forth arent going to have a trail of felonies for...

From flynn and other witnesses. and clearly the version of these court documents is what mueller thinks is true, but it doesnt line up to what people at the white house are telling us. they are telling us kushner didnt direct flynn in that phone call. >> pamela brown, thank you very much. i want to bring in our legal team. jeffrey toobin, michael zelton, and former virginia attorney general cam kuchanelly. so jeff, hard the overstate the significance of all of this today and the fact flynn is no...

Other witnesses, and clearly the version of these court documents is what mueller thinks is true, but it doesnt line up to what people at the white house are telling us. they are telling us kushner didnt direct flynn in that phone call. >> pam brown, thank you very much. i want to bring in our legal team. jeffrey toobin, michael zelton, and former virginia attorney general cam cushanelly. the fact that flynn is now cooperating, what stands out to you in these filings? >> its hard -- there have b...