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Because this president, unlike others, has decided that he would be completely transparent in the process. >> laura: you dont know everything they have. obviously. >> of course not. >> laura: thats one of the pitfalls. i wouldnt put my client in this position to walk into a perjury trap with obstruction of justice, but why would you even give them a narrow opening on obstruction? is it because some lawyers are saying you know they will say no? because they are not going to want to be limited in ...

Others, has decided that he would be completely transparent in the process. >> laura: you dont know everything they have. obviously. >> of course not. >> laura: thats one of the pitfalls. i wouldnt put my client in this position to walk into a perjury trap with obstruction of justice, but why would you even give them a narrow opening on obstruction? is it because some lawyers are saying you know they will say no? because they are not going to want to be limited in their questioning on the obstru...

Told us the presidents words on twitter count in this investigation. as weve been saying so far tonight, just days ago, "the times" reported that mueller is examining all the president has said about sessions. he can throw this mornings tweet on the pile. clint watts, former fbi special agent, his latest, "messing with the enemy: surviving in a social media world of hackers, terrorists, russians, and fake news." and shannon pettypiece, white house correspondent for bloomberg. clint, i have to as...

Obstruction investigation. he can throw this mornings tweet on the pile. here with us to talk more about it, clint watts, former fbi special agent. his latest "messing with the enemy, surviving in a social media world, hackers. i have to ask you if you came across the type of behavior were seeing from the nations top executive in your old day job at the fbi, how would that alter your investigation? what would that do? >> it adds to the pile. it continues the time line. several interesting thing ...

Presidents words, just days ago the times reported that mueller is examining all the president has said about jeff sessions as part of his wide-ranging obstruction investigation. he can throw this mornings tweet on the pile. here with us to talk more about it, clint watts, former fbi special agent. his latest "messing with the enemy, surviving in a social media world, hack eers. i have to ask you if you came across the type of behavior were seeing from the nations top executive in your old day j...

And that was definitely not part of sort of the pre-agreed upon message of the white house. but there is nothing those aides can do to keep him away from his twitter. >> frank figliuzzi, if youre looking at all thats been uncovered by phil rucker and his colleagues and others, and youre looking at new revelations, what remits the greater threat to the trump presidency? >> im keying in on this obstruction angle. if cohen is found to be correct, that trump knew about the russian meeting, then lets...

Didnt collude, so i didnt have any exposure to that. he probably feels relatively comfortable on that and has been reassured that on the obstruction angle, hes not likely to get charged for a variety of reasons, or at least feels like its not so cut and dried. so when the michael cohen thing happens, now all of a sudden this is expanding way past the campaign, way past what his obstructive behavior has been during his presidency. now its into his personal finances. so thats when the pivot really...

If there are charges out of the obstruction angle we might see it just before labor day. but i predict he will follow the general practice of not interfere being with elections. >> i know you are going to be leaving me after this block. while i have you, i want to ask with regard to the investigating the fbi and doj to launch this investigation into this possible fbi informant, we know attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. does this mean he would also have...

Today in the briefing, the press briefing, kept repeating, doesnt need an excuse, president can fire the head of the fbi. >> right. thats just not going to cut it. right now, weve got two against one, right? the original version was, oh, its because of how you handle the clinton investigation. >> right. >> then they quickly -- the president, himself, said its about the russia investigation. here juligiuliani confirmed tha narrative, again. when we looked at those obstruction questions that got l...

His e-mails. >> they have been monitoring him. >> right. >> so thats ongoing. >> so, you know, youve worked, obviously, on these sorts of things in the district. is this the biggest threat to the president? >> well, i would say so. for this reason. muellers investigation, first and foremost is a counterintelligence investigation. its got this important component of whether there was collusion in russias effort to interfere in the election. its got this obstruction angle, which is legally very de...