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Thaoe attics when there is a clear case of obstruction of justice. >> sandra: thank you, a-team. the battle for pennsylvania is on. president trump rallying the keystone state and taking special aim at joe biden. so is the former v.p. trumps biggest threat? donna brazile has thoughts on that and she will join us straight ahead. >> when you have the best unemployment numbers in history, when you have the best economy probably that weve ever had, i dont know how the hell do you lose this election,...

Witness with no motive to lie or exaggerate given the position he held in the white house. close quote. thats from the mueller report. the special counsel also found the following. quote, substantial evidence indicates that by jun 17, 2017, the president knew his conduct was under investigation by a federal prosecutor who could present any evidence of federal crimes to a grand jury. substantial evidence indicates that the presidents attempts to remove the special counsel were linked to the speci...

We dont have much information past that, congressman. can you add anything to what we should expect tomorrow? will he show? >> sandra, i dont believe he is going to show. white house is exerting privilege right now. also what i will tell you, this is aspirational on the part of the democrats. they continue to want to create this narrative that there was something impeachable. they are basically running it like is impeachment is what theyre trying to do. i dont think youll see cooperation at this...

We have very experienced lawyers, and obviously our decisions are informed by our knowledge of the actual facts of the case, which mr. barr didnt have. i didnt share any confidential information with mr. barr. he never requested we provider any non-public information to him, and that memo had no impact on our investigation. >> very interesting. aaron, i know youve been working on reporting on this. what do you make from what we just heard? >> rod rosenstein is putting a good face on it. that mem...

Himself. for that reason it was senator chuck schumer today, i believe, who asked that the justice department provide answers as to what, if anything, matthew whitaker has been briefed on and in turn what if anything hes shared with the white house. matthew whitaker was installed in this position in large part, i think at least, he as the white house described him was its eyes and ears. they described him as their spy in the justice department. it would not be beyond them to leverage matthew whi...

Knows, and it depends on what donald trump told michael cohen. with respect to the obstruction portion of this investigation, as people have been saying for many months now, the critical piece is not so much what the president did, although that helps to develop the narrative on obstruction but what was the president thinking when he did those things. he probably doesnt have e-mails or a journal in which he said im doing this thing to obstruct justice. instead you glean what his mental state was...

Surprisi surprising. its the kind of thing hes done for a year and a half. we have kind of as a society gotten accustomed to it to some extent. >> harry, i dont walk around quoting u.s. code. for gods sake i dont comment on that. particularly on this argument you started hearing from someone late today as twitter still seems to so many people as a medium. this could still be kind of slow rolling obstruction in plain sight and the three words in the obstruction portion are if youre trying to infl...

Sight and the three words in the obstruction portion are if youre trying to influence, intimidate or impede an officer of the court. how is this not that? >> how is this not that? exactly right. and in some ways the notion of whether its preparatory or a command almost doesnt matter although its a very, very tenuous distinction. its not only the president saying this but hes saying the same sentence right now. surely anyone who heard those words in the oval office would think he better remedy th...

Mark meadows, who heads the freedom caucus, welcomed the presidents move with this statement. quote, i applaud the presidents leadership and push for transparency, and i hope the department of justice will follow suit by making the relevant documents available to congress. while a referral to the inspector general is a step in the right direction, the department has an obligation to comply with congressional requests for oversight. their attempt to circumvent this responsibility will not go unno...

Presidents move with this statement. quote, i applaud the presidents leadership and push for transparency, and i hope the department of justice will follow suit by making the relevant documents available to congress. while a referral to the inspector general is a step in the right direction, the department has an obligation to comply with congressional requests for oversight. their attempt to circumvent this responsibility will not go unnoticed. as trump wages war on the fbi, his lawyer, rudolph...