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Flynn cooperated with muellers investigators in the obstruction probe. and the president is making the false claim that he was never warned about flynn before bringing him on as his national security adviser. president trump on a twitter tirade. complaining against about the origins of the russia investigation and repeating unfounded claims his campaign was spied on. and tweeting, and this was treason. before taking new details with michael flynn. saying, quote it now seems general flynn was und...

Certainly been surprised at the amount of information that the attorney general has put forward. this letter that he wrote to congress and then certainly today a lot more information than many of us expected. >> and laura, we know all democrats are not satisfied with this report, especially on the issue of obstruction. we all remember, barr sent a memo to senior justice officials before he was nominated and confirmed as attorney general. and he was critical of muellers obstruction probe specific...

It is a win for the president. obstruction is a little messier when you read this. however, bill barr, his attorney general, essentially exoneratinexonerates him. >> and rod rosenstein. >> who i was told is staying on as sort of a heat shield for bill barr. bill barr is this hand-picked attorney general who wrote a memo saying that the obstruction probe was fatally misconceived. so now this new chapter is a fight over disclosures from the report. the white house has been bracing for this. it kno...

Things we know they were investigating, the trump tower moscow statement that the president dictated on air force one that was misleading. that was one of the aspects of the obstruction probe. as weve been talking about, the case is made that the legal bar is so high to bring an obstruction case, for one, that that wasnt done. they also said that the constitutional consideration of indicting a sitting president wasnt a factor in making this decision. >> very significant information. and dana, yo...

And the underlying documents, so that committees can proceed with their independent work, including oversight and legislating, to address any issues the mueller report may raise. so ana, we expect in this call that is happening right now, that the members who chair the key committee, jerry nadler, the chairman of the house judiciary committee and adam schiff, the head of the house intelligence committee will brief members and so far it is very little. they have only been told they could get brie...

Pursuing business in russia and telling the media that is not a crime. but of course this could reveal the extent to which he lied or misled people about that. also another thing the presidents allies have been talking about is theres a chance maybe someone said something that they testified in front of congress but said something else in front of robert mueller during an interview with him. because robert mueller has interviewed many people surrounding the president including those who worked i...

With the presidents lawyer because every indication ba was they still had open questions for trump himself, likely related to the obstruction probe. now a month later after the questions first came back, and apparently were answered in a way that was not entirely satisfactory to mueller, months later mueller still hasnt forced the issue. he hasnt moved to subpoena trump, at least to our knowledge. its evident no subpoena has been served to the president. so the question is why? why isnt mueller ...

Answer that. that is under investigation. thats significant perhaps. it could indicate that theres an obstruction probe out of the southern district of new york. we dont know specifically. it was that and there was the other thing that they were asking questions -- members of the committee were asking questions about other parts of donald trumps business, perhaps maybe insurance fraud of some kind. these were questions he said he could not answer because of the southern district of new yorks inv...

Campaign, right? >> i was there. >> and everybody remembers how the clinton case was handled. roger stone wrote a memo as i just went back and forth with andy on that created a false case for removing james comey which is part of the obstruction probe so i wonder what you think. it was notable what careful lawyers wont say. it seemed like he got the most careful and quiet on that core issue, take a look. >> how rod felt about whether or not that was the full scope of the issues as to why directo...

Not like matt whitaker -- he didnt make this request that the "times" reports early in his administration. it sort of suggests that he should know at this point even if he started from zero he should know he shouldnt be doing this kind of thing and yet he continues to do it i think is what you can take away. he has zero regard -- the president painted in this regard has zero regard essentially for the levers of justice and for this remove that hes supposed to have from them and doesnt really see...