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Where will he get the money? wait until you hear where and whom he may take it from. a big night. lets get after it. >> all right. we learn that the mueller report is already in the process of being written and a potential battle is already brewing before the probe even wraps up about how public that report may become. cnn sources say the special counsel has been reviewing the presidents changing stories as well as conflicting statements by his team as a possible way to show corrupt intent in an...

Of course, we had the trump tower moscow situation, we have manafort giving polling to his russian -- alleged russian intelligence ukrainian business colleague, and now we have this. it feels like there are a lot of dots out there that we didnt know -- we dont know if mueller is connecting those dots f. thats ever going to lead to anything, but i think the idea this is mostly an obstruction probe, which is a perception that maybe was flawed to begin with but a lot of us had at one point in time ...

Investigation, the line of questioning adds to indications that mueller views false or misleading statements to the press or to the public as obstruction of justice and that could set up a potential flash point with the white house and the legal team should that become part of a final report from the mueller investigation. muellers team provided hints it is interested in public statements as part of the obstruction probe. you may recall court filings from the plea of michael cohen, included alle...

Come up as part of this senate confirmation process. so the president is fully aware. rod rosenstein also addressed it this morning, pam, and said that he didnt share any information with william barr and sometimes its typical that these people send in their opinions to the justice department, but it does not affect the investigation. >> you mentioned he shared it with the president. no doubt, its probably something the president liked, that he doesnt believe in robert muellers obstruction probe...

Investigation, of course weighing in on such a sensitive issue as obstruction that is still under investigation by the special counsel, who if he is confirmed, barr will supervise him. his opinions on this are a serious matter and democrats are sure to pounce on this, jim, as they were already concerned about some of the things that barr had said publically about the mueller investigation, calling it asinine to the hill in june of 2017. of course, this is only going to raise what was already a c...

Investigation. in addition, weve been able to obtain this memo which was provided to the judiciary committee for the upcoming confirmation of the presidents choice to lead the justice department bill barr. the reason the memo is important is that it was sent to the deputy attorney general last summer, unsolicited and it talks about whether there is a strong legal foundation for any kind of obstruction probe by the robert mueller team. it reads in part, quote, as i understand it, his theory is pr...

There is a showdown coming. and does this new request by mueller have anything to do with this mystery proceeding that happened today? an entire courtroom put on lockdown. the press was cleared out. coat closets were inspected, even an elevator sealed off. a great debate on what could be coming. mueller dropped an eye-popping memo today that gives us our best look yet at how the special counsel deals with liars. a load to break down in cuomos court. it is friday, so lets get after it. this w...

Legal team has resumed some discussion with special counsel, with the special counsel in the weeks since the president responded to written questions. mostly regarding collusion and the time period before the inauguration. the two sides had agreed to hold off on discussing any interview while the president wrote responses to those questions which were returned, as youll recall, just before thanksgiving. that was seen as a first step to concluding more than a year of back and forth between the tw...

Stands on interviewing the president. he has been constant for a year and a half. and were told nothing has changed in that sense the sources said. the president and his lawyers are still very much opposed to any potential interview. the presidents legal team have resumed some discussion with the special counsel in the weeks since the president responded to written questions. mostly regarding collusion. and the time period before the inauguration, these sources said. and the two sides had agreed...

One of the sources i spoke to said now the president and his lawyers are still very much opposed to any interview. we know, john, the presidents legal team has resumed some discussion with special counsel, with the special counsel in the weeks since the president responded to written questions. mostly regarding collusion and the time period before the inauguration. the two sides had agreed to hold off on discussing any interview while the president wrote responses to those questions which were r...