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Hold him accountable. >> well, can we just sort of, david, talk about that second half of it, the second hearing thats going to be before house intel? >> sure. >> everybodys going to be focused on the obstruction side of it, meaning the judiciary side of it because thats the thing that could lead to impeachment. how important is it for democrats to get to the fact -- make it really clear to people what russia did to this country and do you think that is possible with mueller sticking to the scri...

The russians that could amount to conspiracy if we had more facts. >> yeah. >> thats something that the american people have to know. thats scary. thats dangerous. and its up to the people, really, to demand that congress hold him accountable. >> well, can we just sort of, david, talk about that second half of it, the second hearing thats going to be before house intel? >> sure. >> everybodys going to be focused on the obstruction side of it, meaning the judiciary side of it because thats the th...

>> and you think that would be enough to stimulate a national call for impeachment? >> i think it could. we certainly saw during the watergate hearings that when the hearings started, when the evidence started being put forward, the american public wasnt there, but as they learned what was really going on in the white house, they came to that conclusion themselves. >> the real opportunity here, chris, is not necessarily on the obstruction side. i have to disagree just a little bit because weve s...

Plane encounter where trump was possibly giving a false story, something about comey. and everything about her job the white house gave a blanket objection on executive privilege, a very dubious one but one thats going to take months to work out in courts. i dont think its a huge talking point, and what they dont have is the sort of fact witness moment. >> on the obstruction side. >> or on anything really. they want anybody up there to make any kind of factual claim that, you know, that is kind ...

To share anything beyond what is in his report, why, then, do you think it is important to hear from him in person testifying before congress. >> well, i think americans have busy lives. i dont think everybody is going to have the chance to sit down and read a 448-page dense report with damning information it that is important to the american public. so who better to hear from than -- as i said, the report are his words. it is his testimony. i think it will help the american people understand ex...

So my question to you is, do you think that donald trump is in cahoots with russia? is he aware of whats going on with the russians? why hasnt he spoken about the russians? what is his involvement with russia that seems to be, that he goes to great lengths to cover up. >> yeah. so mike that is a question great question. and i think that is a little bit of -- i read anyway from director muellers comments yesterday that is a little oit the frustration. the constant talk about the obstruction side ...

The obstruction side he contradicted things that the attorney general has said. on obstruction, when bill barr held his press conference releasing the report, he was asked point blank did the special counsel not make a determination because he thought it ought to be left to congress. barr said i hope thats not what hes doing, its the job of prosecutors to make the determinatio determinations. i think mueller made clear in his statement that the constitution leaves it to congress. because of that...

To give us as to what was really going on there. do you think that even though theres not enough to bring a criminal charge, that these are very serious problems that you found and very serious misgivings and that you really did want congress to take a look at that. the problem is, i cant see him giving that much of an opinion about it. turning to the obstruction side, hes already opined that he cannot exonerate the president. so there he may be willing to speak more forcefully, and ideally, she...

Investigation in order to get documents but say were not moving there yet to a vote on the floor. >> begin to prosecute that single, which in that case was a single article. >> lawyers are telling this committee chairman if you were in an impeachment process, you could have a better case in court to say because congress is mounting an impeachment process those documents and witnesses have to come forward. >> thats the view from the justice department. i talked to a source close to the investigat...

All go away just because some new devastating allegation is not produced, i think that fails to reckon with the seriousness of the allegations and the credible evidence thats already been amassed especially on the obstruction side. remember what we already know publicly in many ways is more serious and more documented than the allegations that led to the house judiciary committee to vote to impeach richard nixon. >> it has been, max, over two years. why does this president think he can manipulat...