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Nothing about what hes found in the obstruction component. in contrast to the russia stuff where weve had a series of indictments, both on the russian side of the ocean and on the u.s. side with respect to these false statements, we know something about what theyve found on the russian side. we know very little or near nothing object what theyve found on the obstruction side. >> ben wittes, thank you for making some time tonight. dont go anywhere, we are on hot stand by from the michael flynn ...

We know the answer to yet. it was completely proper for the trump transition team it be trying to conduct foreign policy on behalf of the united states while barack obama was still president. >> phil rucker, i want to ask you about some questions around the obstruction side of the mueller probe, and about a house divided. the house of kellyanne and george conway. the presidents son last night tweeted something, my jaw doesnt drop very often on twitter but eric trump, the presidents son, tweeted ...

Something about why michael l flynn lied about conversations with russian ambassador sergey kislyak ostensibly about the lifting of sanctions? >> we very well might. i think what well see from this agreement is obviously well see kind of a description of the significance of this cooperation. the extent of its cooperation. well see some description of the crimes. i think the question of how much detail well see about the involvement of others. whether mueller makes that public in this report or w...

About, we have another six months, maybe three months, maybe by the end of the year. there is one person who has never put a timetable on it, and thats mr. mueller. i take a look at whats happened in the last ten days and i think, there is no way hell have a report to file for anybody in the first quarter of next year let alone by this year. why should we believe that mueller is anywhere close to wrapping up? >> there have been certain signs of winding down. i dont think those are trivial. on th...

Things, but given his desire which weve seen in the frenetic pace hes really been going at and you may think 1 1/2 years is not frenetic but given what theyve done thus far it is. hes trying to wrap it up and litigation over a subpoena will extend it further. >> how often have you accepted written answers? >> never. >> so, this is -- how unique is this? >> its incredibly unique. its incredibly, incredibly unique, which is part of the reason why i think its the first step. it may not be the final...

If he hasnt reached out to donald trump jr., thats a good sign that hes in the same category as roger stone who appears to be a target of the investigation. i want to say one thing about this piece of the investigation as it relates to the matt whitaker installation at the department of justice. one thing bob mueller, we can all agree on, is very prepared. i suspect hes known this was a possibility for some time. its been rumored and leaked to the press. i would think on the collusion conspiracy...

Last week by a justice department watcher to be very careful not to assume that bob mueller doesnt have as strong of an investigation or case on the conspiracy/collusion side as on the obstruction side. just because we dont hear as much about it to not assume that isnt just as strong and moving forward and closing in on this president. do you agree with that asse assessment? >> i do. when i saw first the indictment of the russian troll farm actors and the indictment of the russian gru military i...

Manafort does. he was at that meeting, if he flips and he hasnt flip was. and cohen has. documentary evidence and phone records of trumps actions and all kinds of aspects of the obstruction side of it. as well as the collusion side of it. so i dont buy the argument that this isnt important for the russia side of the investigation. >> this is a point that you have been making. >> this is striking to me on how history has repeated. nixons personal lawyer, his bagman, the guy who carried around all...

Party members that impeachment becomes a possibility. if there is real collusion on the wikileaks. >> you think it changes things. >> you are more optimistic than i because maybe for the past two years, we have witnessed this. all of a sudden they would wake up and say, you know what, this is a bridge too far. how many breaches do we need? >> i am saying as a practical matter the democrats end up winning the house. >> if russia doesnt collude. >> it looks for now that the democrats will win the ...

Recently as this january, that mueller wants to ask the president did you have criminal intent when you did these things. >> does that mean that the mueller team doesnt have that much on collusion and that case is not very strong? is that what that implies? >> we only know what this snapshot from march gave us. it gave us a snapshot that there is a lot more on the obstruction side. in terms of what we know from the public record, there is not a lot of things on the presidents direct ties to russ...