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Again, that could happen, including any charges against the lower tier people who might have been involved with the obstruction track of this case as we are looking at sort of two tracks that jack smith has narrowed the mar-a-lago case down to which is the classification issues, did trump willfully, knowingly retain classified information and then the various pressure points of obstruction along the way. so i think i will be watching sort of these, you know -- these supporting actors and charact...

With special counsel robert muellers team. abbe lowell said that the mueller investigators asked kushner about russian collusion, foreign contacts and the firing of the fbi director james comey as well as more. lets dig deeper with our specialists and our analysts. david chelian, kushners lawyer outlined that mueller was asking about these contacts and the firing of comey. it sort of reflects two tracts of this investigation, right? >> without a doubt. the collusion track -- the so-called collus...

Mueller, whos an experienced prosecutor at the federal level, might be looking at a rico charge, criminal enterprise, looking at all these tidbits put together and saying they show an effort to make money along the way to the presidency. >> right. right now it seems like you have two tracks that muellers taking. the obstruction track, and the collusion track. the one that is most dangerous for the president is of course the obstruction track. but in terms of his questioning of paul manafort, ric...

In trouble for lying to his former colleagues in congress and if he simply department answer that question because hes as exposed as he wants to be legally in front of his former colleagues in the house and senate. >> i think jeff sessions -- there are a lot of problems with jeff sessions as attorney general. one thing thats relatively clear on the basis of his behavior is that he wants to keep that job. he doesnt want to go to jail. he doesnt want to perjure himself. i think matt is right about...

>> and then another statement for kushner. we dont know that trump wrote that but it sure looks like it because they both dovetail so neatly together. it seems hes ignoring the lawyers and doing all the so-called strategizing on this case. >> jill, you just mentioned jared kushner. i think we think about the collusion track and the obstruction track and having to do with the president and james comey, but it would be possible if someone was conspireing in furtherance of that, was it for the pres...

He not only fired comey, but he came up with this ridiculous statement about the june 9th meeting. >> thats right. >> and then another statement for kushner. we dont know that trump wrote that but it sure looks like it because they both dovetail so neatly together. it seems hes ignoring the lawyers and doing all the so-called strategizing on this case. >> jill, you just mentioned jared kushner. i think we think about the collusion track and the obstruction track and having to do with the preside...

Secretive process of robert mueller. remember, we didnt know for weeks they even executed a warrant on manaforts home. whereas congress had to be much more public in virtual realtime. this play out further and it will be a continuing conflict till we have a resolution where one decides to take the back seat. it wont be mueller. >> quickly at issue is whether or not there was obstruction of justice when the president fired comey. >> exactly. and this revelation makes it clear this is a line of in...