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But we can. thats the power of vmware, part of dell technologies. on the same day the president called former fbi director james comey a "proven leaker and liar," he pardoned scooter libby former vice president dick cheneys chief of staff convicted for perjury, lying to federal investigators in connection with the leaking of the identity of cia officer valerie plame wilson. in a statement today, the president said "i dont know mr. libby but for years i have heard hes been treated unfairly." wi...

Complicated procedure within the justice department. theres actually a pardon attorney who runs an office that examines pardons. theres a petition that is made by the person who is seeking the pardon and then an extensive review process. the prosecutors who worked on that case on this case pat fits jared would have been consulted as part of that process. none of that what happened which suggests it was for political process. pat fitzgerald talked about that today because frankly along the way he...

That there might be a way out of this. the thing i dont know than trump world has figured out here, if you pardon mike cohen, that means he cannot take the fifth amendment. and so if michael cohen cant take the fifth amendment, that means hes going to have to say. >> his testimony is completely compelled. >> which is even worse for trump. i dont know if trump is fully thinking this through. i think hes trying to signal to his people, hey, might be there for you. i dont think hes thought through ...

They had reason to believe hell be untruthful again. theres probably a lot more to discover as they go through what they seized. >> peter, tell me what you think the impact of this information is ha he did go not feeding a passport coming through germany, that he did so meeting apparently with the russian figure as charged in the dossier. >> well, again, we dont have the confirmation yet that he met with a russian there, but it lends a lot of credence to the allegations in the dossier. major fac...

Evidence that michael cohen secretly made a late summer trip to prague during the 2016 presidential campaign according to two sources familiar with the matter. part of the steele doesyer is confirmed with a powerful kremlin figure about russian meddling in the u.s. election and would be one of the most significant developments of the investigation thus far. peter stone broke that story and peter put it together in terms of this whole puzzle of russian collusion. >> well, the confirmation nags co...

Russih legislator. >> how do you know he was there? >> we have sources who have tracked it and we trust our sources. >> do you have any documentary proof? is it witness documentation, witness evidence? >>. >> we have sources who have told us they have traced it and its credible. >> thank you so much. peter stone. >> and that the special prosecutor has evidence of it. >> go ahead peter. >> thats it. >> okay. thank you so much. peter stone with mcclatchy with a breaking story tonight that turns ou...

Because its a counterintelligence investigation and they doesn doesnt -- dont always report the findings. it will be interesting to see. >> it will be interesting to see if at the end we find out what they found but you being able to figure out, you and peter stone figuring out this investigation is under way is a heck of a scoop. greg gordon, investigative reporter. thank you for helping us understand. >> thank you, rachel. good to be here. >> when the ex-cia director testified about the russia...

Required to disclose the donors at all. what could possibly go wrong? mr. gordon, thank you for being with us. appreciate you being here to talk about your work. >> rachel, thank you for having me. i have to say peter is the lead author but i was part of it and peter did great sleuthing for us. >> peter stone and greg gordon, got it. let me ask you first of all in explaining the importance of the reporting, did i get that right? >> perfect. perfectly. >> why is this coming to light? i have heard...

That obviously. so were not saying that russian money identifiable russian money just flew into the nras coffers but this does raise the question about whether money was maybe laundered or maybe decembe hidd someway or some form of assistance that enabled them to shift money around or maybe it didnt happen at all. what the outcome is because its a counter intelligence investigation and they dont always report the findings. it will be interesting to see. >> it will be interesting to see if at the...

Talk about your work. >> rachel, thank you for having me. i have to say peter is the lead author but i was part of it and peter did great sleuthing for us. >> peter stone and greg gordon, got it. let me ask you first of all in explaining the importance of the reporting, did i get that right? >> perfect. >> why is this coming to light? that spanish investigation in the past, the big breakthrough that im seeing in the reporting is the news that the fbi is looking into this. do you know anything ab...