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Kilimnick and russian officials. this is a situation where remember collusion is the activity. conspiracy is the crime. that mueller found collusion, but wasnt sure whether it rose to the level of a conspiracy. and one of the things that may have turned out between volume 2 and one. the obstruction may have been sufficient to prevent mueller from discovering the under lying crime here. of conspiracy. >> interesting. interesting. so listen, phil, contradicting the claim of no collusion. indictmen...

Attack on the political system. they stole private information. and then released that information through fake online and identities. and through the organization wikileaks. the central allegation of the indictment, that there were multiple systemic efforts to interfere in the election. and that allegation deserves the attention of every american. >> discuss now. phil mud is here. the author of the threat matrix. inside the fbi and war on global terror. phil, the president his attorney general ...

Come out and denounce the presidents comments about joe biden, you may find yourself quickly passing out. >> we wouldnt want that to happen on national television. >> look, it just underscores what a stronghold the president still has on the base of his party and that republicans think that its much better to have him tweeting nasty things about joe biden than have him tweeting nasty things about them, particularly the ones who are up for reelection in 2020. >> lisa lair, phil mud, great to have...

Leaving it up to a partisan congress is risky business. >> and the idea youre subpoenaing someone who is part -- who is a target of an investigation. the department of justice, its -- i dont know, it seems to me they dont normally do that. >> you dont normally do that. >> would they have done that in this case given hes the target. >> but they did ask written questions? >> they did. very different because its not under oath. you cant -- >> but if he would have lied in the written answers, that i...

Whether we should prosecute something we think is a little bit questionable. the attorney general said no. there is one final question, wolf, and that is where i think the president has been genius. the question is not simply whether the law was violated in terms of whether people did things that were inappropriate with the russians. the question for the american people is do you think that the activities undertaken by people in the circle of the president of the united states or for a candidate...

I agree with the president, and i agree with the white house. this is a victory in a sense. i dont think its a victory for the american people. but its a victory for the white house, but there is still an outstanding question. how much dirty money are we going to find and are there further indictments on dirty money? im not sure. >> theres a lot of other investigations that are still continuing. phil, stand by. i want to play with the president of the united states said as he was heading back fr...

There or shouldnt be there. >> all right. laura lopez, page pate, phil mud, thank you all very much. we appreciate it. >> more breaking news now, u.s.-backed forces say the final isis stronghold in syria has fallen. cnns ben wedeman has been following the story from the front line for weeks now. well go live to him in just a moment. its show of strength... or its sign of intelligence? in crossing harsh terrain... or breaking new ground? this is the mercedes-benz suv family. greatness comes in ma...

Mentioned earlier -- >> what if that transparency doesnt give democrat what is theyre hoping for, i guess is my question? does it change any minds at the end of the day? >> i think its difficult to say whether or not this report senior going to change any minds. again, as i referenced earlier, the fact that there are still trials that are going to take place months from now means that when those take place, maybe something that comes out of that trial evidence that may -- that democrats may not ...

Attorney general bill barr. back with us, laura lopez, page pate and phil mudd. welcome to all of you. i want to start with you, phil, and set the table of expectations of what these first round of principal conclusions, youre expecting they will be. this is not expected to be a long narrative from the attorney general, right? >> no, i think thats true. theres a questionable of questions, i think, in the midst of this sea of data. characterization, this is something we know now, a characterizati...

Not theyre going to be able to see all of that underlying evidence. given the fact that even though this report is in, and even though we know that mueller himself and his office is not going to be issuing any more indictments there is still roger stones prosecution, his trial in november, eight months from now. and muellers team is a part of that. and so, theres underlying evidence that may not -- that democrats may not be able to get ahold of as quickly as they would like. so theres a lot of t...