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If you think about the entire obstruction of justice investigation, what is the predicate offense for the obstruction of justice investigation? that is, whats the investigation, the justice that was being obstructed? and the answer to that, at least in part, is the investigation of mike flynn. >> right. >> and so, you know, thats another big piece of the puzzle, particularly if you believe as i do that one of the other components of the mueller investigation that we really havent heard anything ...

Flynn. hes interested in flynn because of other things he may know and that thats actually the body of his cooperation, this lie was merely the low hanging fruit leverage that he had that could -- that they could plead and that could, by the way, didnt necessarily involve anything classified. and so you could -- you could do it all in public. >> good point. >> in a way that maybe some other stuff was not doable in public. >> then theres also the fact, which of course we all know but i was just g...

Period. the reason why we cannot rely on the fbi report, you wouldnt like it if we did. because it is inconclusive? >> laura: "period, period." dont we just love biden. the gift that keeps on giving. please run in 2020. here to react, former assistant director of the fbi new york. bill, we have all been having fun with those tapes today. it was back on tape back then. but it is a talking point of the activists, they get their sheets of talking points, bullet point, bullet point, "all we want is ...

Dont we just love biden. the gift that keeps on giving. please run in 2020.. here to react, bill gavinth former assistant director of the fbi new york. bill, we have all been having fun with those tapes today. it was back on tape back then. but it is a talking point of the activists, they get their sheets of talking points, bullet point bullet point, "all we want is an fbi investigation." bill, what is the truth about what the fbi could do here? >> laura, its so crazy. i just dont understand eve...

For an investigation. an investigation of what? there is no predicate offense. an investigation if there was a rape or a sexual assault should have been done by local authorities and everybody knows that the statute of limitations has run on that now. thats number one. number two, background investigations. its over. its done. could the white house say open it up again? they could, but its not going to happen. in this particular case, what could come from opening the background investigation aga...

Quo. if anything of value was given for the promise of future government action like reducing sanctions, than bribery. or the most powerful weapon federal prosecutors have, rico. so theres a whole series of charges out there. when the lawyers or mr. trump say we did this but its not illegal, that is a big mistake. >> translate rico for our viewers? >> thats whats used to go after the mob, theyre running a gamble operation in nevada over here and prostitution in new jersey, there wasnt a law that...

Take it into account and if the judge sees evidence that includes there is truth to this and he was involved in something like this. the judge can increase the sentence based on himself. it is something could increase by the time he spends in prison. roberts turn. you had an article called "how mueller runs a case," can you walk us through the strategy at the moment, is it clear to you what hes doing? >> there is no doubt. it is classic mueller. i worked for him for the entire year, he was a dir...

Years he was the director. starting with the colleagues on the news tonight has said he is starting the initial predicate offense which is the collusion of a foreign power which is russia working out from that. what people doesnt are dont understand is he is looking at everybody around or fear or potential or incoming president at the time of the accusations started to fall. and youre seeing some of that now with flynn and manafort. and anything thats within the scope of that initial investigati...