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In charge of the sdny investigation has a lot of democrats demanding to know whether whitaker told the truth in his testimony before the house judiciary committee. congressman eric swalwell is on the committee and he joins me now. so good to have you here. >> yeah, don, thank you very much. >> what do you think of this "new york times" report? >> i never thought the acting attorney general was worthy of being taken at his word and that we should test his accounts, you know, that he gave us, beca...

Word, im not. theres still too many lingering questions. and his account is contradicted by press reporting. >> and you want him to come back? >> yeah. >> so youre on the house judiciary committee, he testified earlier on the month, very contentious. some of it right here. >> did the president lash out at you after michael cohens guilty plea for lying to congress about a trump organization project to build a tower in moscow? >> the president specifically tweeted that he had not lashed out. >> im...

Have -- do you believe or do you have evidence that whitaker shared information with the mueller investigation with the president? >> no. but we asked him, you know, had he done that, and he said "no." but there were other instances where it didnt appear that he was very truthful with us. so thats why i think bringing him in under oath. this was a voluntary interview. bringing him in, you know, under oath, under subpoena, and being able to confront him. and as he tries to say, oh, i cant answer ...

>> do you think in the senate to move forward on the attorney general and have you seen anything on his record that makes you think thats an effort to interfere with the mueller probe. >> were just learned this through free press reporting. letters to rod rosenstein suggesting ways that the mueller probe is not valid. that concerns me. they have someone who prejudged the investigation and ha may have valid credentials, but like justice kavanaugh chosen by donald trump for the wrong reasons only ...

Prejudged the outcome and these are series questions that he she have to answer. >> do you think in the senate to move forward on the attorney general and have you seen anything on his record that makes you think thats an effort to interfere with the mueller probe. >> were just learned this through free press reporting. letters to rod rosenstein suggesting ways that the mueller probe is not valid. that concerns me. they have someone who prejudged the investigation and ha may have valid credentia...

>> i would prefer not to make a bad highlight reel. jeb bush was the favorite to win the republican nomination for president. we remember how that turned out. i think democrats have to decide what they want. im getting the sense what they really want is to have somebody who will win the general election and beat donald trump. next year will be incredibly unpredictable. it will be a volcanic year. events may reshape the race. there are certain fundamentals that you have to have some staying power...

To them and then of course this trump tower moscow deal going on. you have an eagerness to see donald trump collected. when they were confronted by it they collide. i think it is pretty clear collusion. >> okay. lets move onto roger stone. as you know, he is a former trump campaign adviser. he is denying the links. what are your thoughts on that? >> i interviewed roger stone with my colleagues. i read, you know, the constant amendments that roger stone had to send to us afterwards to update his ...

Is what we know and what we dont know. there will be nuances there that probably havent been picked up in the press reporting, because whoever has leaked it, has just given the basic to have-line judgment. if youre in the administration and want to cast doubt on it, you can probably find something in it that gives you a wedge or an excuse to say, well, i have a different view. >> not definitive there, yeah. >> that said, that said, when they make an assessment and come to a conclusion like this,...

Far that whitaker has taken action to try to reign in mueller? >> we have evidence from a box story that this was premeditated, that donald trump and whitaker have been plot this takeover for a while. when you take the prior statements to whitaker, i think its clear why sessions was fired and why whitaker was hired. we were a lot more helpless on monthan we are right now. they can try, but the reality of this new congress will set in for the president very quickly. >> in terms of action that you...

Roger stone was being truthful. so we couldnt look at text messages and bank records, but press reporting revealed he had met with a russian in florida. and so after that came out he updated the house intelligence committee. press reporting told us he had been in contact with wikileaks. he said oh, by the way, i wasnt straightforward with that, heres what i was say with wikileaks. he hasnt come clean, and i think he has a lot to hide. his lawyer would send additional updates to us. we wanted to ...