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It could be there was inappropriate but not criminal behavior. one outcome may -- this could be featured in a report we write, not necessarily the fbi but that we write could be when you have a transition and you have a foreign power like russia that will dedicate a lot of resources and people to try to make those contacts, to try to cultivate people, here is how you should react. here is how it works. we could learn from how the russians seek as john brennan said today this suborn people and pr...

Processes in place id be happy to get those back to you. >> did the trump administration undergo that interagency clearance process prior to the presidents may 10th meeting with the russian government? >> i have no awareness of that. >> chris, whats your reaction? >> well, again, a lot of times with these testimonies, listen to whats not said as much as what is said. if dan coats could have said yes, they did in regards to that question, did they follow the procedures related to declassifying in...

They are saying he lied about where he got money. >> well, thats -- >> what is your reaction? >> doesnt get anymore serious than that. and thats why its important for us to go through the process were going through, find out if this countrys been compromised in any way, shape or form. we all take the same oath. uphold the constitution. we all take that same oath. i take it extremely serious. every member of the senate i serve with takes it extremely serious. and you want your top officials to ta...

To a 100-yard dash or john cena to a cage match to the death. its a colorful quote. what youre saying is this is serious to have bob mueller appointed. this is not something to be taken lightly. he is thorough and somebody who will come down with a decision based on what he thinks is just, not having given in to any sort of political pressure. >> yeah, and again, this is sort of directly related to mike flynn taking the 5th. this is territory that jim comey and bob mueller know well. they have s...

Him have raised the specter of wrongdoing by the president himself. if bob mueller finds evidence of that, hes not -- he likely is not able to take criminal action himself. that would fall to congress. you might see him refer the evidence he has and leave it to congress to act after the fact. but they could pursue their own hearings if they have the courage and the willingness to do it. they could purr see their -- pursue their own hearing. >> why do we need five different processes, why not onl...

When thats happening on the tv screens and on phones around the country and around the world. katherine, as -- we have the four investigations that are happening in congress. now we have this special counsel. are you watching all five or do you think its special counsel thats going to deliver if you will the home run yes or no? >> i think each of these investigations has a different role to play. i mean, in the case of muellers investigation, actually all of that is confidential. we dont know in...

Listen, this is like a prosecutor taking a case to trial without any evidence. we dont have that much evidence. we have a lot of hearsay. we have a lot of press reports, which we are a part of and i understand that. the question is, is what are the investigations and what are we going to find out? and the bottom line is, if you have a special counsel, which we have, house and senate investigations, thats all good and fine and dandy, but those are all political processes. what we need is for memb...

>> how about a one time counsel hearing. >> he has the white house counsel that should be looking at his role institutionally. and from weve seen personally doesnt shy away from hiring personal attorneys. i would expect him to be consulting with legal counsel which seems consistent with what he has done throughout thinks career. it is important to note that the special counsels role is going to be different than what people might be looking for in terms of a comprehensive high level report on ru...

Career. it is important to note that the special counsels role is going to be different than what people might be looking for in terms of a comprehensive high level report on russian influence in the elections overall. there really is a different role that the special counsel is going to fill which is going to be a very serious investigation and looking for potential prosecution versus the potential role that these congressional investigations really should be filling, which should be looking at...

>> and sarah, one of the sort of things about donald trump that people learn when he ran for president is that he does have this long-standing kind of affinity for all things russia. hes done a lot of business there. his son bragged about a lot of their business coming from russia, a lot of their con does were brought by russian llcs or russian humans. his $90 million sale of a house in florida. but there is this sense in which he kind of seems to if not at least admire but emulate russian oliga...