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Happen in the mccabe case and its exactly what will happen with bob muellers continued investigation of the russia matter. i just really hope that we dont fall for donald trumps trap that we dont start saying you know what? hes right actually. doj and all of this is just a bunch of political hogwash because if that happens, then were in real trouble. >> barbara boxer and jake sullivan, illuminating. thank you for being with me. next the president now floating a pardon for a man found guilty of...

Coming out of the justice department as pertains to these kinds of investigations? >> well, this is exactly the kind of trap that trump is trying to catch the entire country in. because hes trying to so discredit the basic institutions of our democracy, whether it be the fbi or the department of justice or the press for that matter. and he wants us to question whether any of this is real. so that if it ever lands at his door, he can say this is all just political. so i believe that at the end of...

Came in. what robert mueller is interested is where it went. how it flowed out of this llc. and whether the big kahuna, mr. trump, had any portion of that. so to your question, again, thats what hes looking for. because as you say, during this time when michael cohen is getting all this money. hes not acting like a rich dude, hes taking a mortgage out. this money is going somewhere, right? >> taking like $720,000 mortgage out. to remind viewers of who is giving him money. novartis, $1.2 million....

>> among michael avenattis claims this week, that were eyebrow-raising were transfers made to michael cohens company. there is of course a russian connection. columbus nova, an investment firm that paid $500,000 to cohens shell company, essential consultants llc has close ties to a russian oligarch, viktor vekselberg. we should note that vekselberg has not been indicted. columbus nova said it paid cohen to consult on potential sources of capital. and that the payments had nothing to do with veks...

It. but the american public deserves to know as well. the judge said look this indictment is imminent. its lukely and frankly, alex, i tend to degree, i think in less than 90 days michael cohen will be indicted by the southern district of new york. thats the southern district of new york. thats not mueller. theres a separate mueller investigation thats going on that does include michael cohen. so michael cohen is looking at least a few criminal fronts in terms of having exposure. >> michael aven...

>> i think that he is 100% correct that this is something that will allow him to talk to his base and will allow republicans, particularly those up for re-election that this is a complete scam. democrats dont like the president. you guys have to turn out in order to keep us there in the house but at the end of the day i think robert mueller will be the determining factor where this goes so while i think the house is trying to get ahead of this for political reasons i think at the end of the dail...

Congress to get to the bottom of this investigation? >> what weve been hearing from the senate side is that the senate intelligence committee is towelly working together on a bipartisan basis, to put out a report that they really hope will get to the bottom of this. and so you know i think that there is a possibility of some significant things coming out of the senate. the house has clearly devolved into a partisan battle here with republicans deciding it is their job to defend the president. an...

>> it does. you had most of the republicans saying essentially this would never happen. donald trump would never fire bob mueller and no need for this type of legislation so for them to move forward knowing full well its not going anywhere, a, because mcconnell wont bring it up and, b, donald trump would veto it, its message to where republicans are and says this is a red loin. you cant fire mueller. you probably cant fire robert rosenstein, either. you heard that from lindsey graham and tom til...

Is it is irrelevant to the actual investigation under way. the president continues the make the mistake of thinking this is all about a public relations war and not about a legal and potentially criminal matter. period. full stop. >> the president says hell leave the justice department alone for now. should that encourage members of congress to pass the bill that made it through the senate judiciary committee today to protect the special counsel robert muler? >> so first of all, my congratulatio...

Department considering theyre his appointees and under normal circumstance its odd. in this circumstance its the same kind of venting that we have been reporting for months doing behind closed doors to friends and allies and to his aides. he is precisely talking about not necessarily the career people but his own very appointees namely the top of the list there is of course attorney general jeff sessions who then just hour or two -- a couple of hours after that presidential outburst sessions to ...