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Kinley statement. that was probably a prison offense, and if youre a retired united states general, you would rather cooperate than go to prison. so im mildly surprised that hes not cooperating already, but this would be consistent with finalizing a cooperation agreement or a plea agreement. >> senator, diane feinstein, shes the top democrat on the judiciary committee, youre on that committee as well, is asking for more documents from trump campaign official carter page and documents and intervi...

He worse than quote/unquote collusion. >> theres no question that i think as one of the experts mentioned, i have happen strung by the format. i have no witnesses and four minutes to make my opening statement off the cuff. those are challenges. as you can tell, i have running out of time at the end. >> thats whats unusual. were explaining how this works and what the limits are. a real prosecutor with bob mueller would have way more material than you. >> right. an opening statement might last for...

Think about that. i mean, ill tell you from the news perspective, its frustrating to report on that, just because theres no clarity, its hard to say whats going to happen. it gets frustrating that its consistently not resolved over weeks and months. but imagine being one of the people who is subject to this decision and has lawyers on your payroll right now, imagine being hope hicks, 29 years old. imagine being sam clovis, previously an iowa radio talk show host. imagine being mike flynn, facing...

Rnc wont say how it made the decision to start paying the fees and trump campaign wont say. neither republican party or trump campaign will explain any process they have gone through or might go through in the future to decide whether or not theyre going to pay for anybody else. havent closed off that possibility that other people could get legal fees paid for, nor made any promises. think about that. from the news perspective, its frustrating to report on that, just because theres no clarity, i...

Contacts with a russian. >> you said nobody at the campaign had anything to do with russian interference. and its not true. >> those two individuals, carter page was a volunteer on an advisory committee of which met one time and he didnt show up for it. if he wants to go and give a speech at the same place barack obama gave a speech, how could i -- >> it has nothing to do with barack obama. >> you have to put it in context. >> thats not the context. >> it is the context. >> you said nobody had a...

>> either you knew what he was doing or you didnt know. >> i said go there as a citizen not as the campaign. what, do you think he was going to get ice cream? >> he said he wanted to go to the exact same place that barack obama gave a speech. >> so you said thats okay? >> if the president of the united states wanted to give a speech at education of higher learning. >> you said that carter page. >> who did not work for the campaign. >> you can say that now. you also said he was an adviser to the ...

He has to answer for. he gets into this language what do you mean is is, those things? nothing was reached to conclusion, but the way he was saying it before sessions was, we never met, it turns out we met, we met, there is no discussions about collusion. they did discuss what the russians wanted. >> a debate over whats a meet something well, i mean we met in passing. i dont necessarily call that a meeting. whats a meet something where, you know, were getting down in the polls. >> we now know he...

Interactions that he had with at least one senior russian official at that time. he acknowledges in this testimony he spoke to several key members of the trump campaign. he said he told then-senator jeff sessions about it and now the attorney general and sam clovis, the national co-chairman of the campaign, but also cory lewandowski, the campaign manager who said its fine for him to go as long as its not campaign related, as well as hope hicks who is now communications director and a former fore...

He told jeff sessions about this trip even as jeff sessions didnt disclose that to the committee. page suggested that he just mentioned sessions in passing, but he also told sam clovis, who was then a national campaign chairman of the trump campaign, and clovis himself made him sign a nondisclosure agreement as part of this campaign. now, when he was on this trip, anderson, one thing we have now learned is that page many met with a deputy prime minister of russia, one of the senior officials in ...

Like carter page and sam clovis were not part of that beating heart of the foreign policy establishment in washington. thats not any excuse. this is a major presidential campaign. at the same time it was evident to me as a reporter that these were people who were operating on their own islands, sometimes in coordination with the campaign, sometimes on their own, and they were not the people youd really find as a reporter on foreign policy in washington. >> yeah. i just think people forget the ge...