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You can make an exception for laws that would protect the country against the big lie, as sam said, the big lie isnt going anywhere. the ex-president reiterated the big lie. the big lie again, either is or isnt the gravest threat to the domestic security. again, when you have facebook crying out to be regulated by the congress, you have another example of just how broken the system is and how corrupted at the highest levels it is by donald trump and his big lie. >> it is true but facebook is onl...

About this entire process. its the substance of the complaint thats the story. the process by which the complaint became public is a story, and you can consider that in its own right, but in terms of gravity of the situation, i dont think the process actually stands up all that well to the complaint itself. >> that committee official by the way, did concede, quote, the chairman could have been more clear, as sam said, but said he was referring to the committee officially interviewing the whistle...

Our white house folks, peter alexanders been all over this is theyre also preparing the speech. passages in case the speech is given at a different venue. maybe not in washington. >> well, i mean, as sam said, hes going to give a speech. its expected they will be carrying out the plans. its hard to see he didnt like oval office stresses. maybe he takes the invitation to the senate chamber. even though initially the speaker said it was about security concerns and then the department of homeland s...

To do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> joining me now is sam nunberg, a former trump campaign adviser, who was interviewed by the senate intelligence committee just yesterday. and back with me, our david cay johnston, former prosecutor, barbara mcquade, and msnbc contributor, malcolm nance. i want to start with you, sam. thank you for being here, first of all. i want to get your top o...

Alaffers. >> jared kushner wasnt involved in the campaign. >> he was involved in the social media aspects of it. >> not while i was there. >> what about the son? >> not that im aware of. i dont believe so. >> lets bring in the rest of the panel. barbara, i want to start with you on the questioning that sam faced with the senate intelligence committee. in light of this new information, what would you have wanted to know? >> from sam, well, you know, i think that the senates goal is somewhat diffe...

It tells us that he doesnt understand how government works. he thinks because hes used plil politicians to shut down inquires or get policies changed, he thinks getting rid of comey would stop the fbi and it goes to donalds complete incompetence. >> its pretty extraordinary, sam. same question to you. why cant he stop himself? he was told by the white house counsel, do not send a letter to jim comey that mentions russia. he insisted on doing that. the draft is now hands of these fbi agent dss --...

Which, you know, the famous spy said those were the characteristics they wanted in an asset. they wanted a person they could manipulate. donald trump is like a case officers dream. he comes in and when he comes out and does those arrogant pronunciations, a good intelligence staff like, i dont know, an ex-former kgb officer and his top four staffers who are kgb, fsb retirees, they would be able to manipulate donald trump no matter what he said or when he said it. donald trump sees russia, the rus...

That the fbi is an independent body. its interesting, whether i like james comey or not, comey said he had never spoken to barack obama more than twice during his entire tenure. as presidents of the united states, you are supposed to leave the fbi alone. leet leave them alone, right. >> exactly. i want to play a little bit of the interview i did with congressman jim heinz that sits on the house intelligence committee last night and i have a quick question for you on the other side of that. >> do...

Up, at least publically. i dont know what he said privately. but if there is the same pattern, then, sure, he has some legal vulnerabilities. >> lets talk about that. we dont know what roger stone is talking about. but in theory we do know that thats a public statement, as sam said, that didnt match up with reality. so its quite possible that donald trump jr. and others repeated that lie in private to the fbi. is that the kind of thing the mueller investigation might do? >> charge him? >> they c...

Skepticism when evaluating the testimony of a cooperator and making sure it lines up with the other evidence in the case. so i worry about the impact that that has when jurors across the country hear the president of the united states say it ought to be illegal because prosecutors ask juries to believe cooperators every day in all kinds of garden variety cases, and i think that this statement makes it harder for prosecutors to obtain convictions in many kinds of cases. >> sam, according to "vani...