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Because of obama -- >> well, thats what he says. he did try to get the case thrown out but there was no evidence whatsoever that he was targeted. now, people can extrapolate and decide that, you know, well, maybe he was, but there was no evidence. and the fact of the matter is he committed a crime and he pled guilty, he did it and he got eight months in a halfway house. >> yeah. >> and he profited while -- while he was there. >> james, youve met him a few times, and you believe that his prosecut...

Did something wrong, he admitted that and knows that. but the zeal with which pre-obama wen aft pre-obama went after him, the justice department went after him, was so out of line with what he did. if you look at campaign finance laws what are we trying to avoid, undo influence in elections. did he have undo influence in that election when his friend lost by 45 points, no. it was an offense he should have gotten a slap on the wrist. >> what do you say to that, matt? >> well, look, you know its r...

Polling suggests that least among republicans that there are people do have more questions and feel more suspect about the investigation. robert muellers investigation. we just had former new hampshire governor on and hes running with that feeling of the fbi did something wrong, the fbi should not have been investigating the campaign -- these seeds have been planted and they take root despite the fact that the people who have seen the intelligence like congressman trey gowdy say, the fbi did not...

Allegations against the president and congress has to act in some way, shape, or form, that would not be a useful political element going into the election. >> chuck, lets talk about the legal ramification. natasha alluded to this a moment ago, what sort of legal exposure that jeff sessions might have if he was no longer a member of the doj. what would that look like? >> well, i dont think it changes very much, katy. first, his obligation to tell the truth when hes talking to investigators is pr...

Transparent. >> thats right. they are telling us exactly what theyre doing, but that doesnt make it right. if i tell you im doing something wrong, points for candor. it still means im doing something wrong. i think what we see is people who are fighters. they dont like to be boxed in. if you look at the strategy we have seen, well just go out there and say we dont care about what happened legally. it will be the court of public opinion. if you f we look at the norms, the way they see the world. ...

Can be abused its up to the oversight arm of congress to look at the legislative side and then to look are there abuses in power in the justice department? we need those answers. if the answers come out clean, then great. we know. if not, then we need to go to town. >> harris: congressman, what laws are in place to keep it from turning political? it seems like its almost impossible. >> you certainly will have different views. you will have those that will look at the idea that okay, mr. trump ob...

An interest in him other than being a witness to events and nobody is indicated they have any intention of saying to him, youve done something wrong that would merit any charges. that is just remotely not the case. >> lets talk about jared kushner security clearance which is now were told been restored. who made the decision to restore his security clearance? how did that happen? >> the intelligence kmoo-- commy and the fbi. it happened in the normal course and way it happens for thousands of pe...

We prayed for who was doing this, that something changes in them, that even though theyre doing something wrong, we pray for them. and i think ultimately it just made everybody feel better. >> grace, i have to say youre 18 years old, you are in the midst of something that no person, never mind a young person like you should go through, and the fact that you had the presence of mind to lead your classmates in a prayer and try to calm them down is really remarkable. and im so sorry you had to deal...

Has been digging far back into trumps business dealings and his family and his associates. >> shimon, stick around. depending on your reporting on some of this, also adding to the conversation is asha rangappa, former fbi special agent. and mimi rocha, former federal prosecutor. before i get to anything else, i want to ask you first about donald trumps response to all of this, if you will. part of his response. it gets to his tweet, which is it would seem very hard to obstruct justice for a crim...

Voters, and its not. just real quickly, what it does is, it makes the midterms a referendum on donald trump. a lot of these candidates, what they want to do in order to win in these districts, get out of the national jetstream and localize it. >> you even see prominent democrats running against running on impeaching the president. >> nancy pelosi has warned against it. >> rahm emanuel. >> people know its dangerous and divisive. of course its on the table, if its proven hes done something wrong, ...