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Which would be a major, major problem. look -- and i dont know if its in there -- maria: [inaudible] >> i cant for the life of me understand -- well, why would you not be public about this? weve had this special counsel now, it goes on and on and on, it never ends. theyre getting people on process fouls, they put forth information that makes it look like -- its nice storytelling -- maria: yeah. >> -- because when you read these indictments, it reads like a secret spy novel of all these character...

Russia and the soviet union did in the past, that comparison does not stand up well. and i have no idea why the president would try to do something like that. >> yeah. susan, i want to get your take on paul whelan, the arrest of paul whelan, a 48-year-old arrested in russia on charges of spying. the arrest comes 15 days after the alleged russian spy maria butina pleaded guilty in u.s. federal court. is this payback for the butina prosecution? >> well, look, the timing obviously of these two even...

Butina pleaded guilty in u.s. federal court. is this payback for the butina prosecution? >> well, look, the timing obviously of these two events strongly suggests theres some sort of a linkage. this is very unusual spy case compared to those weve seen recently play out in the sense that the russians have not given us more specific details. they allege that this american was caught in the midst of some sort of an espionage act, but they havent given us any more evidence. when i was in moscow as a...

She pleaded not guilty on charges of conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent. >> also taking pains to try to distance this case from whats going on with robert muellers investigation. he insisted this is not a spy case and his client should not be treated as a proxy between the issues being carried out right now. >> i want to go straight to the former cia operative bob bears, what she did here, how significant it was, allegations, sex for political access. romantic relationship with a political...

Pleaded not guilty. now, one of the arguments the lawyer made in court is that this is not a spy case. he insisted, wolf, needs to be treated differently and what is happening with special counsel muellers investigation, what is happening with those russians, he said she should not be treated as a proxy for the difficult situation of russia. >> if you read the 17-page document the government released today, government memorandum in support of pretrial -- it read like a spy novel. >> it does. >> ...

Against her. in fact, this is really not a spy case. she was practically taking out bill boards to advertise her as vok casey on behalf of russia. her lawyer says shes not a russian agent. that shes been cooperating with various entities for months. that she agreed to testify privately for eight hours before the senate intelligence committee, produced thousands of documents, so he says this is a misuse of the law, which is designed to punish covert propaganda, not open and public networking. tha...

Mildred. look, it was very interesting to me that paul ryan chose yesterday, as did senate intel chief richard burr, to say we agree with trey gowdy. theres no there there. thats a political decision. nevertheless, the department of justice is saying were going to show more evidence as soon as today about all of this. were going to show some of this. what do you make of it? >> a couple of points that are important. there were follow-up questions about the briefing from the prior week. what i thi...

Operatives in washington, that has done a lot to help set the record straight. as more information comes out. jesse: you wouldnt have changed of any your behavior leading up to the election. >> i cant imagine anything i could have done. jesse: you were an fbi informant at one time. you were helping the fbi nail down russian operatives working against this country. now they opened a surveillance probe into you as if you were a russian spy. >> it ties into this spy case in the u.k. where there is ...

Has done a lot to help set the record straight. as more information comes out. jesse: you wouldnt have changed of any your behavior leading up to the election. >> i cant imagine anything i could have done. jesse: you were an fbi informant at one time. you were helping the fbi nail down russian operatives working against this country. now they opened a surveillance probe into you as if you were a russian spy. >> it ties into this spy case in the u.k. where there is a lot of people taking steps or...

Operatives in washington, that has done a lot to help set the record straight. as more information comes out. jesse: you wouldnt have changed of any your behavior leading up to the election. >> i cant imagine anything i could have done. jesse: you were an fbi informant at one time. you were helping the fbi nail down russian operatives working against this country. now they opened a surveillance probe into you as if you were a russian spy. >> it ties into this spy case in the u.k. where there is ...