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Acknowledge that if donald trump, in fact, knew the purpose of the meeting was to get information from the russians about hillary clinton, which he most certainly knew, because steve bannon was telling the truth when he said that there is no way that donald trump jr. took the meeting, had the meeting, and didnt report back to daddy. >> well, he did say that, and steve ---ing wh building on tha he did concede that would be very concerning. that is the exact thing mueller is probing that michael c...

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With a republican like rick gates saying, i got busted, did this stuff, manafort led it and this is the way we did business and this is who trump put in charge of the campaign, does that at some point catch up with him? >> i think there are three aspects to that. i think it matters. it will be hard to say mr. mueller did not have good reason to be investigating these people. this is not a witch hunt. they didnt confess a stray crime. gates is confessing to a bunch of crimes. they have manafort f...

Switch. its trumps own team admitting they did the bait and switch defending all of this. trump also put his lawyer out in the cold, jay explaining why he put out that false information. >> the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. it came from donald trump jr. i had bad information. its important to point out in a situation like this, over time, facts develop. >> facts develop and trump infamously crafted the statement with hope hicks. muel...

Control? >> i think ultimately he will be losing control. i dont see it right now. some people are saying yes, other people looking at the situation wondering where were going to go with mueller and what will happen. we have to stay tuned. >> we will stay tuned, barbara, someone there in the building, thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. next up, the filmmaker and increasingly political activist, rob reiner. right after the break. ♪ experience the versatility of utility,

Speech, as he did, he would have new dirt on clinton if he wasnt into the details? >> that occurred to me at the time and a few days later we learn learned about the meeting, absolutely. >> what do you recognize it as. he clearly wants to help his son, widespread reporting hes worried mueller could indict his son. i will tell you and give you my analysis and yours, if you are in trouble for the criminal mindset of obstructing a probe and do things that reveal more of your mindset youre not helpi...

>> ken, coming out of the courtroom when this has been a drama series of events, this is still our lead story because its so important, i wonder if you could tell us a little bit more from your reporting about the tensions with the judge. its not all good news for mueller, although they say they are methodically moving through this case, walk us through the case and what you glean from that. >> reporter: judge ts ellis is a judge who likes to impose his will on the courtroom. our commentator say...

Boss in charge, with the python jacket, had no clue. the other thing muellers team has done a good job is to support and protect gates beforehand. every witness who has come to the stand already, the book keeper, the vendors said the same thing. manafort was in charge. manafort knew where every dollar and cent went and the process put on gates and pre-supported in his testimony? >> kathy, your view of the prosecution strategy here? >> i think they had to put him on. there was some discussion abo...

Thing he pled guilty to, the false statements. it was on february 1st of 2018. i think once you are in this soup, you would figure out more lies -- if there is one thing muellers investigation is showing is they are detail oriented. >> but i know from having been da, if you gave criminals an iq test they wouldnt score at the top and that is why they get caught. >> and putting that aside, the other stuff goes back years into defrauding the united states. they are talking about tax stuff. and this...

Reince priebus or mcgahn. both of whom would have information that might put him in the soup. >> absolutely. you have here -- foreign policy magazine purports that trump himself ordered ban tnon to lim his testimony. president donald trump personally made the decision to curtail the testimony of former chief white house political strategist steve bannon before the house intelligence committee. >> president trump is selectively invoking privilege so some white house officials can talk about anyth...