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Warning went. but it was very clear that -- we know that the fbi definitely notified the trump campaign that these sorts of things were possible, that there could be foreign governments -- >> at the very least, they were concerned about it. ashley, the president has full authority to declassify documents on this informant, this source, this spy, if thats what he wants to say. but then no one is saying it is a spy but him. is there any indication that hes seen them? >> thats a good question. i do...

Point person for overseas contacts. not to mention the fact that he made a number of mistakes in filing the application for the clearance. when you add it up, this is totally routine. but the more it dragged on, the more it contributed to this question of, what does the fbi or what does the intelligence community have on jared kushner? is he in jeopardy. >> we have been talking to a number of federal prosecutors and former fbi officials about this background check process. the answer we kept get...

President cant get him out from underneath it, assuming that mr. mueller be interested in also talking to mr. cohen really candidly. >> we also have more information from that hearing where the judge talk to mr. friedman. "the new york times" reports, quote, toward the end of the hearing judge lynch asked mr. friedman if he understood the nature of the benefit his attorneys had accomplished on his behalf. mr. friedman said he had spent, quote, long hours speaking with his lawyers, adding, im ext...

One will believe you. >> we showed this earlier but it is worth taking a closer look. that was leslie stahl of "60 minutes" recounting an unbelievable exchange she had with the president after his nomination to the republican party. not unbelievable because we didnt know thats what he was doing. unbelievable because he admitted it, according to stahl. i mean those in the trump world have told me as much, thats what the goal is. but the president himself bragging about it, ugh! donald trump has a...

It. if anything, it certainly feels unethical. if there is a swamp that needs to be drained -- >> like turning over a rock and seeing all the dugs crawling out from underneath it. this is not going to be ended soon. as i was listening to you talking about the at&t interest in merging i go right back to watergate. all of a sudden, the itt merger. >> yeah. >> that -- i mean, the attorney general lied about that, lied that nixon had called him. the attorney general was prosecuted and convicted of a...

There is a bigger issue below the surface here. this is like a filth iceberg and there is a lot underneath it that shes aware of but doesnt want to get tagged with knowing about because shes the queen of that happy talk thing for him, and the fact that shes putting daylight between herself and the president on this is very interesting to me. >> its telling. im not sure what it says yet, but it is telling. so larry, your assessment? >> i agree. and also what she said was, well, im not really invo...

It is that, you know, someone has one story, and then it changes. theres usually a reason for that. theyre usually trying to hide something. obviously, you know, if hes looking at those conversations, once again, hes probing contacts that different members of the administration and the campaign had with russians, people in russia, whoever it may be, whether it be the ambassador, kislyak, and if you recall, thats the person who flynn had a conversation with and he ended up pleading guilty to lyin...

They are called memos of conversations, and they are very common at the highest levels of government. memcom, thats what theyve been called for decades. i first learned about them when i was working for senator patrick monahan. after a meeting he sat down and typed a memcom, he did that in the kennedy administration. he wrote a memcom after ever conversation he had with every president. all those presidents knew thats a people do, they make memos of their important conversation, usually immediat...

Michael cohen said, in fact, i have never spoken to her, never e-mailed her, met her, texted her. when asked if anyone else connected to donald trump threatened her, he said i can only speak to myself. i reiterate i have never threatened her in any way, and i am unaware of anyone else doing it. michael cohen has a long history of threatening people for donald trump, that has been his job description for years. here is what michael cohen said to a daily beast reporter during the presidential camp...

E-mailed her, met her, texted her. when asked if anyone else connected to donald trump threatened her, he said i can only speak to myself. i reiterate i have never threatened her in any way, and i am unaware of anyone else doing it. michael cohen has a long history of threatening people for donald trump, that has been his job description for years. here is what michael cohen said to a daily beast reporter during the presidential campaign after threatening to sue the reporter. i will make sure th...