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Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Howard fineman, an nbc news analyst who spent his tuesday in judge ellis courtroom marveling at Paul Manaforts wardrobe. Anyway, mimi, let me start with you. Define Obstruction Of Justice and is it something that has to be done in secret for it to be a crime . Sure, chuck. I want to answer the second part first. It does not have to be done in secret. The definition of Obstruction Of Justice, there are different prongs of it,...

Prosecutors to not file the case. at a certain point they stopped and within a few days, craig was indicted. one other thing thats worth mentioning, craigs lawyers came out and suggested that this case was a disgrace. we had some close friends of craig who say they think this was actually if not politically motivated, an effort to make the mueller probe seem more politically even-handed, perhaps given in a little bit to trumps criticism that mueller had gone after too many republicans or too man...

Friends of craig who say they think this was actually, if not politically motivated, an effort to try to make the mueller probe seem more politically evenhanded. perhaps even giving in a little bit to trumps criticism that mueller had gone after too many republicans or too many members of his administration. >> in terms of -- on that last point, josh, did any of the jurors who spoke publicly or spoke with you about these deliberations describe their own either suspicions or frustrations with the...

Witchhunt is over following robert muellers 6 hours of testimony. >> but is it over? what is next? >> excellent question, donald trump waste no time declaring total victory and while mueller denied his report gave the president, quote, total exoneration, the president said it wasnt muellers place to do so. >> there is no such thing. he didnt have the right to exonerate. that was something where he totally folded because he never had the right to exonerate and it was covered very well by congress...

There. and render every trump lie about what the report says, completely moot, destroyed. it did not exonerate him. certainly lending credence to the fact if president trump was anyone other than president he would be charged with not just one act but ten acts of criminal its justice and threats. youre thoughts on how we processed that information. >> i think its the right call it wasnt muellers fault, it was ours. realistically, 148-page report is hard for people to read, theyre working. its ha...

Republicans with more questions than answers after the former special counsel walks back the bombshell statement you heard. all of the highlights, very long day. >> indeed. the morning after mueller and there is something in the testimony for everybody, donald trump wasted no time declaring total victory and while mueller denied his report gave the president only generation the president said it wasnt muellers place to do so. >> there is no such opinion. he didnt have the right to exonerate. tha...

Mueller.th >> sean: i would like to knowld why he sent strzok and pages phones back to the manufacturer to get cleaned. by the way, did he fire them or was it mccabe? because mccabe says it wasnt mueller. >> he needs to tread very carefully in this hearing, or he is going to be the subject of an investigation. >> sean: let me tell you something, i dont think bill barr can bail him out anymore than he already did, that was my read on it. was that your read? >> sean, ive got a pretty simple questi...

The president of the united states? i would love to cross examine mueller. >> sean: i would like to know why he sent strzok and pages phones back to the manufacturer to get clean. by the way, did he fire them or did mccabe? because mccabe says it wasnt mueller. >> he needs to tread very carefully in this hearing, or he is going to be the subject of an investigation. >> sean: let me tell you something, i dont think bob barr can bail him out anymore than he already had, that was my read on it. >> ...

>> i wonder because it got me thinking when attorney general barr was testifying to the senate, he was asked about that letter i just mentioned in which we see mr. mueller angrily expressing his displeasure to barr, that barr has been misrepresenting his investigation. and in response to questions about that william barr said effectively he believed that wasnt muellers own writing, that that had been muellers staff that had been writing it. it was a snitty letter in his words, and he believed th...

The mueller report said i cant make a prosecutorial recommendation of an indictment of a sitting president but im going to preserve the evidence and congress should do something about this. >> i wonder, because it got me thinking when attorney general barr was testifying to the senate, he was asked about that letter i just mentioned in which we see mr. mueller angrily expressing his displeasure to barr, that barr has been misrepresenting his investigation. and in response to questions about that...