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The complaint is broader than that and that is one part of it. >> so the complaint is a written document that has been shown in unredacted form to members of the intelligence committee and to congressional leadership? >> correct, and its a classified document. >> is there any expectation that it will go through a declassification process so that it can be shown at least in part to the public? >> i assume so. i think thats something that the white house realized theyre going to have to do here. a...

But those people in government who need to know what was discussed, you know, folks who deal with that particular country have a chance to read it. one of the issues that is part of this complaint is how the conversation was dealt with. it was not dealt with in that typical manner. so why was it not dealt with that way? why were the alarms raised? why was it different? and now we start to see a bit of a fuller picture here. we were very concentrated obviously on the transcript, but the complaint...

Engaged moving forward on contempt citations for two other cabinet secretaries, wolf. >> lots going on, on capitol hill. phil mattingly, thank you very much. democratic congressman john garamendi is a member of the services committee. thank you for joining us. you heard they will hold hearings on what they call lessons learned from the mueller report. could these hearings persuade more of your colleagues, perhaps more americans to actually support opening formal impeachment proceedings? >> well,...

Hunt, some of the worst human beings on earth. >> right. this is a continuing problem for him, that contradiction, because if robert mueller testifies before congress and if he merely reads or summarizes the evidence on obstruction of justice, its devastating, and its not one thing. its ten or 11 examples of obstruction of justice. and he can claim all the exoneration he want, but when you look at the fact, and people will look at the facts more if its on television as opposed to a written docum...

Knows it. we all know it. and what we dont know is how much damage, how long this damage is going to last. >> by the way, angela merkel grew up in the east german system. >> yes. >> so, she knows lies. i mean, you know -- its pretty extraordinary. the -- also, the president seems to be having it both ways. he claims the mueller investigation exonerated him, but at the same time, you know, its this witch hunt, some of the worst human beings on earth. >> right. and, you know, this is a continuing ...

Perhaps the president or others in his inner circle on campaign finance charges. and the question here will be whether the government has already gotten what it needed out of ami or whether it needs their testimony on an ongoing basis in further prosecutions and where that leads us. that for me is the most important point to watch right >> jill, are you keeping an eye on the southern district of new york, as well? >> i am and agree withia joyce said. id like to go back to what stu said. i think ...

We cant do it. theres no controversy here. if the government reopens, thats fine. >> something i didnt know was that the house of representatives and the senate have to pass a formal resolution inviting the president. she can stop that resolution. she has veto power over whether the state of the union takes place. thats pretty bad ass right there. >> she said if he wants to do it, submit it in writing, a written document, or do it from the oval office. >> he doesnt want to do it from the oval of...

The last few days, though, is that his defense team made a decision to try to have it both ways, and in their pleading to the judge, they argued that, in part, yes, he pled guilty, but he also was perhaps not quite aware of the circumstances of the interview, maybe didnt understand that it was wrong to lie, and they inferred some things in that document. the judge took them seriously, and so he ordered that the fbi release the written record, the written document, which is called the 302 of the ...

Now youve got michael cohen saying, yes, this was the purpose of the payments, and i was doing it at the direction of the candidate. now we have ami actually admitting the same thing, saying, yes, the company did this to influence the election, and theyre admitting it it in a non-profit grunsy group. it all ties themselves together with the president himself, so it really is a key piece of evidence that makes the glue of putting these puzzle pieces together. >> rudy giuliani sat down and talked ...

Problem for the president is not michael cohen but the corroborating evidence that we have. you just played one piece of that, the written document, the tapes, the people who were in the room with the president while he was in the room. and so its just -- you know, this type of evidence is what we would consider prima facie and it really speaks for itself. >> what do you think the presidents messaging should be on this? >> we take our job very, very seriously and were going to do our job. when w...