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Wrong-doing and extort them? >> true. >> that are conduct, that unethical conduct can be of a financial nature if they have a motive or business dealing, am i right? >> yes. >> if you behaved in an unethical, unpatriotic, wrong, potentially criminal manner when it comes to another country, thats not just gross and not just a dismaying thing that somebody might say about you. if you have done that, you are compromised by the foreign power. they can use what they know about you. they can expose yo...

But when people act unethically, it exposes them to compromise. particularly in dealing with foreign powers, is that true? >> true. >> because when someone acts unethically in connection with a foreign partner, that foreign partner can later expose their wrongdoing and extort them? >> true. >> and that conduct that unethical conduct can be of a financial nature, if you have a financial motive or illicit business dealing, am i right? >> yes. if you are lying about something that can be exposed, t...

Blackmail by russia, correct? >> those decisions were probably made in the fbi. >> but not in your report, correct? >> not in our report. we referred to the counter intelligence goals of our investigation which were secondary to any criminal wrongdoing we could find. >> lets talk about one add american station official in particular, namely, president donald trump. other than trump tower moscow your report does not address or detail the presidents financial ties or dealings with russia, correct?...

>> true. >> well, the president has told us that he intends to fight all the subpoenas. his continued efforts to interfere with investigations of his potential misconduct certainly reinforce the importance of the process the constitution requires to, quote, formally accuse a sitting president of wrong doing, as you cited in the report. and this hearing has been very helpful to this committee as it exercises its constitutional duty to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment against...

Assistance during a presidential campaign is an unethical thing to do. >> and a crime. >> and a crime. >> a crime given the circumstances, yes. >> to the degree it undermines our democracies and institutions, we can agree its also unpatriotic. >> true. >> and wrong. >> true. >> we should hold our elected officials to the standard higher of mere avoidance of criminality, shouldnt we? >> absolutely. >> the need to act in an ethical manner is not just a moral one but when people act unethically it ...

The two men were in a fight, and one showed up with a gun and another showed up with a knife, and barr won. what the question is for mr. mueller, whats his higher duty? is it to defend his report and does that have -- does that require him to go out beyond his comfort zone when his report is being so eroded by a take no prisoners attorney general barr? >> yeah, and thats actually why im hoping theres two comfort zones in the hearing. muellers and aaron -- >> remember, the mueller report itself d...

Week ago. muellers more than 148-page report clearly shows conduct by the president that at the absolutely most charitable, if you really bend over backwards, demonstrates a profound failure to uphold his oath to faithfully execute the laws of the united states. at the worst, it constitutes not only high crimes and misdemeanors, but actual crimes. for all the coverage weve seen about how the american people havent read the mueller report and dont care about it and dont know whats going on, a qui...

The report said. the president has been lying about it all along. today was the beginning of a serious effort to get the truth to the american people. >> congresswoman, the same question to you. it seems to me the president was successful in lying. he was not exonerated. the counsel made that clear today many, many times. in fact, he is vulnerable for criminal prosecution the second he leaves office. >> you actually are getting to an area that i actually focused on in my questions with mueller, ...

Chancellors office the chancery in the heart of berlin. well in the united states form a special counsel. before 2 separate congressional committees today he spent 5 questions about his investigation which looked into why the president campaign. during the 2016 election but model is famously a man of few words and its unclear whether the committee members will find out anything new from him. this summers biggest blockbuster might not be coming to a theater near you but the committee rooms on cap...

Limit your work. and he attempted to prevent witnesses from cooperating with your investigation. although department policy barred you from indicting the president for this conduct you made clear that he is not exonerated. any other person who acted in this way would have been charged with crimes. and in this nation not even the president is above the law. which brings me to this committees work, responsibility, integrity and accountability. these are the marks by which we who serve on this comm...