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In it. republicans celebrate the news of no new indictments. the democrats point to the more than dozen people, some close to the president, charged by the department of justice. lauren blanchard with us. where things stand for those currently in trouble. >> well, leland, so the attorney general is at the doj reading this report. the almost two year long investigation did end yesterday without new criminal charges and a senior do jchj tells that mue is not recommending any other indictment. that...

Tonight we got a joint statement with equities in the fight from intelligence, judiciary oversight, finance, foreign affairs and weighs and means. the justice department must now release to the public the entire report submitted by special counsel mueller to the attorney general to ensure congress can discharge the constitutional responsibilities, we expect the underlying evidence uncovered during the special investigation will be turned over to the relevant committees upon request. underlying e...

Nothing short of treasonous because it is the betrayal of the nation. he is giving comfort to the enemy. >> laura: ken, aid and comfort to the enemy, treasonous. we had renowned historians saying the same thing. any repercussions here? especially as we call the deep state, folks? >> on the deep state, we shall see. i do have great confidence in michael horowitz, the inspector general. well see what his report -- and i know there have been comments, why dont we see that report? but its s very sim...

Make up their own minds. peoples minds are already made up politically. >> shannon: kaley, quick final word to you. >> what i would say is this. zack talks about those around the president convicted of saying things entirely unrelated to the president. pretty sure if we scrutinize any other democratic candidate this way, you would find some wrongdoing there, too. this president has been the most investigated man in america based on no probable cause. tonight hes the most exonerated man in americ...

Bridge in america. it also speaks to the need to have a report out so people can make a own mind. there is a remarkable division in peoples minds are made a politically. shannon: bar pledged that repeatedly during the campaign. >> back talks about those around the president convicted of saying things are related to the president, pretty much scrutinized any other democratic candidate this way you would find wrongdoing their too. to end, this president has been the most investigated man in americ...

Clinton, about bruce orr and andy mccabe and lisa page and peter strzok. for the department to maintain they never provide information in cases that doesnt result in an indictment is simply not true and 880,000 pages demonstrate that. they did so because there was an intense public interest and need to know and because congress insisted and the case for public disclosure here with allegations that are far more serious is much more compelling. in the case of hillary clinton who did not win the el...

Investigation that the clinton e-mail investigation in which no one was indicted. information about hillary clinton, about bruce orr and andy mccabe and lisa page and peter strzok. for the department to maintain they never provide information in cases that doesnt result in an indictment is simply not true and 880,000 pages demonstrate that. they did so because there was an intense public interest and need to know and because congress insisted and the case for public disclosure here with allegati...

Means no wrongdoing. >> now, i dont know whats in the report. nobody does. i do know, however, that mueller wound up indicting 34 people, including six trump campaign officials. >> some democratic lawmakers are going public with fear that attorney general barr might try to touch base with the presidents legal team before revealing the report to lawmakers, but the top republican on the house judiciary committee is brushing off those concerns based on the way things have gone so far. >> no ones in...

Subject to accountability. because the justice department maintains that a sitting president cannot be indicted, to then withhold evidence of wrongdoing from congress because a sitting president cannot be charged is to convert the justice department policy into the means for a cover-up. anything less than full transparency would raise serious question about whether or not the department of justice policy is being used as a pretext for for a cover-up of misconduct. are you saying that in this let...

If indeed the document is released in its entirety, even without redactions and it doesnt show in wrong-doing, specifically on the part of the president, then theres a big thud. they didnt uncover anything that could lead to the possibility, arthel, of articles of impeachment. that is i think the fear that some democrats have right now. but they say they want to see all of the information that mr. mueller has uncovered during the course of his investigation, all of the interviews that hes conduc...