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Your indictment, but that doesnt mean you stop your investigation? >> well, lets be clear. the evidence of wrongdoing, as many of my colleagues have suggested, is hiding in plain sight. we have the rough transcript of the july 25th call, where donald trump pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain, and thereby solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election. that undermines our national security and its textbook abuse of power. we have the whistleblower co...

But quid pro quo has a number of very innocent meanings in everyday life. almost every business transaction involves something exchanged for something else. mick mulvaney was recently trying to make the point that quid pro quos appear in foreign policy all the time. >> i have news for everybody, get over it. there is going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> that is true. foreign policy is often founded on a demand of another country in exchange for something of value from the united...

Just played there doesnt necessarily suggest anything criminal and its hard to tell exactly whats going on and with the obvious caveats weve all misdialed on our mobile phones, here is the problem with mayor guiliani at this point. his mission as far as we understand it from all of the reporting was to try and make joe biden and hunter biden look swampy. but the conversation while it may not suggest any criminality or specific wrongdoing, makes him look more swampy and by extension to the extent...

Lawyer is a never trumper. the other problem is -- hey, everybody makes mistakes. mike pompeo, everybody makes mistakes. >> reporter: trump again claiming hes being persecuted unfairly while turning the focus to his potential 2020 rival joe biden despite no evidence of wrongdoing, trump again hammering the former vice president and his family. >> when a man walks away who has no talent, no skill, no experience with $1.5 billion out of china, when he walks away with 168,000 a month for him and hi...

If the president was trying to do it to protect the country, then it would be okay. final question for set ed foley. if the president doesnt pursue the path of owning the quid pro quo, does he have any other legal defense to the underlying charges, that you see? >> well, yes, in the sense -- this may be more for the senate republicans than the president. i think there would be a principled position to take that even if the president acted improperly, the question is, what is the remedy? you ca...

Wreck-ittralph and thats why ty the price. if mike flynn had gone to retirement and paul manafort wouldve never come back to politics they wouldve had the wonderful retirement. they had the audacity to help donald trump and that was unforgivable to the deep state, the swamp, and these disgusting actors in the obama administration. we have to keep saying it, jason. this all happened under barack obama. i believe barack obama knew what exactly the wrong doing or at least new in a broad sense the w...

Utilizing our criminal statutes or our foreign surveillance abilities on u.s. citizens. any of them from clapper and brennan to comey, or those that have such power should be concerned. we, as a country, want to know that those who have that kind of power are not above the law. and we can investigate them as much as any regular, ordinary citizen. ed: very serious charges. they have obviously denied wrong-doing. something we will stay on top of. bret, we appreciate you coming in. >> thank you. ed...

Ralph and really take it to the swamp and the way its done. thats why they pay the price. if mike flynn had gone to retirement and paul manafort wouldve never comee back toon politics, they wouldve had the wonderful retirement. they had the audacity to help donald trump, and that was unforgivable to the deep state, to the swamp, and to these disgusting actors in the obama administration. finally, we have to keep saying it, jason. which is: this all happened under barack obama. i believe barack o...

Wreck-ittralph and thats why ty the price. if mike flynn had gone to retirement and paul manafort wouldve never come back to politics they wouldve had the wonderful retirement. they had the audacity to help donald trump and that was unforgivable to the deep state, the swamp, and these disgusting actors in the obama administration. we have to keep saying it, jason. this all happened under barack obama. i believe barack obama knew what exactly the wrong doing or at least new in a broad sense the w...

Here. just lay it out there. what is the motivation for barrs investigation? >> well on the one hand critics certainly say that its play indicating the president. and looking into the presidents conspiracy theories of how this russia investigation was started. theres also concern that the president is weaponizing his own justice department to do his political bidding, which is often how hes viewed his justice department. but the president and his allies would say that theres real questions about...