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Theyre now bracing for impact. Whatever it may be. Tonight well talk about what might be in the Mueller Report and how much, if any of it we might get to see. Lets go to pamela brown first on how we got here. Nearly two years after it began Robert Muellers special counsel investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election is soon coming to an end. Through his filings, mueller has shown how russians strive to interfere in u. S. Politics, scrutinizing those in trumps orbit as part of that effort. To date, 34 people and three russian entities have been charged with crimes. 26 of whom are russian nationals charged with computer related crimes ranging with hacking the computers and networks of prominent democrats to using social media to sew political discord in the u. S. With the purpose of helping to elect donald trump. The president s allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States. The president always careful to distance himself from those charged. Of the 34 people, many of them were bloggers from moscow or people that had nothing to do with me. Had nothing to do with what theyre talking about or they were people that got caught telling a fib or alie. Even when some of the president s inner circle and those that ran his campaign were found to have violated the law, the president remained defiant. The russia thing is a hoax. I have been tougher on russia than any president maybe ever. It helped reveal how the initial stages unfolded. A Trump Campaign adviser bragged to a foreign diplomat in a bar about what a man with ties to russia called dirt on hillary clinton. That 2016 encounter may have prompted the fbis Counter Intelligence investigation which would eventually become muellers inquiry. Mueller uncovered evidence that trumps long time political adviser roger stone allegedly communicated directly with wikileaks while in coordination with a Trump Campaign official. The substance of those communications are not yet known. I actually have communicated with assange. In 2016, stone bragged about his contacts with wikileaks founder and later denied he had any direct contact with wikileaks. Hes charged with obstruction and making false statements and witness tampering. First of all, he didnt work at the campaign except way in the beginning. The investigation revealed the Trump Campaign chairmans deep ties to prorussian ukrainians and litany of crimes he committed. A judge found he lied about contacts with an associate believed to be linked to russian intel that gave Trump Campaign internal polling data to. His contacts also strike at the heart of the investigation and russian efforts to seek ways of removing sanctions. In this case through a possible peace plan to end conflict through russia and ukraine. He worked for me for a very short period of time. Its very sad what they have done to paul manafort. In convicting the personal attorney, Michael Cohen, the special counsel revealed how the president was pursuing a business deal with russia to build trump tower moscow during much of the election. Cohen even discussing traveling there after the republican convention. The deal fell apart but investigators have been focused on it and why Michael Cohen lied to congress about how long talks of the deal took place. So hes lying to get a reduced sentence, okay . And charging the president s former National Security adviser, the public learned that Michael Flynns contact with russias ambassador to the u. S. Included talks about sanctions and he discussed his conversation with others in the Trump Administration. Discussions within the administration have been raised at various points in the investigation. He talked to white house staffers about the testimony beforehand and manafort had contacts with the white house after being indicted. During the campaign with trump in the room, he says he raised the prospect of using his contacts to set up a meeting between trump and putin President Trump all the while insisted that mueller doesnt have any incriminating evidence on him and repeatedly called the investigation a witch hunt and disgrace. This thing has been a total witch hunt and doesnt implicate me in anyway. There was no collusion, there was no obstruction, there was no nothing. But his attorney seemingly moved the goal post from no collusion involving the campaign to only trump himself. I never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign. Through it all, mueller has remained silent on his findings, refusing to utter a word publ publicly. The Court Allegations inquired were whether or not a Foreign National interfered with the integrity of the 2016 president ial election. Resolving those questions was of critical importance to the legal system and the American Public at large. Well, james comey whose firing lead to the naming of Robert Mueller wrote i have no idea whether the special counsel will conclude whether or not mr. Trump knowingly conspired with the russians in connection with the 2016 election or that he obstructed justice with required corrupt intent. He also said i dont care. I only care that the work be done well and completely. If it is justice will have prevailed and the core of American Values will have been protected. He also comes out against the impeachment and removal because he says some will see it as a coup. Joe lockheart served with president bill clinton. Joe, we hear the white house is nervous. We hear the white house isnt nervous. In a typical administration, what would be going on when the conclusion of a special counsel investigation was believed to be imminent . How does one prepare for that . You would prepare a very detailed response. We face the situation in 1998. We knew the rough outlines of what was in the report but we didnt know what conclusions he would draw and which pieces of evidence and we debated internally. The political people and the lawyers whether we would put our own report together. We ended up putting it together. The Trump Administration will be able to see the report and weigh in on whats in it and whats not in it as far as whats released to the public. So that is a distinct advantage. The one thing that i will say is theres been a number of these things where you know something is coming. Bob woodwards book, for example, they all knew it was coming and this white house doesnt seem to plan a countiy attack. There isnt a lot behind it. Im sure that theyre nervous tonight and theyll probably also have a feeling we have which is no matter whats in it at least well all now know what were fighting about as opposed to chasing after ghosts. Can you explain the latitude that the president has to claim executive privilege on anything that mueller presents to bar and how do you think this is going to be handled. We know however long and short it is, if its given to bar, what happens then . The Justice Department is going to look at it. There could be classified information in the report. There could be a number of things in that report that cant be made public and theyll have to make judgments at the Justice Department as to what can be made public and what cant. Do that end, the White House Councils office is going to have an ability to review the report and exert executive privilege about communications between white house staff and executive branch staff relative to what interviews took place. Courts are going to give great deference to the white house and to the president as it relates to executive privilege. They always do. And nixon, you have to remember that was a subpoena from a court that allowed the tapes to be released and the information to be released. In this instance were likely seeing subpoenas from congress and not a court relative to this issue and theyre going to give great deference to the white house. Now from a political perspective, this goes back to what you were saying. They have to decide what theyre going to do as to transparency. The American Public is going to expect transparency on this and tying it up in a court battle, which it will get tied up in a court battle if they hold too much back is going to be a real problem because theres going to be that drum beat they have to deal with. You heard the president say hed like the report to be released. The White House Council has to make some judgments on that but this is largely going to be a political decision at the end of the day backed up by legal judgment as well. Although its easy to envision when the department of justice reviews it and the white house knows what is in the report and the white house is able to review it for executive privilege. Its not going to stop the president from coming forward and say the report says no collusion and no obstruction of justice, for the president to define whats in the report before the public gets to see what theyre going to see. Theres real advantages here to the last couple of times we have been through this, whether it be clinton or nixon for this white house. Id say the big disadvantage is this president has a reputation all the way through the process of not telling the truth. So i dont think the president himself out there spinning, and i wouldnt have him out there because i think it would be counter productive. Its as influential and my guess is theyll do some sort of report and its very, very hard at this point for the president to say its a witch hunt, no collusion, no collusion, but you cant see the report. I expect there will be a enormous amount of political pressure. This is a president that stands up to pressure. Theres enormous pressure for him to release his tax returns and he thumbed his nose at that. The last point is on executive privilege. The courts do exert deference but if you put a weak claim forward you can harm the presidency. In the clinton case the president decided not to exert executive privilege because he thought this might weaken the presidency. I dont expect donald trump to be thinking a lot about that. I do expect people in the White House Councils office to decide whether they have a strong claim or not. Its going to have to be done with specificity and not just broad brush general assertions of executive privilege. 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Reporting in the New York Times that former Vice President joe biden and top advisers are looking at ways of appealing to Young Democratic voters if he gets into the race. One is to pick a younger African American running mate. Including stacy abrams. I spoke earlier about that and all that may come with a possible biden run with his friend, delaware democratic senator. Vice President Biden may now not announce his candidacy until late april. How late is too april . In terms of donor support . If theres anyone that can afford to wait a little bit longer before announcing, its former Vice President joe biden. Hes probably got a 98 name i. D. Among democratic primary voters and hes got the strongest progressive record among anyone thats currently running or who could run. So i think its fine if theres a couple of more weeks between now and what i am hoping for which is his announcement that hell be running for president. Biden is reportedly considering choosing a running mate before the nomination is sealed up. Perhaps even as he announces. Would that be a smart move in your opinion . There are a lot of good potential running mates out there of those that are both already in the race and folks who are serving. I dont know what joes thinking is on this. My hope is that hes going to get in the race. Hes going to run a bold and Successful Campaign and hell focus on the positives and on the future and at some point hell have a running mate. The name thats being floated now is stacy abrams. Its been reported that they met recent recently. Youve known her since she was in college. Shes been meeting with a lot of candidates. What would she bring to a ticket and do you think this is a wise idea for him to announce that at this stage and with her name . Im torn. Id love it for stacy abrams to run for the u. S. Senate and join me as a colleague and a future Biden Administration would be well served to also be certain that theres a democratic majority in the senate and we need strong candidates in at least five races so we have a strong shot at taking back the senate and she would be one of the strongest candidates to pick up a seat anywhere in the country. In terms of the other option being floated, biden pledging to only serve one term. Theres concerns about age. Theres certainly with Vice President biden. Does that alay concerns . It puts more focus on who he picks for Vice President. Hes capable of serving out two full terms. 63 different candidates. He was the most in demand candidate to help other candidates around the country. He is someone that can fire up the crowd at virtually any state in the country and appeal to americans from any possible background. You were very close to senator mccain, i wonder what your thoughts are and the things being said by the president. Well of all the things that candidate donald trump said that i thought were beneath him and in this case despicable was his criticism of john mccains war record, his record of service and duty and sacrifice as a prisoner of war in vietnam for 5. 5 years was beneath contempt. The ways in which in recent days he has again and again and again criticized and attacked former senator, late senator john mccain, i think are regrettable. He called him out directly and said the country deserves more than this and i hope more of my colleagues will find their voice and challenge the president for the ways hes disrespecting the memory of this honorable veteran that was a genuine war hero. Thank you. Theres a new warning about the marine corps. The reporter