Trump does not need the report to declare victory. I love this country as much as i can love anything. My family, my country, my god. But what they did, it was a false narrative who it was a terrible thing. We can never let this happen to another president again. I can tell you that. And with that, all the talk of witch hunts and hoaxes and witch hunts and hoaxes and witch hunts and hoaxes is over. Mr. President now, that is certainly a change of heart. Because clearly the president expected Something Else from mueller. In fact, his lawyer, Rudy Guiliani, bluntly said that attorney general barrs memo, was, quote, better than i expected. Barr, of course, says mueller found no collusion with russia. And while mueller didnt reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice, the issue of obstruction. There are many questions tonight. For instance, why President Trump and so many people in his orbit lied about their contacts with russia. Why was former Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort allegedly sharing polling data with a russian with ties to putins intelligence agencies . Why did the Trump Campaign get the gops anti russian stance on ukraine . What are President Trumps financial ties to moscow and how important was that tower in russia . The full Mueller Report may answer some but not all questions. President trump is changing his tune, hiding behind his attorney general but saying he is fine with the full report being released to the public. The attorney general it wouldnt bother me at all. It wouldnt bother him at all. And it would at the at least explain the many actions of Robert Mueller. Dont forget, he criminally charged 37 people and entities, 29 of them russians, six of them trump associates. 199 criminal counts. This is unprecedented. Paul manafort alone will spend the next seven and a half years in prison. He was a chairman of a president ial campaign. This will go down in history, which is why there is more we need to know and releasing the report will be a big step to understanding how mueller came to his conclusions. But whether we see muellers full report or not, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says there are still other crucial questions. Our investigation has always focused on counterintelligence issues. That is, is the president or Anyone Around him compromised in some way. That work has to go on. Thats a crucial question to imagine that we dont know the answer to. Shimon prokupecz is outfront live in washington. We obviously have this fourpage summary and this report. But we all hope we will get to see. But what chairman schiff there is saying, the question of whether the president or Anyone Around him was compromised by russia is a question that was not that we still are working on. Was that even part of muellers investigation, answering that question . Yeah. Of course, it was. And it continues to be something that the fbi and the counterintelligence will always i think counterintelligence investigators will always look for. But i think its very clear from what we saw in the bill barr report, they found no evidence that the russians and people on the with trump and the Trump Campaign colluded with the russians. The idea that there may be some kind of lets say someone may be compromised or the russians may have somehow been able to breach the Trump Campaign is certainly something that Everyone Wants to know more about. Because you have so many people when they were asked questions about their involvement with russians. So many people on the campaign, they had lied about it. So that had always investigators suspicious of that activity so that is an ongoing process in terms of what were the russians up to. But its very clear from the report that we have seen so far, parts that we have seen so far, that really, you know, the fbi did not find that there was anything criminal that was going on. Now counterintelligence is very, very different, as you know, erin. Yeah, it is, obviously. And what kinds of conclusions you could reach from a counterintelligence perspective may not reach a criminal standard when youre talking about things like assets and, you know, foreign governments. When do you think, shimon, that we might get the final report . Right. So the members of congress are saying they want it by april 2nd. Thats probably a little too soon. Thats not going to happen. I think what we saw from department of justice this weekend, they were trying to move quickly. And they did. And i think that should keep everyone optimistic. We know theyre going to continue to work on this report. Theres a report that people should understand is in two parts. You have the obstruction part and then you have the russia collusion part. The russia collusion part is going to be a little more difficult, because thats where youre going to have all the classified and perhaps the grand jury information. Right. On the obstruction stuff, its going to be more about interviews and the work that the fbi was conducting. Maybe well see a lot of what the president was tweeting in that part of the report. So that could be easier. And that could be something that department of justice could do quicker. So we could see it come in part. So we could see the obstruction part first and then at some point, we could see the russia collusion. But obviously i think what everyone really wants to see is the obstruction part of the report. And we may get that sometime in april. Could be sooner. And, of course, you know, then we find today mcconnell basically blocking, you know, the vote from congress to release the whole thing. The president says hes for it. Is that real . Is he really for it at this point obviously would say ive been exonerated. But is that really what he wants . Its hard to say, right, because the president also said, yeah, im willing to sit down with Robert Mueller and his team and never did. The president s lawyers protected him from that. He usually always says, okay, i want to do this, but then, you know, we hear weeks later, days later, he doesnt do it. So i think hes feeling good about it, as he should. And so thats why hes saying, yeah, lets put it out. But i dont think they know exactly everything in there now. Thank you, shimon. I want to go to democratic congressman denny heck, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee. Theyre looking into a lot more things and theres a lot more going on there. So congressman, let me start with you. You and i spoke back in december. There was a whole lot of activity on that day from muellers team, and on that night, you told me, quote, it was the beginning of the end. The walls are closing in on President Trump. Do you feel differently now . No. I dont. I think its hard to look at the accumulation of the number of people in and around him that are closest to him that are going to jail. And conclude anything other than the amount of corruption that associates with this president is beyond any modern historic precedent. Erin, let us remember that in addition to the 39 criminal indictments and the seven guilty pleas or prison sentences, we also still have, count them, for district or regional u. S. Attorneys offices engaged in investigations, we still have a state regulator and i dont know how many local prosecutors are pursuing violations of state laws. So i dont think this is the end of the story at all. So when you say, though, that you know, you stand by the walls closing in, has your Committee Found anything that mueller didnt . Mueller obviously, you know, did not found no collusion with russia. I mean, thats the bottom line. Its very hard to beat around that headline. Yes. And its a headline. And its just that, erin. Just a headline. Look, i have said all along to you onair and i will repeat tonight, im completely prepared to accept the conclusions of bob mueller. But i want to read bob muellers conclusions. What we got was a fourpage distillation by a political appointee of the president. And youll pardon me if i dont take his word directly for it. Besides which i think the American Public deserves to see this work product. Director mueller deserves to be congratulated and thanked for his service. And let us remember that for the last two years, the administration has been engaged in a nonstop hourbyhour attempt to discredit the reputation of bob mueller. Havent heard much of that in the last 48 hours, though, have we, erin. No, obviously, thats been a complete aboutface. But when you say a distillation of the report by a political appointee, are you saying you dont trust the attorney general . No, not at all. Remember, as it relates to this point in particular, im not making that point generally. But remember, attorney general barr on an unsolicited basis submitted a 19page singlespace memo to the department of justice last summer about why it is that they shouldnt pursue an obstruction of justice investigation. So its no surprise that within 48 hours of getting director muellers report, which contemplated or envisioned the interviewing, the 500plus people and tens of thousands of pages of document, he almost instantaneously stuck with his recommendation of last summer. So, yeah. Pardon me. I want to read the report in its entirety and i think the American Public deserves to be able to do that. If his interpretation of it is accurate, what are you going to do . The House Speaker today, nancy pelosi, said she stands by comments from january that President Trump may be compromised by russia. You just heard your chairmanship saying the same thing. Shimon prokupecz saying, look, that was part of the mandate of bob mueller, we dont know what time frame he would have looked at that, but says thats part of the mandate. So you think theres something there on compromise . Or are you guys just grasping at straws . So its good that you ask that question. Because it enables us to remind people that collusion, per se, which has been hiding in playboplain sight doesnt rise to the same level of criminal conspiracy and beyond a reasonable doubt standard. But the fact of the matter is that there is collusion hiding in plain sight. And there has been all along. And there remains, of course, as well the question, erin. Why is it that all these people have lied on behalf of the president for the last couple years . Why are so many people in and around him going to jail . Why did they feel compelled to lie about all of this . And i think the only way we can truly get the answer to that question is if we are able to read the Mueller Report in its entirety. So i want to ask you about congressman schiff. Obviously we played him a moment ago. Chairman of the intelligence committee. He obviously is saying theres evidence of collusion, which, again, the summary says there is not. Because of comments like that, the minority leader, Kevin Mccarthy today has called for schiff to step down from the House Intelligence Committee. Look, whats your point of view . Can he stay . This is your committee. Should schiff remain . Erin, i have been privileged to be able to have Public Service as a part of my life intermittently throughout my entire adult life. I was first elected to Public Office 43 years ago to the state house of representatives in washington. As a consequence, ive served with literally hundreds and hundreds of elected officials. 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New tonight, special counsel Robert Mueller decided three weeks ago that he would not make the decision on whether or not President Trump obstructed justice. So a source is telling cnn that muellers team gave the attorney general, bill barr and the Deputy Attorney general, rod rosenstein, a heads up during a meeting. Three weeks ago, they said were not going to be the ones to make this decision. That conclusion, was, quote, unexpected by bill barr. We dont know what thattence ma means. But now were left with this issue. No procedure not moving forward with obstruction because of the attorney general, bill barrs decision. Outfront now, former federal prosecutor, laura coates, and White House Correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks april ryan. Laura, you say mueller not reaching a decision on obstruction of justice, choosing to say im not the one to make that call, would be dereliction of duty. Why . It is. Because it sounds like he said its a punt. I cant make the decision, you decide. Well, the exact charge that included under muellers mandate was for him to make difficult decisions for 22 months of work to be able to come to a conclusion. To hand it over to barr, who is a political appointee, who already has made his viewpoints wellknown that he already came in with preconceived notions on that particular issue, although rosenstein is a part of it, its as if he is saying, did he commit a crime . Maybe. Thats the actual question we want you to answer for it. So its a punt that could only mean he is trying to punt not in the direction of bill barr but the direction of congress, perhaps. And bill barr, of course, making that decision right now. Thats all weve got. And his letter on the obstruction point. Barr writes, quote, the special counsel states that while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. Thats the most negative thing in that entire letter, right . And barr and rosenstein make the decision. Were not going to go ahead with obstruction of justice. What happens now . Well, i think what happens now is if youre a member of congress, you want to find out what analysis and what facts stood behind that conclusion by mueller, which is excerpted here. To be sure, if barr, since he was going to recommend no charges on obstruction, felt compelled to include that sentence from muellers report in his short letter summary it means there was something there. There must be something there. And what i would like to know, if you imagine there being pros and cons to the charge, barr told us what he thought were the cons and some of those cons, to my mind, dont make much sense. But what were the pros . In favor of that . Why did mueller think it was counter balanced in some way . With reasons to charge and reasons not to charge . And we dont know those reasons to charge. Only the release of the report will answer it. And april, when it comes to this, as laura said, what was bob mueller supposed to do . The former independent counsel, ken starr, not coming from the political point of view, which would leaeach a decision on obstruction. Here is ken starr. Weve got a final line from bill barr, but not from bob mueller. Bob mueller punted. I dont think that was wise on his part. I dont think it was courageous. Starr laid out obstruction of justice and put it out there. Nothing. Im glad to hear ken starr say that. I was around. I was in that white house when he deposed bill clinton. Second term of his presidency. Ken starr started looking at a land deal that went wrong. And it went from a land deal that went wrong into a blue stained dres