Allen Dir News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Law scholar and harvard law school professor allen dir sh wits. what do you think means? scrutiny versus being investigated? there are so many questions being asked as it relates to the trump campaign and ties to russia. we knew jared was going to be asked a lot of questions. >> of course. i don't see this as a major development. for me, as a civil libertarian, it raises great concern. we have a special counsel with a mandate not to investigate crime but to investigate the entire russian matter. and in general, prosecutors are given statutory authority when to investigate only federal statutor...

Kushner was in a lot of meetings with flynn. it's not just about one person. i don't think kushner is necessarily the target of an stigation. veeard that a couple times. i think hs also part of a lot of the meetings. went into meetings with flynn, met with the russian ambassador. so when we look at the flynn scenario, it's about what was discussed? was it quid pro quo? you know, was it regarding sanctions? why did these immediatings happen? are they consistent stories from other parts of the investigation? so when i see under scrutiny, i don't think that's right. i think it's if you're going t...

Campaign promised iran that there would be some quid pro quo if iran held back and didn't release the hostages until after the inauguration of president reagan. so when we start to criminalize things dwoen things we don't like, i get very nervous. >> allen -- >> where is the beef? i still want to know from the special prosecutor what is the statute? what are they investigating? it is obstruction of justice? is it treason? >> i don't have -- >> it is hacking? none of these things seems to me to constitute violations of federal criminal law on the basis of the evidence as i now know it. >> i don...