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Least. >> amanda, what if we learn that the person indicted was a big player in the trump campaign? what happens then? >> like i said, it's something that we have to determine as more information comes out, but as he was saying, you know, all of this that draws in people from the dnc, the fec filings, all of the ts that weren't crossed and is that weren't dotted, it does lead to speculation and it's not very often that i sympathize with tom perez, but he took over the dnc at a time when a lot was in turmoil. you've got tom perez saying, nope, i have no idea. i don't know what's going on. you'v...

Once again, to the report that the federal grand jury in washington has approved the first charges in the investigation headed by robert mueller. joining me now, peter emerson, democratic strategist and huffington post contributor, and amanda head. with a welcome to you both, first to you, peter, what are you hearing about all of this and how big a deal this all might be? >> the mueller investigation and the sealed indictment? very, very serious. i think as the former attorney you just had on suggested, it's not meant just to bring someone in with a criminal indictment and, therefore, pressuri...

Line extended by a million by american express. and unfortunately the middle class will suffer in all of this, whether it's the loss of benefits that are going to be taken away from them as well as the fallacy that somehow they're going to benefit from major, major tax cuts, which they're not. >> amanda, do you want to comment on that? >> yeah. i mean there obviously are a lot of complaints about the new tax plan, but here's the thing. the ultimate goal is tax relief for a majority of people, preferably the middle class, which i think that will happen with doubling the standard deductions. you...

Aspect where we start working together and defending each other. >> i actually can relate to your analogy there because i've got a couple of brothers. peter, i want to ask you about steve bannon. does he still have the president's ear, do you think? and don't you think this has already gotten ugly? >> it has gotten already quite ugly and it will get uglier. bannon still and always has had the president's ear. i've never believed for a moment that bannon leaving the white house was anything more than a convenient separation. he is doing the bidding of the president. let's be clear, trump's inte...

Can come together on and have this impetus of community within d.c., that maybe this will be it. >> so then you're saying republicans, they're going to raise the national debt. it's always been my understanding that that is not the republican way. >> right. >> i think that initially it might be, but i think that -- i think that with -- with tax cuts, i think it will even out. >> certain budget crunching numbers would disprove that, but i guess all the details remain to be seen completely. can i ask you quickly, amanda, about the gop civil war. "the washington post" was reporting that a super p...