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Hurt hillary clinton. republican donors are now facing a new reality. this really happened. let's discuss with cnn political commentator and the former lieutenant governor of south carolina, andre bower and the former communications director for the jeb bush presidential campaign, tim miller, both republicans here with us. thanks for being here. first to you, andre, cnn reporting that this latest development, the e-mails here and the meeting, in the russia story are starting to make republican donors and activists nervous. does this make you feel a little uneasy? >> i don't know that it makes ...

>> what do you mean don't get caught? >> if you rob a bank and don't get cash -- she wasn't investigated. they let it go. >> andre, this isn't just about the law, okay? you want to make this just about the law. just because -- if you try to rob a bank and you failed, that is still a crime. >> you still get prosecuted. >> just a minute. hold on. hold your thought. tim. >> yeah. >> hold your thought because i just want to point out, andre, what you just said about they tried to investigate and let the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails go, that is not true. but back to the conversation...

Campaign. we know he went to a meeting where it was reported he tried to set up a back channel with russia. i think if this was not a son-in-law, i think that, you know, the appropriate course would be for him to take a leave of absence and not have a security clearance until this investigation is over. because he's a son-in-law, that creates these uncomfortable issues so i don't know if i agree exactly what representative flores is proposing but i think the nepotism laws need to be looked at for sure. >> i'll give you the last word, andre. >> i know we in the media continue to talk about this...

Enjoying but in the meantime, let's turn our attention back to the russia investigation, the news about don junior, his e-mails, his meeting and in fact we're just learning, this just crossing as we're speaking, that special counsel mueller is going to bring in an fbi official who oversaw the clinton e-mail investigation. andre, a little irony here? >> well, i hope it's not just irony. i hope when we investigate russia, we don't just investigate one side. whether it's uranium 1 or donations to the clinton foundation or calls directly from putin to bill clinton, or speaking fees, i think the am...

The clintons as well and that was one of the candidates in this race so i think the american people want to know all the facts, not just part of the facts and not just one side of the political equation. >> tim, what's your reaction? >> donald trump is the president right now. what the american people need to know is if -- and i think we already know, but the question is, the extent to which the president and his closest advisers knew that they received help from a country that is our enemy on the world stage. >> they didn't receive help. >> that's trying to undermine us, that's trying to crea...