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Attorney general's explanation just a few minutes ago that he interpreted the question to mean did you talk to the russians as a surrogate for the campaign about the campaign. the answer was no. question wasn't did you ever talk to russians at any time during the campaign. the public can decide for themselves because you ran the entire thing if the answer was truthful. if then senator sessions interpretation of the question was a fair one on the basis of the context. i happen to think it was. but the public will decide for themselves. this is not the type of case where a person is prosecuted f...

All everybody was talking about is his attorney general. >> neil: especially after a couple days after the address of congress. you mentioned something interesting here. obviously this conversation got out there that he had with the russian ambassador. follows similar leaks not only involving general flynn and his conversations, but even down to the australian prime minister's conversation, that phone call between he and the president. that also got out there from someone in the state department, a lot of leaks. >> the great thing about being a journalist in washington, there's a lot of leaks....

Coming out -- as gregg said, kudos to you for running the entire question and answer. i consider this another trip wire. the obama administration put down trip wires for this sort of thing. let me be clear by that. "the new york times" reported overnight about how these intelligence officers are whispering about the scene s about contacts. this is benign. he answered the question clearly. on the drive here, i listened to npr, which i sometimes do. there was a former intelligence officer that got the question about well, do you believe this to be sinister. he said it's all sinister. they took i...

Revealed quite a bit. i'm wondering, is this a continuation of that and who is doing it? >> yes. the people that are doing it are clearly the former staffers that are involved in the obama white house. i don't want to sound like a conspiracy guy. there's something going on here. you have former members of the intelligence committee, of the hill, the state department all working together to get information which is either embarrassing or misleading out. let me be clear. i don't believe what jeff sessions said is going to be contradicted that what came out. it's inindictment by implication. i re...

I have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign. i did not have communications with the russians. and i'm unable to comment on it. >> neil: you see why we did that. we want you to understand the entire context of the question. it was a valid question from senator franken. it was done in the context that are you acting as a surrogate for the trump campaign. you know the drill. that was the context in which the attorney general at the time is answering that. is it a distinction? is it worth mentioning in the attorney general tried to clarify that. lindsey graham seemed to be signal...