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Interesting development to say the least. our shimon prokupecz live in washington with the details. >> reporter: it's not exactly clear why this escalation by robert mueller. the issuing of subpoena is a big deal. we know many subpoenas have been issued in this investigation, certainly this subpoena to the trump organization brings the investigation closer to the president's business dealings. "the new york times" is reporting that mueller's team is asking for russia-related documents and the trump organization says they've been cooperating with mueller's team, voluntarily providing informatio...

Would be a violation and something he would have issues with. >> shimon prokupecz, thanks very much. the question now is what does it mean? cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor laura coates. laura, let's start at the tail end big picture with something shimon just said, some people close to the president suggesting this could be a cleanup subpoena, indicating maybe they're close to being done. common sense and legal experience might tell you the opposite, the trump organization wouldn't get subpoena for documents potentially related to russia if this were close to being over. >> tha...

The trump organization says they have been cooperating with mueller's team voluntarily providing information. and one person close to the president is completely downplaying the issuance of this subpoena, calling it a cleanup subpoena. and this comes at a time when the president's lawyers are negotiating a sit-down interview with mueller's team and as you recall, the president has said the investigation certainly of his personal finances would be a red line violation. >> shimon prokupecz in washington with that. thank you very, very much. joining me now, chris stewart of utah, a member of the ...

Buff he was going to check further. he said the driving force of the subpoena, whether it was in fact going down a new line of inquiry or a wrap-up subpoena or a cleanup subpoena which is when you request records as you're getting close to the end of the investigation and trying to tie up loose ends, dana. >> dana: so might not signal a new aggressive approach by the special counselor. >> what we know, the special counsel has been looking at the issue of the united arab emirates and whether there was any financial input into the united arab emirates or a promise of better treatment after the e...

Than once foreign contacts were omitted. i do think as this whole thing goes on it's going to be a challenge for the white house or the people involved with the campaign in providing the same records consistently but to the multiple investigations going on either with the special counsel or in congress. >> it is interesting. and the other bit of news was robert mueller issuing a subpoena to the trump campaign. sources on that side say it is a cleanup subpoena. we don't know what that means. but it shows robert mueller is working here. >> it also reflects his methodical, systematic approach to ...