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Do any of those quotes disturb you, mr. director? i m not certain i would s say how do you react to them? well it s probably problematic is an understatement, in terms of whether it displays, in terms of giving some i don t know, hope or some boost to what is and should be illegal activity. problematic is an understatement. could be the theme of the day. robert mueller saying the president s encouragement, his praise, his promotion of the way russians were releasing the information they had hacked and stolen to help his campaign, robert mueller saying today that that was a boost to illegal activity. and problematic, to say the least. and immediately after that sort of showstopping moment in the hearing, robert mueller went on to suggest that other interactions between the trump campaign, people associated with ....
Behind closed doors with the intel committee in the house. it was a closed door hearing. therefore we do not know what happened there, be you that happening without much fanfare is a bit of a poo for the intelligence community because other mueller personnel are having a hard time getting in the door. the justice department is trying to block two of mueller s prosecutors from appearing at all. neither is a justice department employee anymore. technically the justice department doesn t get to say what they do. now that they have gone back to private life. nevertheless the justice department is trying to block them from appearing next week. we still don t know what s going to happen here. we hope to get some clarity on what s going to happen at least before mueller starts his testimony wednesday. it s possible we may get more clarity tonight. we have a person from the ....
This administration for the democrats in congress, but they did get hope hicks in to testify, but she totally stuck to the script, or so we re hearing. handing the house judiciary committee a whole lot of no comments. this white house is claiming absolute immunity, something that committee chair jerry nadler said they will, quote, destroy in court, but that takes time. tennessee democrat steve cohen was in the closed door hearing. congressman, always a pleasure to have you on the show. first, am i right or wrong that she was not answering questions? well, they exercised immunity and she abided by it for everything from january 20, 2017 from the trump administration, so there were no answers at all. before the campaign she had a limited recall and didn t remember any of the things that possibly could have occurred. either she was just didn t listen in all those meetings or she really wasn t there. ....
Closed door hearing. that s it. showed up. she refused to answer questions about her time in the trump administration or the transition as the new york times says, no, she even refused to identify the location of her west wing office. the real question is why did anyone bother? in a letter to the committee, the white house said hicks is absolutely immune from testifying. democrats seeking cooperation were clearly frustrated. almost every question i ve observed, you know, she is refusing you know to answer and that s a problem and you know saying that she s dock it at the behest of the white house that she s doing it at the behest of the white house. she doesn t have to follow these orders. there is no penalty if she didn t follow it. they are trying to cover up to prevent congress from finding the facts and for the american people to know the full truth. but house judiciary chairman ....
Senate. and getting reelecting. everything that goes to the core of what this country has been about, the rule of law, the support of institutions like the fbi, cia, et cetera, those things are secondary. it doesn t surprise me we didn t hear the kind of aggressive pushback. here s the thing and you know this from covering this president for since the beginning of his run for the presidency. there are no consequences. whatever the president says, whatever the president does, there have never been consequences for his actions. he s defied subpoenas. what s the consequence? nobody is being halled off to capitol hill. the house isn t commanding secret service or other law enforcement officers to go in and haul those individuals who have been subpoenaed. how is hope hicks coming to a closed door hearing being represented by white house counsel. that s unheard of. there s no pushback. there s no consequences for what ....