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We're back now with the breaking news. special counsel mueller agreeing to testify publicly before congress on july 17. not that far off. just a couple weeks. after he was subpoenaed. he's going to testify in front of congress july 17. speaking to two committees. joining me now illinois congressman. a member of the intelligence committee. one of the committees that will be allowed to question him. thank you, congressman. what do you want to know from the special counsel? >> there's so much. one of the things that we like to know is he said there was insufficient evidence of the conspiracy. wha...

Laundering and illicit use of the financial system that we should be able to know whether there's ongoing wrongdoing in the executive branch and finally, you know, whether from a counter intelligence standpoint, payments were made by the russians to president trump or family members and therefore, that could be the basis for kompromat or manipulation of trump officials today. to the endangerment of our national security. so so many purposes were set forth by the judges. that's precedent that would be used in future cases. >> congressman raja krishna moore think gets the last word on the subpoe...

Laundering and illicit use of the financial system that we should be able to know whether there's ongoing wrongdoing in the executive branch and finally, you know, whether from a counter intelligence standpoint, payments were made by the russians to president trump or family members and therefore, that could be the basis for kompromat or manipulation of trump officials today. to the endangerment of our national security. so so many purposes were set forth by the judges. that's precedent that would be used in future cases. >> congressman raja krishna moore think gets the last word on the subpoe...

Counsel investigation may still be targets of an ongoing counter intelligence investigation. if we were to release their names that could really hinder those ongoing investigative efforts. >> right. separate from the mueller intelligence reporting. so jonathan, if some of these materials are held back from public release, is that something that could still be seen by the judiciary committee or the so-called gang of 8 senators? >> listen, yes, it is, but i think it's really important to understand how unique this reporting is by mueller. it's what i refer to as a convergence of the three cs -- ...

To make is we did not use that as a source for our intelligence community assessment. it was based on traditional intelligence sources. our whole point, though, in briefing then president-elect trump about it was, i felt strongly and i think we all did that we owed it to him to warn him that it was out there, without respect to the content. jim comey was particularly concerned from a counter intelligence standpoint, because rush russians will use compromise whether it's real or contrived, if they can, to exert levera leverage. jim felt we should at least warn him about that. that was the whole...