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Upon us to look at, continue to investigate russia's interference in our election, harden our election systems, and hold this administration and other people who played in that process accountable. >> do you think that they have been held accountable, congresswoman? >> i think yes and no. i think with regard to these counterintelligence risk, let's just take jared kushner for example. i believe that he is a walking, talking counterintelligence risk given his numerous unreported contacts with the russians and others, given the tremendous leverage that they have over him due to his debts and so ...

We have to something like this happening again in 2020? >> well, i also think director mueller was quite clear on the russians have never really gone away. and why would we be surprised by that? because the president has made no serious attempt to hold them accountable. but he said they haven't really gone away, and that they are preparing for 2020 and beyond. and so it's really incumbent upon us to look at, continue to investigate russia's interference in our election, harden our election systems, and hold this administration and other people who played in that process accountable. >> do you ...

Former fbi director james comey wrote in an op-ed about the mueller report. in it, he makes the argument that he hopes that president trump is not impeached. this is the quote. i hope that mr. trump is not impeached and removed from office before the end of his term because if mr. trump were removed from office by congress, a significant portion of this country would see this as a coup, and it would drive those people farther from the common center of american life, more deeply fracturing our country. what do you think, jamal? >> i think this entire op-ed just feels like so much james comey. o...

January when he said he had no role in his son-in-law's receiving those clearances. >> i don't think any of us are surprised anymore when the president lies about process and counterintelligence issues. but let's just talk about what this actually means. in layman's terms the president of the united states knowingly directed his team to give a potential counter intelligence risk, jared kushner, access to the most sensitive information in the country. he discounted what experts said and put each and every american at risk because jared kushner is roaming the halls of the west wing. according to...

New president and russia and then seeing how he fired comey over the russia investigation. and this profound worry that the president was a counterintelligence risk, that he was, perhaps, not doing the bidding of the united states but doing the bidding of russia. it is exactly what adam schiff has been saying about why he's doing an investigation in the house intelligence committee. this issue has not gone away which is the stuff of spy fiction which is like which side is the president on? >> jeffrey, susan, chairman, thank you very, very much. we have breaking news right now. first on cnn, ...