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In ukraine. in one of the filings defending a search warrant executed on his apartment last summer, prosecutors revealed the warrant authorized them to seize communication records, documents and other files involving any of the attendees of the meeting at trump tower as well as ar ras and emin la rove. i'm joined by david ignatius. whose latest piece is we know an awful lot abomanafort in the russia. joining him. what are you driving about in that piece? >> i wanted to make a couple points. first, even if donald trump were to fire special counsel robert mueller, there is so much evidence that'...

The investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russian interference in the 2016 election. late last night after we got off the air, mueller's team entered three new filings in the case against the president's former campaign chairman paul manafort who is facing two criminal trials related to his prior work in ukraine. in one of the filings defending a search warrant executed on his apartment last summer, prosecutors revealed the warrant authorized them to seize communication records, documents and other files involving any of the attendees of the meeting at trump tow...

We don't trust the big government because people have rights. now you have the democrats seeming to give carte blanche to the fisa court and the way it operated with this application for the warrant and so forth. this is legitimate for congress to one of these documents why are they not getting this information in a timely fashion? >> a couple points. i think it's right, and brett sort of underscores it. it's a perennial debate. it isn't democrat versus republican. it is the hill versus doj. plays out all the time. why are they getting it? here is what the department would say i think it's pre...

Order. to pick up on a couple points, the significance of this can't be overstated including for the president's agenda. paul ryan obviously not only reluctant house speaker, but a reluctant trump supporter. and think about what happened during health care. there were a number of different tries to get health care passed. the president pointing the finger at paul ryan to some extent. and then fast forward to tax reform. ultimately they did get tax reform passed. and you saw these two leaders really mend not only their relationship but their working relationship move iing forward. important to ...

>> what do those people have in common? they don't work for the trump administration anymore, so scott pruitt is hoping not to join that list. >> thanks very much. let's get some perspective from david riff kin. he is a constitutional lawyer formerly worked for the department of justice. he also works with scott pruitt, knows him personally. when you see all these allegations against him, you know him well. david, what do you think? >> let me just make a couple points. for example, the facts are not correct about most of the allegations. look at the the apartment issue. there is a memo that's ...