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Manafort and that russian attorney who goldstone said had incriminating information on hillary clinton. and he of course as you'll recall also said that the russian government was trying to help the trump campaign. so of course mueller's team would want to learn more about what was behind that? goldstone has told people around him he was just goosing up the language, exaggerating it to get the meeting. but mueller's team will want to get to the bottom of it to see if there was some broader conspiracy and get his account of what what happened in that meeting. >> one other interesting part here ...

Our sources telling us the president is expected to dese decertify the deal. this is a destabilizing force beyond the nuclear program. >> reverse and kick it to congress. i want to talk about russia because we're learn new details about the investigation. robert mueller's team interviewed the author behind that infamous dossier. i thought that dossier was out of our life. i was hoping it would be. now it's back. >> reporter: yeah, rearing its salacious head. members of robert mueller's team traveling to interview christopher steele who authored the dossier. this is according to a source close ...

To jail. >> laura coates you agree with that? >> there could be some finessing and massagic in a federal employee bargain or some sort or a combination. and frankly a prosecutor worth his or her salt would probably look for that particular negotiation and that massaging. because when you do that you're not only able to hook a big fish but also able to get the information to hook a larger one. or parallel in his gravitas in the investigation. there is room for the prosecutors and his team and of course mueller's and his team, they do have the upper hand. manafort is not in an elect position or ...

Of course mueller and his team. they do have the upper hand. manafort is not in an elect position or unique position to be able to hold the cards and call the shots. not if you're going back 11 years in financial crimes and not if mueller has the ability investigate it. >> let's talk about these tax returns. as pam pointed out mueller would have needed the deputy ag rosenstein to sign-off on the -- before getting trump's tax returns. legally do you think mueller can make the case if necessary? >> make the case for what? making the case to figure out if donald trump somehow has an irs or irs st...

Investigation, saying that it would cross a red line if the investigation went beyond russia. what is your reaction to that? >> well, of course mueller has the discretion to do that. and we expect him to do that. because we want him to follow the facts and the money if that's where it leads him. and it's also important to note that given that the record will show that according to don jr., anyway, in 2008, there is a disproportionate amount of russian money, russian asset in the trump portfolio. it's hard to see how if he went into the finances generally, he wouldn't discover russian assets. a...