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This just means that the evidence he has at his disposal is more explosive than we thought. >> barbara, i wanted to get your take on this because this is not the normal run of the mill investigation when you're dealing with the white house. there's executive privilege, all sorts of ways in which the white house can attempt to shield its documents. what do you make of the scope of this document request and whether they're going to be able to get their hands on this material? >> you know, in the reporting we have today described three or four of the categories and it's been reported that the mue...

Investigation and the document request special counsel robert mueller has made of the white house. according to the "the new york times," the document request provide the most details of yet and show that several aspects of its inquiry are focused on squarely on mr. trump's behavior in the white house. they report that the requests include dpoocuments about the president's oval office meeting with russian diplomats on the day after he fired james comey, documents related to the firing of michael flynn and documents pertaining to the white house response to questions about donald trump jr.'s ca...

Guess what, the positive press, which donald trump may actually prize more than loyalty to his congressional republicans. one gop operative on this point explaining -- we got used to the new normal of chaos, maybe the new normal is betrayal for really no reason. another factor interesting, trump may be insulated from some of this allegedly bad news. you may know about i. i may know about it. he may not. instead of being able to march into the oval office and hand him the latest breitbart headline is playing with his fiercest nationalist reporters, aides supposeing this decision may have to go ...

Are on a collision course. they are heading toward a constitutional confrontation that could lead to a crisis. >> one sure way to determine whether the white house and special counsel are indeed on a collision course and heading towards a constitutional confrontation will be whether the white house complies with the document request. as the times reports, this marks the first time the special counsel has asked the white house to voluntarily comply with a document request. so what will be the response? joining me now is "the new york times" washington correspondent michael schmitt. michael, goo...

Now asking the white house for documents related to flynn, and they've questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid by the turkish government during the final months of the trump presidential campaign. this according to people close to the investigation who spoke with the times tonight. now, the request is reportedly not yet any kind of formal subpoena. but it is to be clear a new step. quote, the document request is the first known instance of mueller's team asking the white house to hand over records. president trump's lawyers know that any resistance to this would only speed up m...