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Behind the unmasking and leaking of mesh citizens' -- american citizens' names. so he's going to be investigating a lot of people he used to work with and who used to work for him. can he be objective about that. paul: yeah, that's a very big ask, dan. there are some people who say, look, this is great for republicans because it means you can now see -- particularly on capitol hill, look, this is taken care of over here. we'll ignore that. anytime they're asked about it, don't comment. just say mueller's doing it and let's get on with business. >> well, it would be nice to believe that, and th...

Characterized his role in the campaign incorrectly saying he had a limited role. in terms of transparency, what is the white house doing? they are losing a lot of credibility this week? >> i have been watching these hearings with the intelligence committee and fbi direct comey, and he said it was clear there's an investigation going on about russia's actions in our election and also about wrong doing with members of the trump campaign. when there's an investigation going on, the white house has no business commenting on any of it. what i would advise this white house to say is you will not com...

Officials, don't comment on politically sensitive matters so close to a presidential election. >> first, i'm not sure i completely agree with that. 1992, the clintons benefitted when wineberger was indicted days before the election. subsequently did not move forward and was found innocent, if you will. when it benefitted the clintons, they didn't have a problem then in 1992, when it benefitted subsequently president clinton. at the end of the day, all of this stems from hillary clinton's actions, wolf. this wasn't made out of whole cloth. it was her decision to have a private server. it was he...

Ryan you can speak to this. by not influence the outcome of the election, he may be influence the outcome of the election. >> yeah and i think the driving factor was he believed it was going to leak out no matter what and he wanted to control the release of this and you know would it have been so bad if it had leaked out and the fbi had just maintained its normal posture and say they don't comment on an ongoing investigation and we it's facts come out later? you know i don't know. maybe that's -- that's the way these things typically happen is they just don't comment. by commenting, he's opene...

You don't want him to release -- >> so that's my question then. ryan, you can speak to this. >> yeah. >> by not trying to influence the outcome of an election he may be influencing the outcome by the way he's handling it. >> yes, i believe the driving factor is he believed it was going to leak out no matter what and he wanted to control the release of this. and, you know, would it have been so bad if it leaked out and the fbi maintained its normal posture and say that they don't comment on an ongoing investigation and the facts come out later? you know, i don't know. maybe that's -- that's the...