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Supposed to play a role in the campaign and it was not part of obstruction that we know of. those are the two issues mueller is looking at. he sent this subpoena to the trump organization. so the question is what is it about? we know in 2017, last year, it came about trump tower -- moscow. a deal that was being put together for that that the president had signed a term sheet about. >> mr. mueller here apparently not inclined to heed the warning from the president, that red line that president trump urged him not to cross, and that red line being, michael, a look into his business practices, co...

Why issue the subpoena? >> it's hard to glean their strategy, but one reason may be to make it a little more public than a private sort of unofficial phone call to try and get documents, or it may be that mueller's team wants to do everything by the book. and so far they really have. when they issue a subpoena such as this, it's incumbent upon the recipient to either opposite it or -- this is what defense attorneys do all the time. they pick up the phone, they call the prosecutor and say, what is this? are you interested in limiting the scope? what exactly are you looking for? and mueller's te...

The president. they've gone back and forth with mueller trying to find out what questions he has, seeing if there's a different way, if there's time limits they can put on it, if there's a way to narrow the scope of an open-ended interview. the president is someone who likes to talk and will talk for a long time when asked a question. that's sort of this ongoing thing that's going on. >> michael schmidt from the "new york times" with us on the phone with breaking news. the special counsel's office issued a subpoena to the trump organization for documents related to russia, related to the presi...

To be over, at least trump's lawyers did. >> breaking news we're following at the bottom of the hour, according to michael schmidt at "the new york times," special counsel robert mueller has issued a subpoena for documents about russia from the trump organization. we can tell you that nbc news has reefached out to the white house and they referred us to attorneys for the trump organization. michael, what more do we know about whether the president actually plans to sit down for a conversation with mr. mueller? >> that's a real big opening question. the president's lawyers didn't want him to do...

It was clear that the russians were playing a big role, paul manafort's connections to russia, pro russia people in the ukraine. all this was an issue at the time and he was trying to deflect from that. the fact he continued to deflect with that, with his security clearance form is one of the issues mueller is looking at and one of the issues he is under investigation. >> and jim, you are talking directly to putin's press secretary who test you, this new reality creates a perfect opportunity for mass disturbances and initiating mass support or disapproval. they feel they've been effective and ...