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Son-in-law, also a white house senior adviser. "the new york times" says, federal prosecutors in brooklyn have sought bank records about entities associated with the family company of jared kushner. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, according to four people briefed on the matter. there's no indication the subpoena is related to the mueller investigation, but we're going to talk about that timing in just a moment. also, the locale. so with that, let us turn to our leadoff panel on a friday night before christmas. robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post....

Heard about her importance in all things donald trump. >> she's a crucial person, brian. i've known rhona graff for years, as a reporter going up to trump tower. she was and has been for decades the gate keeper for donald trump. she's so close with him personally as a friend. not so much an adviser politically, but as a confidant and totally trusted by the president and then candidate businessman trump. >> the flip side of that, if you're an aggressive prosecutor and you're looking to hear who overheard what, were you on air force one, were you -- obviously she wasn't, but she could have been ...

>> well putt. matthew, about mr. comey, comey's name is back in this because of mr. mccabe, the former number two at fbi. in many areas of law, it matters after something happens to you, that you come home and mention it to friend or family, contemporaneously, right in the moment. and i guess the comey corroboration is the headline from mccabe's hours and hours of testimony, correct? >> i think that's right. not that many of us doubted mr. comey to begin with, with his memos written contemporaneously, but to have andrew mccabe backing that up. and that instance of trump asking for loyalty is s...

Whispering and waiting and wondering who's next. and i think it's going to be interesting to see what happens on new year's day when the president and the white house have predicted, you know, this mueller investigation will be over. he'll be exonerated by the new year. people inside the white house, people outside the white house, legal observers know that's not true. so when 2018 rolls around and bob mueller is still investigating and we have some trials coming up, it will be interesting to see how the president reacts to having this investigation that's clouded year one of his presidency co...

The west wing, they tell me privately that if he doesn't get the letter, that exoneration letter that he's been hoping for, the president could erupt. he has a lot of echoes now on capitol hill, among republicans on the right-wing of the republican party, on some conservative news outlets, who are saying, if you go after the fbi or shake up the justice department, we'll stick with you and we'll fight that fight in 2018. because they're already being told, and the president was briefed on this, this week, you could face a wave in 2018 with the democrats coming in, and their main target would be...