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Flynn cooperated with mueller's investigators in the obstruction probe. and the president is making the false claim that he was never warned about flynn before bringing him on as his national security adviser. president trump on a twitter tirade. complaining against about the origins of the russia investigation and repeating unfounded claims his campaign was spied on. and tweeting, and this was treason. before taking new details with michael flynn. saying, quote it now seems general flynn was under investigation long before it was common knowledge. if that was the case and with me being one of...

Certainly been surprised at the amount of information that the attorney general has put forward. this letter that he wrote to congress and then certainly today a lot more information than many of us expected. >> and laura, we know all democrats are not satisfied with this report, especially on the issue of obstruction. we all remember, barr sent a memo to senior justice officials before he was nominated and confirmed as attorney general. and he was critical of mueller's obstruction probe specifically. remind us about that, and its significance. >> he was. it was a 19-page missive that he came ...

It is a win for the president. obstruction is a little messier when you read this. however, bill barr, his attorney general, essentially exoneratinexonerates him. >> and rod rosenstein. >> who i was told is staying on as sort of a heat shield for bill barr. bill barr is this hand-picked attorney general who wrote a memo saying that the obstruction probe was fatally misconceived. so now this new chapter is a fight over disclosures from the report. the white house has been bracing for this. it knows the order of battle and is preparing for a subpoena fight with the democrats who have already thr...

Things we know they were investigating, the trump tower moscow statement that the president dictated on air force one that was misleading. that was one of the aspects of the obstruction probe. as we've been talking about, the case is made that the legal bar is so high to bring an obstruction case, for one, that that wasn't done. they also said that the constitutional consideration of indicting a sitting president wasn't a factor in making this decision. >> very significant information. and dana, you and i are about to get a phone interview with rudy giuliani. >> i hope so. i'm trying to get hi...

And the underlying documents, so that committees can proceed with their independent work, including oversight and legislating, to address any issues the mueller report may raise. so ana, we expect in this call that is happening right now, that the members who chair the key committee, jerry nadler, the chairman of the house judiciary committee and adam schiff, the head of the house intelligence committee will brief members and so far it is very little. they have only been told they could get briefed as soon as this weekend about the principal conclusions and what what to expect going forward, b...