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Some new insight into the game plan for robert mueller's report. washington's certainly on edge amid indications that the investigation is winding down. a senior doj official telling nbc news that the report will not be dropping this week, but the "washington post" reports doj officials do expect to receive it some time in march. let's bring in democratic strategist bishop garrison, interim executive director of the truman project, and republican strategist brian darling, founder and president of liberty government affairs. hi, guys! good to see you on a sunday morning. >> good morning. >> goo...

That equal conspiracy? >> well, you know, there's been a whole lot of hay made over the fact that he was doing this joint defense privilege issue and still operating under that when he should have kept his mouth shut, including his lawyers when he was on this cooperation agreement. it would be a little bit of a stretch to include that. the sharing of information is not going to rise to the level of criminal conspiracy, in my opinion. but you know, it makes him look bad. if you're being a part of a cooperation agreement with the federal government, you're supposed to be telling the truth and yo...

There is a limited scope to this hearing. that's something that the chairman agreed to in consultation with the justice department. they do not want to step on the toes of the mueller investigation or the russia probe. but what they are going to ask about are the hush money payments, president trump's personal business finances, his empire, even his just personal truthfulness is something that is a potential topic. and cohen himself has said i am willing to talk about my personal memories and anecdotes and interactions with the president. he is not going to hold anything back. he wants to clea...

Place. i don't think you're going to have anyone who's looking to fully paint this as any type of political issue. what they're looking to do is see who actually violated law and to ensure that those individuals are held accountable. this is a nonpartisan issue. we should have democrats and republicans that are looking to protect this investigation and looking to see who actually violated law. >>, you know, there's another theory out there which is that mueller has been writing his report in plain sight this entire time. if that's the case, hasn't it already jeopardized the trump presidency gi...

Report on the bigger, ov overarching russia investigation? >> well, thank you for having me, alex. the bigger thing we need to understand is everybody needs to take a breath and have patience here. you have a career law enforcement official, a man who's director of the fbi for ten years, who's a former u.s. prosecutor. he has a theory as to how all of this needs to unfold. he has a team, an incredible team of professionals that have been brought together to do a thorough investigation, and we just need to let this investigation continue. we need to ensure that it is protected by congress to en...