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Matthew, before i go on, i want to ask you about the reporting, but -- >> this isn't the first time this kind of mistake has happen, and god bless the incompetence. because really -- we were in a meeting on a conference call on something totally unrelated, one of my colleagues figured out the redaction issue, and heeverybod got excited. >> it worked out in your favor. this is what "the new york times" is reporting tonight. that both manafort, rick gates, they transferred data to konstantin kilimnik, how significant is the timing? >> spring 2016, the campaign is gearing up. kilimnik is a guy wi...

Matthew, before i go on, i want to ask you about the reporting, but -- >> this isn't the first time this kind of mistake has happened, and god bless the incompetence. because really -- we were in a meeting on a conference call on something totally unrelated, one of my colleagues figured out the redaction issue, and everybody got excited. >> it worked out in your favor. this is what "the new york times" is reporting tonight. that both manafort, rick gates, they transferred data to konstantin kilimnik, how significant is the timing? >> spring 2016, the campaign is gearing up. kilimnik is a guy w...

Intelligence. with me now is danny, let me start first with what we learned yesterday from this accidental redaction issue. how, when this happened, how easy is it for something like this to happen. how much can you experienced accidental unredactions like this. >> there has been a shift from paper filing to electronic filing. you create them on your computer, create a pdf, and electronically upload it. in the old days people used markers, they drew lines through what they didn't want to appear. now the redaction techniques can be tough, they may use a black

Job is to deal with the documents that are -- have been responsive to the goodlatte subpoena. there is a loft documents that are being reviewed. we need to do a better job at looking at those more quickly, addressing the redaction issue in those and getting them over to the committee. ainsley: do you believe that congress has a constitutional right to oversight and if you do, how is it possible that the doj is refusing to hand over these documents? >> yeah. and so, look, to be clear, refusing to turn over anything. and, of course, congress has -- they have an obligation to do their job which i...