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Those issues but apparently there's a lot more information contained in these text messages and emails that the fbi does not want released. the department of justice has been fighting judicial watch on this in the courts and judicial watch filed a motion last week against the doj to release the documents. judicial watch is expecting the doj to turn those documents over and as you stated earlier, sean, there is now the official transcripts right here that have been released by representative collins. we are scouring through them, just as you are. i think some of the most interesting things that...

A loyalist. and matthew whitaker was not senate confirmed, there were other people who should have been in that position. however, chairman nadler really needs to have a transcript of this type of interview and apparently i read cnn's reporting several times that he said, he said, they said, according to what chairman nadler says, what collins says, representative collins says, what the anonymous republican staffers who were in this interview with what matthew whitaker said, they all are saying something different. so if the judiciary committee intends to be conducting a serious investigation,...

Democrats of what the republicans are all about, you know. potentially have a convicted person in office. and so, again, that's a theme that democrats are hitting away at. i think republicans, as has become clear this weekend, really would like him gone. and they'd like the risk of a competitive seat, rather than having the baggage of collins. and i think right now the party after last week's special elections does not feel that they could afford yet another story like this. but that said, he might still be on the ticket. and he might be the republicans to keep for the short term. >> julian, i...

Degree? and with some of their candidates? >> sure. that's always a risk. and especially when there's a lot of anger about washington in general. that could, you know -- that anger can turn around against democratic incumbents as well. but let's remember, republicans are the party in power. so often voters will put more of the blame on the party in power with these kinds of stories. and of course there's president trump, who consumes a lot of the air waves, and these kinds of stories have also surrounded his administration. so i think there's a way in which democrats probably could leverage th...

Breaking news on the future of indicted congressman chris collins. the republican has announced he's suspending his campaign for re-election. just days after he was charged with insider trading and is facing up to 150 years in prison in convicted. cnn national correspondent athena jones is following the latest developments. what do we know? >> hi, ryan. we know as of this morning, representative collins has announced he is suspending his campaign for re-election. he will fill out the remainder of his term. here's part of the statement he put out. he said after extensive discussions with my fam...