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>> for so long he's been teflon don. for 40 years that he's been in the public eye, things haven't seemed to stick to him. since he's been president, he didn't have to show his taxes. there's so many things -- we have the "access hollywood" tape. nothing has ever really stuck. the problem is if we remember back, remember, there's a conversation that the mueller investigation would be wrapped up by 2017 thanksgiving at the final hour. and it wasn't. and so we know that robert mueller is, as nick said, slowly but surely putting all the pieces together, trump university, trump organization, trump...

They would do it on the left and the right. in this case they tried the right. they thought the right was an easier target because of the whole religious thing that putin also uses domestically. but the lines converged with the trump campaign when it became apparent that he was going to run for the office. so all these various dots are getting connected. but it's important to understand that putin was already targeting america, and now butina became part of the trump story once he became a viable candidate. >> tim, should we be reading into the fact that butina wasn't actually prosecuted by mu...

Sanctions. >> all right. so butina wasn't prosecuted by mueller's office. putin denied even knowing about her. >> all right. with me now, tom dickinson, contributing editor to "rolling stone," and evelyn farkus. tim, let me begin with you, if i may. what was butina trying to accomplish for russia? explain it to us in simple terms. >> she was trying to open a back channel to have prominent republicans speaking to the kremlin and advance russian interests. that's the nutshell of it.

Final word. anyone who thought the sentencing of michael cohen somehow suggested an end to his role into a bigger investigation into trump world this evening -- >> i don't think so. if you ever get confused as to what the answer is, just say money and then work your way backwards. it's not just michael cohen, the lawyer of donald trump, it's michael cohen the deputy chair of the rnc. if mueller is doing his due diligence, if the sdny are doing their due diligence, they're not just looking at the individuals who have money who have possibly been doing pay-to-play, but also why are certain membe...

Him not saying prayers in church or just being a brute. whatever it may be, or consistently lying and moving the goal posts. but respectable republicans are going to wake up, hopefully sooner rather than later, and i think that's where the real fear of impeachment comes from, with not just the house with nancy pelosi in charge, but also some of his colleagues in the republican party in the senate. >> we'll see how that plays out in january. thank you both very much for joining us. ahead, the white house responding to those reports that trump is eyeing jared kushner for chief of staff. but fi...