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Clearly back here robert mueller and the special counsel will continue their work investigating the russian collusion in this election. think robert mueller's not going to be distracted but once the president gets involved in these meetings and these conversations, in my view, that's going to be front and center on the minds of the foreign leaders. >> lonnie, so much is at stake as it relates to north korea but, you know, trump is going to be peppered with lots of russia-related questions. whether it be from american journalists or perhaps even journalists from other countries. how the preside...

The -- with donna brazile and exposing some of the activity that happened during the primary process and the general election with regard to hillary clinton and the fund-raising agreement she had with the democratic national convention. i do think that is certainly worth looking into. >> it's not illegal, right, it's just kind of inside baseball? >> it's not. did it put the scale of hillary clinton over bernie sanders? but in my view, let the past be the past. hillary clinton is not president. she will never be president. let the democrats wallow in their own problems. and i think the presiden...

In a march 2016 meeting that trump meet russian president vladimir putin. j.d. gordon, a former national security adviser to the campaign who was in that room for that meeting, tells cnn that trump heard out papadopoulos. another source tells cnn that session, a top campaign national security adviser and surrogate, rejected the idea. the president responded by saying he doesn't remember much of the meeting. >> i don't remember much about that meeting. it was a very unimportant meeting being, took place a long time i don't remember much about it. >> reporter: carter page tells cnn that he testi...

He's there today and tomorrow. certainly when he gets to china in the middle of the trip, that's going to be an issue as well. for the president, this is a very, very important trip, make no mistake about it, and it's important for him and his team to stay focused, although it will be very difficult, given the ongoing investigation here in the united states. >> also, the president, you know, tweeted out that the department of justice should be going after, you know, the democrats, this right before his trip, you know, going after hillary clinton. you know, he's also going to be peppered with q...

Jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >> all right, i want to bring in now anna stewart, a cnn political commentator and former communications director for ted cruz. good to see you. and lonnie chen is a former public policy director for mitt romney, good to see you as well. all right, so alice, you first, as the president spends the next couple of weeks abroad, he may want the cloud of this investigation to dissipate but, you know, how might it color the thinking or perhaps even the demeanor of some of the asian leaders that he is going to be meeting with? >> i mean, there's no doubt that the mueller...