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>> he wants to testify in the fact -- in part because of these undisclosed meetings and this is based on people i've talked to who said the reason he didn't disclose the meetings because they were done in his official capacity then as a u.s. senator. and when he was filling out these forms, this is what i've heard from sessions allies up on capitol hill, that the reason he didn't disclose them in this -- the f-86, this basically disclosure form you have to fill when you're going to be nominated for one of these positions, that he was told don't worry about that, because that was your official ...

Threats, and sometimes they prosecute. so the reason i say that is when you fill out this form, part of the thing that they say on this sf-86 is that the information there can be used for counterintelligence investigation. now, from a legal standpoint, you know, we've gone down this road quite a bit. the question of if they knowingly intended to mislead an investigator, that becomes a crime. now, that's a pretty wide swath, right? someone can make an honest mistake. but what you're seeing here, chris, as you mentioned, is a pattern where there's not just one person who is forgetting to do this...

Prosecute. so the reason i say that is when you fill out this form, part of the thing that they say on this sf-86 is that the information there can be used for counterintelligence investigation. now, from a legal standpoint, you know, we've gone down this road quite a bit. the question of if they knowingly intended to mislead an investigator, that becomes a crime. now, that's a pretty wide swath, right? someone can make an honest mistake. but what you're seeing here, chris, as you mentioned, is a pattern where there's not just one person who is forgetting to do this once. you have three people...

Administration with respect to reporting requirements, whether what we call the sf-86, the national security questionnaire or testimony before the hill and their confirmation hearings, everything that continually seems to be omitted has to do with russia. so that is the definite counterintelligence problem and it's a credibility problem for sure. and it keeps tracing back all the way up the chain to the president. >> does it strike you as it did a lot of people yesterday, and i thought it was one of the biggest swipes comey took against the president, he said he never once asked about the stat...

Interest. so at that point, you go into collection of evidence. and that i think is what was happening. but the bigger thing is -- the bigger issue is that this isn incredibly difficult situati for anyone to be in, and i think we ought to cut comey slack for that, while recognizing that he was collecting evidence in that moment. >> it's also clear that he has second guessed himself many times about that. >> sure. >> again, hind sight 2020. in the meantime, for the people who could potentially influence the president, one of them surely was jared kushner. now, mark, nbc has concerned that the i...