solicitor general and andrew weissmann the former counsel at the fbi and senior member of robert mueller's team and the co-author of a new book that you may have heard or maybe purchased called the trump indictments, the historic charging documents with commentary. lots to get to. james has filed the judgment and was chester county that makes people excited where trump has two properties. does this mean the seizures are imminent and what else do you expect to see tomorrow if trump does not deliver on the money

i think robert mueller himself was overly forgiving or perhaps overly cautious with trump because he was a president, and i think robert mueller came out of a world with this institutional respect for the office, which is not a shabby thing, but when you're around someone inhabiting that office and polluting it and taking advantage of the powers the office bestowed on him, you have to have a real sense of how to prosecute him. that runs up against institutions, up against the way the laws work, the court works. the biggest factor is the clock in every one of these cases. and then it's this whole collision is inhabited by donald trump who has grown up in his entire life with various forms of insulation from accountability. he was born into a wealthy family, and his father's wealth protected him from his own mistakes in the business world. then he became a celebrity. and he enjoyed all of the powers that come with being a celebrity, including being able to be predatory toward women and not being held accountable for that. then he becomes president of the united states. he is an irrespo

the former fbi director comey, former special counsel, robert mueller, robert hur who we heard from and now scott mcafee. all of whom have laid out the very troublesome behavior of different individuals across the board, and then at the end of these big proclamations, the american people are told we really couldn't do anything. what do you say about that? >> yeah, i think this is -- it's what has fed this discontent across the country. as an attorney here in georgia, it's interesting to hear what this judge said. we also have to remind you, this is the second time that this da has been held basically by a judge in fulton county to have done something improper, not binding before the courts, something that would have her in trouble in this case. if you remember, she was by a judge, the lieutenant governor, she could not prosecute or go after the lieutenant governor because she participated in a political event against his opponent. bernie scorched here in a opinion about that. didn't do anything. now another judge doing the same thing, going forward here. this is what feeds the american

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now, we all know manafort was swept up in the robert mueller probe waged -- he was part of the kremlinof the election and their goal was to damage you asked ties to ukraine, denigrated biden and benefits trump's prospects for reelection, so given his dealings with the russians by and given that he's been a conduit for russian influence, it's no wonder he was deemed a grave counterintelligence threat and that's not robert mueller saying that, that's from a bipartisan report of senators of both parties yet here we are. this is the guy trump reportedly wants back in his campaign and to help run the convention no less, we will see if republicans are okay with that. coming up, the big lie is alive and well with the full backing of the rnc, attorney mark elias will join me after a short break. clear th rash of eczema—f. some rinvoq patients felt significant itch relief as early as 2 days. some achieved dramatic skin clearance as early as 2 weeks. and many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and bloo

weissman served as a lead prosecutor in former special counsel robert mueller's office, and he previously authored the book where law ends inside the mueller investigation. and we want to note one book review this week, the guardian's martin pengilly took a look at the washington book, how to read politics and politicians. it's by carlos lozada of the new york times. mr. pengilly calls the book, quote, an authority of overview of us political publishing in the last decade. and carlos lozada, by the way, will be a guest in the coming weeks. on c-span's q&a program. and this week on book tv's afterwards program, journalist kara swisher talked about her career covering the tech industry and its key players. here's a preview. burn book is an expression actually mean girls is out now, which is kind of too it is for me, but it's a book. you write things you really think about people and you're not. people are supposed to see it. and of course, that's the whole premise of that movie. and you have fun with it. and it's sort of gossipy and mean a little bit, but funny. and so i decided that's what

weissman served as a lead prosecutor in former special counsel robert mueller's office, and he previously authored the book where law ends inside the mueller investigation. and we want to note one book review this week, the guardian's martin pengilly took a look at the washington book, how to read politics and politicians. 's by carlos lozada of the new york times. mr. pengilly calls the book, quote, an authority of overview of us political publishing in the last decade. and carlos lozada, by the way, will be a guest in the coming weeks. on c-span's q&a program. and this week on book tv's afterwards program, journalist kara swisher talked about her career covering the tech industry and its key players. here's a preview. burn book is an expression actually mean girls is out now, which is kind of too it is for me, but it's a book. you write things you really think about people and you're not. people are supposed to see it. and of course, that's the whole premise of that movie. and you have fun with it. and it's sort of gossipy and mean a little bit, but funny. and so i decided that's what i

so andrew, there's probably no one outside of the robert mueller -- outside of robert mueller himselfon than you. what was your first reaction to hearing he's back? >> i thought it might be useful to remind people of exactly who he is. but i also think if you put this story together with donald trump's current words about people who participated in the january 6th insurrection and the assault on congress trying to overthrowing our democracy, that they're hostages and not just criminal defendants, the paul manafort piece just becomes just another data point for something that we already know about donald trump. and very much running as a sort of outlaw candidate. so this to me seems like a piece of that. but it's worth remembering that donald trump is praising somebody who went to trial, as is his right. paul manafort was convicted by a jury of his peers of eight felonies, sort of widespread tax and bank fraud. he then pled guilty to more tax, more bank fraud, obstruction of justice. he admitted that he tampered with two witnesses while out on bail. that led to the judge revoking his b

also, interviews with special counsel, robert mueller and interestingly, the judge stepped in and prettyked, well, that's not relevant. what does that interview and interview between michael cohen and the former special counsel, robert mueller, have to do with this case. he insists that that investigation, the russian has nothing to do with this case. he says to the lawyers, he said, i'm telling you if you try to introduce something in the molar investigation, it's not coming in. so here, judge juan merchan drawing a bright line that anything related to the russia probe is not coming in this hush money case, but it seems like the judge is trying to get to the bottom of okay. why did it take so long to get these documents into the hands of the prosecutors and defense attorneys. and how much of this is really because how much of this is relevant that gets to how much time they need to review it. if there are thousands of relevant pages, will that might take longer to review, then just a few hundred pages pages. so that's why the judge really drilling it on that question right now. >> and a

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those charges came from special counsel robert mueller's probe into the 2016 election interference.then, and a bipartisan senate investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election found that manafort's openness to russian outreach was a, quote, grave counter intelligence threat that made trump's campaign susceptible to russian influence. the trump campaign has not responded to "the post" report. >>> elsewhere republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama was asked directly about the misleading anecdote told by senator katie britt from his home state in her "state of the union" response. in her speech britt linked a graphic account of a young woman's sex trafficking to president biden's immigration policies. but the abuse actually occurred during president george w. bush's administration nearly 20 years ago, and it happened in mexico, not the united states. here's what the other alabama senator had to say about britt's remarks? >> well, that obviously didn't go over too well. i would think that our leadership would have admitted that a bit more because i would imagine they

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mueller, and he is known as somebody passing along internal trump campaign information to somebody thatlieved to be an asset, and for the folks who remember the mueller investigation, and there was the russia, russia, russia, period of the administration, and certainly being vetted in some capacity to be back. it's not surprising, another trump associate that spent time in prison, roger stone, also back in the trump orbit. he was at mar-a-lago on super tuesday. it's a pattern for donald trump to bring folks back at some point in his long political career. >> thank you both so very much. >>> now to capitol hill where congress appears closer to avoiding a partial government shutdown over the weekend. congressional leaders struck a tentative deal last night to fund the homeland security department, which would pave the way for lawmakers to process the remaining package. with us now, capitol hill's jake sherman, founder of punchbowl news and an msnbc contributor. yesterday at this hour we spoke with senator kunes. >> there's a shutdown and then a shutdown, and there's two things to consider

solicitor general and andrew weissmann the former counsel at the fbi and senior member of robert mueller'se co-author of a new book that you may have heard or maybe purchased called the trump indictments, the historic charging documents with commentary. lots to get to. james has filed the judgment and was chester county that makes people excited where trump has two properties. does this mean the seizures are imminent and what else do you expect to see tomorrow if trump does not deliver on the money he owes? >> there's a reason why think some are calling donald trump done poor leone. he's talking out of both sides of his mouth. his lawyers say he cannot get the money in time and he's getting on social -- truth social and saying he can. these things don't make much sense together. it's a microcosm of the weight, what got him in trouble in the first place and lying about his assets and his doing the same thing over the last week. this is not a immediate process where tish james will walk into 40 wall street on tuesday and change the locks or something. the seizure process takes a while. trump

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this is in addition to stone's references to special counsel robert mueller as a quote hit man.uote. >> we have nancy gertner. welcome judge. >> great to be on with you guys. >> thanks so much for being here. these attacks on the judiciary are obviously nothing new for donald trump. but what is new is that a number of federal judges have spoken out about these attacks on the judiciary and its i'll partiality. what do you make of those developments? is this welcome that the federal judiciary is speaking out or is this something that gives you pause? >> no, it's very welcome to me. this is not part of a civilized society of law and order. and it is -- it is about time that someone sort of called the question and said this is beyond the pale. what he is doing is beyond the pale. that at least now this is the third judge who understood that it's not about the usual concerns, you know. about a fair trial. which is terribly important. and you know, intimidating potential jurors. this is about intimidating witnesses and court staff and basically undermining an orderly and regular trial

mueller's probe as a campaign adviser later this year.rmined to bring paul manafort back into the fold. manafort may be back in time for the republican national convention set for july in milwaukee. "new york times" reporting manafort's role, quote, has not been decided and discussions about his participation have been going on for several months. manafort oversaw trump's campaign in 2016 before he was convicted of bank and tax fraud felonies during the mueller investigation. he then became one of the first trump allies sent to prison. >> paul manafort, former trump campaign chairman, is now a criminal defendant. >> multiple charges, including conspiracy against the united states. conspiracy to launder money. >> massive money laundering campaign to hide income made from doing business with ukrainian officials who had tied to russia. >> he gave internal trump campaign polling data and strategic data to a russian intelligence officer. >> now faces almost seven years in prison. >> you know, usually a campaign is full of a gang of rivals. thi

so thank you so much for so you started by writing a book about robert mueller and the fbi getting a kind of sweet gig on cnn. a lot of a natl exposure. you moved from that to writing my personal favorite, raven. the thegovernment's plan to itsf while. the rest of us died and you followed that with the in my opinion one of the best oral histories editorial ever written and the only plane in the sky. the story of 911 and then not on that success. hugh moved and wrote one of 2023 pulitzer prize. his history of the history of watergate and last couple of years ago, you were here to ta d fully remember this. you and i were having a private dinner across the river. and i every every you've been here, i usually ask you so, garrett, what's next in your response was? i'm writing a book ond i know m. what? so, garrett y ufos, as you say. i'm a very weird person have written this book because i am not a watching x-files or star trek. i'm not a sci aficionado. i come this book, as you just outlined, as someone who has covered national security for the last 20 years and what i noticed in watchin

that robert mueller was a registered republican, so why the concerns about hur? >> yeah, john, look, i think that's a fair point. i don't like when we do that just because you are a democrat or just because you are republican. unfortunately i think that's something we saw really get a lot of play in the last administration when it came to a judge, oh, it's a democratic judge or republican judge. we never used to do that sort of stuff ten years ago. and i really do think that just because you are a democrat or just because you are republican it does not discredit you off the bat on any subject. but i think you are right. i think, you know, this hearing is about scoring political points. it's more theater, obviously, point to biden gaffes, democrats point to trump gaffes, plenty of them on both sides, both of these gentlemen are not young. so yeah, this hearing i think seems to have been really unnecessary but you know, look, that's what we do in a lot of these hearings and 118th congress, a lot of unnecessary theater and not doing stuff to help the american people

so thank you so much for so you started by writing a book about robert mueller and the fbi getting a kind of sweet gig on cnn. a lot of a national exposure. you moved from that to writing my personal favorite, raven. the the story of the u.s. government's plan to itself while. the rest of us died and you followed that with the in my opinion one of the best oral histories editorial ever written and the only plane in the sky. the story of 911 and then not on that success. hugh moved and wrote one of 2023 pulitzer prize. his history of the history of watergate and last couple of years ago, you were here to talk about your watergate book and fully remember this. you and i were having a private dinner across the river. and i every every you've been here, i usually ask you so, garrett, what's next in your response was? i'm writing a book on ufos. and i know my response. what? so, garrett y ufos, as you say. i'm a very weird person have written this book because i am not a i was not raised watching x-files or star trek. i'm not a sci aficionado. i come this book, as you just outlined, as so

this is in addition to stones references to special counsel robert mueller as a hitman. >> joining us now to discuss all these developments is nancy gardner, former united states federal judge and senior lecturer at harvard law school. welcome. >> great to be on with you guys. >> thanks so much for being here. these attacks on the judiciary are obviously nothing new for donald trump, but what is new is the number of federal judges have spoken out about these attacks on the judiciary and its impartiality, and this is really not business as usual for federal judges. what you make of these developments? is this well, that the federal judiciary is speaking out or is it something that gives you pause? >> no, it is very welcome to me. this is not part of a civilized society of law and order, and it is about time that someone sort of called the question and said that this is beyond the pale. what he is doing is beyond the pale, at least now, this is the third judge who understood, and it is not about the usual concerns, you know, about a fair trial, which is terribly important, intimidating

mueller case, which is not something i ever required.ite house decides to, actually, attack a private citizen, which is what i am, ultimately, they have the means to do it, and all i have to do is lawyer up, but i was interrogated under oath, and they were very serious about that charge. >> katie, let's talk about the law here, and what the first amendment does and does not do. how did the doj, ultimately, get away with investigating kathy as they did? as she was saying, a private citizen exercising her first amendment rights. this is not a private corporation, who may have rules or policies in place for employees. this was, what we would like to think was one of our most sacred, fundamental rights. >> let me be clear. there is a federal statute, that understandably exists, in order to protect people like the president and other federal officials from credible threats of harm, and i have to use that adjective, credible, because for anyone to think that what kathy did was anything other than an expression of art, and expression of what sh

mueller, he answered could not recall 27 times.u said today that doj process and regulations required you to assess whether a jury would find mr. biden to be a credible witness, correct? >> i'm not sure i said those wortd words exactly. in my view, how a jury would perceive mr. biden if he elected to testify in his own defense at trial, that would be part of the whole ball of wax that jurors would consider in determining whether he had willful intent. >> do you have any reason to believe that the special counsel who investigated and charged mr. trump with willful retention of classified documents would have failed to make an assessment of whether they would find mr. trump a credible witness? >> i don't have any information relating to what -- how -- i'm not qualified to answer that question as to what went into mr. smith's decision making. >> you are qualified to say what are the normal procedures followed by a special counsel, correct? >> i'm familiar with the rules set forth. my understanding of how to apply them. >> what you did

. >> president donald trump remained defiant through robert mueller's probe into russian and election interference and obstruction of justice, he was not prosecuted in the case. richard nixon's response to the watergate investigation got him into more trouble when he covered up the break-in and was accused of obstructing justice. bill clinton ultimately faced impeachment over his lying about an affair with monica lewinsky during independent counsel, ken stars it's investigation of handle. >> i think the one lesson that's been learned over the years is that a president hides things at his own peril. >> these investigations change the course of presidency is often for what they revealed, the iran contra probe exposed a scheme by the reagan administration to sell arms to iran in exchange for hostages with the money from the sales going to fund the contra rebels in nicaragua. in spite of a congressional law against it, which the president ultimately admitted to what began as a strategic opening to iran, deteriorated in its implementation into trading arms for hostages several officials in

mueller, convicted of obstructing a congressional investigation into trump's russia ties. he was pardoned by trump, steve bannon, who had pleaded not guilty to charges here. he departed donors in a we build the wall online fundraising campaign. he also pardoned by trump. by pardoned by trump and michael flynn, trump's short-lived former national security advisor, who was charged with lying to the fbi, who was everybody pardoned by trump? without trump's intervention, it is possible, of course that manafort stone ban in an flynn could have spent this election cycle serving time my panels back this hour to discuss an aleks, you also have some similar reporting about former trump aides who have been cast out and now coming back into trump's inner circle. >> yeah. and i can tell you me and my colleagues via chi reported that some trump age referred to as many of these people as quote, unquote, the crazys. and essentially, this is the most professional operation campaign operation that donald trump has ever had going back 20 2016 was basically just him doing the rallies with ko

mueller investigation, brighton and bad. greg and it's great to have you back as you were listening to this. and i know this is just so much for people to keep up with. we're trying to tick through each of them separately. but in florida today, what we heard from that, judge judge aileen cannon, who of course has so much sway over what that trial looks like. she said that she thought jack smith's proposed schedule to start in july was unrealistic. if you're jack smith, how are you taking what happened in the courtroom today >> well, part of it is the realization that the trial is probably not going to happen in july but you have in that case, the former president's attorneys saying, well, we could technically have a trial in august. and so i think you're still not giving up hope for the possibility of infact having a trial this summer. i think that's really the focus right now. no one has said otherwise. and you at least have the other party that's conceding the possibility that could occur. >> and did that make sense to you

mueller's team, and they are with us for two blocks today, which i am thrilled that i.t with you. let's just start by establishing the 60-day rule in this trial is not a thing. can you explain what the doj rule actually is and also your level of concern that judge cannon, who should know better, would ask about it and raise it? >> sure, there are two issues with judge cannon raising it. first of all, it's an internal rule. it is not a law. it is not something that gives any rights to any defendant. and judge cannon had been at the justice department, she knows that. so the idea that she raised it is issue number one, that sort of red flag number one as to why is she even raising something that is just internal department guidance. that guidance could be changed by merrick garland any day of the week. second, the rule does not apply . for anyone who has been in the justice department, this is such a red herring. this is why it is completely wrong. that rule is intended so that the justice department does not take action in a covert case that is suddenly overt shortly bef

mueller, convicted of obstructing a congressional investigation into trump's russia ties. he was pardoned by trump, steve bannon, who had pleaded not guilty to charges. he defrauded donors in a we build the wall online fundraising campaign. he also pardoned by trump by pardoned by trump and michael flynn trump's short-lived former national security adviser, who was charged with lying to the fbi, who was everybody pardoned by trump without trump's intervention, it is possible, of course that manafort stone ban in an flynn could have spent this election cycle serving time. my panels back this hour to discuss an alex, you also have some similar reporting about former trump aides who have been cast out and now coming back into trump's inner circle. yeah. and i can tell you me and my colleague sophia cai reported that some trump age referred to as many of these people as quote unquote, the crazys and essentially, this is the most professional operation campaign operation that donald trump has ever had going back 20 2016 was basically just him doing rallies with korea lewin dow'

mueller was appointed under certain president, right? and that was a part of the conversation about him as well and is like, oh, fbi director wray, you know, who he was appointed by. and so this comes up knowing that this is going to come up because we've seen this playbook with reports over and over again. i am rather surprised that hurt and just take it off the table and not register or de-register himself 59 or rather 49% of americans are currently politically unaffiliated. so he would have been with a big group of people who just didn't want to be registered with a political party right now, you're also he he pushed back multiple times, democrats tried to say that is report included exoneration of president biden to take a listen i need to go back and make sure that i take take note of the word that you used. exoneration that is not a word or i'm gonna tell you with my question to ask is i'm going to continue with my questions. i know that term ultimately speech. i know that sergeant evidenced existed such that the likely you exonera

mueller special counsel investigate, into russian interference, in the 2016 campaign election, andrew weissmann and former deputy district attorney and msnbc legal analyst melissa redman. everybody, welcome. melissa, starting with you, fulton county is your specialty. what did you think of today's decision? >> it was interesting to me, i think we were, at least i was anticipating the judge to make a decision, which standard applied, whether it be actual conflict of interest, or an appearance of impropriety, and what he instead found, analyzing both, so i think that really limits the defendant's ability to appeal his denial of that motion for qualification, finding there was no conflict of interest, and even with the appearance of impropriety, it does not arrive to one that would warrant disqualification, as opposed to remedy. so i think because he covered both bases in his order, it kind of makes it very tight in that it is likely to withstand an appeal, if one is granted. if the court of appeals were inclined to even accept an immediate review. >> he mentions one of the remedies of a

solicitor general and her what -- general counsel at the fbi, and senior member of robert mueller's teame with us for two blocks, today which infill by. and you, i'm gonna start with you. let's start by establishing, and i think it's first so important for people to understand this, the 60-day rule in this case is not a thing. can you explain with the doj rule actually is, and your level of concern that judge cannon, with who should know better, asked about it and raised. it >> sure. there are two issues with judge cannon raising it, first of all it's an internal rule. it's not a law, it's not something that gives any rights to any defendant, and judge cannon had been at the justice department she knows that so the idea that she raised its is issue number one, that's red flag number one as to why is she even raising something that is just internal department guidance that the guidance could be changed by merrick garland any day of the week. second, the rule does not apply. for anybody that they had that has been at the justice department this is such a red herring. this is why it complet

mueller's team. and your weissman, who is also the co-author of the new book that trump indictments that has some great commentary walking people through those. we'll get to the book in a moment. it's great to have you here on the source in this predicament that trump is, it finds himself it, i mean, it's incredibly difficult one with not much time left to figure it out. >> well, one thing it's worth noting is this is a typical of what happens in a civil case when you have a judgment to the attorney general is actually already extended some leeway because the judgment is actually enforceable on the day that it was rendered, the 30 period is because the attorney general said as a matter of grace, i'm giving you 30 days now. donald trump has is his right has asked the court, the appellate courts, to somehow give him relief, and we'll see what happens there. but i think that is one of his only legal options at this point is to see whether the court of appeals is going to give them relief other than that

we authorized today's hearing on the special counsel robert mueller. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from the state of wisconsin for the purpose of leading us in the pledge. ■c nikki ♪i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and tohe indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> opening statements of that witness we will each receive witnesses and five minutes to question the witness. the china recognizesthemselves for an opening statement. robert hur was appointed special counsel on january 12, 2023. he had a fundamental question to address. did show bryden unlawfully retain classified information? the answer, jyyes he did.'s pag one of the report says this. our investigation uncovered evidence that president biden will for he retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen. he further writes that mr. biden retained marked classified documents about afghanistan and handwritten notes in his notebooks, which ■ places in his home. joe biden kept classified information an

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we authorized today's hearing on the special counsel robert mueller. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from the state of wisconsin for the purpose of leading us in the pledge. >> nikki ♪i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> opening statements of that witness we will each receive witnesses and five minutes to question the witness. the china recognizes themselves for an opening statement. robert hur was appointed special counsel on january 12, 2023. he had a fundamental question to address. did show bryden unlawfully retain classified information? the answer, yes he did.'s page one of the report says this. our investigation uncovered evidence that president biden will for he retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen. he further writes that mr. biden retained marked classified documents about afghanistan and handwritten notes in his notebooks, which he stored

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from robert mueller. most recently from special counsel white to his name to office by donald trump. as secretary mnuchin stated, quote, russian disinformation campaigns targeting american citizens are a threat to our democracy. secretary mnuchin, someone that you guys usually defend but my gop colleagues continue to cry russia hoax like cult member selling flowers at the airport. our college are the ones literally amplifying the actual russian hoax. not the russia hoax. the russian hoax. the ones that giuliani and trump and smirnoff have eagerly adopted from putin and his agents. they participate in this hoax while they shamefully block $60 billion in military assistance to president zelensky and the besieged ukrainian people five years after trump and giuliani tried to shake present zelenskyy down for counterfeit dirt on joe biden. and while they continue to pair it with these transparent russian eyes, vladimir putin wages his bloody aggressive war in ukraine filled with atrocities like the mass kidnapp

mueller charged six or seven russians with interference. someone who's now so out of the closet, as wanting to belong in the orban/putin circle? >> well, he's not only out of the closet in that circle, he's not going to provide ukraine with a dollar of assistance. so for vladimir putin, this is a ticket to essentially winning the war against ukraine. and so i think you're going to see the flood of russian disinformation and turbo charging conspiracy theories pouring gasoline on the fires of our information space, potentially hack and release of e-mails. but the step that people have always been concerned about is, do the russians try to use their cyber capabilities to directly interfere with the election in some manner? to spread misinformation on voting days. to try to interfere be the vote count in some fashion. i think the defenses are going to have to be high this time around, because the stakes are so high for russia, and it's not subtle that trump has aligned himself with this block of autocrats, and putin is at the a vanguard of that

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m mueller e answered account not remember or do not recall. process and regulation required you to assess whether a jury would find mr. biden to be credible witness, correct? >> not sure i said those words exactly, of course in my view, how a jury would perceive mr. biden if he elected to testify at trial would be part of the whole ball of wax jurors would consider in determining whether he had willful intent. >> do you have any reason to believe special counsel who investigated and charged mr. trump with willful retention of classified documents would have failed to make an assessment whether the jury would find mr. trump a credible witness? >> i don't have information, i'm not qualified to answer what went into mr. smith's decision-making. >> you are qualified to say what are normal procedure followed by a special counsel, correct? >> i'm familiar with rules set forth in justice manual and my understanding how to apply them. >> and what you did? >> correct. >> i would suggest that mr. trump was charged with multiple charges of concealing cla

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i've sat in this chair and i've told people, viewers, to have hope that robert mueller would get to theether there was coordination or shared mission between russia and the trump campaign. and then, with one fell swoop, bill barr went out and said free and clear, trump declared himself exonerated, and 23 months of legal efforts to do what you just described, down the drain. and then the two impeachments, where truly the facts weren't really in question. i mean, you had republican insiders, as fact witnesses, not disputing anything that the democrats were alleging. and in both instances, for political purposes, trump was acquitted by senate republicans. and then you had a crime committed really on tv, with people watching, on january 6th. with our own eyes we could see trump supporters beating and hurting law enforcement officials with the goal of overturning an election he lost, phone calls to brad raffensperger, the calendar is tight. chutkan could shorten this, and it could go faster than ever. why does it keep coming up short for the public and a win for the donald trump? >> the goal

don megan had to spend 30 hours talking to robert mueller's investigators. jeffrey clark facing -- how does he keep -- you have corcoran who had to turn over all his notes, became central to the jack smith mar-a-lago case. how does he keep getting lawyers? >> i don't know. look, it's not a stupid question at all, nicolle. and i've never known you to ask a stupid question. i think the question is why does power corrupt? that's really the question because this fundamentally is about corruption. and i mean that corruption in a sense of power and what people will do to get it. that's the jeffrey clark story where he was inserting himself in an effort to ingratiate himself with trump, that's what i read coming out of the january 6th committee. but also the fact you have so many people willing to step up because donald trump has what i call the friends and family plan. but to be his friend is exactly the thing he said to james comer. you want to be my friend, you have to pledge loyalty. and loyalty means even if what i ask you is unlawful. and that, having a law d